Peter P. Pickard was born in Hickman County, Tennessee on October 1, 1845, and was fifteen years of age when the Civil war opened. Peter promptly enlisted in the Confederate army as a member of Frank Maney's battery of artillery. At the battle of Fort Donelson, Peter was among the Confederates captured and was detained as a prisoner for 7 months. Peter was wounded and lost an arm in 1864 while sharpshooting at Rocky Race Ridge, near Dalton, Georgia.

In 1865 he came to Perry County, Tennessee, where two years later he married Julia Britt. In 1883, as a Democrat, Mr. Pickard was elected comptroller of Tennessee, and reelected to the same position twice. In 1900 he was made supervisor of the census in the sixth congressional district of this state.

In 1901 he started the first bank in Ashland City, Tennessee. He remained in Ashland City for the remainder of his life with his wife, Julia and their children.

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Peter Phaney Pickard