City: Dickson HUDSON, J. T., farmer; born Dickson Co., Tenn., July 19, 1853; Irish descent; son of J. W. and Mary (Tilley) HUDSON; father’s occupation, farming; received common school education; began farming when quite young, and he has remained in that business all of his life; married L. W. BOWEN […]
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City: Dickson HENSLEE, Pitt, banker; born Hollow Rock, Tenn.; son of Dr. J. T. and Mary (Lipe) HENSLEE; the father being a physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents Joel and Nancy (Justice) HENSLEE, maternal grandparents, Aaron and Mary (Green) LIPE: educated public schools of his native village and afterward a merchant […]
City: Dickson HARPER, Thomas Munsey, physician; born South Side, Tenn., June 27, 1868; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas T. and Mary E. (Collins) HARPER; educated Montgomery Co., High School; graduated in medicine University of Tenn., Feb. 24, 1891; married Nellie BROCK Jan. 6, 1904; Scottish Rite Mason; Democrat; member of […]
City: Detroit VAUGHN, Joseph Craddock, merchant; born Detroit, Tenn., Jan. 19, 1855; English and Scotch descent; son of Joseph CRADDOCK and Mary Margaret (McCoy) VAUGHAN; educated in the local schools of Tenn.; entered the mercantile business in early life; married Martha Sue BARKER June 5, 1866; Democrat; was Postmaster at […]
City: Denver RUSHING, Virgil Alonzo, banker; born Tenn., Dec. 20, 1874; son of Burhl C. and Missouri Jane (Thompson) RUSHING; father’s occupation merchant; paternal grandparents David L. and Sarah (Moore) RUSHIING; maternal grandparents David and Letha (Yates) THOMPSON; educated Camden, Tenn.; began life as a merchant; married Stella McCANN May […]
City: Denmark TYSON, Benjamin, farmer; born Haywood Co., Tenn., Oct. 4, 1847; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Benjamin and Pamela (Moore) TYSON; father was a merchant and farmer, who came to Tenn., from North Carolina; educated in the local schools of Haywood and Madison Co’s., Tenn.; began life as a clerk […]
City Denver EASLEY, Ernest, banker; born Dickson, Tenn., July 26, 1882; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William J. and Lula Helen (Hicks) EASLEY; educated in the local schools and Dickson College of Dickson, Tenn.; first occupation, was teaching, later, stenographer for the Cassety Oil Co., Nashville, Tenn., now cashier of the […]
City: Del Rio JONES, William V., farmer and merchant; born near Del Rio, Tenn., May 9, 1866; French English descent; son of Marvel M. and Susan E. (Woodson) JONES; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Russell and Sarah (Hays) JONES; maternal grandparents, Mathew and Mary (Pyrom) WOODSON; educated in the local […]
City: Del Rio BURNETT, James Huff, farmer and merchant; born Del Rio, Cocke Co., Tenn., July 21, 1859; French-Irish descent; son of James M. and Caroline (Huff) BURNETT; paternal grandparents Swan P. and Francis (Bell) BURNETT, maternal grandparents, Stephen and Betsy (Carson) HUFF; educated Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn.; began […]
City: Defeated WRIGHT, Wilson Daniel, farmer; born Sykes, Tenn., Nov. 25, 1863; English-Irish descent; son of Stephens Henry and Nancy (Waters) WRIGHT; father’s occupation, farmer; in early life was a farmer, later entered the mercantile business; received a common school education; was a merchant at Hickman, Tenn., from 1882 to […]
City: Decherd WARREN, Garner Shepard, physician and surgeon; born Franklin Co., Tenn., Nov. 29, 1863; son of Rufus C. and –(Reagan) WARREN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents, Samuel B. and Margaret (Tucker) WARREN, maternal grandparents, John and Mary (Warren) REAGAN; educated at Winchester Normal School and Vanderbilt University, graduated from […]
City: Decherd MURRAY, C. E., miller and slack cooperage manufacturer; born Coyner’s Springs, Va., July 16, 1872; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Oliver H., and Selina (Layman) MURRAY; educated at Emery and Henry College, Va.; entered business career as bookkeeper and stenographer; married Carrie A. POWELL Nov. 2, 1898; member Odd […]
City: Decherd HEIKENS, Ben I., farmer; born Wellsburg, Ia., Nov. 19, 1870; German descent; son of I. H. and A. Afka (Jaspers) HEIKINS; father’s occupation farmer; educated Winchester Normal and Terrill College, graduated from latter in June 1891; in early life was a miller; married Luella ARMSTRONG, July 24, 1894; […]
City: Dandridge ROBESON, James F., farmer; born Buncomb Co., N. C., March 25, 1865; Scotch-Irish-English and Dutch descent; son of Jacob C. and Clarisse Ann (Haren) ROBESON; father’s occupation, farmer; educated in schools of Cocke Co., Tenn.; married Lizzie O’BRIEN Aug. 29, 1889; married second Maud CROCKETT, Dec. 22, 1904; […]