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George T. McCall
1854 - 1922
George T. McCall, a leading
member of the Huntingdon bar, was born at Clarksburg, Carroll Co., Tenn.,
October 21, 1854, son of Dr. Henry and Frances (Bowlin) McCall, and is of
Scotch-Irish descent. His father was born in South Carolina in 1817, and
his mother, who was a Virginian, was born in 1827. Dr. McCall came to
Carroll County about 1845, and for thirty-seven years was a successful
physician of the county. He died May 2, 1880. George T. McCall is the
third of their eight children, and was educated at Bethel College and
McNairy Institute. He began his legal studies in 1876 in the office of
Judge L. L. Hawkins, and July 4, 1877, was admitted to the Carroll County
bar. Since then he has been engaged in the practice of his profession. He
is an ardent Republican, and in 1880 was elected mayor of Huntingdon, and
was re-elected. in 1886, and also in 1887. As a lawyer he has been
prominent and successful, and as a citizen is well known and esteemed.
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