Walter was the son of Benjamin Franklin and Susan Blake Bearden, wed in 1841. He was decended from Thomas Bearden and his wife Abigale Hammock in Spartanburg, S.C.
He was married to Marguerette C. Whiteside in 1874. They were sometimes referred to as W.S. and Maggie. He was Chancery Judge. He was said to have kept a Bible with records of the Bearden family history.
Obituary
Judge Walter Scott Bearden, eminent jurist of Tennessee, died at his home in Shelbyville on December 15,after an illness of several months. at the time of his death Judge Bearden was Chancellor of the Fifth Division of the State, and previous to his election to this office he had been judge of the Chancery court of the Fourth Division since 1886, making a total service on the chancery bench of thirty-three years.
Judge Bearden was a native of Petersburg, Lincoln County, Tenn., where he was born on January 10, 1843, the son of Benjamin Franklin and Susan Margaret Blake Bearden. He received his education at Emory and Henry College, which he left before graduation to enter the Confederate army, in which he served with distinction, becoming a captain in 1864. He was wounded in the Battle of Peachtree Creek and two days later in the Battle of Atlanta and received a third wound at Jonesboro.
In 1874 Judge Bearden was married to Miss Margaret Cooper Whiteside, who proceeded in him in death. He is survived by two sons and two daughters.
He was a prominent Mason, being a Knight Templar and a member of the Scottish Rite, holding membership in the Murfreesboro and Nashville Lodges. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a man held in the highest esteem throughout the scenes of his long and honorable judicial service.
SOURCE; Confederate Veteran Magazine, January,1920
Courtesy of David Lacy
In 1900, the household included:
W.S. and Maggie,
son: Ed W. age 25, his wife Juliet, age 20, their 4 month son, Edwin R.,
Daughters: Mary H. age 20, and Sue age 16
son: Walter S. age 18
and James F. Whiteside, age 46, druggist, most likely related to Maggie.
The undertaker F. R. Bearden determined the cause of death to be abdominal aortic aneurism with myocardarditis.
Photo by David Lacy
He was married to Marguerette C. Whiteside in 1874. They were sometimes referred to as W.S. and Maggie. He was Chancery Judge. He was said to have kept a Bible with records of the Bearden family history.
Obituary
Judge Walter Scott Bearden, eminent jurist of Tennessee, died at his home in Shelbyville on December 15,after an illness of several months. at the time of his death Judge Bearden was Chancellor of the Fifth Division of the State, and previous to his election to this office he had been judge of the Chancery court of the Fourth Division since 1886, making a total service on the chancery bench of thirty-three years.
Judge Bearden was a native of Petersburg, Lincoln County, Tenn., where he was born on January 10, 1843, the son of Benjamin Franklin and Susan Margaret Blake Bearden. He received his education at Emory and Henry College, which he left before graduation to enter the Confederate army, in which he served with distinction, becoming a captain in 1864. He was wounded in the Battle of Peachtree Creek and two days later in the Battle of Atlanta and received a third wound at Jonesboro.
In 1874 Judge Bearden was married to Miss Margaret Cooper Whiteside, who proceeded in him in death. He is survived by two sons and two daughters.
He was a prominent Mason, being a Knight Templar and a member of the Scottish Rite, holding membership in the Murfreesboro and Nashville Lodges. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a man held in the highest esteem throughout the scenes of his long and honorable judicial service.
SOURCE; Confederate Veteran Magazine, January,1920
Courtesy of David Lacy
In 1900, the household included:
W.S. and Maggie,
son: Ed W. age 25, his wife Juliet, age 20, their 4 month son, Edwin R.,
Daughters: Mary H. age 20, and Sue age 16
son: Walter S. age 18
and James F. Whiteside, age 46, druggist, most likely related to Maggie.
The undertaker F. R. Bearden determined the cause of death to be abdominal aortic aneurism with myocardarditis.
