City: Memphis WILLIAMS, John Sneed, cotton broker; born Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 25, 1869; English descent; son of J.J. and Arra R. (Watkins) WILLIAMS; educated in Memphis, Tenn.; began his career as an employe [sic] of a railroad; married Edith REID, April 3, 1895; member DeSoto Lodge, Chickasaw Club, Country Club […]
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City: Ooltewah WATKINS, Zachary Taylor, banker; real estate agent; born Ooltewah, Tenn. Feb. 8, 1847; Anglo-Saxon descent; son of Finley P. and Tussie (Kelso)WATKINS; father’s occupation farmer; educated in the common schools of Hamilton Co., Tenn.; began his career as a farmer and merchant; married Lillie Mae SANDERS, Jan. 31, […]
City: Oliver Springs JONES, Clem J., attorney at law; born Spartanburg, S. C., Dec. 18, 1874; son of Milnor and Mary (Watkins) JONES; paternal grandfather Dr. Clement F. JONES, paternal grandmother Elizabeth (Chambers) JONES (daughter of U. S. Senator E. F. CHAMBERS, Md.), maternal grandfather James WATKINS, maternal grandmother Mary […]
City: Nashville WATKINS, James Morgan, Associate General Agent of Masachusetts /sic/ Mutual Life Insurance Company; born Meridian, Miss, July 3, 1886; son Edmond and Idelette (Dial) WATWINS; Welsh-English descent; graduate Princeton University B.A. 1908; member Elm Club, Princeton, member Mountain City Club, Chattanooga, member Chattanooga Golf and Country Club, member […]
City: Memphis OVERTON, William Thompson, real estate; born Memphis, Tenn., December 31, 1885; son John and Matilda (WATKINS) OVERTON; educated M. U. S. (Memphis); member of Angerona Lodge No. 168, F. & A. M., and Progress Lodge No. 39, Knights of Pythias; W.O.W., Business Men’s Club, Tennessee Club, Memphis Tennis […]
City: Murfreesboro RICHARDSON, John E., lawyer; born in Rutherford Co., Tenn., Jan. 7, 1857; English descent; son of John W. and Augusta M (Starnes) RICHARDSON; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents, James and Mary (Watkins) RICHARDSON; maternal grandparents Daniel and Harriet (Russell) ; educated at Princeton, N, J.; graduated Princeton, N. […]
City: Murfreesboro RICHARDSON, James Daniel, Sr., Sovereign Grand Commander Scottish Rite Masons, Southern Jurisdiction; born Rutherford County, Tenn., March 10, 1843; son of John W. and Augusta (Starnes) RICHARDSON; paternal grandfather James RICHARDSON, paternal grandmother Mary (Watkins) RICHARDSON, maternal grandfather Daniel STARNES, maternal grandmother Harriet (Russell) STARNES; English descent; father’s […]
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: Henderson BALDY, William Hamilton, assistant Postmaster; born near Clarendon, Ark., Aug. 17, 1877; Irish and English descent; son of William Hugh and Rosa Virginia (Rawlings) BALDY; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Paul Hamilton and Elizabeth T. (Watkins) BALDY; maternal grandparents William A. and Nancy M. (May) RAWLINGS; educated at […]
City: Columbia HAWES, Samuel Percy, minister of the Gospel; born Dinwiddie County, Virginia; son of Herbert Henry and Harriet (Bouldin) HAWES; English, Scotch and Huguenot descent; educated Hampdon-Sidney College, Va., and U.T. Seminary Va.; graduated Hampdon-Sidney College June, 1888 (A. B.); Union Theological Seminary (B. D.) May, 1893; married Christine WATKINS, […]
City: Chattanooga WATKINS, Edmund, lawyer; born Richmond Co., N. C., May 11, 1849; son of Jesse and Sarah Ann (Morgan) WATKINS; Welsh descent; educated in private school; graduated from University of Miss. 1871 A. B.; Cumberland University 1872 LL. B.; married Idelette DIAL Oct. 1875; member I. O. O. F., […]
City: Chattanooga WATKINS, Walter Hudson, lawyer; born Meridian, Miss., February 23, 1878; son Edmund and Idelette C. (Dial) WATKINS; Welsh, Scotch and Irish descent; graduate of Princeton University A. B. 1900; student at Southwestern Presbyterian University 1895-6; Vanderbilt University (Law Department) 1902; member Sigma Alpha Epsilon Greek Letter Fraternity; 1902 […]
City: Chattanooga NORTON, Junius D., Assistant General Agent Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company; born Meriden, Conn., August 27, 1887; son Junius Silliman, Jr., and Elizabeth (Hathaway) NORTON; English descent on the maternal side from Ann HATHAWAY, Shakespeare’s wife; graduate institutions of learning Meriden, Conn., 1905; member Alpha Delta Sigma Greek […]