Senator James Rutherford was the s/o Walter Blythe Rutherford and Sarah McTyre Rutherford. He was born 7 Jun 1825 in Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC.
He married 12 Nov 1862 in Batesville, Independence Co., AR to Mariah Louisa Hynson d/o Henry Ringgold Hynson and Eliza Ann Magness Hynson.
He died 6 Feb 1914 and was buried in the Rutherford Family Cemetery.
Public offices have been bestowed upon him, on account of his intelligence, tact and integrity, and these talents have commanded for him the respect of every citizen interested in public affairs.
At Batesville he accepted the position of provost marshal. Remaining in that capacity for four or five months. And for the balance of the war he was enrolling officer at that town. At Grand Glaize be was taken prisoner. On February 4th, 1863, and detained at Little Rock for three months.
In politics he was a Whig from boyhood until the death of that party, when he became a Democrat. He was a Secessionist in theory, but contended that it was bad policy to secede, although he stood firmly with the Confederacy to the bitter end. For the last six years he has attended as a delegate to the State conventions of the Democratic Party, but has never taken an active part in polities, except when canvassing for himself. In 1850 he was elected justice of the peace, just one year after moving to the county, and served four years. In the troublesome times of 1874 he was elected a delegate from Independence County to the constitutional convention that framed the present constitution of the State, and in 1879 he was elected for four years as State senator for the counties of Independence and Stone. During the session of 1880 he was chairman of the finance committee. And also of the special senate committee on revenue, and reported the famous revenue law which Gov. Churchill vetoed.
He married 12 Nov 1862 in Batesville, Independence Co., AR to Mariah Louisa Hynson d/o Henry Ringgold Hynson and Eliza Ann Magness Hynson.
He died 6 Feb 1914 and was buried in the Rutherford Family Cemetery.
Public offices have been bestowed upon him, on account of his intelligence, tact and integrity, and these talents have commanded for him the respect of every citizen interested in public affairs.
At Batesville he accepted the position of provost marshal. Remaining in that capacity for four or five months. And for the balance of the war he was enrolling officer at that town. At Grand Glaize be was taken prisoner. On February 4th, 1863, and detained at Little Rock for three months.
In politics he was a Whig from boyhood until the death of that party, when he became a Democrat. He was a Secessionist in theory, but contended that it was bad policy to secede, although he stood firmly with the Confederacy to the bitter end. For the last six years he has attended as a delegate to the State conventions of the Democratic Party, but has never taken an active part in polities, except when canvassing for himself. In 1850 he was elected justice of the peace, just one year after moving to the county, and served four years. In the troublesome times of 1874 he was elected a delegate from Independence County to the constitutional convention that framed the present constitution of the State, and in 1879 he was elected for four years as State senator for the counties of Independence and Stone. During the session of 1880 he was chairman of the finance committee. And also of the special senate committee on revenue, and reported the famous revenue law which Gov. Churchill vetoed.
Senator James Rutherford was the s/o Walter Blythe Rutherford and Sarah McTyre Rutherford. He was born 7 Jun 1825 in Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC.
He married 12 Nov 1862 in Batesville, Independence Co., AR to Mariah Louisa Hynson d/o Henry Ringgold Hynson and Eliza Ann Magness Hynson.
He died 6 Feb 1914 and was buried in the Rutherford Family Cemetery.
Public offices have been bestowed upon him, on account of his intelligence, tact and integrity, and these talents have commanded for him the respect of every citizen interested in public affairs.
At Batesville he accepted the position of provost marshal. Remaining in that capacity for four or five months. And for the balance of the war he was enrolling officer at that town. At Grand Glaize be was taken prisoner. On February 4th, 1863, and detained at Little Rock for three months.
In politics he was a Whig from boyhood until the death of that party, when he became a Democrat. He was a Secessionist in theory, but contended that it was bad policy to secede, although he stood firmly with the Confederacy to the bitter end. For the last six years he has attended as a delegate to the State conventions of the Democratic Party, but has never taken an active part in polities, except when canvassing for himself. In 1850 he was elected justice of the peace, just one year after moving to the county, and served four years. In the troublesome times of 1874 he was elected a delegate from Independence County to the constitutional convention that framed the present constitution of the State, and in 1879 he was elected for four years as State senator for the counties of Independence and Stone. During the session of 1880 he was chairman of the finance committee. And also of the special senate committee on revenue, and reported the famous revenue law which Gov. Churchill vetoed.
He married 12 Nov 1862 in Batesville, Independence Co., AR to Mariah Louisa Hynson d/o Henry Ringgold Hynson and Eliza Ann Magness Hynson.
He died 6 Feb 1914 and was buried in the Rutherford Family Cemetery.
Public offices have been bestowed upon him, on account of his intelligence, tact and integrity, and these talents have commanded for him the respect of every citizen interested in public affairs.
At Batesville he accepted the position of provost marshal. Remaining in that capacity for four or five months. And for the balance of the war he was enrolling officer at that town. At Grand Glaize be was taken prisoner. On February 4th, 1863, and detained at Little Rock for three months.
In politics he was a Whig from boyhood until the death of that party, when he became a Democrat. He was a Secessionist in theory, but contended that it was bad policy to secede, although he stood firmly with the Confederacy to the bitter end. For the last six years he has attended as a delegate to the State conventions of the Democratic Party, but has never taken an active part in polities, except when canvassing for himself. In 1850 he was elected justice of the peace, just one year after moving to the county, and served four years. In the troublesome times of 1874 he was elected a delegate from Independence County to the constitutional convention that framed the present constitution of the State, and in 1879 he was elected for four years as State senator for the counties of Independence and Stone. During the session of 1880 he was chairman of the finance committee. And also of the special senate committee on revenue, and reported the famous revenue law which Gov. Churchill vetoed.
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