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18 Tenn. L. Rev. 637 (1943-1945)
Judges Robert L. Caruthers and Archibald Wright

handle is hein.journals/tenn18 and id is 653 raw text is: JUDGES ROBERT L. CARUTHERS AND ARCHIBALD WRIGHT By JOHN W. GREEN of the Knoxzille Bar Judge Robert L. Caruthers OBERT LOONEY CARUTHERS was born in Smith County, Tennessee, July 31, 1800. His father was Samuel Caruthers and his mother was Jane Looney Caruthers, whose father was one of the representatives from Sullivan County in the first Constitutional Convention of the State of Franklin. In 1810 his father was overtaken by disease and remained speechless and helpless until his death in 1813, leaving the family in very poor circumstances. In February 1814, on account of the family's condition, young Caruthers was taken to Maury County to make his home with an uncle, and while there he worked on the farm in summer and attended school in winter. In 1816 his uncle suddenly informed the boy that he was no longer a welcome guest and asked him to find another home. Judge Caruthers has left a diary, and we are able to give in his own language an account of this unhappy event and his subsequent experiences growing out of the unexpected turn in his fortunes: 'I had lived with my uncle about two years, when from some cause yet unknown to me, and greatly to my surprise, he told me that I must put out and manage for myself, or return to Goose Creek, for he had done all he could for me. This was a heavy shock to my youthful feelings. It seemed to unhinge all my prospects. Until that very moment I had considered myself perfectly at home, at least until the occupations of manhood, and the invitations of fortune should lead me out into the world. But I withstood the shock upon a moment's reflection, and firmly resolved to meet the crisis like a man. I told my uncle I would set off in the morning if he desired it, and would lend me a horse to ride to Goose Creek. This was readily assented to by my uncle, and in two or three days thereafter, I found myself landed on Goose Creek, once more afoot in the world and without a cent of money.' . .. 'There being no person to control me, I assumed control of myself. My want of a fixed home and occupation caused me to go from house to house among my acquaintances, and the narrowness of -my range caused me to form new ac- quaintances and varied associations. I naturally got into bad company, in whose eyes even the holy Sabbath was void of sanctity. Morality had no beauty, and virtue had lost all her charms. After a few months spent in this way, I began to re- flect, and the more I thought upon the subject the more glaring was the impropriety of my course, and the gloominess of my

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