George Blackmore Guild

Georgia Thompson

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(m. 1861⁠–⁠1917)​

George Blackmore Guild
47th Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee
In office 1891 (1891) –1895 (1895)
Children	5
Alma mater	Cumberland University
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Branch/service	Confederate States Army
Years of service	1891-1865
Battles/wars	American Civil War

George Blackmore Guild (1834-1917) was an American Democratic politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1891 to 1895.

Biography

He was born April 8, 1834, in Gallatin, Tennessee. ^{[1] [2]} He attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for two years and transferred to Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, where he graduated as a valedictorian. ^[2] He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. ^[3]

He fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War of 1861–1865. ^{[3] [4]} He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1891 to 1895, being elected in 1891 and reelected in 1893. ^{[1] [5]}

He was married on March 5, 1861, to Georgia Thompson. ^[1] They had five children, Josephus Conn (1862–1907), William Thompson (1866-1895), Walter Keeble (1868-1872), George Mullins, and Maria (Westbrook) (1873–1954). ^[1] He died in Virginia on April 21, 1917, and was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville. ^[1]

References

1. "Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN". Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
2. William Waller, Nashville in the 1890s, Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press, 1970, p. 83
3. 1 2 The Beta Theta Pi, Volume 23, 1895
4. The Journal of East Tennessee History, issue 76, 2005, p. 113
5. Nashville Library Archived October 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

Political offices
Preceded by William Litterer	Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee 1891-1895	Succeeded by William Marshall McCarthey