John R. Head, of the firm of Head & Montgomery, liverymen of Brownsville, was born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 27, 1844, son , of John R. and Eliza J. (Thomson) Head, of Mississippi and Tennessee respectively. Our subject was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. In 1863 he went to West … Read more
S.H. WOOD, M.D., a physician of Hillsboro, was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., November 13, 1824. His parents, Thomas and Susan (Baldridge) WOOD, are natives of Orange County,N.C., immigrating to Tennessee about 1806. A blacksmith by trade the elder WOOD moved to Hickman County, Ky., in 1827, remaining there to the close of his life in … Read more
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
A.B. CONLEY, merchant, and a prominent citizen of Tullahoma, Tenn., was born in Rutherford County, Tenn.,November 7, 1847; the son of A.W. CONLEY, a native of Tennessee. Our subject was reared on a farm in what is now a part of Crockett County. He acquired his education in the common schools and in 1867 began … Read more
James G. AYDELOTT, a lawyer, and one of the most prominent citizens of Tullahoma, Tenn., was born in Hickman, Ky, November 3, 1845, and is the son of John D. and Sarah (Grizzard) AYDELOTT. The father was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., in 1818, and died at Hickman, Ky., in 1852. The mother, born in … Read more
JOSHUA YELL is a son of James Yell, who was born in North Carolina, and came to Tennessee with his father when young, locating in Rutherford County. He was married to Jerusha Barton, daughter of William Barton, and by her became the father of twelve children, only seven of whom lived to maturity. Archibald Yell, … Read more
MOSES WOODFIN, farmer, was born in Bedford County, Tenn., March 7, 1829, and of English-Irish lineage. His father, Samuel Woodfin, was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, in 1791, and about 1815 married Maria Barnhill, a native of South Carolina, born December 9, 1798, and to them were born fifteen children. The father died April … Read more
WILLIAM D. WHEELER is a son of W. W. Wheeler, who was born in Tennessee in 1809, and died in April, 1855. His mother was a Mrs. White; she was born in 1811 and died November 7,1857. William D. was the eldest of their seven children. He was born in Rutherford County March 12, 1836, … Read more
JOHN W. WELLS was born May 15, 1843, in Rutherford County, Tenn. His father, Thomas P. Wells. was a native of Virginia, born in September, 1811. When a young man he moved to Williamson County, where he married Miss Susan Smith, a native of this State. To this union six children were born, of whom … Read more
CHARLES A. WARREN (deceased) was born May 21, 1820, in Blount County, Tenn. His father, Thomas S. Warren, was born and partly raised in Virginia. He immigrated with his parents to East Tennessee when young. He was married in 1809. The mother, Susan Sevier Snyder, was born in Nashville. When she was quite young she … Read more
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