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- Joseph Tedford McTeer served in the Confederate forces during the Civil War, as
a private and sergeant in Company I, Colonel Ashby's 2nd Tennessee Cavalry and
also as a private in Company E 4th Battalion, Branner's Tennessee Cavalry.
Throughout most of his life Joseph T. McTeer was engaged in the clothing
business, first as a travelling salesman and later with a retail store in
Knoxville.
He was twice elected mayor of Knoxville.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 122.
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