City: Henderson DICKEY, Isaac T., farmer; born at Finger, Tenn., Nov. 6, 1869; Scotch-Irish descent; son of George W. and Amanda (McIntyre) DICKEY; educated at West Tenn., Christian College, reared on a farm near Finger, Tenn., and paid for his own education; entered the grocery business at Abbott, Tex., in […]
Daily Archives: December 16, 2012
City: Dyersburg WILLIAMS, Samuel Henry, attorney at law; born at Trenton, Tenn., Jan. 6, 1855; Welsh-Scotch descent; son of Judge Samuel and Katrina M. (Walker) WILLIAMS; paternal grandparents, Silas Mercer and Mary (Crutchfield) WILLIAMS; maternal grandparents, Major Matthew Patton and Agnes (Hope) WALKER; educated at Andrew College, Trenton, Tenn., and […]
City: Dyersburg WOOD, Carroll D., minister (missionary Baptist); born at Monticello, Ark., Sept. 27, 1880; son of Judge Z. T. and Tommie (Stanley) WOOD; Scotch-Irish descent; educated at Monticello and Ouachita College and S. B. T. Seminary, Louisville, Ky.; graduated May, 1904, and May, 1907; married Julie McIVER Oct. 21, […]
City: Gallatin WILSON, Samuel Franklin, Jurist and Statesman; born Sumner Co., Tenn., April 8, 1845; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Samuel and Nancy (Moore) WILSON; paternal grandparents John L. and Anna (Meeks) WILSON, maternal grandparents, Zaza and Laura (Wallace) MOORE; educated in Country Schools of Sumner Co., Tenn., and at Gallatin […]
City: Gallatin PURYEAR, David Burford, lawyer; born at Hendersonville, Tenn., April 7, 1882; French and Scotch-Irish descent; son of William P. and Fannie M. (Wright) PURYEAR; paternal grandparents, William P. and Mary Anne (Pierce) PURYEAR, maternal grandparents, Romulus C. and Bettie (Burford) WRIGHT; educated public schools of Sumner Co., Tenn., […]
City: Gallatin JUDD, John Waltus, lawyer; born Sumner Co., Tenn., Sept. 6, 1839; son of John W. and Lydia (Stark) JUDD; father a minister of the gospel; educated at the local schools Davidson Co. and at Springfield, Tenn.; married twice, first, Mrs. Lee Gilbert-MILLER, May 5, 1870; second, Eliza H. […]
City: Dyersburg RICE, Ernest, born Orysa, Lauderdale Co., Tenn., August 31, 1872; English descent; son of C.S.O. and Lucie Q. (Estes) RICE; father’s occupation, planter; paternal grandparents, S. and Louisa E. (Lineueux) RICE; maternal grandparents, Moreau and Mary (Noel) ESTES; graduated at Hatchie Academy 1889, and from Cumberland University L.L.B., […]
City: Dover BRIGHAM, William Looney, farmer; born near Erin, Tenn., Dec. 5, 1855; Scotch-Irish descent; son of J. W. and Mary (Askew) BRIGHAM; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents William and Jean (Wilson) BRIGHAM, maternal grandparents David and Sallie (Lewis) ASKEW; educated in Houston Co., Tenn.; has been a farmer all […]
City: Gallatin HALL, William, banker; born near Castalian Springs, Tenn., March 17, 1848; son of William Harrison and Sarah Winseanna (McDaniel) HALL; father was a farmer and Colonel of the Co. Militia, and soldier in the Florida war; paternal grandparents Gov. William and Mary Brandon(Alexander) HALL; maternal grandparents Winston and […]