Dr. Sam. C. D. BAIN, farmer and physician of the Tenth District, was born in Sumner County, February 14, 1831, and was one of ten children born to John R. and Sarah E. Bain. The father was born in North Carolina in 1793, and moved with his parents to Tennessee when a child. They located … Read more
J. D. WOOTON, M.D., a leading physician of Manchester, was born in Warren County,Tenn., April 5, 1840. He is the son of Jonathan and Nancy (Hampton) WOOTON, the former born in 1792 in North Carolina, and died in Warren County, in 1877; the latter born in 1802 in Kentucky, and died in February,1886. The elder … Read more
William M. FARISS, M.D., a leading citizen and physician of Tullahoma, Tenn., was born in Franklin County, Tenn., April 22,1834,and is the son of William and Martha (Clardy) FARISS, natives of South Carolina. The father died in 1861 and the mother in 1874. Both were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Our subject was brought … Read more
James A. DAY, M.D., was born near his present home February 11, 1840, the son of Samuel B. and Winnie (Evans) DAY, the former of Scotch-Irish stock, born January 15, 1800 in Albemarle County, Va., and deceased December 19, 1875, and the latter born in May, 1804, in this county, and deceased August 6, 1886. … Read more
Q. E. MORTON was born September 25, 1835, in Bedford County, Tenn., find is the son of Jacob and Annie (Fisher) Morton. The father was born February 17, 1787, in North Carolina, immigrated to Tennessee about 1814, and engaged in the blacksmith trade. He was the first alderman of Shelbyville. The mother was also a … Read more
DR. THOMAS CHAPMAN McCRORY, an eminent physician, was born in Bedford County, November 13, 1834, and is the son of John and Annie (Wilson) McCrory. He is of Scotch-Irish extraction. The father was born in Mechlenburg County, N. C., February 5, 1788, and the mother in Georgia, October 11, 1791. They were married in Marshall … Read more
GEORGE L. LANDIS, M. D., was born in Bedford County March 31, 1847, son of Bryant and Margaret (Ogilvie) Landis. His early days were spent in laboring on his father’s farm and in attending the common schools. October 5, 1865, he began the study of medicine with his brother, Dr. J. A. Landis, of Kentucky, … Read more
DR. ROBERT W. COUCH was born March 13, 1834, in Bedford County, Tenn., and is the son of Joseph and Catherine Patton COUCH. (For further particulars of parents see sketch of R. C. COUCH.) Our subject received a practical education in the Duck River Academy at Fairfield, in this county, and his medical education at … Read more
W. R. Newsom, M.D., physician of McLemoresville, Tenn., was born in Springfield, Robertson Co., Tenn., February 14, 1831, and is a son of Green B. and Malinda (Dickerson) Newsom, natives respectively of Virginia and Tennessee. The father was born in 1796, and came to Tennessee when a young man. He was in the war of … Read more
Joseph W. McCall, M.D., is a native of Henderson County, Tenn., born January 20, 1832, son of Andrew McCall, who was born in South Carolina, September 2, 1790, and is a descendant of some of the immigrants who came to the United States in the Mayflower. He was one of the early schoolmasters of Tennessee, … Read more
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