Robert F. CARR, merchant and postmaster, was born in Claiborne County, June 4, 1857, the son of James and Jesse (Cloud) CARR, the former of Irish parentage, and born in Claiborne County in 1823, and deceased June 15, 1887, and the latter still living at the age of fifty-five. The father was always a farmer … Read more
Wiley S. CARR, lawyer, was born near Tazewell, January 2, 1848, the son of John H. and Mary (Bryant) CARR, of Irish and German origin, the former born in Claiborne County in 1821, where he still lives, and the latter born in 1824 in the same county, and deceased April 16, 1865. The father was … Read more
John H. CARR, merchant, trader and farmer, was born in Claiborne County, September 29, 1821, the son of Jesse and Eleanor (Hughes) CARR, who were married for over sixty years in this county. The father was born May 1, 1796, in Washington County, and when thirteen came to this county, while the mother was born … Read more
Andrew W. CAMPBELL, merchant and farmer, was born in Hawkins County, November 26, 1840, the son of Joseph and Frankie (Vermillion) CAMPBELL, natives of Hawkins County and Lee County, Virginia. After marriage in Lee County, they settled at Sneedville as farmers, for about eight years, and, after twenty years in Hawkins County, came to Claiborne, … Read more
Robert C. BAYLOR, merchant and farmer, was born at Christianburg, Va., February 25, 1822, the son of Abram and Jane BAYLOR, nee GLENN, the former of English-Irish origin, and born near Crab Orchard Springs, Ky., March 13, 1785, where she died in February 1865. The father died in December, 1854. After his marriage in 1815, … Read more
Capt. William H. BERNARD, farmer, was born in Claiborne County, December 5, 1836, the son of Robert and Milly (Carpenter) BARNARD, the former born about 1815, and deceased in 1844, and the latter deceased about 1852. With the exception of a short time in Grainger County they always lived in this county. He was a … Read more
Samuel ATKINS MD, was born in Grainger County, September 1, 1831, son of Morris and Lucinda (Peak) Atkins. They were natives of Virginia; the father of Wythe County, and the mother of Roanoke. The father was born in 1801, and died in Claiborne County in 1858. They came when young with their parents to East … Read more
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