George Blackmore Guild

George Blackmore Guild
47th Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee
In office
1891 (1891) – 1895 (1895)
Preceded byWilliam Litterer
Succeeded byWilliam Marshall McCarthy
Personal details
Born(1834-04-08)April 8, 1834
Gallatin, Tennessee
DiedApril 21, 1917(1917-04-21) (aged 83)
Norfolk, Virginia
Resting placeMount Olivet Cemetery
PartyDemocrat
Spouse
Georgia Thompson
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(m. 1861⁠–⁠1917)​
Children5
Alma materCumberland University
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States of America
Branch/service Confederate States Army
Years of service
1861–1865
RankMajor
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

George Blackmore Guild (April 8, 1834 – April 21, 1917) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1891 to 1895.

Biography

He was born April 8, 1834, in Gallatin, Tennessee.[1][2] He attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for two years and transferred to Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, where he graduated as a valedictorian.[2] He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.[3] He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Gallatin.[4]

He fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War of 1861–1865.[3][5] He served six months in J. H. Morgan's cavalry and then joined the 4th Tennessee Cavalry. He was promoted to major in May 1863.[4]

After the war, he served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1871 to 1873. He moved his law practice to Nashville in 1872.[4] He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1891 to 1895, being elected in 1891 and reelected in 1893.[1][6] From 1897 to 1899, he represented Davidson County in the Tennessee State Senate. He continued to practice law in Nashville until 1913.[4]

He was married on March 5, 1861, to Georgia Thompson.[1] They had five children, Josephus Conn (1862–1907), William Thompson (1866–1895), Walter Keeble (1868–1872), George Mullins, and Maria (Westbrook) (1873–1954).[1] He died in Norfolk, Virginia on April 21, 1917,[7] and was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.[1]

Further reading

  • Guild, George B. (1913). A Brief Narrative of the Fourth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Wheeler's Corps, Army of Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN". Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  2. 1 2 William Waller, Nashville in the 1890s, Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press, 1970, p. 83
  3. 1 2 The Beta Theta Pi, Volume 23, 1895
  4. 1 2 3 4 McBride, Robert M.; Robison, Dan M. (1979). Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly. Vol. II. Nashville, Tennessee: Curley Printing Company. pp. 362–363.
  5. ↑ The Journal of East Tennessee History, issue 76, 2005, p. 113
  6. ↑ Nashville Library Archived October 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ McNeilly, James H. (July 1917). "Maj. George B. Guild". Confederate Veteran. Vol. XXV, no. 7. Nashville, Tennessee. p. 325. Retrieved June 16, 2026.


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