City: Whiteville FARLEY, Susannah E., postmaster; born May 2, 1859; daughter of John B. and Margaret (Lacy) JOHNSON; educated Jefferson Institute, Whiteville, Tenn.; graduated from Memphis Conference Institute, Jackson, Tenn.; married W. E. FARLEY, Dec. 20, 1876; appointed postmaster at Whiteville, Tenn., Aug. 26, 1876, office advanced to third class […]
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Simonides, an ancient Greek poet, said, “the city teaches the man.” How true. It is equally true that the times teach the man. No one will deny the effect upon character of the environment and time in which a man was born, the circumstances in which he was reared. Eugene […]
City: Memphis FARLEY, John William, lawyer; born Whiteville, Tenn., March 4, 1878; English-Scotch-Irish-Welsh descent; son of William Edwin and Susannah Ethridge (Johnson) FARLEY; father’s occupation traveling salesman for William R. Moore Dry Goods Co.; paternal grandparents, William Wiley and Mary Jane (Redd) FARLEY, maternal grandparents, John B. and Margret (Lacey) […]
City: Greeneville WOODYARD, S. Walter, physician and surgeon; born at White Gate, Giles Co., Va., Jan. 16, 1869; German-English descent; son of William and Francis (Keeling) WOODYARD; father was a farmer and stock raiser; paternal grandparents John and Elizabeth (Summers) WOODYARD; maternal grandparents Abner and Mary (Farley) KEELING; educated in […]