City: Sewanee ELLIOTT, Sarah Bull Barnwell, writer; born in Savannah, Ga.; English descent; daughter of Stephen and Charlotte Bull (Barnwell) ELLIOTT; father’s occupation, Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Georgia; paternal grandparents Stephen and Esther (Hubersham) ELLIOTT, maternal grandparents John Gibbs and Sarah (Bull) BARNWELL; member of Colonial Dames, S. […]
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City: Sewanee GUTHRIE, William Norman, educator; born Dundee, Scotland, March 4, 1868; son of William Eugene and Frances S. (D’Arusmont) GUTHRIE; maternal grandparents Sylvan Thiquepal and Frances (Wright) D’ARUSMONT; graduated from University of the South, B. Litt., 1889, A. M., 1891; married Anna Norton STUART, Jan. 14, 1893; assistant prof. […]
City: Sewanee HALL, William Bonnell, physician and educator; born Lowndes Co., Ala., Jan. 3, 1866; son of William B. and Susan Juliet (Anderson) HALL; father’s occupation, physician and planter; paternal grandparents Henry M. and Dora Ann (Bonnel) HALL, maternal grandparents Dr. Alfred and Elizabeth Ann (Bolling) ANDERSON; graduated from University […]
City: Sewanee KIRBY-SMITH, Reynolds Marion, physician; born Nashville, Tenn., June 14, 1874; English descent; son of Edmund and Cassie (Selden) KIRBY-SMITH; father, soldier and educator; paternal grandparents Joseph Lee and Frances (Kirby) SMITH, maternal grandparents William and Caroline (Hare) SELDEN; graduated from University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., M. D., […]
City: Sewanee NAUTS, William Boone, educator; born Louisville, Ky., Feb. 5, 1860; Dutch and English descent; son of John Carr and Virginia (Boone) NAUTS; father’s occupation, iron founder; paternal grandparents Francois Antione and Ann (Carr) NAUTS, maternal grandparents William and Julia Ann (Settle) BOONE; educated in the public schools of […]
City: Tullahoma MEADOWS, Marcus DeWitt, doctor of dental surgery; born Irving College, Tenn., March 3, 1883; son of Jerome J. and Emma Irene (Etter) MEADOWS; father, farmer and merchant; educated at Burritt College, and Vanderbilt University, graduated from latter with D.D.S. degree, May 12, 1908; in early life worked on […]
Both prominent and efficient as an abstract attorney and as county surveyor, N. W. True enjoys a wide measure of popularity among the citizens of Springfield and of Robertson County in general. This young man is a lifelong resident of the county, his birth having occurred here on November 14, […]
City: Winchester WHITAKER, Matt N., lawyer; born Mulberry, Tenn., January 29, 1860; son of Newton and ____ (Winn) WHITAKER; English descent; father’s occupation, farmer; graduated Mulberry Institute in 1878; married Florence J. WHITAKER, October 15, 1885; member Masons, K. of P., and Elks; Attorney General; member of Baptist Church; Democrat. […]
City: Winchester HULING, Matthew Marshall, physician; born Concord, Tenn., July 8, 1872; Scotch-Irish and French descent; son of D. C. and Cynthia A. (Keith) HULING; father, carpenter; paternal grandparents, Thomas A. and Julia A. (Holt) HULING; educated at Ewing and Jefferson College, Ewing, Tenn., and graduated from same A. B. […]
City: Winchester ESTILL, Floyd, lawyer; born Winchester, Tenn., Nov. 18, 1858; Scotch descent; son of Francis Thomas and Kathryn (Garner) ESTILL; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents, Wallace and Elinor (Crabb) ESTILL, maternal grandparents, Calaway and Beulah (Wadlington) GARNER; educated Carrick Academy; in early life taught school; read law one year […]
City: Winchester CLARK, Rufus Anthony, teacher; born Coffee County, Tenn., November 20, 1846; son of James A. and Amelia (Wilkinson) CLARK; Scotch-Irish descent; father’s occupation, farming; educated Beech Grove, Tenn.; married Ellen HENDERSON, June 26, 1879; worked on farm until twenty years of age; taught school five months at Wartrace, […]
City: Tullahoma LUMLEY, W.E., Supt. City Schools; born Rootstown, O., March 29, 1858; son of John W. and Marie A. (Excell) LUMLEY; English descent; father’s occupation, veterinary surgeon and farmer; educated Mt. Union College, Alliance, Ohio, and State Normal College, Troy, Ala.; graduate of both colleges Ph.B. and Ph.D., degrees, […]
City: Tullahoma LEIPER, James Armstrong, editor “Tullahoma Guardian;” born Murfreesboro, Tenn., Feb. 12, 1848; English and Irish descent; son of John and Elizabeth (Rucker) LEIPER; father, wholesale grain merchant; graduated from Washington & Lee University, B.S. and A. B., 1868; began career as a lawyer; married Alice KIMBRO, March 13, […]
City: Sewanee BROOKS, Preston Smith, merchant; born Fairfield, S. C., July 1, 1854; English and Irish descent; son of Preston Smith and Martha Caroline (Means) BROOKS; father’s occupation, lawyer and congressman; educated University of the South; entered mercantile business in early life, and has continued in same since; married Maria […]
City: Sewanee BISHOP, William Samuel, educator and clergyman; born Northhampton, Mass., Aug. 26, 1865; son of George Sayles and Hannah More (Williston) BISHOP; father’s occupation, clergyman, pastor emeritus First Reformed Church, East Orange, N. J.; paternal grandparents William Samuel and Mary (Sayles) BISHOP, maternal grandparents John Payson and Cecilia (Lyman) […]
City: Sewanee BARTON, Samuel Marx, educator; born near Winchester, Va., May 9, 1859; son of Joseph M. and Mary (Neill) BARTON; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Richard Walker and Caroline (Marx) BARTON, maternal grandparents Lewis and Anne (Stribling) NEILL; paternal great-great-grandparents Rev. Thomas BARTON and Ethel (Rittenhouse) BARTON, sister […]
City: Normandy HUFFMAN, T. L., farmer; born Normandy, Tenn., German descent; son of G. C. and Eliza J. (PHILLIPS) HUFFMAN; father farmer; educated Winchester, Tenn., and Lexington, Ky., and graduated 1886 and 1890; began farming in early life; married Emma JARRELL, 1900; member F. & A. M.; member Presbyterian church, […]
City: Nashville HAMPTON, Edward Lee, President Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company; born Franklin County, Tenn., March 1, 1861; English descent; son of H. G. and Malinda (Buckner) HAMPTON; father was educator and farmer; paternal grandparents Ransom and Mary (Lackey) HAMPTON, maternal grandparents John and Malinda (Kennerly) BUCKNER; educated Winchester, Tenn.; in […]
City: Nashville FRANKLIN, James C., President of Tennessee Life Insurance Company; born Winchester, Tenn., in 1853; English descent; son of Moses C. and Nancy (Silvertooth) FRANKLIN; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Joseph and Mahala (Griffin) FRANKLIN, maternal grandparents John and Elizabeth (Tolley) SILVERTOOTH; received education in country schools of Moore and […]
City: Lebanon GREEN, Nathan, teacher of law; born Winchester, Tenn., Feb. 19, 1827; son of Nathan and Mary (Field) GREEN; father’s occupation lawyer, public official; educated at Lebanon, Tenn.; graduated from Cumberland University A. B., 1845; A. M., 1848; L.L.B., 1849; later received the L.L.D. degree; in early life he […]