City: Joppa BRUCE, Daniel Hoge, farmer, surveyor, public official; born Bland Co., Va., Sept. 3, 1839; English-Irish and Scotch descent; son of Harvey and Susan (Hodge) BRUCE; educated in the local schools of Va.; reared on a farm, and enlisted in the Confederate army during civil war, in Co. “A” […]
Daily Archives: March 11, 2013
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City: Jones Mill POTTS, Bonnie Watson, general merchant; born Coneyersville, Tenn., Oct. 19, 1879; son of Columbus Fernando and Martha A. (McFarland) POTTS; father’s occupation farmer; educated at Conyersville, Tenn.; married Emma E. LITTLETON; Feb. 25, 1903; member Masons, W. O. W., M. W. A., G. C.; Democrat; Rural Carrier […]
City: Jonesboro WEEKS, James W., farmer, carpenter; born McLean Co., Ill., Aug. 22, 1859; English and Scotch descent; son of S. E. and Margaret (Stevenson) WEEKS; father’s occupation brickmaker, contractor and builder; educated in public schools of Ill.; served 11 years and five months in 6th U. S. Infantry, 4 […]
City: Jonesboro KIRKPATRICK, Samuel Sevier, lawyer; born Jonesboro, Tenn., April 30, 1871; Scotch-Irish and French descent; son of Samuel Jacob and Dora (HOSS) Sevier; father’s occupation lawyer; paternal grandparents Hugh LAWSON and Mary (Chestnut) KIRKPATRICK; maternal grandparents Henry and Mariah (Sevier) HOSS; educated Jonesboro (Tenn.) High School, and University of […]
City: Jonesboro HACKER, Newton, born Greene Co., Tenn., March 3, 1836; German descent; son of Jacob and Sarah (Lloyd) HACKER; his father was an English scholar, and taught in the common schools for forty years; paternal grandparents, Jacob and Martha (Register) HACKER, maternal grandparents, James and _____ (Kennedy) LLOYD; educated […]
City: Jonesboro BRITTON, Frank E., Postmaster and druggist; born Augusta Co., Va., March 7, 1860; Scotch-Irish descent; son of T. P. and Mary E. (Ruebush) BRITTON; received common school education; married Alice HOWREN 1886; Republican; began his business career in the drug business, later became Postmaster, which position he has […]
City: Jonesboro BAXTER, Elbridge J., lawyer; born Washington College Sept. 2, 1860; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jacob and Saraphinia (Shannon) BAXTER; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Jacob and Catharine (Rhine) BAXTER; maternal grandparents Elijah and Eliza (Simpson) SHANNON; graduated Washington college with A.B. degree May 1885; worked on farm in […]
City: Johnsons Grove WINBURN, Henry Clay, farmer; born Haywood Co., Tenn., April 12, 1845; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Henry G. and Nancy A. (Wood) WINBURN; father’s occupation farmer and teacher; paternal grandparents Henry and Sarah E. (Eason) WINBURN; maternal grandparents Francis I. and Nancy E. (Milbourn) WOOD; received common school […]
City: Johnson City WILLIAM, Samuel Cole, lawyer, and banker; born Gibson, Co., Tenn., Jan. 15, 1864; Welsh and Irish descent; son of Thomas J. and Martha R. (Cole) WILLIAMS; father’s occupation public official; paternal grandparents Eli and Chloe (Collins) WILLIAMS, maternal grandparents Samuel and Olive (Walker) COLE; graduated from law […]
City: Johnson City VINES, D. A., lawyer; attorney-general for the First Judicial Circuit of the State of Tennessee; Republican; residence, Johnson City, Tenn.