A. F. BASS [of Lincoln County], merchant at McDowell’s Mills, was born in Giles County February 7, 1854, and was one of three children of Farmington and Naomi Bass, born in Giles County, Tenn., in 1818 and 1817, and died in 1884 … Continue reading →
THOMAS W. BARBER’S birth occurred on the 23d day of May 1843, in Giles County, Tenn. His parents, Isaac J. and Eliza A. (Gordon) Barber, were born in Virginia, in 1814 and 1815, respectively. They were Tennessee pioneers, and did much to … Continue reading →
HENRY M. BRANNON, merchant, is a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Carson) Brannon,and was born in Franklin County, Tenn., October 21, 1842, and is of Scotch-Irish origin. Robert Brannon was born in Tennessee in 1795, and Elizabeth Brannon, his wife, was born in the … Continue reading →
JOSEPH W. BRADEN, circuit clerk, was born in Giles County February 14, 1846, son of Jacob G. and Harriet (Johnson) Braden, and is of Scotch-Irish origin. The parents of our subject died when he was a mere boy, and at an … Continue reading →
HENRY L. BOOTH, trustee of Giles County and a native of that county, was born in 1844, near Bethel of said county. His father, Charles Thomas Booth and Mahala E. Jones, of Giles County were married in 1843, and to their … Continue reading →
Isaac N. BLACK, M.D. [of Perry County, Tennessee] was the son of Isaac N. and Susan A. (Williamson ) Black who were born in Virginia. They married in Giles County, TN where they were early settlers. Dr. Black’s father was a farmer and … Continue reading →
Mrs. N. E. BENSON, of the Sixteenth District [Lincoln County], was born in Lincoln County, April, 1828, and was one of two children born to W. and Cynthia Hayes. Her father was born in North Carolina in 1793 and died November … Continue reading →
JOHN A. BEASLEY, a practical and successful farmer, was born withen one mile of his present residence October 14, 1822, being the fifth of eleven children of William M. and Elizabeth (Anthony) Beasley, who were natives of North Carolina, and were … Continue reading →
NATHANIEL BAXTER. Nathaniel Baxter, Sr., the father of the subject of this review, was born at Charlotte, in Dickson county, Tennessee; attended the public schools and afterward completed a course in law at Jackson College in Columbia, this state. There … Continue reading →
JOHN L. BAUGH, an enterprising farmer, residing five, miles south of Pulaski, in the Eighth District of Giles County, was a native of Williamson County, Tenn., born in 1841, and of German descent. His parents, Philip and Elizabeth Baugh, were natives … Continue reading →