HON. WILLIAM F. BALLENTINE, one of the county’s most highly respected and influential citizens, was born August 24, 1832, in Pulaski, Tenn., and is the son of Andrew M. Ballentine, who was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1791, immigrated to … Continue reading →
LIEUTENANT CLARENCE HORNE FRY, R. F. C. Clarence Horne Fry was born in Lynnville. Giles county, Tennessee, February 26, 1894, a son of John W. and Anna (Horne) Fry. His parents moved to Columbia when he was only two years of age … Continue reading →
JOHN W. FRY. For many years John W. Fry has been active in the development and improvement of Columbia, and Tennessee is indeed proud to number him among her native sons. He was born in Giles county on the 10th … Continue reading →
EMBRY EDGAR ANDERSON was born in Atoka, Tennessee, Tipton county, on the 5th of December, 1880, the son of William Edgar and Nora (Reeves) Anderson. The father, a native of Giles county, Tennessee, is now living with his son, the subject of … Continue reading →
LEWIS AMIS, of the firm of L. Amis & Bro., dealers in groceries and general merchandise, at Vale Mills, Giles Co., Tenn., was born December 5, 1836, in Pulaski, Tenn. He is a son of John and Martha A. Amis, both natives … Continue reading →
GENERAL JOHN ADAMS was born in Giles county, Tennessee, in 1825 and died on the battlefield of Franklin, November 30, 1864. He was graduated from West Point and served in the Mexican War. He enlisted immediately upon the outbreak of the … Continue reading →
MARCUS L. ABERNATHY, clerk of Barry County, Mo., was born in Giles County, Tenn., in 1830, and is the son of John Y. and Matilda (ALEXANDER) Abernathy. John Y. Abernathy was born in North Carolina in 1806, of Scotch parentage. … Continue reading →
JOHN MATTHEWS ABERNATHY. One of the prominent young attorneys at the Giles county bar is John Matthews Abernathy, a descendant of an old and honored American family, who was born the 21st of September, 1890. His great-great-great-grandfather on the maternal … Continue reading →
GILBERT BENJAMIN ABERNATHY. Prominent in the financial circles of Pulaski is Gilbert Benjamin Abernathy, assistant cashier of the Peoples Bank. He was born in Giles county, on the 28th of April, 1888, a member of an old and honored Tennessee … Continue reading →
DR. THOMAS EDWARDS ABERNATHY, one of the most prominent members of the medical profession in Chattanooga, was born and reared near Pulaski in Giles county, Tennessee, where he received his early education. He later attended the University of Louisville and … Continue reading →