John Y. Barbee, one of the leading and most enterprising merchants of Ripley, is a son of Allen and Susan Y. (Taylor) Barbee. His father was born in 1803, in Orange County, N.C., and his mother in 1815 in Mecklenburg … Continue reading →
Leamon B. Archer, a resident of Halls Station, Tenn., was born near Garland, in Tipton County, August 24, 1859, and was the second of five sons born to Charles W. and Susan E. (Walker) Archer, and is of French-German descent. … Continue reading →
E. R. Anthony, son of Dr. Thomas Anthony and Susan M. Anthony, was born in Durhamville, Lauderdale County, May 29, 1856. He received a common-school education and worked on the farm until eighteen years old. November 13, 1885 he married … Continue reading →
Dr. T. A. Anthony, Sr., a physician of Durhamville, Lauderdale County, Tenn., is a son of James C. and Mary S. (Lee) Anthony. His father was born in Campbell County, Va., in 1786, and his mother in Westmoreland County, Va., … Continue reading →
Theophilus Anderson, a merchant of Curve, was born in Madison County, Tenn., November 13, 1840, and was the third member of a family of three sons and seven daughters born to J. B. and Martha W. (Sherman) Anderson, and is … Continue reading →
Dr. John J. Alston, a retired physician and prominent farmer of Lauderdale County, was born in Williamson County, August 1, 1831, and is the son of Hardaway Alston, who was born in Warren County, N.C., in 1800, and came with … Continue reading →
Simmons D. Alsobrook (deceased) was born in Edgecombe County, N.C., June 17, 1830, and was the youngest of two sons and three daughters born to Micajah and Chloe (Simmons) Alsobrook. His father was born in North Carolina and came to … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →A Brief History of the Bible Given as a betrothal gift to his son David’s fiancee, Miss Elvyann Mannery Walker, of Lauderdale County, Tennessee, by his father, William Absalom Willliams in 1841. Sadly the elder Mr. Williams died several months … Continue reading →
THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, translated out of the original Greek Published and sold by Kimber and Sharpless, 93 Market Street, Philadelphia, 1824. (Brown leather binding, gold embossing and lettering on front and spine, violet marbled interior lining, … Continue reading →
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