| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1832, Mar. 16 | Born, Lawrence County, Ala. |
| 1852 | Admitted as itinerant minister, Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South |
| 1853-1867 | Minister at various parishes in Alabama |
| 1866 | Married Margaret R. Rankin |
| 1868-1869 | Minister, Elm Street Church, Nashville, Tenn. |
| 1869 | Presiding elder, Huntsville District, Methodist Episcopal Church, South |
| 1870-1873 | Presiding elder, Fayetteville |
| 1873-1877 | Minister at Murfreesboro, Tenn. |
| 1877-1879 | Presiding elder, Columbia District, Methodist Episcopal Church, South |
| 1879-1883 | Minister, Clarksville, Tenn. |
| 1882 | Delegate, General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Nashville, Tenn. |
| 1883-1887 | Minister, McKendree Church, Nashville |
| 1887-1904 | Book agent, Methodist Publishing House |
| 1898 | Settled war claims of Methodist Publishing House |
| 1902 | Presiding elder, Nashville District, Methodist Episcopal Church, South |
| 1904, Dec. 5 | Died, Nashville, Tenn. |
| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1874, Oct. 15 | Born, Murfreesboro, Tenn. |
| circa 1892-1895 | Studied at Emory and Henry College, Emory, Va., and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. |
| 1896-1899 | Reporter, Nashville Banner |
| 1901 | Reporter, Nashville American |
| 1901-1908 | Telegraph editor, Memphis Commercial Appeal |
| 1908 | Editor, Chattanooga Star |
| 1908-1910 | News editor, Memphis Commercial Appeal |
| 1910-1911 | Managing editor, Montgomery Advertiser |
| 1911-1918 | Managing editor, Mobile Register |
| 1913 | Married Elina Guzman |
| 1918-1926 | News editor, New Orleans States |
| 1926-1928 | Managing editor, Asheville Citizen |
| 1928-1932 | Feature writer, Washington Post |
| 1933 | Assistant to secretary of commerce |
| 1933-1940 | Special assistant, Federal Alcohol Administration |
| 1940-1942 | Public Relations Department, Treasury Department |
| 1947 | Published "The Capture of Jefferson Davis," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine |
| 1958, Mar. 7 | Died, Orange, Tex. |
