W. L. CARRIGER, the subject of this sketch, is one of the leading citizens of Carter County, Tenn., and was born in the Ninth Civil District of said county, October 3, 1853, and is the son of John T. and Rebecca (Nave) CARRIGER. The father was a native of Carter County, Tenn., and was the … Read more
J. D. Carriger, farmer, was born March 8, 1821, in Carter County, where he has since resided, and when seventeen years old began for himself. He now owns about 2,206 acres, and was married June 17, 1866, to Edna G., a daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Potter) Dugger, natives of Carter County. Their children are … Read more
William Blount CARTER was born where he now resides, in Elizabethton, September 11,1820, the son of Alford M. and Evaline (Perry) CARTER, the former born near Elizabethton in 1785, the son of Gen. Landon CARTER, of Virginia, the son of Col. John CARTER, a pioneer of Tennessee of 1769, and chairman of the Watauga Association, from … Read more
C. N. BROWN, a farmer in the Ninth District, was born February 28, 1887, in Carter County. He received a good common-school education, was reared on a farm, and has since followed farming. He was thrown upon his own resources when of age. He was married in 1882 to Miss Nancy WORLEY, a daughter of … Read more
Capt. James I. H. Boyd, was born near Gap Creek, Carter County, May 29, 1821, the son of John and Mary (Tipton) Boyd, the former born in North Carolina in 1783, the son of William Boyd, a native of North Carolina, and a captain of light horse soldiers in the Revolution. William Boyd married Rebecca … Read more
G. A. ANDERSON, a farmer, was born in Carter County, August 17, 1849, the son of John A. and Elizabeth (Swingle) ANDERSON, the former born in Carter County, December 17, 1823, and is a farmer. Isaac and Elizabeth (McInturll) ANDERSON, the parents, were natives of Tennessee, the former, of Irish origin and the latter of … Read more
J. H. ALEXANDER, M. D., was born in Blount (now Loudon) County, October 16, 1845, the son of Francis and Margaret A. (Vickers) ALEXANDER, the former born near Leesburg, Tenn., in 1809, the son of Francis ALEXANDER, a native of Buncombe County, N.C., and who married Jane O’DAIR, and became a pioneer of Washington County. … Read more
W. M. Wright, M.D., was born in DeKalb County, Tenn., November 6, 1838, son of Dr. Ebenezer Wright, who was born in Massachusetts in 1800. He came to Tennessee when a young man, and in 1841 removed to Huntingdon where he was engaged in the practice of medicine for twenty years. He was a man … Read more
Lorenzo F. Williams, farmer and citizen of the Twenty-fourth District, was born in Carroll County in 1843, and is the ninth in a family of ten children, six of whom are now living. The father, Thomas Williams, was born in North Carolina about 1795, and was of English ancestry. He received a good common-school and … Read more
Sanford N. Williams, general merchant, is a native of Madison County, Tenn., and was born June 8, 1842, son of B. T. and Margaret (Longmire) Williams, and is of Scotch-Irish lineage. His father was born in North Carolina in 1811, and his mother in Alabama in 1805. The family came to West Tennessee about 1837, … Read more
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