W. R. HAYNES, furniture dealer and undertake, was born June 29, 1844, in Williamson County, Tenn., being a son of R. R. and Sarah A. (Merritt) Haynes. The father was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., about 1808, was a cabinet-maker by trade and died in Williamson County, Tenn., in 1867. The mother was born about … Read more
N. C. GAMBILL, JR., was born May 28, 1846, in Tennessee, son of N. C. and Minerva (Phillips) Gambill, both natives of this state. The father was born in 1812 and was a tiller of the soil; his death occurred in 1861. The mother was born in 1815 and died in 1866 or 1867. Our … Read more
J. P. COTHRAN, a successful farmer, was born in Person County, N. C., July 8, 1828, son of Samuel and Polly (Burton) COTHRAN, who immigrated to Tennessee in 1844, and settled in Williamson County. Our subject was the fourth child born to his parents. His educational advantages were limited, but notwithstanding this fact he has … Read more
JOHN T. CANNON, the genial clerk of the Circuit court of Bedford County is a grandson of Clement CANNON, Sr., one of five brothers, who came from North Carolina to Williamson County, Tenn., in the first decade of this century. Clement CANNON, Sr., had five sons, the father of our subject, Henry CANNON, being one … Read more
CHARLES L. CANNON was born February 14, 1813, in Shelbyville, Bedford Co., Tenn., and is now the oldest living person born in that town. His father, Clement CANNON, was a native of North Carolina, born in the later part of the last century. He was of English descent and immigrated to Tennessee with his parents, … Read more
Robert G. Kyle was born December 7, 1813, in Williamson County, Tenn., and is a farmer by occupation. He is of a family of eight children—four sons and two daughters still living—born to Barney C. and Elizabeth (Gilbert) Kyle, both from Georgia, his father of Irish descent, and his mother of Scotch-English; they were married … Read more
D.D. Hare, a prominent farmer of the First District, was born in Williamson County in 1838. He was one of four surviving children of a family of eleven born to John P. and Nancy Hare. The father was born in North Carolina in 1809, and came to Tennessee with his parents when a child. He … Read more
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