Mrs. Adelia BATES DICKEY died in Los Angeles, California, January 12th, 1940. She was the widow of the Rev. John P. DICKEY, who was “admitted into the Holston Conference” in 1871, and spent the greater part of his life in preaching and teaching. Mrs. DICKEY was born August 8th, 1856, […]
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Mrs. Irene BLAIR NEFF was born at Jonesboro, Tenn., in 1849. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. BLAIR. Her mother died when she was a small child and she spent the greater part of her girlhood in the home of her sister, who was the wife […]
Mrs. Adelia BATES DICKEY died in Los Angeles, California, January 12th, 1940. She was the widow of the Rev. John P. DICKEY, who was “admitted into the Holston Conference” in 1871, and spent the greater part of his life in preaching and teaching. Mrs. DICKEY was born August 8th, 1856, […]
John Worth Browning was born in Statesville, N.C., on Jan. 24, 1857. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.C. Huddleston, in Cleveland, Tenn. Nov., 21, 1939 at the age of 82 years 10 months. He was buried at Maryville, Tenn. He received his college training at Rutherford […]
Simonides, an ancient Greek poet, said, “the city teaches the man.” How true. It is equally true that the times teach the man. No one will deny the effect upon character of the environment and time in which a man was born, the circumstances in which he was reared. Eugene […]
City: Nashville GREEN, Grafton, lawyer; born Lebanon, Tenn., August 25, 1872; son Nathan and Bettie (McClain) GREEN; English-Scotch-Irish descent; graduated Cumberland University, A. A., 1891; LL. B., 1893; married Pauline DINGES, December 10, 1898; admitted to bar 1893; elected Judge of Supreme Court of Tennessee August 4, 1910. Source: Who’s […]
City: Nashville GAUT, John M., lawyer; born Cleveland, Tenn., October 1, 1841; son J. C. and Sarah A. (McReynolds) GAUT; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Academy, Cleveland, Tenn.; Rutger’s College, New Brunswick, N. J.; graduated A. B. 1866, A.M. 1869, LL.D. 1908, LL.D. Missouri Valley College 1907; married, first Michie M. HARRIS, […]
City: Medina OLIVER, George Weldon, physician; born Cleveland, Tenn., May 19, 1869; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Hillary L. and Valderia (DILLEHAY) OLIVER; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents Hezekiah and Martha (LEWIS) OLIVER maternal grandparents Marcus and Mary (LANCASTER) DILLEHAY; educated in the public schools of Maury Co., Tenn.; graduated from […]
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 MASKALL, Creed Fulton, watchmaker and jeweler, merchant; born Bradley Co., Tenn., Oct. 16, 1847; English descent; son of W. J. M. and Malana C. (Babb) MASKALL; married Elizabeth N. STILLINGS, Oct. 19, 1871; member Woodmen of the World Sycamore Camp No. 3, Knoxville, Tenn.; member First M. E. […]
City: East Chattanooga HYSINGER, Paris Robert, physician; born Bradley Co., March 18, 1875; German descent; son of John K. and Martha (Kibler) HYSINGER; graduated Cleveland, Tenn., May 1896, Chattanooga Medical College, April 1910; married Annie Belle BEANE Nov. 2, 1903; member I.O.O.F.; Republican; enumerator of census 1900; in early life […]
City: Georgetown CROW, John William, miller; born in Roane Co., Tenn., March 8, 1857; Irish and German descent; son of Lorenzo Haywood and Mary M. (Cofer) CROW; father was a farmer; received common school education; reared on a farm in Roane Co., Tenn., by a widowed mother, his father having […]
City: Georgetown STIMSON, Leland Thomas, miller and farmer; born in Floyd Co., Va., Oct. 11, 1852; son of N. B. and Lydia (Percell) STIMSON; educated in Bland Co., Va.; married Julia R. SUITER March 30, 1876; moved to West Va. In 1879 and lived in Wyoming Co., W. Va., twenty-seven […]
City: Cleveland SULLIVAN, Rufus Pledger, physician and surgeon; born Buren, Union Co., Ga., 1867; Irish descent; son of Daniel Asberry and Mary (Brackett) SULLIVAN; father’s occupation minister of the Gospel, educated in Georgia and Tenn.; graduated at Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1897; in early life he worked on a farm and […]
City: Cleveland SULLINS, David, educator and minister of the Gospel; born McMinn Co., Tenn., July 28, 1827; son of Nathan and Rebecca (Mitchell) SULLINS; Scotch-Irish descent; father’s occupation, farmer; educated Forest Hill Academy and Emory & Henry College, A.B., A.M. and D.D.; married Annie Rebecca BLAIR May 3, 1855; member […]
City: Cleveland STUART, Geo. Rutledge, preacher and lecturer; born Jefferson City, Tenn., Dec. 14, 1857; son of C. C. and Maria (Worley) STUART; paternal grandfather David STUART; paternal grandmother Barshie COBB, maternal grandfather Joseph WORLEY, maternal grandmother Maria GAINES; Scotch-Irish descent; father’s occupation, merchant, merchant; educated Emory & Henry College, […]
City: Cleveland SNYDER, David Byron, farmer; born Tasso, Tenn., Dec 15, 1869; Irish descent; son of Abram and Susan (Johnson) SNYDER; educated at Tasso, Tenn.; married Elizabeth HINKLE March 7, 1895; member Masonic Lodge; Republican; member M. E. church, South; engaged in farming at Cleveland, Tenn.
City: Cleveland SMITH, Jacob, public official; born Bradley Co., Tenn., Oct. 26, 1868; German descent; son of William and Nancy J. (Hammontell) SMITH; educated at Chatata High School and U. S. Grant University; graduating from the latter; in early life engaged in farming and teaching school; married Bertha RAMSEY July […]
City: Cleveland REPASS, Joseph Wharton, educator; born Bland Co., Va., Nov. 8, 1861; son of Joseph and Eliza Jane REPASS; graduated from Hiwassee College, Tenn., A. B., 1884, A. M., 1887; married Sadie A. BARBEE in 1884; Democrat; member of Methodist Church; began teaching in Public Schools of Scott Co., […]
City: Cleveland RAMSEY, John Calhoun, lawyer; born Center, Ala., March 17, 1858; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John Walker and Mary Jane (Witcher) RAMSEY; father’s occupation, lawyer; received common school eduation at Cleveland, Tenn.; entered the practice of law at the age of 21 at Cleveland, Tenn.; postal Clerk U.S. Railway […]