City: Grandview WOODWORTH, Arthur Vyne, educator, minister of the Gospel; born in Grinnell, Ia., Aug. 21, 1872; English descent; son of William W. and Lydia A. (Sessions) WOODWORTH; his father was a Congregational Minister; paternal grandparents Walter and Mary (Sage) WOODWORTH; maternal grandparents Wm. V. and Lydia (Ames) SESSIONS; educated […]
Monthly Archives: November 2012
City: Glendale THOMAS, Hardin Wayne, public official; born at Glendale, Tenn., Nov. 27, 1874; Welsh descent; son of Benjamin S. and Hattie C. (Mayberry) THOMAS; father was a merchant, farmer, justice of the peace, Postmaster and R. R. Agent; educated in the country schools, and Mount Pleasant and Glendale, Tenn.; […]
City: Gleason BANDY, Robert W., physician and banker; born at Gleason, Tenn., Aug. 12, 1861; Scotch-Irish descent; son of J. W. and Lou E. (Dunlap) BANDY; his father was a physician; educated at Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tenn., and graduated from same with degree of B. S. in 1879, and degree […]
City: Gibson PARKER, Oliver Perry, inventor; born at Gibson, Tenn., March 8, 1880; Scotch-Irish descent; son of C. S. and Priscilla (Haun) PARKER; father being a physician; paternal grandparents Rev. O. P. and Elizabeth (James) PARKER; maternal grandparents Charles M. and Katherine (Horner) HAUN; educated at University of Tenn., Knoxville, […]
City: Gibson PARKER, Jesse, F., merchant; born in Gibson Co, Tenn., Jan. 19, 1863; Irish and English descent; son of M. F. and Vanleer (Walker) PARKER; father was a farmer and merchant; received common school education; married Jennie CLARK Dec. 10, 1890; in early life worked on a farm and […]
City: Gibson JAMES, Robert Nestor, banker; born near Gibson, Tenn., Dec. 28, 1882; English and Irish descent; son of Luther C. and Fannie (Blair) JAMES; father’s occupation, farming; educated in the public schools of Tenn., and Union Univ. Jackson, Tenn.; in early life was a farmer; married Mary BASS, Oct. […]
City: Friendship HARWELL, LORENZO Burr, merchant; born Prospect, Tenn., Sept. 29, 1854; son of Thomas D. and Anna B. (Russell) HARWELL; father’s occupation, minister of the gospel (M. E. church, South); educated in the rural schools of Tenn.; began his business career as a farmer, later engaged in the mercantile […]
City: Franklin PERKINS, Henry Ewin, insurance man and farmer; born in Williamson Co., Tenn., Oct. 10, 1867; son of Sam Fearn and Teresa G. (Ewin) PERKINS; paternal grandparents Thomas F. and Leah M. (Cannon) PERKINS, maternal grandparents Henry Clayton and Elizabeth (Hill) EWIN; educated in private school in Franklin, Tenn., […]
City: Franklin PEOPLES, Richard Grier, educator; born near Columbia, Tenn., March 8, 1869; son of James H. and Margaret (Douglass) PEOPLES; father’s occupation, Minister of the Gospel; paternal grandfather, Richard PEOPLES, maternal grandmother was a Miss HARRIS prior to her marriage, maternal grandparents, Alex and Jennie (Simonton) DOUGLASS; educated at […]
City: Franklin NEELY, John M., lawyer; Attorney-General for Williamson County, Tennessee; Democrat; residence, Franklin, Tenn.
City: Franklin MAYBERRY, Henry Hunter, capitalist; born Williamson Co., Tenn., Jan. 5, 1861; English descent; son of H. G. W. and Sophronia (Hunter) MAYBERRY; educated at Franklin, Tenn., and University of Tenn.; his father was a director and also assisted in actual construction of L. & N. Ry., the first […]
City: Franklin McMILLAN, William J., Presbyterian minister; born Acworth, Ga., April 11, 1870; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Robert Huie and Margaret (Pritchard) McMILLAN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents George and Sallie (Huie) McMILLAN, maternal grandparents Joshua and Sallie (McEver) PRICHARD; educated Davidson College, N. C., and Southwestern Presbyterian University, graduated […]
City: Franklin McDANIEL, Charles Miner, farmer; born Brentwood, Williamson Co., Tenn., July 17, 1860; Scotch-Irish descent; son of R. M. and Margaret Clay (Maury) McDANIEL; his maternal grandfather, R. L. MAURY, was a brother to Commodore Mathew Fontane MAURY, the pathfinder of the seas; educated in local schools of Williamson […]
City: Franklin McCORKLE, David Eusebius, lawyer; born in Dyer Co., Tenn., Aug. 19, 1858; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Samuel Smith and Margaret (Wharey) McCORKLE; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Johiel M. and Elizabeth (Smith) McCORKLE, maternal grandparents, Jonathan and Jane (Walkup) WHAREY; educated in Southern Union Normal School, Newbern, Tenn.; […]
City: Greeneville FOWLER, William F., dentist; born Parrottsville, Tenn., Oct. 6, 1839; Irish and English descent; son of Francis T. and Jane (Maloney) FOWLER; father’s occupation physician; paternal grandparents, Thomas and Mary (Baldridge) FOWLER, maternal grandparents, Robert and Catherine (Cooper) MALONEY; educated at Greeneville, Tenn.; graduated from Greeneville, A. M., […]
City: Greeneville DOUGHTY, George W., businessman; born Greeneville, Tenn., March 29, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John H. and Elizabeth C. (Harmon) DOUGHTY; father a merchant and banker; paternal grandparents Sampson and Rebecca (Wheat) DOUGHTY; maternal grandparents William A. and Emily (Maloney) HARMON; educated at Yale and University of Virginia […]
City: Greeneville BROWN, Henry Royce, druggist, chemist and manufacturer; born at Greeneville, Tenn., April 20, 1854; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Joseph R. and Fannie J. (Broyles) BROWN; father’s occupation merchant; paternal grandparents Joseph R. and Mary (Alexander) BROWN, maternal grandparents Dr. James and Tempy (Broyles) BROYLES; educated at Emory & […]
City: Greeneville ALLEN, James, farmer and stock raiser; born near Greeneville, Tenn., March 27, 1855; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James and Laura M. (Brown) ALLEN; paternal grandparents Daniel and Mary (Baker) ALLEN; maternal grandparents Peter and Sarah (Foster) BROWN; educated at Morristown, Tenn., and Emory & Henry College, Va.; has […]
City: Graysville TAYLOR, William Hale, teacher; born Cannon Co., Tenn., April 22, 1837; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James R. and Elizabeth (Barton) TAYLOR; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Edmund and Mary (Roberts) TAYLOR; maternal grandparents Joshua and Jane (Hale) BARTON; graduated from Marion Collegiate Institute Cannon, Co., Tenn., June 13, […]
City: Franklin HOWLETT, Kirby Smith, physician; born Culleoka, Tenn., Aug. 24, 1862; English and Scotch descent; son of I. J. and Ruth (Howard) HOWLETT; father’s occupation, merchant; paternal grandparents A. B. and Elizabeth (Clemons) HOWLETT, maternal grandparents William and Mary (Nelson) HOWARD; educated Webb’s School and Vanderbilt University, graduated from […]