Thomas E. V. Barkley

       
       Thomas E. V. Barkley, A. B., M. D., was born in Winchester, Ky., January 7, 1858, and is a son of Capt. Hiram Barkley, a native Kentuckian, and Martha Betty (Campbell) Barkley, also a native of Kentucky, where they are now living. Of their family of four children, our subject was the oldest. He was educated in the high school at home and at Washington and Lee Academy, and finished his education at Bethany College in 1877. He then took a medical course at Miami Medical College where he graduated in 1880. He came to Chattanooga and became a partner of Dr. Berlin. He is a member of the K. of P., and K. of H., Fraternal Legion, and also of the Christian Church. He is a member of different societies, and is much esteemed by all who know him.

Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887