City: Pulaski MASSEY, Felix Matthias, educator, co-principal Massey & Clark School, Pulaski, Tenn.; born Mulberry, Tenn., July 15, 1876; son of C. S. and Mattie (Dennis) MASSEY; Scotch-Irish descent; his father was a farmer; educated Webb School, Bell Buckle, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; married Ota BOYD, June 24, 1903; member […]
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City: Ripley FOLTZ, Henry Douglass, public official; born Woodville, Tenn., June 29, 1861; son of Alpha Joseph and Martha Harriet (Wardlaw) FOLTZ; father’s occupation physician; educated Ripley, Tenn.; married Jennie Speed BOYD July, 1897; member K. of P. and I. O. O. F.; most of his life has been devoted […]
City: Shelbyville ERWIN, Joseph Boyd, minister; born Williamson County, Tenn., January 23, 1846; son of Alexander Rogers and Louise Eleanor (Boyd) ERWIN; his father was a Methodist minister; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Florence University of Florence, Ala.; honorary degree D.D., June, 1886, by Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; married Fannie C. SMITH, […]
Born in Slavery — Educated in the School of Adversity — Author — Founder of Baptist Publishing House — President of Penny Savings Bank — The Man of Action The Reverend Richard Henry BOYD, of Nashville, Tennessee, is one of the most interesting personalities on the American continent, if not […]
The Reverend Charles Henry CLARK, whose church in Nashville, Tennessee is the hostess of the National Baptist Convention for 1913, is one of the really great and interesting characters of the National Baptist Convention. He was born October 15, 1855, in Christian County, Kentucky. His father was unknown to him, […]
City: Piney Flats WOLFE, John Bunyan, furniture manufacturer; born near Piney Flats, Tenn., Oct 18, 1857; German descent; son of F.M. and Winifred (Shell) WOLFE; father, farmer; paternal grandparents John and Priscilla (Webb) WOLFE, maternal grandparents Andrew and Winifred (Boyd) SHELL; received education in the district schools; married Nora E. […]
City: Memphis SMITH, Horace Neely, banker; born Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 10, 1881; son of James Hammond and Emily (Wright) SMITH; father’s occupation, president People’s Savings Bank & Trust Co.; paternal grandparents Abraham and Margaret (Campbell) SMITH of Kentucky, maternal grandparents Tom T. and Eliza (Lowry) WRIGHT; educated Memphis Military Institute […]
City: Memphis JONES, Wharton Stewart, Assistant Superintendent City Schools, Memphis; born Nashville, Tenn., September 14, 1849; son Sandy E. and Katherine (Stewart) JONES; Scotch-Irish descent; graduated Transylvania University 1873; married Mattie BOYD 1888; member DeSoto Lodge No. 299, Knights Templar, St. Elmo, No. 15, 32 degree Tennessee Consistory; author of […]
City: Memphis BOYD, Harry Roberts, lawyer; born Ottawa, Ill., November 11, 1860; son Joseph and Elvira (McMillain) BOYD; Scotch descent; educated Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind.; graduated Wabash College A.B. 1885, A.M. 1887; married Margaret BAIRD, November 11, 1890; member Knights Templar, 32 degree Scottish Rite; member Presbyterian Church.
City: Memphis BOYD, Alston M., real estate agent; born Pine Bluff, Ark., Jan. 9, 1878; Scotch-English descent; son of Irby and Mary (Fuller) BOYD; father’s occupation cotton merchant and planter; educated in Memphis and Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and graduated from later [sic] B.S. degree June, 1899; early occupation, connected with […]
City: Lewisburg BOYD, John Thomas, farmer and inventor; born in Lewisburg, Tenn., June 2, 1876; Irish descent; son of James E. and Donie (Stillwell) BOYD; his father was a farmer; paternal grandfather James BOYD, paternal grandmother Elizabeth BOYD, maternal grandfather James O. STILLWELL, maternal grandmother Mariah STILLWELL; patented cotton chopper […]
City: Knoxville SAXTON, Henry Nevett Jr., timber exporter; born Surrey, England, Dec., 1865; English descent; son of Henry Nevett and Margaret (Cardin) SAXTON; father’s occupation, merchant in the city of London, England; paternal grandparents John Henry and Eliza (Nevett) SAXTON, maternal grandparents Richard and Margaret (Bunn) CARDIN; his maternal grandmother […]
City: Knoxville CORNICK, HOWARD, attorney; born Knoxville, Tenn., June 10, 1874; son Tully Robinson and Sophia Kennedy (Boyd) CORNICK; paternal grandfather Judge John CORNICK; paternal grandmother Elizabeth Tenant (Simpson) CORNICK; maternal grandfather Judge Sam’l B. BOYD; maternal grandmother Susan Howard (Mason) BOYD; English Scotch Irish descent; educated Knoxville, Tenn.; graduated […]
City: Knoxville BOYD, Samuel B., chief of Knoxville Fire Department; born Washington Co., Va., March 20, 1865; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Samuel B. and Isabella (Reed) BOYD; father’s occupation, merchant; educated University of Tenn., member of class of 1886; in early life he was engaged in furniture business; married Julia […]
City: Fruitland KOFFMAN, J. H., farmer; born McNairy Co., Tenn., Aug. 22, 1855; German descent; son of James C. and Abigail Hawkins (Atkins) KOFFMAN; educated at the Central Normal School and I. O. O. F. College of Humboldt, Tenn.; early occupation, school teacher in the public schools Gibson Co., Tenn.; […]
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: Covington BOYD, William Townes, (T. BOYD); born Mecklenburg Co., Va., Jan. 20, 1844; Scotch descent; son of Francis Walker and Isabella (Townes) BOYD; paternal grandparents Robert and Tabitha (Walker) BOYD, maternal grandparents William and Lucy R. (Maclin) TOWNES; educated Hampden Sidney College (Va.) graduated from same with B.A. degree […]
City: Covington GREEN, Richard Henry, newspaper man; born Tipton Co. Tenn., June 19, 1857; son of John U. and Mary Jane (Sanford) GREEN; paternal grandfather James West GREEN, paternal grandmother Elizabeth (Bass) GREEN, maternal grandfather Robert W. SANFORD, maternal grandmother Anna Dow (Small) SANFORD; Scotch-Irish descent; educated by Prof. James […]
City: Covington GREEN, Richard Henry, newspaper man; born Tipton Co., Tenn., June 19, 1857; son of John U. and Mary Jane (Sanford) GREEN; paternal grandfather James West GREEN; paternal grandmother Elizabeth (Bass) GREEN, maternal grandfather Robert W. SANFORD, maternal grandmother Anna Dow (Small) SANFORD; Scotch-Irish descent; educated by Prof. James […]
Town: Cookeville BOYD, Ernest Houston, lawyer; born Cookeville, Tenn., Oct. 1, 1880 Scotch-Irish descent; son of Alvin W. and Mary Hettie (Goodpasture) BOYD; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents, Jefferson W. and Mary (Jared) BOYD, maternal grandparents, James McDonald and Ova (Arnold) GOODPASTURE; completed academic education, Cookeville Collegiate Institute, and Literary […]