Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Volume I and Volume II, Lewis
Publishing Company, 1904, pp. 40-42.  Hickman Co.

THOMAS LETCHER ATWOOD

     Thomas Letcher Atwood, president of the Hickman County Bank, of
Clinton, Kentucky, was born on a farm in Allen county, Kentucky,
August 27, 1843.  He is a son of Lovel and Mary Herndon (Piper)
Atwood.  The father was also a native of Allen county, Kentucky, and
both he and his son were born on a farm about five miles northeast of
Scottsville, Kentucky.  The parents of our subject drove from Allen
county to Hickman county, and in the year 1850 made permanent
settlement about six miles north of Clinton, and there lived and died,
being sturdy pioneers.
     Thomas L. Atwood was reared upon the home farm of his father and
given a fair education in the old Clinton Seminary.  In the latter
part of 1863 he enlisted in the Confederate army and served until the
close of the war, under General Forrest, the brilliant cavalry
officer, the "wizard of the saddle."  He had two brothers, R.L. and
W.L. Atwood, who enlisted in the Confederate army at the outbreak of
the war, the former of whom was captured at Fort Donelson and was
imprisoned at Fort Douglas in Chicago, and died there in August, 1862.
W.L. Atwood served until the close of the war, and now resides in
Texas.
     Mr. Atwood remained at home after the war broke out to care for
his widowed mother, but when she married, in 1863, he was free to
enlist, which he did immediately.  At present he is a member of
Colonel Edward Crossland Camp, United Confederate Veterans.  After his
return home he commenced teaching, in 1868, and pursued his studies as
best he could, and he continued along these lines until 1882, when he
was elected county surveyor, and served eight years by election, and
two years more by appointment, ten years in all.  In politics he is a
strong Democrat, and has always taken active part in party issues.
Since February, 1893, he has been a resident of Clinton.
     In 1871 he was united in marriage with Miss Hettie F. Bugg, who
was born near Nashville, TN.  Mr. and Mrs. Atwood have children as
follows:  E. Leland, studying for the ministry in Crozer Theological
Seminary at Chester, Pennsylvania, having graduated from Clinton
College and the Georgetown College; Elmer B., a graduate of the
Clinton and Georgetown colleges, is now a Baptist clergyman attending
the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Kentucky;
May, also a graduate of Clinton College, is a teacher.  Both Mr. and
Mrs. Atwood are consistent members of the Baptist church, and take an
active part in its good work.  Mr. Atwood was one of the organizers of
the Hickman County Bank, which was established in January, 1902,
and he was elected its first president, which office of honor and 
responsibility he has since filled with great ability, his sagacity, 
conservative management and excellent judgment placing his bank among 
the leading financial institutions of the county.

Atwood Piper Forrest Bugg
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Allen-KY TN IL TX PA

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