City: Newbern McCORKLE, John Edwin, farmer, surveyor, and banker; born in Dyer Co., Tenn., May 17, 1839; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Edwin A. and Jane Maxwell (Thomas) McCORKLE; father’s occupation farming; paternal grandparents Robert and Margaret (Morrison) McCORKLE, maternal grandparents, William and Elizabeth (Purviance) THOMAS; graduated at Bluff Springs, Tenn., […]
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MILES SCOTT, M.D. For a good score and a half of years Dr. Miles Scott has held an important place in this community of Robertson County as a medical practitioner of extensive and successful patronage. This county was the home of his mother’s family, for his grandfather, Thomas Gunn, was […]
JOSEPH WINFIELD SCOTT. Since 1897 a member of the Harriman bar, Mr. Scott is regarded as one of the ablest lawyers of Roane County, and is a special authority on the branch of real estate and land-titles law. He is a senior member of the firm of Scott, Chandler & […]
WALTER H. ANDERSON, the junior member of the well-known law firm at Harriman of Scott, Chandler & Anderson, has been in practice at Harriman since 1910, and has already attained recognition as one of the rising young attorneys of the East Tennessee bar. Mr. Anderson educated himself, and while growing […]
City: Nashville ROBERTS, Paul, insurance; born Nashville, Tenn., February 24, 1869; English-Irish descent; son of Albert and Edith (Scott) ROBERTS; father’s occupation, proprietor and managing editor of Nashville American; educated Nashville (Tenn.) public schools and law school in Alabama; began his career as Clerk in railway office; passed through various […]
City: Memphis TAYLOR, Emmet, cotton buyer; born Memphis, Tenn., November 28, 1877; son Col. W.R. and Sallie Shelby (Ford) TAYLOR; educated St. Alban’s School, Radford, Va.; graduated St. Alban’s School 1897; married Elizabeth SCOTT November 14, 1906; member St. John’s Methodist Church; partner in W.F. Taylor Son’s Company. Source: Who’s […]
City: Memphis SCOTT, Alexander Yerger, lawyer; born Three Oaks, Miss., Dec. 17, 1870; English descent; son of Charles and Malvina (Yerger) SCOTT; father’s occupation lawyer; paternal grandfather Charles SCOTT, maternal grandparents Alexander and Elizabeth (Rucks) YERGER; educated University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., and University of Miss.; graduated from latter […]
City: Memphis PHARR, Harry Nelson, civil engineer; born La Grange, Ark., May 8, 1875; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Harry Newton and Stella Hogue (Scott) PHARR; father’s occupation, civil engineers C. S. A.; paternal grandparents Robert and Nancy (Allen) PHARR, maternal grandparents James and Mary Louise (Hogue) SCOTT; graduated from University […]
Mrs. Nathaniel BAXTER, the daughter of James F. and Sarah LAVENDER of Williamson County, Tenn., comes of patriotic and illustrious ancestry. Her grandfather, Nelson LAVENDER, fought in the Mexican War under General SCOTT; enlisting at the outbreak of the war and remaining until hostilities ceased. He fought in many important battles, among the number being Chepultepec, […]
City: Memphis REID, William H., real estate; born Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 23, 1863; English descent; son of Luther R. and Minerva Benjamin (Scott) REID; paternal grandparents Alfred and Patsy (Rector) REID, maternal grandparents Benjamin and Martha (Hardaway) SCOTT; educated in public schools of Vicksburg, Miss., and studied two years University […]
City: Nashville GLENN, Leonidas Chalmers, Professor of Geology; born Crowder’s Creek, N. C., September 9, 1871; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William Davis and Sarah Priscilla (Torrence) GLENN; father, merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents John Franklin and Jennie Gray (Scott) GLENN, maternal grandparents William Wilson and Sarah Ann (Wilson) TORRENCE; educated […]
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: Memphis FLY, D. Wilson, merchant; born Gibson County, Tenn., January 4, 1851; son of William D. and Sarah S. (Lyles) FLY; educated Gibson College; married Miss B. M. SCOTT, January 12, 1895; member Tennessee Club; merchant and capitalist; member Methodist Church.
City: Memphis JONES, Heber, physician; born Phillip Co., Ark. Sept. 11 1848; English descent; son of John Thompson and Sarah Caroline (McEwen) JONES; paternal grandparents John and Annie (Scott) JONES, maternal grandparents Robert H. and Hettie (Kennedy) McEWEN; educated at Nottingham Academy, Tenn., University of Va.; graduated from medical department […]
City: Memphis MINOR, James L., physician; born Stafford Co., Va., 1855; son John and Elizabeth (Scott) MINOR; English descent; educated in Virginia; graduate University of Virginia; married Margaret ROGERS, November 21, 1889; author Article on Blindness, Reference Handbook Medical Society, Statistics and Nomenclature of Diseases of the Eye and of […]
City: Memphis HORNSBY, A.A., attorney, referee in bankruptcy; born Henry County, Tenn., 1875; son J.S. and Belle (Scott) HORNSBY; Anglo-Saxon descent; educated McFerrin College, Martin, Tenn., and Cumberland University; graduated B.L. Cumberland University 1896; member K. of P., B.M.C., Memphis; Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity at Cumberland University; he was Floterial […]
City: Memphis BARTON, Robert McKinney, lawyer; born Greeneville, Tenn., Nov. 26, 1851; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Robert McFarland and Hannah (McFarland) BARTON; paternal grandparents Isaac and Jane (Barton) BARTON, maternal grandparents Robert and Mary (Scott) McFARLAND; educated in the private schools of Hamblen Co., Tenn., and at University of Va., […]
City: Knoxville NEWMAN, Charles Sheridan, banker born Orange Co., Va., Jan. 30, 1839; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of James and Mary (Scott) NEWMAN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather, Reuben NEWMAN; maternal grandfather, John SCOTT; educated in Orange Co., Va., Schools and University of Virginia; served as 1st Lieutenant and […]
City: Elizabethton BRUMIT, David, merchant; born Washington Co. Tenn. Feb. 28, 1851; German-Scotch descent; son of Philip and Nancy (Scott) BRUMIT; paternal grandparents David and Annie (Moreland) BRUMIT, maternal grandparents Absalom and Margaret (Huffine) SCOTT; received common school education; married Letitia FRANCIS April 3, 1872; in early youth worked on […]
City: Humboldt DODSON, A. R., banker; born Gibson Co., Tenn., in 1865; son of W. H. and Jerrusha (Blakemore) DODSON; Scotch-Irish descent; educated S. W. B. U. of Jackson, Tenn., and Eastman’s Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; graduated A. B. degree in 1886; married Mattie Bell SCOTT in 1889; member […]