Edward Bushrod Stahlman
Edward Bushrod Stahlman | |
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Born | Friedrick Heinrich Eduard Stahlmann September 2, 1843 Güstrow, Mecklenburg, Germany |
Died | August 12, 1930 (aged 86) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Resting place | Mount Olivet Cemetery |
Occupation(s) | Railroad executive, newspaper publisher, real estate investor |
Spouses |
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Children | 4 |
Relatives | James Geddes Stahlman (grandson) (great-granddaughter)Mildred T. Stahlman |
Edward Bushrod Stahlman (September 2, 1843 – August 12, 1930) was an American railroad executive, newspaper publisher and real estate investor. He was the vice president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad. He built The Stahlman, a skyscraper in Nashville, Tennessee, and he was the publisher of the Nashville Banner for 44 years.
Early life
Edward Bushrod Stahlman was born as Friedrick Heinrich Eduard Stahlmann on September 2, 1843, in Güstrow, Germany.[1][2] Stahlman and his family emigrated to the United States,[1] settling in West Union, Virginia.[2] He had seven siblings.[3] One of his sisters married Marcus B. Toney, a Klansman and Masonic leader.[4]
Career
During the
Stahlman purchased the
Politically, Stahlman was responsible for lowering the cost of "postal rates" for newspapers through his involvement with the Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association.[5] He was also a supporter of Cordell Hull.[2]
Stahlman invested in real estate in Nashville. He purchased the Nashville Union Stockywards in 1881.[2] He built The Stahlman, a skyscraper in Nashville, in 1906.[5]
Death
Stahlman married Mollie T. Claiborne in 1866 and they had three children.[3] After she predeceased him in 1915, he married Sarah Shelton, and they had a child.[3] Stahlman was a 32nd degree Mason,[3] and a charter member of the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home.[8] He was also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.[3]
Stahlman died of "overwork" on August 12, 1930, in Nashville, Tennessee, aged 87.[2][5][3] His funeral was held at the McKendree Methodist Church, later known as the West End United Methodist Church, and he was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery.[2] His portrait hangs in the Nashville Public Library.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Metro Davidson County Collection - Nashville Public Library: Stahlman, Edward Bushrod (1843-1930)". Tennessee Portrait Project. National Society of Colonial Dames of America in Tennessee. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
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The veteran often boasted of having been one of the few survivors of the original Ku Klux Klan. [...] He and his brother-in-law, Major E. B. Stahlman, publisher of The Nashville Banner, both started their careers as employees of an express company.
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- ^ Toney, Marcus B. (1905). The Privations of a Private. Nashville, Tennessee. p. 140 – via Internet Archive.
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