John Shelb's father, David Shelby, was a member of a family who were among the original settlers of Middle TN who owned much of what is now East Nashville. John inherited that land and became a physician and Nashville's postmaster. He lost an eye while serving with Andrew Jackson in the Seminole war.
John established the Shelby Medical College, which was destroyed in the Civil War.
John Shelby was born May 24,1785 at Castalian Springs (Bledsoe's Lick), Sumner County,Tennessee. Attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania under the most famous physician and teacher of the day Dr.Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He served in the War of 1812 with Gen. Andrew Jackson where he lost an eye. Shelby served as a state senator from 1815 to 1817. Shelby Street,Shelby Park,and Shelby Street Bridge were named in his honor.
See "The Nashville City Cemetery: History In Stone" by Carol Bucy and Carol Kaplan.
John established the Shelby Medical College, which was destroyed in the Civil War.
John Shelby was born May 24,1785 at Castalian Springs (Bledsoe's Lick), Sumner County,Tennessee. Attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania under the most famous physician and teacher of the day Dr.Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He served in the War of 1812 with Gen. Andrew Jackson where he lost an eye. Shelby served as a state senator from 1815 to 1817. Shelby Street,Shelby Park,and Shelby Street Bridge were named in his honor.
See "The Nashville City Cemetery: History In Stone" by Carol Bucy and Carol Kaplan.
John Shelb's father, David Shelby, was a member of a family who were among the original settlers of Middle TN who owned much of what is now East Nashville. John inherited that land and became a physician and Nashville's postmaster. He lost an eye while serving with Andrew Jackson in the Seminole war.
John established the Shelby Medical College, which was destroyed in the Civil War.
John Shelby was born May 24,1785 at Castalian Springs (Bledsoe's Lick), Sumner County,Tennessee. Attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania under the most famous physician and teacher of the day Dr.Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He served in the War of 1812 with Gen. Andrew Jackson where he lost an eye. Shelby served as a state senator from 1815 to 1817. Shelby Street,Shelby Park,and Shelby Street Bridge were named in his honor.
See "The Nashville City Cemetery: History In Stone" by Carol Bucy and Carol Kaplan.
John established the Shelby Medical College, which was destroyed in the Civil War.
John Shelby was born May 24,1785 at Castalian Springs (Bledsoe's Lick), Sumner County,Tennessee. Attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania under the most famous physician and teacher of the day Dr.Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He served in the War of 1812 with Gen. Andrew Jackson where he lost an eye. Shelby served as a state senator from 1815 to 1817. Shelby Street,Shelby Park,and Shelby Street Bridge were named in his honor.
See "The Nashville City Cemetery: History In Stone" by Carol Bucy and Carol Kaplan.
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