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Local & Personal News (March 10, 1911)

Local & Personal News (March 10, 1911)

Select items from the Local & Personal news column of the Fayette Falcon Junious HOBSON and Jno. WETZLER attended the Thirty Second Convocation, Ancient and accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, several days last week in Memphis. H.W. LIPSKY spent a few days in Memphis last week where he was carried through the mysteries of Scottish Rite Masonry. W.C. EDMONDSON, of Memphis, visited his sister, Mrs. Will RHEA Tuesday of this week. W.H. REAMES, of Oakland, was looking after business…

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Biography: FALLS, James Napoleon (1841-1919)

Biography: FALLS, James Napoleon (1841-1919)

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…

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