James C. Hunt was born at Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tenn., July 28, 1839. His parents were Solomon and Ann R. (Hillyard) Hunt. The father was a native of North Carolina, and came to Tennessee about 1835. He was a prominent farmer and died in 1841. … Continue reading →
Elbert J. Hicks was born in Dickson County, Tenn., May 6, 1821. His parents were James and Mary (Marlow) Hicks, the father being born in Virginia in 1781. The mother was born in North Carolina. Our subject was united in marriage, January 23, 1845, … Continue reading →
Dr. J. T. Henslee, one of Dickson County’s most prominent citizens, was born May 5, 1838, in western Kentucky, being one of a family of children born to the marriage of Joab Henslee and Nancy Justice. The father was a native of South … Continue reading →
John P. Grimes was born in Dickson County, Tenn., October 10, 1842, being a son of Joe and Hulda Jane (Walker) Grimes. At the age of seventeen years he enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861 under Capt. Malroy, Company E. Eleventh Tennessee Regiment, for … Continue reading →
Joe Grimes was born in Dickson County, Tenn., October 1, 1809, being the sixth of thirteen children born to the marriage of John and Margery (Carmack) Grimes. Both parents were natives of Virginia; the father was born January 2, 1775, and the mother in … Continue reading →
Samuel W. Grigsby, sheriff of Dickson, is the third of Thomas K. Grigsby’s family. He was born January 26, 1852, in Charlotte, where he was raised. He remained with his parents to the age of seventeen and then went to Alabama, where … Continue reading →
William L. Grigsby, clerk and master of the Dickson County Chancery Court, was born March 25, 1854, in Dickson County. He was the youngest child born to the marriage of Thomas K. Grigsby and Sarah E. Priestley. The father’s sketch appears above. William L. was … Continue reading →
Col. Thomas K. Grigsby, one of Dickson County’s prominent citizens and clerk of the county court, was born July 31, 1823, in Madison County, Ala., being the second of a family of eight children of Samuel and Dorcas (Wyly) Grigsby. The parents lived and … Continue reading →
Rufus Ferbee was born in Dickson County, Tenn., February 6, 1831, being the youngest of six children born to Thomas and Mrs. Ferbee. The parents were natives of Norfolk County, Va. Our subject began farming at the age of twenty years, which occupation he followed … Continue reading →
R. D. Eubank, trustee of Dickson County, is a son of John and Eliza (Crumpler) Eubank, natives of Halifax County, Va., and Dickson County, Tenn., respectively. The father came to Montgomery County, Tenn., when young and served an apprenticeship to the tailor’s trade, and … Continue reading →