In 1865, after three years in a Wisconsin regiment, Eston Hemings Jefferson‘s son Col. John Wayles Jefferson decided to settle in the rich cotton country he had seen during the war; he became one of the largest cotton brokers in Memphis.
In 1865, after three years in a Wisconsin regiment, Eston Hemings Jefferson‘s son Col. John Wayles Jefferson decided to settle in the rich cotton country he had seen during the war; he became one of the largest cotton brokers in Memphis.