Charles C. Young, a well known and enterprising merchant of Sparta, was born in this town February 25, 1845. He is the son of William M. and Matilda (Wallace) Young. His parents were married December 1, 1842. Mr. Young’s father … Continue reading →
Oliver F. Young, a prominent merchant and farmer of Simpson’s mills, was born January 4, 1825, in Jackson County, Tenn., a son of James and Elizabeth (Draper) Young. The father was born in North Carolina about 1787, and immigrated to … Continue reading →
E. Winstead, a prominent farmer of the Fifth District, was born November 17, 1822, in Hawkins County, Tenn., the fifth child of Ephraim and Margaret (Martin) Winstead. They were of Irish-Welsh descent. The father was a farmer and stock raiser. … Continue reading →
H. B. Ward, a prosperous farmer and lumberman of Wards Station, was born April 26, 1844, in Milan, Ohio; a son of Elam and Christianna (Byard) Ward. The father was born in Connecticut, in December, 1806, and moved to Ohio … Continue reading →
Wm. Turner, a prominent farmer and stock raiser of the Eighth District, was born in White County March 13, 1839, the third child of James and Ann (Lyda) Turner. The father was born about 1814, in Tennessee. He was a … Continue reading →
J. H. Towles, a leading merchant of Onward, was born May 1, 1854, in Warren County, a son of John W. and Lucinda (Wilson) Towles. The father was born March 31, 1819, in Warren County, Tenn., where his father, Joseph … Continue reading →
J. W. Taylor, a prominent manufacturer of jeans and woolen goods, and proprietor of a grist-mill, was born in September, (smudged) in White County, Tenn., of Irish descent. His father, Creed A. Taylor , as born about 1809, in Virginia, … Continue reading →
W. F. Story, of Story Bros., lawyers, was born in Fentress County, December 20, 1846, the son of Noah W. and Catherine (Woolsey) Story, both of English ancestry. The paternal ancestors came over with William Penn, one of whom, Thomas … Continue reading →
T. W. Stewart, a well known farmer of the Third District of White County, was born March 3, 1843, in Person County, N. C. When about seven years of age he immigrated to Tennessee with his mother and located in … Continue reading →
Col. W. G. Smith, lawyer, of the firm of Snodgrass & Smiths was born in Granville County, N. C., September 25, 1828, a son of George C. and Martha (Gooch) Smith, the former of German-French ancestry and the latter of … Continue reading →