City: Lafayette CARTER, Hubert, traveling salesman; born Rome, Tenn., Oct. 31, 1860; son of Edward and Louvenia K. (Bains) CARTER; father’s occupation carpenter; paternal grandparents John S. and Mary (Harrison) CARTER; maternal grandparents Sara A. and Christina (Lasiter) BAINS; educated at home; in early life he was in the retail […]
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Holston Conference has been blessed with many noble spirits, certainly with those who have presided over parsonages. Somehow they have felt the inner urgings, not only of the tides that flow through the parsonage, but also of those which surge through the congregation, and in this exhibiting consecration, inspiration, and […]
Charles Gideon Hounshell, son of Peter W. Hounshell and Rhoda Tarter Hounshell, was born on the Hounshell farm near Rural Retreat Wythe County, Virginia, on January 12, 1874. At the Rural Retreat school Mr. Hounshell began his educational career, continued through Emory and Henry College, finishing at Vanderbilt University, and […]
City: Memphis BRETT, James, JB., public official; born Memphis, Aug. 15 1871; Irish descent; son of James and Laura T. (Nelson) BRETT; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents, James M. and Sarah (McClain) BRETT, maternal grandparents, Thomas A. and Miriam (Moslev) NELSON; educated at Germantown, Tenn.; married Lucille HARRISON; member Masonic […]
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 […]
City: Nashville HODGE, Baxter James, architect; born September 3, 1859, Nashville, Tenn.; English descent; son of William Baxter and Sarah Ann (Harrison) HODGE; father, contractor; educated in Nashville public schools; acquired most of his technical knowledge of architecture by personal private study and in employ of architects; began early business […]
City: Murfreesboro RUCKER, James Joshua, physician and farmer; born (near) Murfreesboro, Tenn., November 15, 1846; son of Robert Bedford and Mary (Harrison) RUCKER; paternal grandfather James RUCKER, paternal grandmother Lucy (Bedford) RUCKER, maternal grandfather Joshua HARRISON, maternal grandmother Sophia (Shapard) HARRISON; English descent; father’s occupation, physician; educated common schools of […]
City: Milan HARRISON, James R., banker; born Rome, Tenn., July 15, 1855; son of Ed and Julia (Grissim) HARRISON; father’s occupation, merchant; paternal grandfather James HARRISON, maternal grandparent, James WRATHER; educated at Rome and Nashville, Tenn., graduated from medical department University of Nashville, M. D., 1878; in early life practiced […]
City: Morristown JONES, Robert McFarland, farmer; born Springvale, Tenn., Oct. 28, 1847; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas M. and Louvinia E. (McFarland) JONES; father’s occupation, farmer and trader; paternal grandparents Daniel and Mary (Harrison) JONES, maternal grandparents Robert and Mary A. (Scott) McFARLAND; received common school education; in early life […]
City: Morristown McCRARY, George B., retired merchant and miller; born Sullivan, Tenn., March 31, 1836; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John and Sabrina (Akard) McCRARY; father’s occupation, farmer; educated at Bristol, Tenn.; in early life he was a carpenter and bridge builder; married Hannah J. HARRISON, Dec. 1, 1868; member of […]
City: Memphis HORTON, Johnston Bright, wholesale grain business; born Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 13, 1880; English and Scotch descent; son of W.H. and Lilla Belle (Bright) HORTON; father’s occupation, grain merchant; paternal grandparents Claiborne M. and Malvina (Harrison) HORTON, maternal grandparents Johnston and Sarah (Slack) BRIGHT; educated in public schools of […]
City: Memphis CHASE, Isaac Alonzo, real estate dealer; born Memphis, Tenn., July 31, 1852; son William and Mary A. (Joiner) CHASE; educated Memphis schools; member Jonathan Wood Lodge K. of P.; Masonic Lodge, South Memphis No. 118; married Mary Blanche HARRISON, of Clarksville, Tenn., daughter of Alex. B. HARRISON, February […]
City: Loudon SIMPSON, John Preston, accountant; born Washington Co., Ind., May 23, 1864; son of E. B. and Lucy (Watkins) SIMPSON; paternal grandfather Robt. SIMPSON; paternal grandmother Mary (McKeehan) SIMPSON; maternal grandfather William WATKINS; maternal grandmother Margaret (Byerley) WATKINS; of Scotch-Irish descent; educated Loudon High school; married Effie M. HARRISON […]
City: Lafayette CARTER, Hubert, traveling salesman; born Rome, Tenn., Oct. 31, 1860; son of Edward and Louvenia K. (Bains) CARTER; father’s occupation carpenter; paternal grandparents John S. and Mary (Harrison) CARTER; maternal grandparents Sara A. and Christina (Lasiter) BAINS; educated at home; in early life he was in the retail […]
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: Jamestown SHELLEY, Eugene M., banker; born Albany, Ky., Sept. 8, 1875; English and Irish descent; son of W. M. and Martha A. (Amy) SHELLEY; father’s occupation, farmer; educated at Albany (Ky.) High school; began his business career as a school teacher, later clerked in general store, and then clerk […]
City: Knoxville HELM, GEORGE ECKEL, merchant and manufacturer; born Jefferson Co., Tenn., Sept. 2, 1875; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of Henry C. and Sarah A. (Eckel) HELM; father’s occupation steamship owner; paternal grandparents Dr. Wm. M.F. and Mary Elizabeth (Campbell) HELM; maternal grandparents George Swingle and Jane (Harrison) ECKEL; […]
City: Harriman GOODMAN, Louis Edward, wholesale merchant; born near Auburn, N.Y. Jan. 1, 1863; German and English descent; son of John and Althinia (Ditton) GOODMAN; graduated at Port Byron, N.Y., in 1880; at the age of 17 was a telegraph operator for R.R., working from coast to coast; began traveling […]
City: Dyer DAVIDSON, J. W.; born at Dyer, Tenn., March 3, 1854; son of S. M. and A. A. (Thomas) DAVIDSON; married Nancy HARRISON, Dec. 23, 1873; Democrat; is at present constable and deputy Sheriff; formerly engaged in farming and livery business; member of the M. E. Church, South.
City: Columbia HAYNES, Richard Edgar Jr., attorney at law; born Franklin, Tenn., May 17, 1881; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Richard Edgar and Molly (Harrison) HAYNES; father’s occupation, hardware merchant; educated at Franklin, Bellbuckle, Lebanon, Tenn., and Honey Grove, and Georgetown, Texas; graduated at Lebanon, Tenn., L.L.B. June 4, 1903; in […]