City: Nashville RODGERS, Rev. William Thomas, minister; born Wheat, Roane County, Tenn., October 8, 1861; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jacob B. and Nancy Ann (Magill) RODGERS; graduated Millikin University, A.B., 1889; Lebanon Theological Seminary, B.D., 1891; Union Theological Seminary of New York, B.D., 1892; Roane College, D.D., 1906; Cumberland University, […]
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JOSEPH WINFIELD SCOTT. Since 1897 a member of the Harriman bar, Mr. Scott is regarded as one of the ablest lawyers of Roane County, and is a special authority on the branch of real estate and land-titles law. He is a senior member of the firm of Scott, Chandler & […]
In Union City, Dahnke enterprise and energy has become so intimately intertwined with the business and civic activities within the last two decades that the most casual review of the business life of the city would be incomplete without reference to the Dahnke brothers. George Dahnke started out to make […]
WALTER H. ANDERSON, the junior member of the well-known law firm at Harriman of Scott, Chandler & Anderson, has been in practice at Harriman since 1910, and has already attained recognition as one of the rising young attorneys of the East Tennessee bar. Mr. Anderson educated himself, and while growing […]
Holston Conference has been blessed with many noble spirits, certainly with those who have presided over parsonages. Somehow they have felt the inner urgings, not only of the tides that flow through the parsonage, but also of those which surge through the congregation, and in this exhibiting consecration, inspiration, and […]
Holston Conference has been blessed with many noble spirits, certainly with those who have presided over parsonages. Somehow they have felt the inner urgings, not only of the tides that flow through the parsonage, but also of those which surge through the congregation, and in this exhibiting consecration, inspiration, and […]
City: Rockwood TURNER, James Columbus, insurance man; born Roane Co., Oct. 8, 1860; Irish descent; son of Wm. C. and Louise J. (Smith) TURNER; father farmer; educated Burritt College, Spencer, Tenn.; married Mary Lee BARNETT, March 24, 1898; began his business career as bookkeeper in mercantile business; Republican; member I.O.O.F., […]
City: Rockwood TANNER, Joseph D., banker; born Logan Co., Ky., Jan. 18, 1864; son of Alexander B. and Catherine (Hill) TANNER; father, dealer in tobacco; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Rochester (Ky.) High School; began his business career as merchant; was later Circuit Court Clerk Butler Co., Ky.; married Georgia B. PREWITT, […]
City: Rockwood McNUTT, John F., lawyer; born Kingston, Tenn., July 20, 1859; Scotch-English descent; son James W. and Katherine (Hosley) McNUTT; father physician; educated Maryville (Tenn.) College; before taking up the practice of law he taught school; married Maude WEBSTER, April 28, 1892; served as Colonel on staff of Gov. […]
City: Rockwood HAGGARD, Fred G., attorney-at-law, born Roane Co., Tenn., Nov. 1st, 1878; son J.H. and Nancy J. (Kindrick) HAGGARD; father farmer; paternal grandparents Robert G. and Polly (McPherson) HAGGARD, maternal grandparents John and Martha (Owings) KINDRICK; educated Rockwood High School and American Univ., Harriman, Tenn., graduating from the Rockwood […]
City: Oliver Springs REED, Edward A., business man; born Rootstown, Ohio, Aug. 17, 1835; son of Horace and Esther Lois (Baldwin) REED; father’s occupation farmer; educated at Rootstown, Ohio; began his career as a farmer, and later entered business in Akron, O., until he moved to Tenn., in 1865, and […]
City: Oliver Springs JONES, Clem J., attorney at law; born Spartanburg, S. C., Dec. 18, 1874; son of Milnor and Mary (Watkins) JONES; paternal grandfather Dr. Clement F. JONES, paternal grandmother Elizabeth (Chambers) JONES (daughter of U. S. Senator E. F. CHAMBERS, Md.), maternal grandfather James WATKINS, maternal grandmother Mary […]
City: Oliver Springs HANNAH, Harvey Horatio, lawyer; born Louisville, Ky., Aug. 30, 1868; German-Scotch-Irish descent; son of John H. and Lillie L. (GERDING) HANNAH; father soldier, lawyer and planter; paternal grandparents, John F. and Grace (TELFORD) HANNAH; maternal grandparents George F. and Eliza M. (LOWE) GERDING; graduated from University of […]
City: Oliver Springs GALLAHER, George Hamilton, farmer; born Wheat, Tenn., Sept. 13, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of David H. and Martha E. (OWEN) GALLAHER; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents George and Lucinda (KING) GALLAHER, maternal grandparents Richard G. and Catharine (LONES) OWEN; graduated from Roane College, May 1897; has […]
City: Pinhook Landing HORNSBY, Samuel J., farmer; born Roane Co., Tenn., Dec. 9, 1854; English descent; son of B.M. and Mahala (Brady) HORNSBY; father was farmer and Trustee of Roane Co. for two terms; paternal grandparents William and Rachael (Longacre) HORNSBY; maternal grandparents Farl and Elizabeth (Smith) BRADY; received education […]
City: Oliver Springs RICHARDS, John R., coal operator and merchant; born Danville, Pa., Oct. 15, 1857; son of Joseph and Ann (Thomas) RICHARDS; paternal grandfather John RICHARDS, paternal grandmother Ann (Evans) RICHARDS, maternal grandfather David W. THOMAS, maternal grandmother Ann (Williams) THOMAS Welsh descent; fathers’ /sic/ occupation, rolling mill superintendent; […]
City: Rhea Springs EWING, John Montgomery, farmer; born near Kingston, Roane Co., Tenn., July 20, 1859; English-Irish descent; son of Elijah M. and Mary (Murphy) EWING; father, farmer and stock raiser; educated Oak Hill Academy, Roane Co., Tenn.; in early life he was a farmer, later engaged in merchandising and […]
City: Sevierville ISHAM, Andrew Johnson, practicing physician; born Kingston, Tenn., Nov. 12, 1862; Irish descent; son of William F. and Mary A. (Green) ISHAM; father, farmer; educated at Knoxville, Tenn., graduated from University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., M. D., Dec. 20, 1900; in early life was a merchant; married […]
City: Tracy City QUARLES, Thomas Jackson, insurance agent; born Jackson Co., Ala., May 26, 1873; Scotch-Irish descent; son of T. L. and Maria (Morrison) QUARLES; father’s occupation, minister of the gospel and chaplain of penitentiary; educated in the common schools of North, Ga.; began his career as clerk in store […]
City: Nashville DUNLAP, William A., Internal Revenue Collector; born Friendsville, Tenn., March 21, 1867; Scotch-Irish descent; son of E. H. and Fannie (Rose) DUNLAP; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Ephraim and Sarah (Devine) DUNLAP, maternal grandparents Andrew and Susan (Tuck) ROSE; educated at Friendsville Academy and Maryville (Tenn.) College; […]