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JACKSON, Howell Edmunds

City: Nashville

JACKSON, Howell Edmunds, fire insurance and real estate; born Memphis, Tenn., December 16, 1867; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Howell Edmunds and Sophia (Molloy) JACKSON; father, lawyer, United States Senator, Federal Judge, Justice of Supreme Court of the United States; paternal grandparents Dr. Alexander and Mary (Hurt) JACKSON, maternal grandparents David and Ellen (Harrison) MOLLOY; educated at Webb Bros. School, Montgomery-Bell and Vanderbilt University; connected with Tennessee Coal & Iron Company, Birmingham, Ala. in early life; married Jessie H. MABRY, March 31, 1891; First Deacon Phoenix Lodge No. 131, F. & A. M., Orator Trinity Consistory No. 2, A, A. S. R.; Independent Democrat; member of Presbyterian Church.


Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.

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