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Clingman, Thomas Lanier 1812-1897

Legislator; born in Huntsville, N. C., July 27, 1812; graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1832; settled in Asheville, N. C.; United States Senator from 1858 till 1861, when he resigned, with other members from the Southern States. He joined the Confederate army, and was made a brigadier-general in May, 1862. In 1855 he located the highest point of the Black Mountain, which has since been known as “Clingman's Peak” ; and he also discovered the highest point of the Smoky Mountain in 1858, now known as “Clingman's dome.” He died in Morgantown, N. C., Nov. 3, 1897.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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