City: Clarksville DORTCH, William Turner, real estate and general insurance business; born Charlotte, Tenn.; Dutch and English descent; son of William Hilliard and Marina Turner (Bryan) DORTCH; father’s occupation, attorney at law; paternal grandparents, Capt. Isaac and Patsy (Norfleet) DORTCH, of Robertson Co., Tenn., maternal grandfather, Col. Henry Hunter BRYAN, […]
Monthly Archives: September 2012
City: Clarksville DIEHL, Charles Edward, minister of the gospel; born Charlestown, W. Va., May 18, 1875; German descent; son of Albert and Christiana A. (Nolte) DIEHL; father’s occupation, marble and granite dealer; graduated Johns Hopkins University 1896; Princeton Theological Seminary and Princeton University 1900; degrees received, B. A. Johns Hopkins, […]
City: Clarksville CHILDERS, Gracey, business man, grain, railroad and steamboats; born Lyon Co. Ky., July 4, 1860; English descent; son of James Francis William and Lucy (Gracey) CHILDERS; father’s occupation, minister of the gospel; paternal grandfather William C. CHILDERS, paternal grandmother Elizabeth Orndorff (Miller) CHILDERS, maternal grandfather Mathew GRACEY, maternal […]
City: Chattanooga WASSMAN, Emil, county tax assessor Hamilton Co.; born New York, Oct. 19, 1865; son of Joseph and Hortense (Strauss) WASSERMAN; graduated University of Tenn. in 1885; entered mercantile business in early life; member of Odd Fellows, Elks, Royal Arcanum and Eagles; internal revenue gauger 1889-93; elected city auditor […]
City: Chattanooga VAN DUSEN, Harry F., chairman board of public works; born Joe Davis CO., III., June 28, 1864; son of Sidney C. and Jane Maxwell (Sisson) VAN DUSEN; German-French descent; educated Institution of Learning of New York state; married Cora B. HULSE 1885; member Elks; former chairman Board Public […]
City: Chattanooga THOMPSON, Thomas Clarkson, Mayor of Chattanooga; born Columbia, S. C.; September 21, 1860; son Hugh SMITH and Elizabeth A. (Clarkson) THOMPSON; paternal grandfather Henry Tazewell THOMPSON, paternal grandmother Agnes (Smith) THOMPSON; maternal grandfather Thomas B. CLARKSON, maternal grandmother Caroline (Heriot) CLARKSON; English-Scotch descent; educated institutions of learning of […]
City: Chattanooga SWANEY, William Bentley, lawyer; born Castalian Springs, Tenn.; Feb. 13, 1858; son of A. J. and Nancy F. SWANEY; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandfather John L. SWANEY; maternal grandfather Chas. MALONE; graduated from University of Tenn., A. B., 1878; Cumberland University, L.L.B., 1881; admitted to bar 1881; married […]
City: Chattanooga STRANG, Samuel Bartow, attorney at law; born Chattanooga, Tenn.; Aug. 7, 1882; French-English Descent; son of Samuel B. and Frances (Thornton) STRANG; educated University of Tenn.; graduated from same in 1903; member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity; member of election commission for Hamilton Co. 1909-10-11; graduated in law in […]
City: Chattanooga STOVER, Sewell Philip, attorney at law; born Nacoochee, Ga., May 21, 870; French-Scotch descent; son of Martin Van Buren and Clara (Robertson) STOVER; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Jeremy STOVER, paternal grandmother Lucile (Chastein) STOVER, maternal grandfather Andrew ROBERTSON, maternal grandmother Lucy (Phillips) ROBERTSON; educated Tasso Seminary; in […]
City: Chattanooga SPENCER, Herbert W., insurance and real estate; born Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 21, 1880; son Henry H. and Emily (Ashworth) SPENCER; English descent; educated Chattanooga Public Schools, Mountain City Bus. College; married Ada Helen RICHARDSON Oct. 20, 1903; member Chattanooga Lodge 199, F. & A. M., and Y. M. […]