City: Nashville NEWMAN, Willie Betty, artist, portrait painter; born Murfreesboro, Tenn.; French, Scotch and German descent; daughter of Col. W.F.M. and Sophie (Rucker) BETTY; father, lawyer; paternal grandparents William Randolph and Mary (Holland) BETTY; maternal grandparents Benjamin R. and Elizabeth (Wharton) RUCKER; educated Lebanon, Murfreesboro, Cincinnati and Paris, France; graduated […]
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City: Nashville NEWMAN, James Bryan, lawyer; born Grove Hill, Clark County, Ala., December 19, 1870; son James A. and Annie Elizabeth (Boroughs) NEWMAN; English descent; educated Grove Hill Academy, Newtown Academy and University of Alabama, 1889, LL.B.; married Lilah MCDANIEL of Livingston, Ala., November 19, 1901; Past Chancellor of Highland […]
City: Nashville NEIL, A. B., lawyer; Judge of the Criminal Court of Davidson County, Tennessee; Democrat; residence, Nashville, Tenn. Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
City: Oliver Springs HANNAH, Harvey Horatio, lawyer; born Louisville, Ky., Aug. 30, 1868; German-Scotch-Irish descent; son of John H. and Lillie L. (GERDING) HANNAH; father soldier, lawyer and planter; paternal grandparents, John F. and Grace (TELFORD) HANNAH; maternal grandparents George F. and Eliza M. (LOWE) GERDING; graduated from University of […]
City: Oliver Springs GALLAHER, George Hamilton, farmer; born Wheat, Tenn., Sept. 13, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of David H. and Martha E. (OWEN) GALLAHER; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents George and Lucinda (KING) GALLAHER, maternal grandparents Richard G. and Catharine (LONES) OWEN; graduated from Roane College, May 1897; has […]
City: Obion WILSON, Tench Carson, capitalist; born Troy, Tenn., April 2, 1867; son of William M. and Nancy Ann (CARUTHERS) WILSON; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Troy and Glass, Obion Co.; member I. O. O. F., K. of P., W. O. W.; interested Obion real estate, farming, etc. Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: […]