History of Clarksburg, (Carroll County) Tennessee United States of America

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Benjamin Augustine Enloe, representative, was born near Clarksburg, Carroll county, Tenn., Jan. 18, 1848. He attended the public schools, entered Bethel college, McKenzie, Tenn., in 1867, and afterward became a student in the Cumberland university, Lebanon, Tenn. While attending the latter institution he was elected a member of the general assembly of Tennessee in 1869, and was re-elected under the new constitution in 1870. He was graduated from the law school of Cumberland university in 1873. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention at Baltimore, Md., in 1872; was a presidential elector in 1876; was appointed a commissioner by Governor Marks in 1878 to negotiate a settlement of the state debt; served on the executive committee for the state at large, 1878-80; was president of the Democratic state convention in 1880; and a delegate to the Democratic national convention at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1880. He also edited the Jackson Tribune and Sun, 1874-86, and was president of the Tennessee press association, 1883-84. He was a representative from the 8th Tennessee district in the 50th, 51st, 52d and 53d congresses, 1887-95.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Clarksburg, (Carroll County) Tennessee

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