Cheatham-Montgomery-Perry County TN Archives Biographies.....Baggett, Henry S. 1877 - 1913
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Author: Will T. Hale

   HENRY S. BAGGETT. A citizen who stood high in the confidence and esteem of

his fellow men in Cheatham county, Tennessee, was Henry S. Baggett, sheriff of

this county and one of the younger, energetic and capable native sons of this

commonwealth who first as an agriculturist and then later in public service

established a record for efficiency and as an enterprising and energetic worker

for progress.



   Mr. Baggett was born in Montgomery county, Tennessee, November 11, 1877, a

son of Henry Baggett and Florence V. (Stack) Baggett. The father, born in

Montgomery county, Tennessee in 1858, has remained a life-long resident of that

county and is one of its successful agriculturists, as was his father, Henry

Baggett, who was born in North Carolina and came to Tennessee with his parents

when but a boy. Florence V. (Stack) Baggett, the mother, was born in Cheatham

county, Tennessee in February, 1861, a daughter of Samuel Stack, who also was a

native of Cheatham county and was one of its most prominent farmers. Both

parents of our subject are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and the

father is a Democrat in political views.



   Of seventeen children born to their union, Henry S. was second in order of

birth of whom fourteen are now living. He grew up on the paternal farm in

Montgomery county and received his educational discipline-in the common schools

of that locality. He very naturally took up the vocation to which he had been

reared and continued to be identified with agriculture until his death in

Cheatham county, whither he removed from Montgomery county about 1901 and where

he continued to own a farm. He first entered public service as a constable and

after serving four years in that capacity he served a similar period as deputy

sheriff. In 1912, as a Democrat he was elected sheriff of Cheatham county and

had but recently entered upon the duties of that office. He always gave his

political allegiance to the Democratic party, and fraternally was identified

with the Masonic order and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.



   In 1902 Mr. Baggett was joined in marriage to Miss Myrtle Frey, a daughter of

Mr. and Mrs. William Frey, who are farmer citizens of Cheatham county. To this

union have been born five children, named: Clemie, Tula May, Samuel Wilford,

Effie and Grace, the eldest three of whom are now attending school. Mr. Baggett

was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as is also his widow, who now

resides in Ashland City. Mr. Baggett died February 10, 1913.





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A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans : the leaders and representative men in

commerce, industry and modern activities

by Will T. Hale

Chicago:  Lewis Pub. Co.,  1913



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