Well established in the successful practice of his profession in the thriving town of Hohenwald, Dr. William Barnabas Tucker is numbered among the representative physicians of Lewis County and prior to his locating at Hohenwald in 1907, was one of the best known members of the medical profession in the […]
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It is an interesting and gratifying fact, so much has the restless, nomadic spirit grown in America, that among the representative men of Tennessee there is a remarkable percentage of native sons, men who have found in the locality of their nativity ample opportunity for successful professional, industrial and business […]
Among the immigrants to Tennessee from the state of North Carolina was Vincent S. Dabbs, who was born in the latter state in 1815, and who came with his brothers and sisters to Tennessee at an early date. They settled in Perry, Wayne and Lewis counties. Vincent S. Dabbs was […]
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 […]
MATTHEW MCCLAIN, sheriff of Lewis County, Tennessee, and a resident of Hohenwald, is a native of that county, has been one of its representative agriculturists for a number of years and always has been worthily identified with its best citizenship. He first took up the duties of sheriff on October […]
City: Pope SPARKS, Jesse, farmer; born Nathan, Tenn., Dec. 3, 1860; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jesse and Mary B. (Patterson) SPARKS; father , blacksmith and farmer; received education at Linden; in early life he engaged in the mercantile business; married Minervia LEDBETTER, Oct. 16, 1887; Democrat, member 56th General Assembly, […]
City: Pope LEDBETTER, H.M., farmer and minister; born Lincoln Co.; Irish-English descent; son of Henry LEDBETTER; father, preacher and farmer; educated in Perry County Schools; began life as a farmer; married Mary A.E. VAUGHN; was elected State Senator in 1886-87-88; author of the four-mile law bill, securing its passage in […]
City: Pope HOWARD, Benjamin R., farmer; born Howard Stock Farm, April, 1868; German-Irish descent; son of Richard Johnston and Frances (Sutton) HOWARD; father, farmer and merchant; paternal grandparents, James Walker and Rachael (Davis) HOWARD; maternal grandparents. Jas. R. and Elizabeth (Derryberry) SUTTON; received education in the country schools; he worked […]
City: Lego STRICKLAND, Robert H., physician; born in Perry county, Tenn., April 15, 1858; English-Scotch descent; son of William Weston and Maria (McDonald) STRICKLAND; educated in the common schools of Kentucky; graduated from Memphis (Tenn.) Hospital Medical College with degree M. D., March, 1891; in early life he taught school; […]
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: Linden SPARKS, Jesse Kent, attorney at law; born Nathan, Tenn., July 17, 1888; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jesse and Minerva (Ledbetter) SPARKS; father’s occupation, farming; educated at Branham and Hughes Prep. School and Cumberland University; graduated from law department Cumberland University, LL. B., June 4, 1908; began his business […]
City: Linden SMITH, J. Edward, banker; born Wartrace, Tenn., Jan. 26, 1876; son of Jasper N. and Elizabeth (Caruthers) SMITH; father’s occupation, farming; educated Brandon Training School, Wartrace, Tenn.; reared on a farm; in early life was bookkeeper in bank; married Addie STARBUCK July 18, 1900; member Masonic Order; has […]
City: Linden SIMS, Thetus Wilrette, congressman; born Wayne Co., Tenn., April 25, 1852; son of G. W. and Jennie (Whitson) SIMS; educated in Savannah (Tenn.) College, and Cumberland University; graduated from latter with L. B. degree, 1876; married Nannie H. KITTRELL, Dec. 26, 1877; has been engaged in practice of […]
City: Linden POLK, Samuel Forrest, public official; born near Linden, Tenn., Dec. 15, 1871; Irish descent; son of John A. and Talitha (Taylor) POLK; father’s occupation, farmer; received common school education; engaged in farming in early life; member K. P. and M. W. A., C. C. C. of G. P. […]
City: Linden PEARSON, George W., lawyer; born Linden, Tenn., Oct. 26, 1866; English descent; son of C. Leslie and P. (Brooks) PEARSON; father held public office in Perry Co., Tenn., last 24 years of his life; graduated Cumberland University … life; Member K. P. and M. W. A., P. C. […]
City: Linden LEWIS, James W., public official; born Tom’s Creek, Perry Co., Tenn., May 12, 1848; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William K. and Susan J. (Coleman) LEWIS; fathers’ /sic/ occupation, farming; paternal grandparents Aaron and Polly (Dickson) LEWIS, maternal grandfather Abner COLEMAN, maternal grandmother was a Miss SPARKS prior to […]
City: Linden GREER, John Allen, lawyer; born Lobelville, Tenn., March 22, 1874; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of Joseph and Lavisa (Dodson) GREER; father’s occupation, farming; paternal grandparents Henry H. and Harriet (Henry) GREER, maternal grandparents C. B. and Nancy (Noris) DODSON; educated in the High School of Lobelville, Waverly […]
City: Horner HORNER, William N., merchant and farmer; born at Horner, Tenn., April 10, 1852; son of William and Nancy (Randle) HORNER; father’s occupation, farmer; received common school education; married Amanda A. BRILEY June 7, 1874; F. & A. M. (Worshipful Master); Democrat; engaged in farming and mercantile business at […]
City: Hohenwald JOHNSON, William Edgar, manufacturer; born Beardstown, Tenn., June 23, 1878; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William B. and Mattie A. (Pipkin) JOHNSON; father’s occupation, merchant and lumberman; paternal grandparents Andrew J. and Midian (Cook) JOHNSON, maternal grandparents G. E. and Diana (Sargent) PIPKIN; educated Dickson (Tenn.) Normal College; in […]
City: Hohenwald DANIEL William T., Jr., lumberman; born Perry Co., Tenn., March 31, 1855; German and Irish descent; son of William T. and Margaret A. (O‘Guin) DANIEL; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents John W. and Elizabeth (Taylor) DANIEL; maternal grandparents Tyler and Margaret (Young) O’GUIN; educated in the local schools […]