In the year 1878, Governor James D. Porter appointed Judge Tarver
chancellor of the Sixth chancery district of the state, to complete an
unexpired term, and he presided on the bench of this tribunal with
all of ability and fidelity. In his law practice he had confined himself
principally to the civil code, in the presentation of causes in the chancer>'
court, and thus he brought to his judicial office not only marked technical
ability but also large and varied experience in this department of judicial
procedure. He was a man of gVeat business acumen and gained sub-
stantial financial success within the course of his long and useful career,
and he was one of the early stockholders and directors of the Tennessee



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Pacific Bailroad Company, as well as a member of the directorate of the
Second National Bank of Lebanon.
