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 […]
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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; […]
CITY: Sparta BROWN, William Carl, teacher; born Trousdale, Tenn., April 11, 1881, Irish and German descent; son of William Lafayette and Sarah H. (Espey) BROWN; father farmer; educated at Bell Buckle (Tenn.) College, and Dibrell College; in early life was a farmer; married Mamie GIST, Nov. 24, 1919; member I. […]
CITY: Sparta COTTEN, Leon DeCasto, physician; born Pollard, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John and Sarah (Wright) COTTEN; father’s occupation teacher; paternal grandparents Thomas A. and Matilda (Britt) COTTEN; maternal grandparents James and Nellie (Hutson) WRIGHT; educated at Sparta Tenn., High School; educated in medicine, University of […]
City: Sparta HULL, Ernest H., Stove and Tin-ware merchant; born Canada April 23, 1873; son of W. W. and Ida (Kenward) HULL; English descent; father’s occupation was stove and tinware merchant; educated Sparta and Pleasant Hill, Tenn.; married Lizzie CANNON 1896; early business occupation in merchandising with his father whom […]
City: Sparta JARVIS, Eliphalet, lawyer; born White Co., Tenn., Jan. 14, 1850; Anglo Saxon descent; son of Reziah and Margaret (Sapp) JARVIS; father, farmer; paternal grandparents, John and Parmelia (Rose) JARVIS; maternal grandparents Benjamin and Fannie (Holifield) SAPP; educated in Cumberland Institute and common schools of White Co., Tenn.; entered […]
City: Sparta KINSEY, Malcolm Milton, Contractor and builder; born Thompson’s Creek, Tenn., Feb. 11, 1873; Irish and Dutch descent; son of Hiram Milton and Martha Jane (Bomar) KINSEY; educated in Tullahoma (Tenn.) High School; married Mary BROWN, Dec. 25, 1900; member Masons and I. O. O. F.; he has filled […]
City: Sparta MEREDITH, Dan Martin, lawyer, born Sparta, Tenn., Oct. 19, 1872; Scotch Irish descent; son of W. H. and Fannie (Brown) MEREDITH; father carpenter; paternal grandfather Martin MEREDITH; maternal grandparents Thomas and Margaret (Weaver) BROWN; graduated from University of Tenn., B. L. degree June 1895; won medal for oratory […]
City: Sparta PARISH, James B., farmer; born Keltonburg, Tenn., Sept. 17, 1859; Irish descent; son of James A. and Nancy (Anderson) PARISH; father was a farmer; educated at Bluff springs, Tenn.; in early life was a merchant and miller; former vice-president of the Peoples Bank of Smithville, Tenn.; at present […]
City: Sparta RICHARDS, A. F., physician; born Sparta, Tenn., May 21, 1866; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Daniel R. and Mary (Taylor) RICHARDS; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandfather Richard RICHARDS; paternal grandmother, was a Miss Vance, prior to her marriage; maternal grandparents Cread A. and Sara (Walling) TAYLOR; educated at Onward […]
City: Sparta RICHARDS, SAMUEL GAINES, traveling salesman; born Cave, Tenn., Aug. 12, 1859; Dutch and Irish descent; son of Daniel R. and Mary Jane (Taylor) RICHARDS, educated at Onward High School near Doyle, Tenn.; was a salesman, farmer and teacher in early life; married Arminda B. GIST, Dec. 20, 1882; […]
City: Sparta TUBB, James R., manufacturer of spokes; born Smithville, Tenn., May 30, 1852; son of John B. and Harriett J (Richardson) TUBB; father’s occupation lawyer; educated Smithville, Tenn.; early business occupation merchant; married Laura BRONSON Oct. 29, 1876; was Mayor of Sparta for six years; member of Church of […]
City: Sparta WARD, William Jefferson, dairy farmer; born White Co., Tenn., July 7, 1852; Irish and English descent; son of Andrew Jackson and Mary Adeline (Cashdollar) WARD; father was a farmer; educated in the public schools of White Co., Tenn., and Zion Academy; moved to Missouri in 1886, and elected […]
City: Sparta YOUNG, Charles Coker, retired merchant; born Sparta, Tenn. Feb. 25, 1845; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William Martin and Matilda (Wallace) YOUNG; father’s occupation tanner, bank cashier and farmer; paternal grandparents James and Elizabeth (Draper) YOUNG; maternal grandparents Jack and Elizabeth (Simpson) WALLACE; educated at Sparta, Tenn.; early occupation […]
City: Spencer PASSONS, Edward T., farmer and lumberman; born White Co., Tenn., July 25th, 1836; English descent; son of Major and Anna (Anderson) PASSONS; father farmer; educated at Spencer Tenn.; served as private in Civil war; entered farming in early life; married Evaline YORK, Dec. 30, 1857; member Masons; Democrat; […]
City: Spencer BILLINGSLEY, William N., president of Burritt College; born Pikeville, Tenn., Nov. 9, 1853; English and Welsh descent; son of John M. and Hannah D. (Myers) BILLINGSLEY; father was a farmer and stock raiser; paternal grandparents Samuel and Nancy (Mulkey) BILLINGSLEY; maternal grandparents John D. and Mary (Snoddy) MYERS; […]
City: Nashville DIBRELL, Frank, Comptroller of Treasury, State of Tennessee; born Sparta, Tenn., August 6, 1858; son George Gibbs and Mary E. (Leftwich) DIBRELL; French descent; educated Public Schools White County, Emery & Henry College, Va., and Vanderbilt University; married Mary Lou RHEA March 25, 1879; member Knights Templar, Elks […]
City: Dunlap BOYD, Simon Bradford, photographer; born river Hill, White Co., Tenn.; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of B. B. and Mary E. (Graham) BOYD; paternal grandparents Mack and Matilda (Cannon) BOYD, maternal grandparents Wesley and Loraine (Henry) GRAHAM; educated at Irving College; began life as a teacher, and later […]
City: Doyle SMITH, Robert E. Lee, physician; born in Van Buren Co., Tenn., Dec. 21, 1864; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Henry P. and Cynthia C.(Hill) SMITH; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents, George C. and Martha (Gooch) SMITH, maternal grandparents, Winkfield and Martha (Anderson) HILL; educated Burritt College, Spencer, Tenn., graduating […]
City: Doyle LEWIS, Powell K., physician; born in White Co., Tenn., May 4, 1879; Irish descent; son of Tandy L. and –(Kimbrough) LEWIS; his father, being a farmer and member of Tennessee State Legislature; educated in local schools of White Co., Tennessee, and graduated with degree of M. D. University […]