City: Covington BOYD, William Townes, (T. BOYD); born Mecklenburg Co., Va., Jan. 20, 1844; Scotch descent; son of Francis Walker and Isabella (Townes) BOYD; paternal grandparents Robert and Tabitha (Walker) BOYD, maternal grandparents William and Lucy R. (Maclin) TOWNES; educated Hampden Sidney College (Va.) graduated from same with B.A. degree […]
Daily Archives: October 27, 2012
City: Covington DICKSON, B. V., physician; born Tipton Co. Tenn., Oct, 30, 1877; son of James Fentress and Rachael (Payne) DICKSON; educated public schools and Central University, Ky.; graduate of Memphis Hospital Med. College; married March, 1903; member Masons, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Fra.; president and secretary Co. Med. Soc.; examiner […]
City: Covington DOWNING, Richard Vaughan, farmer; born near Covington, Tenn., May 29, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Elijah McMahon and Elizabeth Anne (Vaughan) DOWNING; educated common schools of Tipton Co., Tenn., graduated Dickson, Tenn., with degree of B.S. in 1895; in early life was a merchant, later took up farming; […]
City: Henderson FREED, Arvy Glenn, educator; born in Lawrence Co., Ind., Aug. 3, 1862; Dutch-Irish descent; son of Joseph and Eliza (Hayes) FREED; educated at Mitchell, Ind., Lebanon, O., and Valparaiso, Ind., graduated at Lebanon, O., and Valparaiso, Ind. and the following degrees were conferred upon him; L.I., B.S., and […]
City: Gallatin HARRIS, Russell Curtis, physician; born Bethpage, Sumner Co., Tenn., July 22, 1853; Anglo-Saxon descent; son of Greenberry B. and Mary (Gillespie) BRYSON; fathers’ occupation, stonemason and miller; paternal grandparents Overton and Martha (Brown) HARRIS, maternal grandparents Peter and Jennie (Gillespie) BRYSON; educated Co. schools Gallatin (Tenn.) High School […]
City: Henderson HARDEMAN, Nicholas Brodie, educator and minister of the gospel; born in McNairy Co., Tenn., May 18, 1874; Anglo-Saxon descent; son of J.B. and Nannie (Smith) HARDEMAN; father’s occupation, physician; graduated at Henderson, Tenn., with degree of M.A. June, 1897; in early life was a farmer boy and later […]
City: Gallatin HOSKINS, Isaac Crittenden, evangelist; born in Jefferson Co., Ky., Nov. 29, 1860; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William Crittenden and Mary Elizabeth (Woods) HOSKINS; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Alfred Crittenden and Nancy (Monroe) HOSKINS, maternal grandparents David and Elizabeth (Martin) WOODS; educated in the public schools of Louisville, […]
City: Henderson BALDY, William Hamilton, assistant Postmaster; born near Clarendon, Ark., Aug. 17, 1877; Irish and English descent; son of William Hugh and Rosa Virginia (Rawlings) BALDY; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Paul Hamilton and Elizabeth T. (Watkins) BALDY; maternal grandparents William A. and Nancy M. (May) RAWLINGS; educated at […]
City: Henderson HARWELL, John T., banker; born near Guntown, Miss., Aug. 2, 1872; English descent; son of Len L. and Nancy (Humphreys) HARWELL; his father was a planter; paternal grandparents Grief and Evelyn (Pullen) HARWELL, maternal grandparents, John T. and Jane (Verner) HUMPHREYS; educated in the common schools and Memphis […]
City: Henderson DAY, Isaac Butler, retired educator and minister of the Gospel; born at Spring Creek, Madison Co., Tenn., Jan. 18, 1837; son of Lemuel and Mary (Senter) DAY; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandfather John DAY; his paternal grandmother was a Miss HOWARD prior to her marriage; maternal grandparents William […]