City: Memphis HILL, A. Bruce, secretary Board of Education; born in Tipton Co., Tenn., Dec. 12, 1837; Scotch-Irish and French descent; son of John S. and Henrietta (Dewese) HILL; educated at Mt. Carmel Academy, Tipton Co., Tenn., and graduated from same; worked on farm until 1855, then taught school two […]
Daily Archives: March 17, 2013
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City: Knoxville MCKINNEY, Annie Valentine Booth; authoress; born Warren Co., Miss., daughter of Col. S. S. and Anne (Valentine) BOOTH; graduated from Hillman College, Clinton, Miss.; married Samuel MCKINNEY, of Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 14, 1879; Pres of Tenn. Woman’s Press and Authors Club; Pres. Knoxville Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy; […]
City: Knoxville MCCLUNG, Charles James, wholesale hardware merchant; born Knoxville, Tenn., July 12, 1866; Scotch-Irish descent; son Franklin H. and Eliza Ann (Mills) MCCLUNG; father’s occupation, wholesale dry goods merchant; paternal grandparents, Matthew and Eliza Jane (Morgan) MCCLUNG; maternal grandparents, Adam Lee and Matilda (Holtman) MILLS, educated Univ. of Tenn., […]
City: Knoxville MCCLUNG, Calvin Morgan, merchant; born St. Louis, Mo., May 12, 1855; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Franklin Henry and Eliza Ann (Mills) MCCLUNG; father’s occupation, wholesale dry goods merchant; paternal grandparents, Matthew and Eliza Jane (Morgan) MCCLUNG, maternal grandparents, Adam Lee and Matilda (Holtzman) MILLS; educated in private schools […]
City: Knoxville LUTTRELL, Samuel Bell, merchant and banker; born Knoxville Tenn., July 23, 1844; Scotch-Irish-English and French descent; son of James Churchwell and Eliza Carr (Bell) LUTTRELL; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents, James C. and Martha (Armstrong) LUTTRELL, maternal grandparents, Samuel and Eliza (Sanders) BELL; educated in private schools, and […]
City: Knoxville LINDSAY, Hugh Barton, lawyer; born Campbell Co., Tenn., Nov. 3, 1856; Scotch-Irish descent; son of C. S. and Valentine (Bowling) LINDSAY; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather, William LINDSAY, maternal grandfather, Larkin BOWLING, educated in the local schools of Campbell Co. and Academy at Jacksboro, Tenn.; married Sarah Elizabeth […]
City: Knoxville LESTER, Charles W., lawyer; son of William and Lucinda (Tuck) LESTER of Knox Co, Tenn.; their families were among the pioneer settlers of East Tenn., having emigrated from Virginia; they are of Scotch and English descent; their people having come to this country in the early settlement of […]
City: Knoxville KINCAID, John Henry; physician, eye specialist; born Claiborne Co., Tenn., June 11, 1878; Scotch descent; son of Marcellus M. and Martha Kirby (Mars) KINCAID; father’s occupation, live stock broker, or dealer; educated University of Tenn., University of Mich., and University of Vienna, Austria; graduated from University of Mich., […]
City: Knoxville KEHR, Cyrus, patent, trade-mark and copyright lawyer; born near Goshen, Elkhart Co., Ind., March 30, 1856; German-Swiss descent; son of Jacob Miller and Magdalena (Kornhaus) KEHR; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents John and Magdalena (Miller) KEHR; maternal grandparents, Joseph and Barbara (Guth) KORNHAUS; educated public schools, Elkhart Co., […]
City: Knoxville KEFFER, Charles Albert, horticulturist; born Des Moines, Ia., June 11, 1861; son of S. B. and Rebecca (Kagey) KEFFER; paternal grandfather, Robinson KEFFER; maternal grandfather Isaac KAGEY; educated Des Moines (Ia) High School, and Iowa Agricultural College; Sec. Tenn. Horticultural Soc.; member various State Horticultural Societies, American Pomological […]
City: Knoxville JOHNSON, Curtis Boyd, business man; born Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 10, 1875; son of Jackson S. and Belle (Biddle) JOHNSON; educated in Public schools, and Draughon’s Business College, Nashville, Tenn., graduating from the latter in 1893; in early life he taught bookkeeping and penmanship in Business College; now has […]