| Jay Guy Cisco | |||||||||
| Birth Date: | April 25, 1844 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Death Date: | April 24, 1922 | ||||||||
| Death Place: | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||
| Occupation: | Journalist, diplomat, businessman | ||||||||
| Spouse: | Mildred George Pursley | ||||||||
| Children: | 4 sons, 2 daughters | ||||||||
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Jay Guy Cisco (April 25, 1844 - April 24, 1922) was an American Confederate veteran, journalist, diplomat and businessman. He was the owner of a bookstore and the editor of the Forked Deer Blade newspaper in Jackson, Tennessee. He was a U.S. consul to Mexico, and an agent for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
Cisco was born on April 25, 1844, in New Orleans, Louisiana.[1] During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, he served in the Confederate States Army.[1] He subsequently traveled to Europe.[2]
Cisco moved to Jackson, Tennessee, where he was the owner of a bookstore known as Cisco's Bookstore.[1] [2] He became the editor of the Forked Deer Blade in Jackson in 1883.[1] [2] He was a proponent of prohibition.[3]
Cisco was appointed as a consul to Mexico by President Grover Cleveland in 1888.[1] He was an agent for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad from 1897 to 1922.[1]
Cisco married Mildred George Pursley;[3] they had four sons and two daughters.[1] They resided at 912 Boscobel Street in Nashville.[1]
Cisco died on April 24, 1922, in Nashville.[1]