J.M. JERNIGAN, a prominent farmer of Coffee County, was born there March 27, 1843. He is the son of Alexander and Louisa (Shake) JERNIGAN, natives of Tennessee, the latter of whom died in 1863. His father then married Martha FORD, of Coffee County. Reared on the farm, our subject has clung to agriculture. In 1864 … Read more
Stokely JACOBS, a well known planter of Coffee County, Tenn., was born there February 26, 1840 (ancestors mentioned in biography of A. JACOBS). Our subject, after completing his education, was engaged in agriculture chiefly. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Company G, Seventeenth Regiment Tennessee Infantry. He occupied various positions in Hardee’s corps, and … Read more
Capt. A. JACOBS, a well known planter of Coffee County, Tenn., was born August 3,1818, near his present home. His grandfather came from England as early as 1750, and was a soldier of the Revolution, living successively in Maryland, North Carolina and Bedford County, Tenn.,where he died at the unusual age of one hundred and … Read more
D.C. JACKSON, a prominent citizen of Summitville, Tenn., was born November 16, 1821, in Monticello, Ky., and is the son of J.B. and Dorcas (Cox) JACKSON. The father was born in Lewisburg, N.C., in 1798, and when quite young came to Tennessee. For eight years, before he went into the mercantile business, he was clerk … Read more
P.C. ISBELL. His parents were both born in Warren County, Ky. His father was of English descent; his mother of German and a granddaughter of , an early settler in Davidson County, Tenn. He was born in Warren County, Ky. His father moved to Jackson County, Mo., when he was a Frederick STUMP small boy, where … Read more
Wilburn HILES, one of the substantial farmers of the Fifth District of Coffee County, Tenn., was born in Bedford County, Tenn., July 30, 1826. He is the son of Joseph HILES, a native of North Carolina, who was born in 1796, and immigrated to Tennessee in early days. Our subject, brought up on the farm, … Read more
L.D. HICKERSON, Jr., a prominent and progressive young citizen of Tullahoma, and cashier of the First National Bank of that place, was born five miles east of there January 31, 1861. He is the son of L.D. HICKERSON, Sr., president of the above bank, whose father, John HICKERSON, originally of North Carolina, founded one of … Read more
W.P. HICKERSON, Jr., was born in Manchester, October 20, 1850, the son of Judge William P. and Mary S. (Martin) HICKERSON, both of Scotch-Irish descent. The father, born in North Carolina, November 26, 1816, went when a child to Tennessee, and began life as a dry goods clerk at Manchester, and afterward read law under … Read more
Timothy S. GIVAN, editor and proprietor of the Tullahoma Messenger, one of the prominent weekly papers of Middle Tennessee, was born in Hardin County, Ky., October 8, 1945. He is the son of James M. and Mellona (Needham) GIVAN, both of whom were born in Kentucky, the former November 4, 1811, and the latter September … Read more
J.K. FARRIS, M.D., a prominent physician of Coffee County, was born in Franklin County in 1836. His parents, William C. and Mahaley (Kennerly) FARRIS, were natives of Franklin County, the latter, daughter of J.P. KENNERLY, of Georgia. The father was a shoe-maker, and came to Tennessee in 1811. Our subject married Mary E. AUSTELL in 1857, … Read more
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