Wallace DIXON, farmer and owner of the celebrated Oakland Spring farm, was born December 22, 1838, at Cedar Creek Furnace and educated at Masonic College, Clarksville, Tenn. At the ago of twenty he became manager of the iron works known as the Antonio Iron Works, of Montgomery County. Five years later he came to Decatur … Read more
Curry P. DENISON, proprietor of the Denison House, Decaturville, Tenn., is a native of Decatur County, born November 11, 1839, a son of Stephen and Elizabeth (INGRAM) DENISON, both natives of Pittsylvania County, Va., and descendants of the early English settlers of the Atlantic coast. Of their family of fourteen children all are living but … Read more
James E. DEES, county court clerk, of Decaturville, was born in Shelby County, Tenn., April 8, 1852. His parents, Green and Martha C. (Lockhart) DEES, were both natives of Anson County. N.C., from which State he moved to Tennessee, Shelby County, near the line of Marshall County, Miss., where our subject was born, and finally … Read more
Nathan C. DAVIS, a well known resident of Decatur County, was born July 14. 1843, in Hardin County. His father, Joseph DAVIS, was a native of Wake County, N.C., born February 7, 1805; he came to Maury County, Tenn., in 1829, where be carried on the blacksmith business; from there he went to Hardin County; … Read more
John M. COUNTESS, a well known resident of the Third District, was born August 11, 1841, in Warren County, Tenn. His father, Asa COUNTESS, was a native of Tennessee, .a brick mason by trade. He married about 1833 a daughter of John MARTIN, of North Carolina, who came to Tennessee. To that union seven children … Read more
William BOLIN, a well known and respected resident of the Third District, was born in Chatham County, N.C., August 28. 1823. He is the sixth child of a family of fourteen. His father, Joseph, was a native of Guilford County, N.C. and was married in 1811 to Miss Sophia COOPER. He came to Tennessee but … Read more
B. G. BAKER was born in Hickman County, Tenn., January 11, 1818. His father, Dr. Benj. BAKER, was of German descent, born in New York City, where he received his medical education, and practiced until about 1812; he then went to New Orleans, and after several years came to Tenn., locating in Hickman, where he … Read more
Dr. J. F. AYDELOTT, a successful practitioner of Decaturvillie, was horn April 28, 1835, son of Andrew E. and Sarah E. (SMITH) AYDELOTT, both natives of Tennessee and both of Irish descent, They removed to Henderson County in 1836, where the father followed agricultural pursuits for some time, after which he engaged in mercantile pursuits. … Read more
E. E. ARNOLD, a well known resident of Decaturville, and sheriff of the county, is a member of one of the oldest families in the section. His grandfather, Ephraim ARNOLD, located in the county at a very early day; the exact date is not known, but is thought to have been no later than 1814, … Read more
Robert J. AKIN, of the Eleventh District, was born in Decatur County, March 9, 1828. Wm. V. AKIN, his father, was a native of South Carolina, came to Maury County, Tenn., about 1801, was married first to Miss Edna, about 1810. Our subject is the eighth of eleven children; received his education in the country … Read more
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