City: Memphis WYNNE, Hugh R., cotton factor; born Forrest City, Ark., June 15, 1873; received primary education in Memphis, Tenn., then continued his studies in Webb School, Bellbuckle, Tenn; left school in 1890 and returned to Memphis and became interested in a stove manufacturing concern known as the Wetter Manufacturing […]
Daily Archives: October 20, 2013
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City: Memphis WRIGHT, Luke E., lawyer; born Giles Co., Tenn., Aug. 29, 1846; Scotch descent; son of Archibald and Mary E. (Eldridge) WRIGHT; paternal grandparents John and Nancy (McIntyre) WRIGHT, maternal grandfather Elisha ELDRIDGE, maternal grandmother was a Miss DILLON prior to her marriage; educated University of Miss.; received B. […]
City: Memphis WRIGHT, E. Eldridge, lawyer; born Mobile, Ala., July 25, 1871; Scotch descent; son of Luke E. and Kate Middleton (Semmes) WRIGHT; father, lawyer, diplomatist, ex-governor general of the Philippines, former ambassador to Japan and former secretary of war; paternal grandparents Archibald and Mary E. (Eldridge) WRIGHT; received primary […]
City: Memphis WOOLLEN, Alexander Rogers, manufacturer and cotton merchant; born McLemoresville, Tenn., April 26, 1861; English descent; son of A. T. M. and Mary Jane (Rogers) WOOLLEN; father’s occupation, merchant and planter; paternal grandparents David and Elizabeth (Woollen) WOOLLEN, maternal grandparents Alexander and Miriam (Crandall) ROGERS; educated at McLemoresville, Tenn, […]
City: Memphis SMITH, James Hammond, banker; born Shelbyville, Ky., July 6, 1835; German descent; son of Abram and Margaret (Campbell) SMITH; his father was a member of Capt. Ford’s company under Gen. Andrew Jackson, and was in the battle of New Orleans during war of 1812; his paternal grandparents were […]