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Author: Will T. Hale

   T. A. WHITEFIELD, M. D. A man of scholarly attainments, well versed in the

science of medicine, T. A. Whitefield, M. D., was for many years one of the

leading physicians of Montgomery county, but on account of ill health was forced

to abandon his profession, and is now living retired from active work in New

Providence. A son of the late L. S. Whitefield, he was born June 16, 1865, in

Montgomery county, where he has always made his home. His paternal grandfather,

William Whitefield. was a native of North Carolina.



   L. S. Whitefield was born on the home farm in North Carolina in 1832. A man

of versatile talents, he was variously employed during his earlier life, at one

time having been employed in mercantile pursuits at New Providence, Montgomery

county. He invested largely in land, and for forty years prior to his death,

which occurred in 1906, was engaged in farming, a part of the time living on the

farm now occupied by the doctor, but owning another estate. He married, in 1847,

Eliza Trice, who was born in Davidson county, Tennessee, November 20, 1833, and

died in Montgomery county, December 11, 1903. She was of Virginian ancestry, her

father, T. H. Trice, having been born in Virginia, where his father located on

coming from Scotland to America. Of the two children born of their union, Dr.

Whitefield, the younger child, is the only one living. In his political views,

L. S. Whitefield advocated the principles of the Democratic party. Fraternally

he was a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons. Religiously he

belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church, while his wife was a member of the

Christian church.



   Obtaining the rudiments of his education in the public schools of New

Providence, T. A. Whitefield took a course of study in the higher branches of

learning at Clarksville. Going then to Cincinnati, he was there graduated from

the Pulte Medical School with the degree of M. D., after which he took a post

graduate course at the Hahnemann Medical College, a homoeopathic institution in

Chicago, Illinois. Amply fitted for the exacting profession which he had chosen,

and for which he was so well adapted, Dr. Whitefield located at New Providence,

where he built up an extensive practice. At the end of seventeen years of

strenuous professional work, the doctor's health became undermined to such an

extent that he was forced to relinquish his profession, and is now living

retired at his pleasant home.



   Dr. Whitefield married, February 8. 1904. Annie Darnell, a daughter of James

Darnell, of Montgomery county, and they are the parents of two bright and

interesting children, Stanley and Annetta. A man of much force of character,

strong in his convictions, the doctor is Independent in polities, supporting as

far as possible the principles of the Democratic party. Fraternally he is a

member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons, belonging to both lodge

and chapter; and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Religiously both Dr.

and Mrs. Whitefield are members of the Christian church.



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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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