I.C. STONE, is of English, Irish and Scotch descent. His ancestors settled in the colony of North Carolina. Their descendants mainly kept pace with the tide of immigration to the new States and Territories. The paternal grandfather, Thomas STONE, probably of English, and Scotch origin, married Miss Sally CORDER, of Scotch family, about 1789 in … Read more
Col. H.S. SHEID, farmer in Coffee County, was born January 27, 1827, in this county. His father, James SHEID, born May 22, 1776, in South Carolina, was a pioneer of Tennessee, in 1803 settling on the present farm of our subject, where he died April 18, 1856. The grandfather of Col. SHEID served with distinction … 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
W. RAMSEY, a farmer of Coffee County, was born April 3, 1823, in Warren County. Samuel and Pollie (Strowd) RAMSEY, his parents, lived in Warren County. The elder, Mrs. RAMSEY’s father, was one of the first settlers of that county. Our subject is of English and Irish descent. November 30, 1852, he married Rachel PARKER, … 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
Lewis B. MORGAN, lawyer and chairman of the county court, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1834. he is the son of Smith and Abigail (Alexander) MORGAN, natives of Tennessee. The former was born in 1806, and the latter in 1809. They are now residents of Fayetteville, Tenn., and are members of the Baptist … Read more
J.S. MOORE, chancery court clerk and master in Coffee County, was born August 24, 1837, in Wilson County. He is the oldest son of Alfred and Elizabeth P. MOORE, the former born in 1802, in Tennessee, and died in Manchester in May, 1862. The father of Alfred M. was a native of North Carolina. Our … Read more
F.N. MILLER, editor of the Manchester Times and a prominent citizen of Manchester, was born at Port Hudson, La., on December 5, 1853, the son of Albert and Delilah (Saunders) MILLER, the former born October 18, 1822, in Indiana, and the latter May 1, 1832, in Kentucky, and still living in Port Hudson, La. The … Read more
D.E. MEAD, merchant of Hillsboro, was born September 7, 1839, at Greenville, N.Y. His father, W.R. MEAD, was born about 1798 and died in 1879, in Vermont. His grandfather, Adolphus, was in the Revolution. Liddie (Colwell) MEAD, his mother, was born about 1800 in Virginia, and died in 1882 in New York. Living on his … Read more
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