City: Memphis HOBSON, William Langhorne, wholesale grocer; born Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 16, 1877; French descent; son of Samuel and Lucy (Capers) HOBSON; father wholesale grocer; paternal grandparents William J. and Polly (Sims) HOBSON, maternal grandparents Benjamin and Rebecca (Graves) CAPERS; educated in Tennessee and Virginia; entered wholesale grocery business in […]
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City: Memphis HINES, John Henderson, wholesale lumber and timber lands; born Gloster, Miss., October 14, 1871; son of John H. and Annie L. (Toler) HINES; paternal grandparents William B. and Jane (Coppege) HINES, maternal grandparents W. Thomas and Adeline (Causery) TOLER; educated Fairview Academy, Binnsville, Miss.; married Mary McLAIN May […]
City: Memphis HERMAN, Maxence Brull, physician and surgeon; born Brumath, France, Dec. 20, 1852; Jewish descent; son of Leopold and Estelle (Brull) HERMAN; father’s occupation, merchant; paternal grandfather Bernard HERMAN, maternal grandfather Susana BRULL; educated Jesuit College, in France; received degree M.D. Missouri Medical College, March 1, 1890; in early […]
City: Memphis HENNING, D.M., physician and surgeon; born October 15, 1875; son B.G. and Nellie (Frayser) HENNING; educated Phillips Exeter, N.H., Columbia, N.Y., graduated Memphis Hospital Medical College 1900 and College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York 1902; Mason; he served two years with the Tennessee State Troops in […]
City: Memphis HENNING, Bennett G., physician and planter; born Durhamville, Tenn., October 16, 1849; son Dr. David M. and Anna B. (Greaves) HENNING; educated Tipton High School; graduated Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, M.D.; married Cornelia FRAYSER, October 15, 1874; member Masons and Odd Fellows; member Police and Fire […]
City: Memphis HENDERSON, Robert G., physician; born Memphis, Tenn., in 1875; educated in public schools of Memphis, Tenn., and Hampden-Sidney College of Virginia; graduated from Memphis Hospital Medical College in 1899; he has taken post-graduate courses at the Bellevue Hospital, Roosevelt Hospital and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of […]
City: Memphis HENDERSON, B.R., business man; born Huntingdon, Tenn., July, 1842; educated in the common schools of Memphis, Tenn.; began his career as a newsboy, and was later taken into the employ of Lehman & Co. as errand boy and general helper, he remained with this firm two years, and […]
City: Knoxville KENNERLY, Wesley Travis, lawyer; born Henry Co., Tenn., Aug. 29, 1877; Irish descent; son of C. M. and Sarah A. (Travis) KENNERLY; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents, John W. and Martha (Ross) KENNERLY, maternal grandparents, Dr. Jos. H. and Eliza (Crump) TRAVIS; educated in the common schools of […]
City: Memphis HEISKELL, Lucius Lamar, public official; born in Shelby Co., Tenn., Feb. 4, 1883; son of F.H. and Augusta (Lamar) HEISKELL; father’s occupation, chancellor; paternal grandfather Joseph B. HEISKELL, maternal grandfather L.Q.C. LAMAR; educated in public schools, Memphis University School and University of Tenn., graduating from latter, B.S., 1904, […]