City: Nashville WATTS, James Lovell, lawyer; born Robertson County, Tenn., May 20, 1845; son James and Elizabeth Jackson (Miles) WATTS; English descent; educated “Old Field” School, Robertson County, Tenn.; elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction Robertson County, Tenn., April, 1873; re-elected April, 1875; resigned April, 1876, and removed to Nashville […]
Watts
4 posts
City: Nashville WATTS, Frank Overton, banker; born Paducah, Ky., November 14, 1867; son of Thomas L. and Ruth (Caldwell) WATTS; educated in public and preparatory schools of Tennessee; began his career as Bank Clerk and Officer at Union, City, Tenn., and since 1903 he has been President of First National […]
City: Nashville ALEXANDER, Gross, minister and editor; born Scottsville, Ky., June 1, 1852; son of Charles Holliday and Eliza Ann (Drane) ALEXANDER; father, physician; paternal grandparents, A. C. and Elizabeth (Holliday) ALEXANDER; maternal grandparents, Anthony and Fannie (Settle) DRANE; attended Univ. of Louisville, Drew Seminary and Southern Baptist Seminary; graduated […]
City: Clarksville BARKSDALE, William Wallace, editor and publisher of Daily Leaf Chronicle, Clarksville (Tenn.); born Clarksville, Tenn., June 27, 1857; son of Wilton Calloway and Araminta Dorma (Martin) BARKSDALE; father’s occupation, contractor; paternal grandfather Hudson BARKSDALE, paternal grandmother Lucinda (Calloway) BARKSDALE, maternal grandfather Bailey MARTIN, maternal grandmother Arminta D. (Watts) […]