City: Nashville RUTHERFORD, Charles H., lawyer; born Sumner County, Tenn., February 16, 1872; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James W. and Amanda (Edwards) RUTHERFORD; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Benjamin and Nancy (Pearce) RUTERFORD; maternal grandparents Drew and Catharine (Dorris) EDWARDS; educated in public schools of Sumner County, Tenn.; was a farmer […]
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City: Nashville RUTHERFORD, Alfred G., lawyer; born Sumner County, Tenn., March 28, 1865; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jas. W. and Amanda (Edwards) RUTHERFORD; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Benjamin and Nancy (Pearce) RUTERFORD; maternal grandparents Drew and Catharine (Dorris) EDWARDS; educated Sumner County High School; graduated Vanderbilt University, LL.B., […]
A specialist of eye, ear, nose and throat diseases, Dr. Dotson has had a very successful career both in general medicine and in his special work. A few years after taking his medical degree and beginning practice, his inclination and the trend of his abilities led him to specialize. His […]
Among the public spirited citizens of any community are often found prominent those who have been reared amid influences which tend to the higher development of the race in general—physical conditions such as the farm offers, with its pure air, water, sunshine and plenty of healthful exercise, which permit free […]
EDWARD ALBRIGHT, lawyer and editor of the Sumner County News at Gallatin, represents two of the old and respected family connections of Sumner County, Tennessee, the Albrights and the Gutheries, both of which have been established here well toward a century and have given to Tennessee men and women of […]
Superintendent of public instruction in Sumner County. Thomas W. Hunter is an educator who upholds the highest standards of efficiency in the school service of the county. To gain his own education he went in debt, and he advanced to a place of influence in relation to the public welfare […]
CAPT. CHAS. SANDERS DOUGLASS, A.B., A.M. – Prominent among the educators of Tennessee is Capt. Chas. Sanders Douglass, who for twenty-five years has been superintendent of the city schools of Gallatin and in various other relations has been a prominent and influential factor in the educational affairs of this state for […]
ROBERT W. CALDWELL, of Gallatin, has now served a decade as circuit clerk of Sumner County and has proved a most capable and efficient official, the length of his service being indicative of his standing in the public estimation of this county both as an official and as a citizen. […]
During a practice in medicine of more than a quarter of a century, most of which has been passed in Sumner County, Dr. Dunklin has utilized many opportunities for devoted public service, and at the same time has been held in the high esteem of his fellow citizens. His home […]
The career of Ben B. Gillespie, of Gallatin, Tennessee, presents a striking example of enterprise, industry and integrity, conducing to eminent success. Reared to the work of the farm, he has continued his operations along agricultural lines to such good effect that today he is the owner of a handsome […]
William Bowen CAMPBELL, sixteenth governor of the state of Tennessee lived his active life in the days when there were more statemen and fewer politicians. Everyone in Tennessee, who pretends to know anything of the history of the state, knows that Governor CAMPBELL was a public man of the former […]
City: Bethpage WOODSON, Edwin Allen, farmer and stock raiser; born at Bethpage, April 25, 1856; Welsh and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas M. and Amelin M. (Allen) WOODSON; father’s occupation physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents Rev. Lewis M. and Lucinda (Hanna) WOODSON; maternal grandparents Rev. Luke P. and Margaret (Parker) […]
Mrs. BATE is the daughter of the late Samuel PEETE, who was born and brought up near Petersburg, Va. He was a graduate of William and Mary College when to be such was guaranty of scholarship. In 1820 he removed to Huntsville, Ala., his future home, where he made an enviable reputation […]
City: Nashville HIBBETT, Charles Thomas, physician, surgeon and medical director U. S. Navy; born (near) Castalian Springs, Tenn., November, 1851; son John J. and Nancy (Parker) HIBBETT; Scotch-Irish and English descent; educated Rural Academy, Sumner County, Tenn.; University of Virginia and Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; graduate University of Virginia 1874 […]
City: Nashville GRAY, John Moffitt, Jr., merchant-manufacturer; born Gallatin, Tenn., June 29, 1869; English descent; son of John M. and Elvira Dale (Pillow) GRAY; father, merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents Ben and Martha (Morse) GRAY; maternal grandparents Jerome B. and Elvira (Dale) PILLOW; he is a descendant of Sir Thomas […]
City: Nashville DONNELL, Ridley Edward, banker; born Gallatin, Tenn., I 1873; son of Robert E. and Mattie E. (Drane) DONNELL; father, dry goods merchant; paternal grandparents … P. E. and Mary (Martin) DRANE; Scottish Rite Mason; member of Hermitage Club, Nashville Golf and Country Club; Democrat; member of Methodist Church; engaged […]
City: Nashville DEWITT, John H., attorney at law; born in Summer /sic/ Co., Tenn., September 21, 1872; son Rev. Marcus B. and Mary Hibbett DEWITT; Holland Dutch and Scotch-Irish descent; paternal grandfather, Dr. W. J. DEWITT; paternal grandmother, Mary (Beardin) DEWITT; maternal grandfather, John J. HIBBETT; maternal grandmother, Nancy (Parker) HIBBETT; […]
City: Gallatin SEAY, Edward T., lawyer; assistant district attorney L. & N. R. R. (gen. practice); born Hartville, Tenn., Oct. 15, 1868; son of George E. and Mary J. (Lauderdale) SEAY; English descent; educated, literary and law, Vanderbilt University; graduate Vanderbilt L.L. B. degree in 1891; early business career, attorney […]
City: Gallatin GUTHRIE, George Nuckols, lawyer; born in Shelby Co., Ky., Feb. 18, 1850; Scotch and English descent; son of Isaac Newton and Martha Ann (Montgomery) GUTHRIE; educated at Crocker’s School, Davidson Co., Tenn., and graduated from same June, 1870; in early life he was a school teacher, being at […]
City: McMinnville COWDEN, John B., minister of the gospel; Irish-English descent; son of John and Mary Hannah (Leonard) COWDEN; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents William and Rhoda (Davis) COWDEN; maternal grandparents Griffith and Nancy (Porter) LEONARD; educated at Petersburg, Tenn., Nashville, Tenn., and Lexington, Ky.; graduated from University of Nashville, […]