City: Madisonville BAGMELL, Barnum W., physician and surgeon; born Pickens County, Ga., Feb. 22, 1874; Irish descent; son of Josiah and Mary Catherine (Sperin) BAGMELL; father’s occupation merchant and farmer; received academic education Ball Ground, Ga.; graduated in medicine at Chattanooga, 1904; in early life engaged in the drug business; […]
Monthly Archives: April 2013
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City: Madie WYATT, William Nathan, farmer; born Gibson Co., Tenn., Aug. 19, 1854; son of John Henry and Elizabeth (Turntine) WYATT; entered farming in early life; married Elizabeth TURNTINE; member of Cumberland Presbyterian church.
City: McMinnville WILLIS, John L., lawyer; born Pelham, Tenn., Aug. 17, 1870; English-German descent; son of William H. and Mary Sue (Van Zandt) WILLIS; father’s occupation, farmer and stock dealer; paternal grandparents Peter and Mary (Bostick) WILLIS; maternal grandparents Isaac and Susan (Lee) VAN ZANDT; received literary education in public […]
City: McMinnville SMITH, George Mead, banker; born McMinnville, Tenn., Feb. 18, 1874; Scotch-Irish and Welsh-French descent; son of F.M. and Arabella (Debard) SMITH; father’s occupation, lawyer; educated in the public schools of McMinnville, Tenn., and University of Tennessee; graduated from former, May, 1890; from latter with A.B. degree in 1893; […]
City: McMinnville REAMS, Radford M., editor; born Spring Hill, Tenn., June 20, 1857; son of Joshua M. and Harriet (Haley) REAMS; father’s occupation, merchant and contractor; received common school education; entered printing office at age of 12; served apprenticeship in office of “North Alabamian and Times” at Tuscumbia, Ala.; worked […]
City: McMinnville PENDLETON, Baldwin Alexander, Va., Dec. 5, 1856; English descent; son of Stephen Taylor and Caroline Dudley (Read) PENDLETON; father’s occupation, teacher of private school and later principal of Central Public School, Richmond, Va.; paternal grandparents William Garland and Mary Glenn (Alexander) PENDLETON; maternal grandparents Jesse and Frances (Baldwin) […]
City: McMinnville OWEN, Samuel Alexander, minister of the gospel; born near Covington, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1865; Welsh-German descent; son of Isaac W. and Eveline (Burkhardt) OWEN; father’s occupation, farmer, public official; educated Covington (Tenn.) High School, Union University, Jackson, Tenn., and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.; graduated from Union […]
City: McMinnville NORTHCUTT, Eugene Ebon, physician; born McMinnville, Tenn., May 6, 1880; English descent; son of James A. and Susie Jane (Newman) NORTHCUTT; father’s occupation, farmer and miller; paternal grandparents John A. and Rebecca (Thaxton) NORTHCUTT; maternal grandparents Andrew J. and Elizabeth (Kimbrow) NEWMAN; educated in McMinnville city schools, and […]
City: McMinnville LIVELY, William Spencer, public official; president Southern School of Photography; son of Joseph P. Lively; father’s occupation, cabinet maker and undertaker; in early life he was a photographer; married Lela JONES, Dec. 10, 1878; Democrat; former city recorder; at present mayor of the city of McMinnville, Tenn.; member […]
City: McMinnville HUMPHREY, N.B., contracting engineer; born near Tupelo, Miss., Aug. 24, 1867; Irish descent; son of David and Mary Frances (Campfield) HUMPHREY; father’s occupation, merchant; paternal grandparents David and Sophronia (Hamlin) HUMPHREY; maternal grandparents William A. and Peninah (Freman) CAMPFIELD; educated in the public schools of Chattanooga, Tenn.; in […]
City: McMinnville HOLT, James Berry, railroad agent; born at Wartrace, Tenn., July 18, 1861; English descent; son of B.D. and Lucretia (Hart) HOLT; father’s occupation, former railroad conductor, now farmer; paternal grandparents Henry and Elizabeth (McGuire) HOLT; maternal grandparents James and Sarah (Fossett) HART; graduated at Wartrace, Tenn., June 1, […]
City: McMinnville HOLMES, George Whitney, hotel proprietor; born Fayetteville, N.C., Oct. 3, 1867; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Archie and Hepcy Martin (Royal) HOLMES; educated at Fayetteville, N.C.; in early life was a traveling salesman; married Mary E. PLUMMER; member of Masons, Eagles, and Post C., T.P.A., Knoxville, Tenn.
City: McMinnville HOGAN, Lemuel Ransom, minister of the gospel; born Rover, Tenn., July 22, 1875; Irish descent; son of Thomas and Delilah HOGAN; father’s occupation, mechanic and farmer; moved to Texas in 1893; joined Presbytery in 1898; entered Patterson Institute, Hillsboro, Tex., in preparation for the ministry; educated at University, […]
City: McMinnville FAIRBANKS, W.W., lawyer; attorney-general for the Seventh Judicial Circuit of the State of Tennessee; Democrat; residence, McMinnville, Tenn.
City: McMinnville COWDEN, John B., minister of the gospel; Irish-English descent; son of John and Mary Hannah (Leonard) COWDEN; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents William and Rhoda (Davis) COWDEN; maternal grandparents Griffith and Nancy (Porter) LEONARD; educated at Petersburg, Tenn., Nashville, Tenn., and Lexington, Ky.; graduated from University of Nashville, […]
City: McMinnville CALDWELL, William A., real estate broker; born Shannondale, Ind., May 15, 1861; Scotch-Irish and Dutch descent; son of David A. and Elizabeth (Mount) CALDWELL; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Robert and Sibby (Russel) CALDWELL; maternal grandparents Atwell and Lucinda (Fullenwider) MOUNT; educated in Illinois and Indiana; graduated from […]
City: McMinnville BURGER, Thomas Overton, physician; born Short Mountain, Tenn., March 26, 1877; German descent; son of Arch H. and Ella (Batton) BURGER; father’s occupation farmer; educated at Vanderbilt University; graduated from medical department Vanderbilt University, with M.D. degree, April 4, 1900; in early life he was a teacher; married […]
City: McKenzie TODD, John Dudley, physician; born in Carroll Co., Tenn., March 3, 1856; descendant of Sir Edmund Dudley, 1462, father of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland; son of Marcus Lafayette and Paulina Rebecca (Dudley) TODD; father’s occupation planter and farmer; paternal grandparents Hugh and Narcissa (Rogers) TODD; maternal grandparents […]
City: McKenzie SPELLINGS, William, postmaster and cotton broker; born Carroll county, Tenn., Dec. 1, 1847; English descent; son of G.C. and Nancy (Schrisp) SPELLINGS; educated in Tenn. and Ill; began his career as a farmer, later entered the mercantile business; at present is postmaster at McKenzie, Tenn., and is a […]
City: McKenzie ROBINS, James Albert, teacher; born Guntown, Miss., Feb. 3, 1868; English descent; son of Jeptha and Eliza Dabney (Allen) ROBINS; father’s occupation lawyer, farmer; paternal grandparents Albert and Susan (Norton) ROBINS; maternal grandparents David and Sallie Ann (Spencer) ALLEN; educated in the common schools of Miss., Webb Schools […]