AARON VAIL [VENABLE] BROWN, Governor of Tennessee, 1845-1847, was the son of Rev. Aaron Brown, of Virginia. He was born August 15, 1795. He graduated at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1814, and was valedictorian of his … Continue reading →
Whig and Tribune July 29, 1871 A negro man named Dan McKissack, employed on a farm near Pulaski, last week, by John R. Campbell, was killed. Campbell was acquitted by the examining court. Source: Chronicling America
Continue reading →ANDREW J. BALLENTINE, farmer of Giles County, Tenn., was born in Pulaski, December 30, 1834, and is the fifth child born to the union of Andrew M. and Mary Ballentine. He received a liberal education in the Wurtemburg Academy and at … Continue reading →
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 →