Joshua E. BURNETT, farmer and stock raiser of Fayette County, was born in Iredell County, NC, August 17, 1834, and is a son of Jeremiah and Mary (Ellis) BURNETT. The father was born in South Carolina, September 18, 1807, and is now a resident of Fayette County, aged seventy-nine years. The mother was born in North Carolina January 20, 1810 , and is now seventy-six years old. They moved to Tennessee in 1840 and settled twelve miles south of Somerville;…
Wilson L. BURNETT, an active farmer of Fayette County, Tenn., was born in Iredell County, N.C., September 27, 1832, and is a son of Jeremiah and Mary F. (Ellis) BURNETT. The father was a native of Spartanburg County, S.C., and the mother of Iredell County, N.C., both of Scotch-Irish descent. The father was born September 18, 1807, and is now a resident of Fayette County. The mother was born January 20, 1810; they were married in 1831 in North Carolina,…
George W. BOLING, one of the prominent planters of Marshall County, Miss., was born in Madison County, Ala., near Hazel Green, March 21, 1818. He is a son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Worthy) BOLING. The father was born in Virginia in 1790 and died in Lawrence County, Ala., January 1, 1843. The mother was born in 1790, in Chester County, S.C. and died in Lawrence County, Ala., in 1880. They moved to Alabama in 1816. The father and mother were…
James W. BASS, citizen and farmer of Hardeman County, was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., July 4, 1848, and is a son of Thomas W. and Nannie P. (Avent) BASS. The father was born in 1822, and is now living in Rutherford County near Murfreesboro. The mother is several years younger than her husband and is still living. In 1852, they moved to West Tennessee and lived until the war, dividing the time in Madison, Gibson and Hardeman counties. The father entered…
Dr. Benjamin F. BAIRD, a physician of Fayette County, was born in the county April 27, 1836, and is a son of Capt. Charles and Nancy (Robards) BAIRD, both natives of Robertson County, Tenn., and of Scotch-Irish descent coming from the house of Stuarts. The father was born in 1796 and died in Fayette County in 1871. The mother was born in 1814 and died in 1867. The parents married in Robertson County. In 1832 they moved to Fayette County…
Moses L. ANDERSON, a well-known and enterprising citizen of La Grange, Fayette Co, Tenn., was born in this county, July 29, 1838, and is a son of Joel and Laura G. (Roberts) ANDERSON. The father was born in Halifax County, Va., in 1793, and died in Fayette County, July, 1841. The mother was born in Chesterfield County, Va., in 1804, and died near La Grange in 1871. They were married in Fayette County, Tenn., July 29, 1837. The father in…
The photos used in the site header are: 1) Fayette County Courthouse in Somerville, Tennessee. Photograph courtesy of Flickr user, Joseph A. 2) Woodbury Farm in Somerville, Tennessee. Photograph courtesy of Brent Moore. 3) Fayette County Historical Marker. Photograph courtesy of Jimmy Emerson. 4) First Presbyterian Church in Somerville, Tennessee. Photograph courtesy of Flickr user, Joseph A.
Henry Augustine Washington, a leading realtor of Memphis, conducting business under the name of the Washington Real Estate Company, was born at Somerville, Fayette county, Tennessee, on the 29th of March, 1870, and is a son of Dr. James S. and Ella V. (Jackson) Washington. Through the paternal line the family is connected with the Washington family of which George Washington was a representative, and through the maternal line is identified with the same family as General Andrew Jackson. Dr….
Mr. Falls was born in Macon, Fayette county, Tennessee, on the 20th of February, 1841, a son of Gilbreath and Frances (Manees) Falls. His paternal grandfather emigrated from Iredell county, North Carolina, to Athens, Alabama, and during his stay there, Gilbreath Falls was born. From there the family removed to Somerville, Tennessee. The grandfather was one of the first of the race of hardy aristocrats who moved across the mountains and created that wonderful community from La Grange up to…
The following Fayette County biographies are from Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee, 1887. [Find in a Library]