The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-02-11
Death of Seid WadGen.

failure. He had not been in frst-
rate health for a number of years,
but for a few weeks had been ooR-
fined to his residence with conditions
which were not at all favorable. He
was however feeling better Sunday
morning and was in the act of bath
ing his hands and face getting ready
to go out for a walk, when the time
came for dissolution.
Seid Weddell was born at Semer-
vile, Tenn, May 2, 184s. son of
John C. and Elizabeth d. Waddell,
and was of Scotch-Irish descent.
John c. Waddell was born in Carroll
County Tenn, about 1919 and died
in Union City in 1884. The mother
was also a Tennessean and died in
Arkansas Seid Waddell began the
study of law in 1878, and in January,
1874, entered the senior class of
Cumberland University at Lebanon,
Tenn, and graduated the same year.
He came almost Immediately to I'm
ion City and here continued to reside
and practice law, being for some
time law partner of Hon. Rice A.
Pierce, later and for e number of
years q law partner of his brother,
Judge Joel B. Waddell Mr.. Waddell
was one of the organizers Of the bank
of Union City in 1879 and was
elected in 1884 and served for a
number of years as president. This
was the first tank opened in Union
City, in which Geo. G. Bell was cash
Ter and the we'll known st. Louis
banker, Frank o. Watts, had his
early training. Mr.. Waddell was
elected Mayor of Union City in 1885
and reelected in 1886. In 1887 he
was united in marriage to Miss Eva
P. Waddell. Mrs. Waddell was born
in Hardeman County in 1856. Mr..
Waddell was a Democrat, a Mason,
for many years a member of the X. of
p order and in his religious faith
Swedcnborgian, one of the charter
members of the New Church in I'm
ion City.
Mr.. Waddell was among his many
fine qualities of citizenship and char
acter lifelong Democrat. He was
elected to the General Assembly as
Representative from Obion County in
1894. In 1896 he was elected to the
State Senate and reelected in 1898
and elected by that body to the po-
sition of speaker He was at the
time, along with such men as Judge
Heiskel and Hon. John A. Upton,
one of the leaders of the Democratic
party in Tennessee.
Mr.. Waddell was active in party
affairs in his own county and con
tinucd to take an interest in public
affairs generally. He was one of the
Board of Trustees of the Union City
Training School and in this school
his sons, Seid, Jr., John and e. P,
had their early training. Again he
entered banking some years ago
when the Union City Bank & Trust
Co. was organized and served that
institution as director. This bank
was consolidated with the First Ma
tional Bank of Union City. The name
of the new organization was the Old
National Bank. Mr.. Waddell was
0f ho IT.
Whitesell retired as president year
ago Mr.. Waddell was elected as his
successor, and held that position un-
til he died.
Mr.. Waddell is survived by his
stepmother, Mrs. Sarah Waddell, 90
years of age, his wife and two broth
ers, st. John Waddell, of Memphis,
and Judge Joel B. WaddeH, of this
city; two sisters, Mrs. VIM. Caruth-
ers, of Whiteville, Tenn, and Miss
Birdie Waddell, of this city. There
were five children of the family of
Mr. and Mrs. Seid Waddell. four of
whom survive as follows: Mrs. |
Dickens Hendrix and e. P. Waddeli,
of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Belle Berry
hill, of st. Louis, and j. A. WaddelI,
of this city.
Mr.. Waddell was a man of good
parts. He had exceptionally we'll
ordered mental resources and very
high sense of moral courage. He
served his people we'll and at all
times with an immovable faith in the
laws of God and eternal Justice He
was aligned with the great moral |
movements, taking an active interest |
in the prohibition and enforcement |
laws. He was parliamentarian in
politics and an executive in business. |
He had faculty of reducing puz-
zling problems to simple analysis and |
his counsel and advice were always |
in demand He was in flne-a man,
Gods noblest handiwork, and we
shall not see his like again.
The entire community nourns the |
loss of a good citizen, the family 3 |