City: Lebanon COE, Harry Lee, lawyer; born Lebanon, Tenn., April 5, 1873; English descent; son of Jesse F. and Mary J. (Rowe) COE; father’s occupation public official; graduated from Cumberland University with degree Bachelor of Law, June 1, 1896; in early life he was clerk in store; married Nannie BRATTEN, […]
Daily Archives: May 4, 2013
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City: Lebanon EDGERTON, Howard King, physician; born in Wayne county, N. C., Oct. 22, 1865; English descent; son of Gabriel G. and Harriet (Copeland) EDGERTON; educated at Guilford College; graduated from University of Nashville and Vanderbilt Medical College with degree M. D., April 1889; in early life worked on father’s […]
City: Lebanon DOSS, William Hughes, minister of the gospel; born Bedford county Tenn., Nov. 25, 1854; Welsh descent; son of William and Mariah Ann (Hughes) DOSS; father’s occupation minister of the gospel; graduated from Webb’s School, June, 1875; in early life he was a farmer; married Belle PROTER, May 8, […]
City: Lebanon DILLARD, Benjamin Joel, jeweler; born Lebanon, Tenn., April 6, 1857; French and Scotch descent; son of Allen and Selety Ann (Goostree) DILLARD; father’s occupation cabinetmaker and farmer; educated at Lebanon, Tenn.; has been a jeweler since he was 17; married Anna L. SECHREST of Crittenden, Ky.; June 6, […]
City: Lebanon BUCHANAN, Isaac William Pleasant, educator; born Cane Hill, Ark., April 18, 1866; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Andrew Hays and Malinda (Alexander) BUCHANAN; father’s occupation educator; paternal grandparents Isaac and Naomi (Crawford) BUCHANAN; maternal grandparents, Randolph and Elizabeth (Sharber) ALEXANDER; graduated from Cumberland University, degree of A. B., 1884, […]
City: Lebanon BUCHANAN, Andrew Hays, educator; born in Washington county, Ark., June 28, 1828; son of Isaac and Naomi (Crawford) BUCHANAN; father’s occupation farming; paternal grandparents Thomas and Jennie (Neely) BUCHANAN; maternal grandparents John and Margaret (Buchanan) CRAWFORD; graduated from Cumberland University with A. B., and C. E., 1853, Lincoln […]
City: Lebanon BOUTON, William Paisley, planter; born Benton county, Miss., Nov. 26, 1848; French-Scotch descent; son of Ralph Leonard and Anna Jane (Gibson) BOUTON; father’s occupation physician and merchant; paternal grandparents Jared and Polly (Webb) BOUTON; maternal grandparents Moses and Elizabeth (Paisley) GIBSON; educated High School, Canaan, Miss.; graduated from […]
City: Lebanon BONE, Winstead Paine, president Cumberland University; born Douglas, Tex., Nov. 23, 1861; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Robert DOUNELL and Griselda Minerva (Burk) BONE; father’s occupation physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents John and Levicey (McMinn) BONE; maternal grandparents James and Ann (Lucas) BURK; educated Trinity University (Tex.), Cumberland University […]
City: Memphis BATTLE, Walter Preston, broker; born Memphis, Tenn., January 11, 1875; son of Lucullus L. and Fannie (Hays) BATTLE; English, Scotch Irish descent; educated Jackson and Collierville, Tenn.; married Fannie PERKINS, 1906; member Tennessee Club, Business Men’s Club, Country Club; President Memphis Merchants’ Exchange in 1906; Vice-President Tennessee Club […]