THOMAS J. GAMBILL, an excellent farmer and the son of Bradley and Sarah C. (Anderson) Gambill, whose sketch appears above in this volume, was born December 14, 1852. He assisted his parents on the farm secured a fair practical education in the district schools. In 1874 he began to fight life’s battles for himself as … 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
BRADLEY GAMBILL was born April 17, 1820, in Tennessee, son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Cannady) Gambill, natives of Tennessee and Maryland, respectively. Our subject was a farmer and a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He received land warrants for services rendered during that war. Our subject worked on the same farm with his brother till … Read more
ALFRED D. FUGITT, farmer, was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., November 8, 1813, son of Townsend and Jane (Campbell) Fugitt, and of Irish-French descent. The father of our subject was born in North Carolina in 1780, and the mother was born about 1784. They were married in North Carolina about 1799, and to them were … Read more
WILLIAM D. FROST, M. D., was born in Madison County, Ala., August 12, 1830 and is one of sic children born to Ebenezer and Nancy (Wright) Frost. The father was born in north Carolina, and in 1827 immigrated to Alabama where he remained until 1835, and then removed to Bedford County, Tenn. He was one … Read more
WILLIAM A. FROST, editor and proprietor of the Shelbyville Gazette, was born September 30, 1855, in Troy, Obion Co., Tenn., being the eldest of five children of William D. and Martha L. (Brown) Frost. The father is a physician and resides at Flat Creek in this county. The mother died September 24, 1874. The subject … Read more
JOHN G. FROST is a son of John E. frost, a minister of the Primitive Baptist Church, who was born April 7, 1835, in Alabama. His mother was Alsie D. Hicks, daughter of D. D. and Malinda Hicks. John G. Frost was born in Bedford County, October 13, 1859, and was the eighth of nine … Read more
H. R. FREEMAN was born in Bedford County, Tenn., December 25, 1835. From twenty-one years of age until 1961 he farmed for himself, and at the latter date enlisted in Company F, Seventeenth Tennessee Infantry, and fought in many of the most noted battles. He was commissary sergeant during the latter part of the war. … Read more
B. F. FOSTER, ESQ., was born January 10, 1829, in Rutherford County, and was the son of James and Celia (Gentry) Foster. The father was born April 22, 1800, and was a very successful farmer for his day. The mother was born in 1803 in Georgia. Our subject received a practical education in the district … Read more
J. C. FISHER’S ancestors were from North Carolina. His father, George W. Fisher, was born in August, 1812, and was brought to Tennessee by his parents when only four years old. George W. Fisher married Elizabeth Helm who was born in North Carolina, in 1814, and died in Tennessee in 1846. Our subject was born … Read more
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