HEAD, John R.

John R. Head, of the firm of Head & Montgomery, liverymen of Brownsville, was born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 27, 1844, son , of John R. and Eliza J. (Thomson) Head, of Mississippi and Tennessee respectively. Our subject was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. In 1863 he went to West … Read more

HAYWOOD, James G.

James G. Haywood, M. D., of Brownsville, Tenn., was born in Davidson County, Tenn., June 1, 1826, being a son of Thomas and Susan (Glasgow) Haywood, and a grandson of the gifted Judge John Haywood. Our subject’s parents were both natives of North Carolina. James G. was reared in his native county until his fifteenth … Read more

HAYWOOD, John

John Haywood, M. D., a retired physician of Haywood County, was born in Madison County, Ala., April 7, 1820, and was the son of Thomas J. and Susan C. (Glasgow) Haywood. His father was born in Orange County, N. C., in 1797, and in early life came with his parents to Davidson County, Tenn., and … Read more

HALLIBURTON, A.J. (Major)

Maj. A. J. Halliburton, a farmer and valuable citizen of the Tenth District, was born in Humphreys County, in 1814, being one of two children born to Charles A. and Jerusha Halliburton. His grandfather was born in North Carolina in l747, and lived to be seventy-three years old; he was a major in the war … Read more

GILLESPIE, James H. (Rev.)

Rev. James H. GILLESPIE, a devout minister, and a prominent citizen of Brownsville, Tenn., was born in Blount County, Tenn., August 10. 1804. His parents were Robert and Elizabeth (HOUSTON) Gillespie, and were natives of Virginia. Rev. James Gillespie in early life was engaged with his father in the manufacturing business. In 1825 he graduated … Read more

ESTES, A. Carey

A. Carey ESTES, attorney at law of Brownsville, Tenn., and a native of Haywood County, was born Jun 17, 1849, son of Moreau P. and Mary Quarles NOEL Estes, who were both native Virginians. Subject was educated in the University of Virginia, in which institution he read law and graduated from the legal department in … Read more

DUCKWORTH, Alexander (Captain)

Capt. Alexander DUCKWORTH, clerk and master of the chancery court of Brownsville, Tenn., and native of Haywood County, was born March 16, 1832, son of William W. and Mary M. (ALEXANDER) Duckworth, natives respectively of South and North Carolina. Robert W. Duckworth, the Captain’s grandfather, came with his family to Tennessee from North Carolina early … Read more

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