Jesse Ely Wills
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Jesse Ely Wills was an American businessman and poet. He was the chairman of the National Life and Accident Insurance Company and the author of four poetry collections. National Life was founded by hi
Jesse Ely Wills (newspaper article published in May, 1923)
William Ridley Wills was a founder of the National Life and Accident Insurance Company in Nashville in 1902. Born in west Tennessee, Wills came to Nashville in 1893 to serve as Tennessee's deputy comm
Jesse Ely Wills
…the chairman of the National Life and Accident Insurance Company and the author of four poetry collections. National Life was founded by his father, William Ridley Wills in 1902. Jesse Wills began working there at age 23 when he was a student at Vanderbilt University and remained with the company his entire career. In…
William Ridley Wills in 1925
Tennessee Governor's Mansion in 2013