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Author: Will T. Hale

   WILLIAM DAVID SUMPTER, M. D. When, at the age of forty, a man has attained a

high place in his profession, has been honored with appointments to

professorships in leading educational institutions, and has reached the degree

of Master Mason, and is, with all the foregoing, a consistent church member, it

may well be assumed that he is the possessor of more than the average ability

and sterling moral fibre and high purpose as well. It must not be forgotten

that, with all these qualities, a man must have. also, a wondrous capacity for

"keeping everlastingly at it." To those who have observed with what unflagging

energy and singleness of purpose Dr. Sumpter has pursued his course, his success

is not a marvel; it is simply hard-earned attainment of the goal of his ambitions.



   James Asher Sumpter, father of William David Sumpter, was for many years, a

leading citizen of Tennessee and an eminent physician,— a fact which impelled

the subject of this sketch to set his mark high in the effort to live up to the

expectation of his friends.



   James Asher Sumpter was a native of Kentucky and his wife, Mary (Rhea)

Sumpter, was born in Tennessee. He was a graduate and interne of Bellevue

Hospital College and practiced his profession in Pulaski where he died in 1885,

aged fifty-two years. His widow survives him, and at the age of seventy-two is

making her home in Pulaski. Six children were born to this couple, four of whom

are now living.



   William David Sumpter, born at Pulaski, Tennessee, June 28, 1872, attended

the schools of his native town, graduating from Webb school at Bell Buckle,

Tennessee. Mr. Sumpter took up the study of medicine at the University of

Virginia, graduating in 1894. Upon the completion of his scholastic career, Dr.

Sumpter was given the appointment of house physician of the Good Shepherd

Hospital at Nashville where he served for one year. Following this he was

honored with a responsible post at the New York Polyclinic, and, upon the

completion of his service, he located permanently in Nashville. For the past

five years, in addition to the labor entailed by an extensive private practice,

Dr. Sumpter has filled the chairs of microscopy, surgery and anatomy in the

University of Tennessee. All told twelve years have been devoted to hospital and

college work and he is regarded as one of the best informed and efficient

physicians in the state.



   Dr. Sumpter's professional affiliations are with the county and state medical

societies and the American Medical Association, also the Southern Medical

Association. He is a Master Mason and is a Knight of Pythias.



   In 1901 Dr. Sumpter was married to one of Nashville's most popular young

women—Miss Tommie Wrenne, daughter of Thomas W. Wrenne. Three children have been

born to this fortunate couple: Clara Wrenne, Thomas W., named for his maternal

grandfather, and Mary Rhea, who bears the name of her father's mother. The

Sumpter family attend the First Presbyterian church.



Additional Comments:
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A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans : the leaders and representative men in

commerce, industry and modern activities

by Will T. Hale

Chicago:  Lewis Pub. Co.,  1913



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