William G. Hirsig Explained

Birth Date:28 December 1868
Birth Place:Monroe, Wisconsin
Death Place:Nashville, Tennessee
Occupation:Automobile dealer
Known For:President of Nashville Vols

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]

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 on April 4, 1924,[17] he left all his property to his wife.[18] He owned horses.[19]

Notes and References

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

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