Photo by David Lacy
Walter was the son of Benjamin Franklin and Susan Blake Bearden, wed in 1841. He was decended from Thomas Bearden and his wife Abigale Hammock in Spartanburg, S.C.
He was married to Marguerette C. Whiteside in 1874. They were sometimes referred to as W.S. and Maggie. He was Chancery Judge. He was said to have kept a Bible with records of the Bearden family history.
Obituary
Judge Walter Scott Bearden, eminent jurist of Tennessee, died at his home in Shelbyville on December 15,after an illness of several months. at the time of his death Judge Bearden was Chancellor of the Fifth Division of the State, and previous to his election to this office he had been judge of the Chancery court of the Fourth Division since 1886, making a total service on the chancery bench of thirty-three years.
Judge Bearden was a native of Petersburg, Lincoln County, Tenn., where he was born on January 10, 1843, the son of Benjamin Franklin and Susan Margaret Blake Bearden. He received his education at Emory and Henry College, which he left before graduation to enter the Confederate army, in which he served with distinction, becoming a captain in 1864. He was wounded in the Battle of Peachtree Creek and two days later in the Battle of Atlanta and received a third wound at Jonesboro.
In 1874 Judge Bearden was married to Miss Margaret Cooper Whiteside, who proceeded in him in death. He is survived by two sons and two daughters.
He was a prominent Mason, being a Knight Templar and a member of the Scottish Rite, holding membership in the Murfreesboro and Nashville Lodges. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a man held in the highest esteem throughout the scenes of his long and honorable judicial service.
SOURCE; Confederate Veteran Magazine, January,1920
Courtesy of David Lacy
In 1900, the household included:
W.S. and Maggie,
son: Ed W. age 25, his wife Juliet, age 20, their 4 month son, Edwin R.,
Daughters: Mary H. age 20, and Sue age 16
son: Walter S. age 18
and James F. Whiteside, age 46, druggist, most likely related to Maggie.
The undertaker F. R. Bearden determined the cause of death to be abdominal aortic aneurism with myocardarditis.
Photo by David Lacy
He was married to Marguerette C. Whiteside in 1874. They were sometimes referred to as W.S. and Maggie. He was Chancery Judge. He was said to have kept a Bible with records of the Bearden family history.
Obituary
Judge Walter Scott Bearden, eminent jurist of Tennessee, died at his home in Shelbyville on December 15,after an illness of several months. at the time of his death Judge Bearden was Chancellor of the Fifth Division of the State, and previous to his election to this office he had been judge of the Chancery court of the Fourth Division since 1886, making a total service on the chancery bench of thirty-three years.
Judge Bearden was a native of Petersburg, Lincoln County, Tenn., where he was born on January 10, 1843, the son of Benjamin Franklin and Susan Margaret Blake Bearden. He received his education at Emory and Henry College, which he left before graduation to enter the Confederate army, in which he served with distinction, becoming a captain in 1864. He was wounded in the Battle of Peachtree Creek and two days later in the Battle of Atlanta and received a third wound at Jonesboro.
In 1874 Judge Bearden was married to Miss Margaret Cooper Whiteside, who proceeded in him in death. He is survived by two sons and two daughters.
He was a prominent Mason, being a Knight Templar and a member of the Scottish Rite, holding membership in the Murfreesboro and Nashville Lodges. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a man held in the highest esteem throughout the scenes of his long and honorable judicial service.
SOURCE; Confederate Veteran Magazine, January,1920
Courtesy of David Lacy
In 1900, the household included:
W.S. and Maggie,
son: Ed W. age 25, his wife Juliet, age 20, their 4 month son, Edwin R.,
Daughters: Mary H. age 20, and Sue age 16
son: Walter S. age 18
and James F. Whiteside, age 46, druggist, most likely related to Maggie.
The undertaker F. R. Bearden determined the cause of death to be abdominal aortic aneurism with myocardarditis.
Photo by David Lacy
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