In early colonial days there came from England two brothers by the name of Randolph, who settled in Roanoke County, Va. Three sons of each moved to North Carolina and settled along the Great Peedee River. To this source many … Continue reading →
Sidney A. Pugh, a farmer, merchant and mill owner, was born in Orange County, N. C., September 22, 1840, and is the oldest of two sons and one daughter born to John and Nancy (Lashley) Pugh, and is of Irish … Continue reading →
Thomas Price, a citizen and cotton planter of the Fourth District, was born September 6, 1828, in South Carolina; his father being a farmer. He was raised and worked on a farm until the war, having assumed control of it … Continue reading →
Joseph Price, a farmer and resident of the Fourth District, was born December 12, 1832, in Edgefield County, S. C. His parents were Joseph and Mary (Jennings) Price. His father was a native and farmer of South Carolina, where he … Continue reading →
W. P. Posey is a son of David P. and Peachey T. (Powell) Posey. The father was born in Maryland in 1781, and the mother in South Carolina in 1785. They were married in South Carolina March 29, 1805. Eleven … Continue reading →
Blair Pierson, chairman of the county court, was born June 29, 1858, in Lauderdale County, and in the house in which he is at present living. His parents, John F. and Susan E. (Lee) Pierson, were born in Connecticut and … Continue reading →
Atwood Pierson, residing at Double Bridges, Tenn., and a prominent farmer of Lauderdale County, was born within two miles of his present home September 16, 1856. His father, John F. Pierson, was born at Derby, Conn., and in his ninth … Continue reading →
Levi S. Perkins, farmer and merchant of Lauderdale County, was born in Lawrence County, Tenn., November 9, 1839, and was the son of Andrew M. Perkins, who was born in Rutherford County in 1813, and was raised and educated in … Continue reading →
L. A. Palmer, editor of the Ripley Enterprise, was born February 22, 1840, aboard the ship “Henry G. Pressley,” in the East Indies. His father was a native of England, and followed the sea for fifty-four years, being master of … Continue reading →
E. R. Oldham was born at Eylau, the residence of Dr. Samuel Oldham, which was then in Haywood County, but is now in Lauderdale County, on 24th of April, 1844. His father was James Oldham, son of Dr. Samuel and … Continue reading →
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