Thomas H. Malone

Thomas H. Malone (1834-1906) was an American Confederate veteran, judge, businessman and academic administrator. He served as the President of the Nashville Gas Company from 1893 to 1906. He served as the second Dean of the Vanderbilt University Law School from 1875 to 1904.

Thomas H. Malone
Malone (c. 1861)
Born	1834 Limestone County, Alabama, U.S.
Died	1906 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Virginia
Occupation	Lawyer, businessman, academic
Spouse(s)	Ellen Fall Milley Ewing Hall
Children	2 sons, 2 daughters
Parent(s)	James C. Malone

Early life

Thomas H. Malone was born in 1834 in Limestone County, Alabama.[1][2] His father, James C. Malone, was a large planter.[2]

Malone graduated from the University of Virginia in 1855.[2][3] He clerked with Houston & Brown, a law firm in Nashville, and he was admitted to the state bar in 1859.[2]

Career

Thomas H. Malone

Malone started his legal career with Houston, Vaughn & Malone in the early 1860s[2] At the outset of the American Civil War, he served as lieutenant in the Rock City Guards, a Nashville militia.[4] He subsequently served in the Confederate States Army, first under General Dabney H. Maury and then under General Joseph Wheeler.[2] He was caught by Union forces in Shelbyville, Tennessee.[2]

After the war, Malone co-founded the law firm DeMoss & Malone.[2] He worked for the firm until 1892.[2] He was elected as a judge on the chancery court of the 6th division of Tennessee and later served as its chancellor.[2] Malone served the President of the Nashville Gas Company from 1898 to 1906.[2][5]

Malone served as the second Dean of the Vanderbilt University Law School from 1875 to 1904.[3][6] One of his students was Jacob M. Dickinson.[3]

Malone was a recipient of the Southern Cross of Honor from the Bate Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.[3]

Personal life

Malone married Ellen Fall in 1866.[1][3] They had two sons, Thomas H. Malone Jr. and Edward F. Malone, and two daughters, Jane (who married William T. MacGruder) and Julia.[2][3] After she died in 1897, he married Milley Ewing Hall.[2][3]

Malone was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.[2] He was also a Knight Templar.[2]

Death and legacy

Malone died in 1906 in Nashville, Tennessee.[3] His funeral was conducted by Collins Denny.[5] Malone bequeathed his Honeywood Farm to his widow while his sons received stocks from the Nashville Gas Company.[7] Moreover, one of his sons, Thomas H. Malone Jr., was elected to the Board of Directors of the Nashville Gas Company;[8] he was also Assistant Professor at the Vanderbilt University Law School.[2]

References

1. "Photograph and Image Search Full Citation". Tennessee Electronic Library. Tennessee State Library and Archives. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
2. Allison, John (1905). Notable Men of Tennessee. Personal and Genealogical with Portraits. 1. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Historical Association. pp. 84–85. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
3. "Judge Malone Passes Away. Leader In Legal Profession For Many Years. Head Of Local Has Company. End Comes After Several Months Of Ill Health--Funeral Will Take Place This Afternoon From His Late Residence". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. September 15, 1906. p. 6. Retrieved January 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. For a period of over twenty years he was Dean of the law department of Vanderbilt University, and gave up his work in the institution only a year and a half ago. Numerous lawyers in this community received their foundations of legal lore from him. Among those who studied with him was Judge J. M. Dickinson.
4. Cannon, Devereaux D. Jr. (Winter 1988). "Flags of the Rock City Guards". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 47 (4): 191–197. JSTOR 42626747.
5. "Funeral Services of Judge Thomas H. Malone Attended By Many. Most Prominent Lawyers of the Community Join Relatives and Friends in the Last Tribute". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. September 16, 1906. p. 10. Retrieved January 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Vanderbilt Law School Deans". Vanderbilt Law School. Vanderbilt University. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
7. "Will of Judge Thos H. Malone. His Widow Receives Honeywood Farm for Life. Bequests of Gas Co. Stock. Thos. H. Malone, Jr., Who Is Made Executor, Given 60 Shares, a Younger Son 100, and Mrs Magruder 60--Joe Terry, Colored, Given Two Years". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. September 20, 1906. p. 10. Retrieved January 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "New President of Gas Company. W. R. Cole Unanimously Elected By Directors. Thomas H. Malone, Jr., Director". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. September 26, 1906. p. 10. Retrieved January 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.