City: Nashville POLK, James Knox; fire insurance; born Bolivar, Tenn., January 26, 1859; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Marshall T. and Evalina M. (Bills) POLK; paternal grandparents Marshall T. and Laura (Wilson) POLK, maternal grandparents John H. and Prudence (McNeal) BILLS; educated East Tennessee University, now University of Tennessee; in early […]
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Miss Elizabeth CHILDRESS, the subject of this sketch, was the daughter of Maj. John W. CHILDRESS and the beautiful Mrs. Sarah Williams CHILDRESS, of the historic town of Murfreesboro Tenn. Her alma mater was the old Nashville Female Academy, that institution which has turned out so many noble, cultured women, with Dr. C.D. ELLIOTT as […]
City: Memphis KORTRECHT, Alexander Humphries, lawyer; born Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 14, 1859; son of Charles and Augusta (Betts) KORTRECHT; father’s occupation, lawyer; married Mary Wilson POLK, Nov. 2?, 1884; Past Master DeSoto Lodge No. 299, F. & A.M., Past Master Tennessee Consistory No. 1, A.A.S.R., Past Potentate Alchymia Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.; […]
City: Memphis GROSVENOR, (Mrs.) Olivia Polk Hill, born Memphis, Tenn.; daughter of Napoleon and Mary Morton (Wood) HILL; father, banker, merchant and miner; paternal grandparents, Duncan and Olivia L. (Bills) HILL; maternal grandparents, William H. and B. (Polk) WOOD; educated in Memphis, Tenn., and New York, N.Y., graduated from Presbyterian […]
City: Linden POLK, Samuel Forrest, public official; born near Linden, Tenn., Dec. 15, 1871; Irish descent; son of John A. and Talitha (Taylor) POLK; father’s occupation, farmer; received common school education; engaged in farming in early life; member K. P. and M. W. A., C. C. C. of G. P. […]
City: Martin PERKINS, James Treanor, public official; born Killala, Ireland, Feb. 3, 1832; son of John A. and Margaret (Polk) PERKINS; father’s occupation, accounting department N. C. & St. L. Railroad; paternal grandparents John and Sarah (Treanor) PERKINS; maternal grandparents William R. and Frances (Higgins) POLK; educated at Nashville, Tenn.; […]
Town: Columbia WHITTHORNE, Washington Curran, attorney at law; born Columbia, Tenn., Oct. 18, 1865; Irish and Scotch descent; son of Washington Curran and Matilda Jane (Campbell) WHITTHORNE; father’s occupation, attorney at law, and was at one time member of the U. S. House of Representatives and U. S. Senate; paternal […]
City: Clarksville EWING, Thomas Polk, farmer; born Hampton, Tenn., April 19, 1884; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Finis and Danglus (Polk) EWING; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Thomas EWING, paternal grandmother Prity (Fort) EWING, maternal grandfather Irvin POLK, maternal grandmother Faneris (Wilson) POLK; educated Cumberland City Academy and graduated from same […]