E.M. WHITWORTH, a farmer of Coffee County, was born August 3, 1840, in Bedford County. His father, Benjamin F., was born in Marshall County January 8, 1814, and died October 12, 1876. In the fourth generation back were three brothers who were among the famous Jamestown, Va., settlers, and the next generation came to Tennessee. … Read more
Emmett RUSSELL, one of the young business men of Tullahoma, was born in Bedford County, Tenn., November 26, 1866, and is the son of W. F. RUSSELL. He was reared in his native county, near Shelbyville, and attended the common schools. In 1881 he came to Tullahoma and entered the store of Carroll Bros. as … Read more
R.H. RICHARDSON, merchant and a prominent citizen of Tullahoma, was born in Bedford County, Tenn., in November, 1846, the son of Thomas E. RICHARDSON, whose death occurred in Coffee County in 1850. When our subject was about six months old his parents moved to Coffee County, settling near Duck River in the Fourteenth District, where … Read more
E.W. PEARSON, an enterprising farmer of Coffee County, was born in Bedford County, November 23, 1856. He is he son of Charles and Mary J. (Wells) PEARSON, natives of Tennessee. The elder PEARSON was a manufacturer in Bedford County until 1871, when he was a farmer and millwright in Coffee County, and finally at Sparta, … Read more
William L. NORTON, postmaster and a prominent citizen of Tullahoma, Tenn., was born in Bedford County, Tenn., November 27, 1839, and is the son of Dr. William NORTON, a native of North Carolina, who was born March 2, 1801, and is the oldest physician within a radius of a hundred miles of Tullahoma. He came … Read more
Mrs. C.J. LYON, wife of the late T.B. LYON of Coffee County, was born February 10, 1829, and daughter of James and Jane MASON, the former born August 3, 1789, in North Carolina, and the latter July 2, 1800, in South Carolina. The father’s father came to Tennessee in 1780, living on Stone River, and … Read more
Stokely JACOBS, a well known planter of Coffee County, Tenn., was born there February 26, 1840 (ancestors mentioned in biography of A. JACOBS). Our subject, after completing his education, was engaged in agriculture chiefly. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Company G, Seventeenth Regiment Tennessee Infantry. He occupied various positions in Hardee’s corps, and … Read more
Capt. A. JACOBS, a well known planter of Coffee County, Tenn., was born August 3,1818, near his present home. His grandfather came from England as early as 1750, and was a soldier of the Revolution, living successively in Maryland, North Carolina and Bedford County, Tenn.,where he died at the unusual age of one hundred and … Read more
Wilburn HILES, one of the substantial farmers of the Fifth District of Coffee County, Tenn., was born in Bedford County, Tenn., July 30, 1826. He is the son of Joseph HILES, a native of North Carolina, who was born in 1796, and immigrated to Tennessee in early days. Our subject, brought up on the farm, … Read more
F.E. CUNNINGHAM, proprietor of the Tullahoma Distillery, and a prominent citizen of Tullahoma, was born in Bedford County, Tenn., September 15, 1852, and is the son of M.T. CUNNINGHAM, a native of Pennsylvania. The father died in 1874. Our subject was reared in Bedford County,and educated in the town schools. At fourteen years of age he … Read more
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