The profession of law and the realm of politics are substantially represented in Dickson by Hon. Henry Clay Richardson, who is a native of this county and whose progenitors have for three preceding generations been associated with this part of Tennessee. They have constituted a family line notable for military […]
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For three generations at least the O’Guin family has been identified with the fortunes and affairs of Hickman County, Tennessee. Thomas O’Guin, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in the county, there grew to manhood, married, and became a prominent farmer. When the Civil War broke […]
One of the representative professional men and highly esteemed citizens of Lewis County, Tennessee, is Dr. James Franklin Whitwell, who has been a medical practitioner in that county for thirty years and has also become well known there through considerable county official service. The family to which Dr. Whitwell belongs […]
In political and mercantile circles, probably no man in Lewis County is more widely known than Joseph Goodwin Rice, the present genial and efficient county clerk. His grandfather, Jerry Rice, was a pioneer farmer of southern Illinois, where his children were born, but before they grew to maturity he removed […]
City: Only BURCHARD, James C., farmer; born Whitfield, Tenn., Feb. 323, 1848; English-Irish descent; son of Abram C. and Sarah (Flowers) BURCHARD; father’s occupation farmer and banker; paternal grandparents William and Ruth (Curl) BURCHARD; maternal grandparents William and Polly (Hughes) FLOWERS; educated in the rural schools of Tenn.; entered farming […]
City: Nunnelly TIDWELL, T. P. agent and telegraph operator for N. C. & St. L. R. R.; born near Burns, Tenn., Dec. 18, 1853; Irish and Welsh descent; son of John Benton and Winnie (RICHARDSON) TIDWELL; father was a farmer; educated at Burns, Tenn.; reared on a farm and in […]
City: Nunnelly BEASLEY, Robert C., farmer; born Warner, Tenn., March 15, 1857; son of Jo and Narcisa (BEASLEY); father’s occupation farmer, merchant and Sheriff of Hickman Co., Tenn.; received common school education; began farming in early life, and clerked six years for the Southern Iron Co., and was in the […]
City: Nashville JARRATT, William Vincent, minister; born Hickman County, Tenn., February 17, 1863; English-Irish descent; son of William Daniel and Mary (Carter) JARRATT; father, farmer and physician; paternal grandparents Daniel and Elizabeth (Clanton) JARRATT, maternal grandparents Abraham and Mary (Bray) CARTER; educated in city schools of Nashville; graduated from Masonic […]
City: Spot MATHEY, Louis Charles, manufacturer of lumber, farmer; born Louisville, Ky., May 24, 1857; French descent; son of Louis Constant and Augustine (Marchal) MATHEY; father architect, contractor and builder Louisville, Ky.; paternal grandfather John Roche MATHEY; maternal grandparents John B. and Marie (Du Point) MARCHAL; graduated at Louisville, Ky., […]
City: Nashville FLOWERS, William Valentine, Treasurer Draughon’s Business College; born Cable, Hickman County, Tenn., April 1st, 1870; Irish descent; son of David Douglas and Mary (Curl) FLOWERS; father was a physician; educated Haynes & McLean High School, Lewisburg, Tenn., graduating from this school June, 1891; married Mrs. Lista COONEY, November […]
City: Memphis ALLEN, Archibald Y., real estate dealer; born Hickman Co., Tenn., Oct. 29, 1875; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John H. and Delana J. (BOOKER) ALLEN; paternal grandparents William T. and Mary P. (BEASLEY) ALLEN, maternal grandparents Willis J. and Eliza (BEASLEY) BOOKER: educated in common schools of Obion Co., […]
City: Lobelville LANCASTER, William Henry, farmer; born Hickman Co., Tenn., March 20, 1844; English descent; son of Gabriel and Martha J. (Cotham) LANCASTER; father was a minister of the gospel; educated in the Perry Co. (Tenn.) country schools; entered farming in early life; married Mary E. DENSON, June 16, 1872; […]
City: Littlelot EASLEY, James Thomas, banker; born Dickson, Tenn., July 24, 1872; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John W. and Elizabeth (Sugg) EASLEY; father’s occupation, farming; paternal grandparents Robin and Mary (Parker) EASLEY, maternal grandparents J. H. and Susan (Lewis) SUGG; educated in Kentucky and Georgia; graduated in Georgia with A. […]
City: Martin SEBASTIAN, Charles Moore, physician; born Centreville, Tenn., March 16, 1850; French-Scotch-Irish descent; son of John Paul and Marcia (Raymond) SEBASTIAN; father’s occupation, physician and minister of the gospel; paternal grandparents Sam and Elizabeth (King) SEBASTIAN; maternal grandparents Nathaniel HOYT and Marcia (Kellogg) RAYMOND; educated at Centreville and Williamsport, […]
City: Hohenwald BASTIN, Wyatt H., farmer; born in Hickman Co., Tenn., Sept. 15, 1841; son of Thomas and Nancy (Johnson) BASTIN; received common school education in Hickman Co., Tenn.; married Mary D. DEPRIESTE Aug. 12, 1866; Republican; Justice of the Peace of Lewis Co., Tenn.; served in the Confederate army […]
City: Franklin FOWLKES, Henry Pleasant, lawyer; born Hickman Co., Tenn., Oct. 22, 1843; English-Scotch-Irish and German descent; son of Henry R. and Susan A. (Bussell) FOWLKES; father’s occupation farmer and merchant; paternal grandparents Gabriel and Jeney (Hyde) FOWLES; maternal grandparents Pleasant and Docie (Mayberry) BUSSELL; educated at Franklin, Tenn., and […]
City: Duckriver McEWEN, William J., farmer; born Maury Co., Tenn., Oct. 7, 1848; Scotch-Irish descent; son of C. C. and Martha (Carr) McEWEN; father was a physician; paternal grandparents James and Elizabeth (Goff) McEWEN, maternal grandparents William and Susan (Smith) CARR; received common school education; entered the farming and stock […]
City: Eva TOTTY, Bolin A., farmer; born Hickman Co., Tenn., Dec. 4, 1842; son of William W. and Jane A. (Campbell) TOTTY; married Jennie A. ATCHISON Sept. 1, 1868; served three and a half years as a private in Confederate army during civil war; member of Southern Methodist church.
Town: Centerville WALKER, James Buchanan, banker; born Whitfield, Tenn., June 25, 1857; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James and Emeline (Cooper) WALKER; father’s occupation farmer; received common school education; began life on a farm and earned first $100 on own account as teacher in the public schools; began mercantile business at […]
Town: Centerville THOMPSON, William D., merchant; born Hickman Co., Tenn.; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Andrew Jackson and Sara (Douglas) THOMPSON; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Asa Dabner THOMPSON, paternal grandmother Mary (Poly) THOMPSON, maternal grandfather William DOUGLAS, maternal grandmother was a Miss CAROTHERS prior to her marriage; received common school […]