tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post3050774424735400484..comments2024-03-21T07:58:02.168-05:00Comments on Amateur Mormon Historian: A Law against teaching polygamy in TennesseeBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-15046948954610964972010-02-04T19:53:55.723-06:002010-02-04T19:53:55.723-06:00For those who may still be wondering, a hard copy ...For those who may still be wondering, a hard copy of Kercheval's biography on file with the State Archives confirms that he was a State Senator in 1885, when the bill was introduced. The online Bio was wrong. Lesson learned. Don't rely entirely on on-line sources. Verify!Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-84061059097714888632010-01-28T15:59:48.340-06:002010-01-28T15:59:48.340-06:00FWIW, the Tennessee Senate Journal for 1885 identi...FWIW, the Tennessee Senate Journal for 1885 identifies him as "T.A. Kercheval" (p. 4).Justinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-41433483004575833642010-01-28T12:03:13.232-06:002010-01-28T12:03:13.232-06:00Justin, you rock!!
The date difference was betwee...Justin, you rock!!<br /><br />The date difference was between the passing and the signing into law. That makes sense. <br /><br />I'm still up in the air about whether I have the wrong Kercheval or that the biographies for him are wrong.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-45152784787721530232010-01-28T11:37:01.040-06:002010-01-28T11:37:01.040-06:00The biographies may be incorrect about Kercheval&#...The biographies may be incorrect about Kercheval's service in the Tennessee Senate. <br /><br />I created a simple timeline for the bill (based on Tennessee Senate records):<br /><br />Jan. 14, 1885: Senate Bill 65 introduced by Sen. Kercheval (SJ 137)<br /><br />Jan. 20: SB 65 passes second reading and is referred to the Judiciary Committee (SJ 186-87)<br /><br />Jan. 22: Judiciary Committee returns SB 65 with recommendation that it lie on the table (SJ 196-97)<br /><br />Feb. 27: SB 65 passes third reading in Senate, 25-2 (HB Ramsey and WJ Smith of Shelby: no) (SJ 358-59)<br /><br />Apr. 9: Senate receives House message indicating House passage of SB 65 (SJ 635)<br /><br />Governor signs SB 65 (SJ 644) <br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=EN4P10Vz2akC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=65&f=false" rel="nofollow">Senate Journal, 1885</a> (Google books features incorrect title)<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=oic5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA262&dq=date:1885-1885+tennessee+polygamy&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false" rel="nofollow">Acts, 1885</a>Justinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-17949447046780931122010-01-26T17:02:54.632-06:002010-01-26T17:02:54.632-06:00Ardis,
You are right. So many of the most interest...Ardis,<br />You are right. So many of the most interesting things I have learned began as something that was somehow "off".<br /><br />LL,<br />It isn't uncommon for sons to take on a fathers empty seat, even today. I know the book in which I will find the answer. It just isn't online.<br /><br />Amy,<br />I didn't write about it here yet. So try the other two.<br /><br />Thanks for the notes from John Morgan's bio. It will help me put them in context.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-35048959400209393022010-01-26T16:39:19.950-06:002010-01-26T16:39:19.950-06:00Thanks for looking that up, Last Lemming. :-)
I&#...Thanks for looking that up, Last Lemming. :-)<br /><br />I'm trying to remember where I've read about John Morgan lobbying at the state capitol against the bill. I could have read it one of four places: here, my blog, Bessie's blog, or John Morgan's bio. (Wish my memory was a little better!)<br /><br />There's nothing in the Southern States Mission installments prior to the one LL linked to.<br /><br />The Morgan bio notes that the bill was passed in April 1885, but does not give a date. The book notes that anti-polygamy sentiment was at a fever pitch across the entire country, and the Saints were making monumental efforts with public relations.<br /><br />The book also devotes a chapter to a debate John Morgan carried on with a Major G.C. Connor in the pages of the Chattanooga <i>Daily Commercial</i>. The debate culminated in a face-to-face meeting at James Hall, Chattanooga, on October 31, 1885.Amy Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037263182287268748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-36479105778374207572010-01-26T15:19:40.927-06:002010-01-26T15:19:40.927-06:00I can't help you with the Senator's term. ...I can't help you with the Senator's term. Perhaps it was a son of Thomas Kerchaval who has fallen into internet obscurity.<br /><br />Apparently, they wasted no time in enforcing the law, as <a href="http://theancestorfiles.blogspot.com/2009/10/history-of-southern-states-mission-part.html" rel="nofollow"> this post</a> illustrates.Last Lemmingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-7200523950493395102010-01-26T09:11:45.972-06:002010-01-26T09:11:45.972-06:00Interesting. I can understand a delay between intr...Interesting. I can understand a delay between introduction and passage of a bill ... but not the conflict in the dates of the senator's term. <br /><br />It may seem -- may be -- trivial, but sometimes the best stories come from checking out trivia that no one else has recognized as somehow "off." Looking forward to the sequel.Ardis Parshallhttp://www.keepapitchinin.orgnoreply@blogger.com