William G. Hirsig

William Grimm Hirsig (December 28, 1868 – April 4, 1924) was an automobile dealer in Nashville, Tennessee,[1] a partner of J. B. Deeds in the firm Deeds & Hirsig.[2][3][4] He was once president of the Nashville Vols baseball team. He was also a member of the county workhouse board.[5]

William G. Hirsig
Born(1868-12-28)December 28, 1868
Monroe, Wisconsin
DiedApril 4, 1924(1924-04-04) (aged 55)
Nashville, Tennessee
OccupationAutomobile dealer
Known forPresident of Nashville Vols

Early life

Hirsig was born to William and Elizabeth Grimm Hirsig, natives of Switzerland, in Monroe, Wisconsin.[6][7][8]

Baseball

Hirsig was president of the Vols from 1911 to 1913, succeeding Ferdinand E. Kuhn.[9][10][11] When Ty Cobb visited Nashville, Hirsig drove him around.[12]

Personal

On July 6, 1893, he married Josephine McBride. In 1895, he came to Nashville. His sons Lawrence and James were instrumental in their uncle Curtis Haley bringing the Boy Scouts to Tennessee.[13][14] Hirsig's house known as "Zenaida" and positioned between where the armies were during the Battle of Nashville during the American Civil War was destroyed by fire in 1918.[15][16] On his death in 1924, he left all his property to his wife.[17] He owned horses.[18]

References
  1. "Looking Back: Nashville Sunday Baseball Banned In 1911 | Sounds". webcache.googleusercontent.com.
  2. "Automobile Trade Journal". Chilton Company. February 18, 1920 – via Google Books.
  3. "The Spokesman and Harness World". Spokesman Publishing Company. February 18, 1913 – via Google Books.
  4. Simpson, John A. (March 10, 2015). "The Greatest Game Ever Played in Dixie": The Nashville Vols, Their 1908 Season, and the Championship Game. McFarland. ISBN 9781476611082 – via Google Books.
  5. "1916.3.4.B. Statement of W.G. Hirsig. County Workhouse Board". Nashville Banner. March 4, 1916. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
  6. "The Spokesman and Harness World". Spokesman Publishing Company. February 18, 1909 – via Google Books.
  7. Will T. Hale. A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans. p. 889.
  8. Bartlett, Ichabod S. (May 8, 1918). "History of Wyoming". S. J. Clarke Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  9. "Farmer Heads A Baseball Club". The Evening Chronicle. December 13, 1910. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  10. Simpson, John A. (October 17, 2013). Hub Perdue: Clown Prince of the Mound. McFarland. ISBN 9781476602745 – via Google Books.
  11. "W. G. Hirsig President Nashville B. B. Club". The Tennessean. December 13, 1910. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  12. Traughber, Bill (September 8, 2011). Vanderbilt Football: Tales of Commodore Gridiron History. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781625842312 – via Google Books.
  13. George Zapp (April 21, 2004). "Scouting founder's 1912 visit to city came in local program's second year". The Tennessean. p. 4B.
  14. "Boy Scouts of America, Tennessee".
  15. "W. G. Hirsig's Home Destroyed By Fire". The Tennessean. May 14, 1918. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  16. https://www.battleofnashvilletrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Granny-White-Pike-Zenaida.pdf
  17. "McQuiddy Printing Co. v. Hirsig, 23 Tenn. App. 434 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.
  18. "The American Stud Book". 1924.

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