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Colonel Luke Lea at Lebanon, Tennessee, just out of prison, 1936 April 03
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Title
Colonel
Luke
Lea
at
Lebanon
,
Tennessee
,
just
out
of
prison
,
1936
April
03
Personal name
Lea
,
Luke
,
1879-1945
Topical entry
Politics & government
Geographic entry
Wilson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
Colonel
Luke
Lea
,
surrounded
by a
crowd
and a
brass
band
at the
town
square
in
Lebanon
,
Tennessee
upon
his
release
from
prison
in
1936
.
Luke
Lea
(1879-1945)
was
born
at
Lealand
, the
family’s
1,000-acre
farm
on the
outskirts
of
Nashville
. He was a
descendant
of the
pioneer
Overton
and
Cocke
families
,
Lea
was the
son
of
Ella
Cocke
and
Overton
Lea
. He was a
Democratic
United
States
Senator
from
Tennessee
from
1911
to
1917
.
During
World
War
I
, he
raised
and
commanded
a
volunteer
regiment
,
later
the
114th
Field
Artillery
that
received
distinction
for
battles
in
France
. In the
1920s
,
Lea
was a
major
investor
of the
banking
firm
of
Caldwell
&
Company
that
closed
in
1930
during
the
depression
.
Lea
was
often
in
alliance
with
financier
Rogers
Caldwell
and
established
a
publishing
empire
. With the
failure
of the
banking
firm
,
creditors
foreclosed
on
many
of his
large
real
estate
holdings
. He was on
trial
in
North
Carolina
where
he was
convicted
of
banking
law
violations
.
Lea
was
paroled
in
1936
,
after
23
months
in
prison
, and
received
a
full
pardon
the
following
year
. The
original
land
grant
establishing
Percy
Warner
Park
was
donated
by
Lea
and his
family
to
Nashville
circa
1927
, and the
park
is
named
for
Lea's
father-in-law
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
412
,
Photographs
Collection
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
4
x
5
in
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1936-04-03
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 412 460 Col Luke Lea at Lebanon Tenn just out of prison 001
Relation
Record
Group
412
Coverage
1930-1939
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
Metro
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG 412
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