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Title
Portrait
of
John
Shelby
, ca.
1840
Personal name
Shelby
,
John
,
1786-1859--Portraits
Topical entry
Popular Culture
Education
Capital City
Portraits, American--19th century
Portraits--Tennessee--Nashville
Physicians--Tennessee--Nashville
Physicians--Tennessee--Sumner County
State governments--Officials and employees
Veterans--Tennessee--Nashville
Creek War, 1813-1814--Veterans
Postmasters--Tennessee--Nashville
Educators--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Sumner County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
John
Shelby
in his
middle
age
, with
dark
hair
and
wearing
a
dark
jacket
and
white
shirt.
Born
in
1786
,
John
Shelby
was a
physician
, a
Postmaster
, and a
civic
and
church
leader.
He
is
said
to have been the
first
child
of
European
descent
born
in
Sumner
County.
Shelby
married
Anna
Maria
Minnick
of
Philadelphia
in
1809.
He
served
as
Hospital
Surgeon
under
Andrew
Jackson
in
Col.
Edward
Bradley's
regiment
during
the
Creek
War.
He was
wounded
and
lost
an
eye
as a
result.
After
the
war
he
returned
to
practice
medicine
in
Sumner
County
and
served
as
state
Senator
for
Sumner
County
from
1815
to
1817.
Shelby
moved
from
Sumner
County
to
Nashville
in
1817
and
set
up
a
medical
partnership
with his
neighbor
,
Dr.
Boyd
McNairy.
He
served
as
Postmaster
of
Nashville
from
1849
to
1853.
Shelby
played
a
role
in the
establishment
of the
short-lived
Shelby
Medical
School
in
1858.
He
died
in
May
1859
and was
interred
at
Nashville
City
Cemetery.
Oil
on
canvas
,
artist
unknown.
Presented
to the
library
in
member
of
Shelby's
great
granddaughter
Anna
Williams
Fassman
by her
daughter
Shelby
S.
Cox.
The
portrait
is
currently
on
display
in the
Nashville
Room
on the
Nashville
Public
Library's
second
floor.
The
library's
portraits
were
photographed
as
part
of the
National
Society
of The
Colonial
Dames
of
America
in
Tennessee's
Tennessee
Portrait
Project
(
http://www.tnportraits.org/index.htm).
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Contributors
National
Society
of The
Colonial
Dames
of
America
in
Tennessee
Date
ca.
1840
Type
Still
Image
;
Portraits
;
Paintings
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
shelby-dr-john-lg
Relation
Nashville
Room
Portrait
Collection
Coverage
1840-1849
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5782
.
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