City: Sharp’s Chapel MALONE, William M., farmer; born Hickory Valley, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1871; Irish and Dutch descent; son of James Fletcher and Sarah E. (Snoderly) MALONE; father, farmer; paternal grandparents John B. and Sally (Sharp) MALONE, maternal grandparents Daniel and Rachel (Whitten) SNODERLY; educated in the High Schools of […]
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City: Memphis WILLINGHAM, John T., president and general manager Memphis Coffin Co.; born in Barnwell District, S.C., Aug. 30, 1861; when he was about four years old his parents moved to Columbus, Ga., where he was reared and educated; he began his business career when he was eighteen years of […]
City: Shelbyville ARCHIBALD, William Whallon, lumberman; born Corry, Pa., October 17, 1868; son of Charles Edwin and Mary (Whallon) ARCHIBALD; paternal grandparents Varnum and Martha (Allen) ARCHIBALD, maternal grandparents Samuel Smith and Maria (Bell) WHALLON; Scotch-Dutch descent; father’s occupation, railroad conductor; educated and graduated at De Veaux College, Niagara Falls, […]
JAMES F. FINLAY, son of James Finlay and Elizabeth Jane Finlay. Born at Greenville, S. C., September 4, 1882. Awarded B. A. degree at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., in 1906, and LL. D. at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., in 1908. Now engaged in the practice of […]
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, […]
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 […]
Charles Gideon Hounshell, son of Peter W. Hounshell and Rhoda Tarter Hounshell, was born on the Hounshell farm near Rural Retreat Wythe County, Virginia, on January 12, 1874. At the Rural Retreat school Mr. Hounshell began his educational career, continued through Emory and Henry College, finishing at Vanderbilt University, and […]
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 […]
In the financial system which so facilitates the operations even of local trade, Cross Plains included among its capable bank officials, the genial young cashier, Samuel B. WILSON. His is a Tennessee family, identified with the interests of this state for several generations. Through his mother, Mr. Wilson is […]
City: Ooltewah WATKINS, Zachary Taylor, banker; real estate agent; born Ooltewah, Tenn. Feb. 8, 1847; Anglo-Saxon descent; son of Finley P. and Tussie (Kelso)WATKINS; father’s occupation farmer; educated in the common schools of Hamilton Co., Tenn.; began his career as a farmer and merchant; married Lillie Mae SANDERS, Jan. 31, […]
City: Ooltewah TALLANT, Samuel Q., educator; born Eighth District James Co., Tenn., Feb. 20, 1882; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Frank C. and Myra E. (Jones) TALLANT; father’s occupation Postmaster Ooltewah, Tenn.; educated in the public schools of James Co., Tenn., and Carson and Newman College, graduated from the latter with […]
City: Ooltewah STOKES, Thomas H., banker; born Linn Grove, Ky., Oct. 4, 1881; son of William R. and Ella (Swift) STOKES; father’s occupation merchant and miller; graduated from West Ky. College, B. S. degree, and Bowling Green (Ky) University; began his career as a teacher; married Chittie MYERS, June 1, […]
City: Ooltewah LEWIS, J. Kinsey, real estate dealer; born North Carolina Feb. 9, 1884; son of John Webster and Annie (Gates) LEWIS; father’s occupation, merchant; graduated Niota High School Dec. 20, 1901; married Minnie G. HUMPHREY Sept. 7, 1907; member Masons and Order Railroad Telegraphers; early business career, telegraph operator; […]
City: Ooltewah GUILLE, Charles Ruble, farmer born Zanesville, O., Sept. 18, 1874; French and German descent; son of Andros and Augusta (Fleck) GUILLE; paternal grandparents Francis Nicholas and Marguerite (Fricks) GUILLE; maternal grandparents John and Henrietta (Wirz) FLECK; educated in New York; began his career as a gas engineer; Republican; […]
City: Ooltewah CAMPBELL, James David, teacher; born James Co., Tenn., May 21, 1862; English-Irish and Dutch descent; son of James M. and Lucy E. (Lewis) CAMPBELL; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents John and Phebe (Booth) CAMPBELL; maternal grandparents David and Jane (Holder) LEWIS; educated at Mossy Creek, and Jefferson City, […]
City: Ooltewah BEENE, Jacob, born near Jacksonville, Ala., Aug. 30, 1835; son of John and Diana (Larimore) BEENE; father’s occupation farmer; English descent; received common school education; most of life has been devoted to educational work; moved to Tenn., with his father in 1835 two years before the removal of […]
City: Nashville WATKINS, James Morgan, Associate General Agent of Masachusetts /sic/ Mutual Life Insurance Company; born Meridian, Miss, July 3, 1886; son Edmond and Idelette (Dial) WATWINS; Welsh-English descent; graduate Princeton University B.A. 1908; member Elm Club, Princeton, member Mountain City Club, Chattanooga, member Chattanooga Golf and Country Club, member […]
City: Nashville JONES, Robert L., former State Superintendent Schools; born White County, Tenn., 1867; son Zacchariah and Mary (Bennett) JONES; Welsh descent; educated in common schools; graduated Burritt College; married Mary GREEN July, 1888; lodge affiliations, Mason and Odd Fellow; elected County Superintendent White County at the age of 23; […]
Fifty-three years is a long term of service; yet Charles W. KELLEY at the time of this death, on November 1, 1939, had received his fifty-fourth appointment as minister in the Holston Conference. He was vigorously active until the end of his life. I do not know of any man […]
City: Tracy City GERREN, John M., teacher, editor; born Jasper, Tenn., June 6, 1880; son of W. L. and Mollie Elizabeth (DeFriece) GERREN; father, farmer; educated at Normal University, Chattanooga, and Athens School of University of Chattanooga, and left school one year before graduating; early business occupation, farmer, telegraph operator, […]