City: Rogersville OWEN, Robert Alexander, minister of the gospel; born Franklin, N.C., Aug. 25, 1852; son of Thomas W. and Jane (Reid) OWEN; father was farmer and trader and soldier in Confederate army; received his education in the common schools of North Carolina; was farmer and school teacher in early […]
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City: Oliver Springs GALLAHER, George Hamilton, farmer; born Wheat, Tenn., Sept. 13, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of David H. and Martha E. (OWEN) GALLAHER; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents George and Lucinda (KING) GALLAHER, maternal grandparents Richard G. and Catharine (LONES) OWEN; graduated from Roane College, May 1897; has […]
City: Nashville Lurton, Horace Harmon, jurist; born Newport, Ky., 1844; son of Lycurgus L. and Sarah (Harmon) LURTON; graduated Cumberland University L.B. 1867, University of the South D.C.L. 1899; admitted to the bar in 1867; married Frances OWEN, September 1, 1867; Chancellor Sixth Division of Tennessee 1875-78, Justice of Supreme […]
Mrs. LURTON was the daughter of the late Dr. Benjamin Rush OWEN and Mrs. Katherine Kennedy Howard OWEN, both of Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn. Dr. OWEN was a learned and distinguished physician, who fell an early victim to his devotion to his professions, dying in early manhood from an attack of cholera, with which he […]
City: Memphis BOYLE, Thomas R., lawyer; born Hardeman County, Tenn., April 5, 1855; son Thomas and Margaret J. (Owen) BOYLE; Irish-English descent; educated Memphis; graduated Christian Brothers’ College and Washington and Lee University; married Virginia A. FRAZER, April 22, 1884; member Business Men’s Club; Democrat.
City: Lebanon STRATTON, Mrs. Lelia Owen, Evangelist and W. C. T. U. lecturer; born Talbot county, Ga., Aug. 16, 1862; Welsh and Irish descent; daughter of Sidney Bruce and Mary Elizabeth (German) OWEN; father’s occupation planter; educated in Talbot county and Forsythe, Ga.; married Samuel Golladay STRATTON, Dec. 1, 1881; […]
City: McMinnville OWEN, Samuel Alexander, minister of the gospel; born near Covington, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1865; Welsh-German descent; son of Isaac W. and Eveline (Burkhardt) OWEN; father’s occupation, farmer, public official; educated Covington (Tenn.) High School, Union University, Jackson, Tenn., and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.; graduated from Union […]
City: Lawrenceburg WILLIAMS, Robert Bone, lawyer; born in Wilson county, Tenn., Feb. 1, 1866; English-Irish-Scotch-Welsh descent; son of Julius Howard and Sarah Elizabeth (Owen) WILLIAMS; father’s occupation farmer, merchant and ex-county court chairman; paternal grandparents Julius H. and Margaret (Cason) WILLIAMS; maternal grandparents Daniel E. and Mary (Roberson) OWEN; educated […]
City: Eagleville BROWN, Robert S., Jr., merchant; born Eagleville, Tenn, July 28, 1871; son of Robert and Alice (Booker) BROWN; Irish descent; educated Eagleville, Tenn; married Henrietta OWEN Dec. 12, 1894; Postmaster at Eagleville (13 years); member Christian church.
City: Harriman WINSLOW, Henry M., lawyer; born in Carrollton, Ky., Aug. 3, 1850; descended on his father’s side from the Winslows and Beverleys of New Kent Co., Va., and on his mother’s side from Count Du Puy, a Huguenot refugee who fled his castle at time of the revocation of […]
City: Franklin COOK, Henry Howe, attorney at law; born in Williamson Co., Tenn., Nov. 23, 1843; son of Lewis and Margaret Jane (Owen) COOK; father’s occupation, carpenter and farmer; paternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Howe) COOK, maternal grandparents Nathan and Janie (Hightower) OWEN; educated at Franklin College, Davidson Co., Tenn.; […]
City: Euchee HOBACK, John George, mchinist /sic/; born McMinn Co., Tenn., Jan. 23, 1845; German descent; son of William and Elizabeth (Hutsell) HOBACK; father was a contractor and builder; educated in local schools of Athens, Tenn.; early occupation, farmer, later engaged in lumber manufacturing and in stock raising industries; married […]
City: Covington STEPHENSON, SAML. E.; lawyer; born Yorkville, S. C., Sept. 1st, 1847; son Hamilton and Mary (McCullough) STEPHENSON, Scotch-Irish descent; educated Common Schools; married 1st Rebecca Ann OWEN, April 26, 1868; 2nd Annie B. CHAPMAN, July 10, 1889; member K. of P.; former Justice of Peace; former Clerk Co. […]
City: Covington OWEN, William A., attorney at law; born near Covington, Tenn., March 6, 1869; son of Richard B. and Sarah F. (Walton) OWEN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Alexander H. OWEN, paternal grandmother Sarah (Smith) OWEN, maternal grandfather mother Sarah (Cox) WALTON; educated Covington Male Academy, Covington (Tenn.) and […]
City: Columbia OWEN, Crockett, attorney at law; born Columbia, Tenn., Aug 26, 1880; son of O. C. and Margaret (Craig) OWEN; father was a merchant; educated in local schools of Columbia, Tenn., Mooneys School, Franklin, Tenn., and Vanderbilt Univerisity; graduated from Mooney’s School in 1898, and from law department Vanderbilt […]
City: Chattanooga OWEN, John Thomas, insurance business; born Greenville, Tenn., October 7, 1868; son Joseph Pinckney and Mary Elizabeth (McDade) OWEN; paternal grandfather David OWEN, paternal grandmother Sarah (Putnam) OWEN, maternal grandfather Frank MCDADE, maternal grandmother Elizabeth (Edwards) MCDADE; Scotch, Irish and Welsh descent; educated Edward’s Academy, Jefferson County, Tenn.; […]
City: Brownsville BOND, Robert Nelson, business man and manufacturer; born Brownsville, Tenn., July 8, 1873; son of James and Helen (Nelson) BOND; father’s occupation cotton merchant; paternal grandfather James Bond, Sr., paternal grandmother was a Miss OWEN before her marriage, maternal grandfather Robert NELSON, maternal grandmother Mary (Anderson) NELSON; educated […]
Athens — OWEN, Daniel Marion, born Athens, Tennessee July 27, 1854; Welsh descent; son of William Carrol and Jane (Reed) OWEN; his father’s occupation farmer; received common school education; began business career in General Merchandise; married twice, first wife Roxie L. ROGERS, July 15, 1870, second wife Allie I. MOORE, […]