Arthur R. Melendy

   Arthur R. Melendy, D. D. S., is the son of A. B. and Anna B. (Rice) Melendy, natives of Vermont and Massachusetts respectively. They were married in Vermont and came to Tennessee in 1869. The father followed farming as an occupation, but is now retired from active life and lives in Knoxville, Tenn. Their family consisted of two sons. Our subject was born March 4,1859, in Vermont and educated at the University or Tennessee. He received his dental education at Vanderbilt University, from which he graduated in 1883 taking the Morrison prize, on best general examination. He then went in partnership with Dr. S. B. Cook at Sweet Water, and afterward came to Chattanooga. In 1884 he married Miss Vallie Brewster, of Sweet Water, who bore him one child, Melvil. The Doctor is a member or the East Tennessee Dental Association of which he has been president, and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887