MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - Cornelius T. Swanson
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CORNELIUS T. SWANSON, attorney, was born December 8, 1832, in Williamson
County.  His youthful days were passed in assisting on the farm and in
attending the common schools.  His education was completed in an academy.
In 1858 he began reading law with John Marshall, of Franklin, and the
following year was admitted to the bar.  He then began the practice of his
profession at Troy, Tenn.  In 1861 he volunteered in Company H, Ninth
Tennessee Infantry, as first lieutenant, and served a short time in the was
when he was disabled by sickness for several months.  After the
reorganization of the army he joined the Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, and
remained with that until the close of the war.  After returning home he
located in Franklin, and in 1868 wedded Emily C. Orr, and by her became the
father of one child, Annie B. Two years after locating in Franklin he went
to Mississippi to take charge of a cotton plantation, where he contined
about six years.  Finding that this was not a very lucrative business he
returned to Tennessee and opened a law office in Lewisburg in 1877, where
he has received his full share of patronage.  In 1875 Mrs. Swanson died.
Mr. Swanson is a Democrat in politice and has practiced his profession for
nine years in Lewisburg.  He is one of the first attorneys of Marshall
County.  He is the son of James and Anne M.S. (Zollicoffer) Swanson.  The
mother is a sister of Gen. Zollicofer.  Both parents are natives of this
State.  The father was born in 1802, and the mother in 1808.  The father
was a farmer and died in 1869, the mother died fourteen previous to his
death. The Swansons are of Scotch-Irish descent, and the Zollicoffers of
Swiss.

Surnames: Marshall, Orr, Swanson, Zollicoffer
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."