City: Mayland KEITH, Alfred Shook, lumberman; born Flat Creek, Tenn., March 7, 1883; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Anthony Meek and Mary (BROOKS) KEITH; father’s occupation, merchant; educated in Owenton College, Birmingham, Ala., and Castle Heights, Lebanon, Tenn.; entered the lumber business in early life; married Anabel WALLING, Nov. 19, 1908; […]
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City: Maryville PARHAM, William Edmund, manufacturer; born Knoxville, Tenn., March 9, 1860; son of William Thomas and Mary Jane Susan (SNODDY) PARHAM; paternal grandfather Edwin Nelson PARHAM, paternal grandmother Mary Ellen (DUNN) PARHAM, maternal grandfather Rev. Robert Henderson SNODDY, maternal grandmother Nancy Hawkins (MOORE) SNODDY; English, Scotch-Irish descent; educated Maryville […]
City: Mason HAMBLET, J. G., merchant; born Shreveport, La. Feb. 26, 1847; Scotch-Irish descent; son of J. W. and Mary (BROOM) HAMBLET: father’s occupation, farmer; received common school education; entered the mercantile business in early life; married Euphronia EXUM, Feb. 26, 1874; member F. & A. M. No. 505, Ed […]
City: Mayland COOPER, William, merchant, real estate and lumber dealer; born Scranton, Pa., March 2, 1843; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of William and Margaret (MOAT) COOPER; educated in Belfast, Ireland; returned to American in 1853; enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, May, 1861, and served until surrender of Lee, […]
City: Maryville WILSON, Samuel Tyndale, educator; born Homs, Syria, Feb. 17, 1858; son of David M. and Emeline (TOMLINSON) WILSON; father’s occupation, minister of the gospel; paternal grandparents Samuel and Sally (NESMITH) WILSON; maternal grandparents Samuel and Rebecca (BIDDLE) TOMLINSON; graduated from Maryville (Tenn.) College, A. B. 1878; later received […]
City: Maryville RUTLEDGE, Wiley Blount, minister of the gospel, born near Pikeville, Tenn., Oct 21, 1861; English and German descent; son of Thomas and Jane (HALL) RUTLEDGE; father’s occupation, mechanic; paternal grandparents Jackson and Sarah (SINGLETON) RUTLEDGE; maternal grandfather Benjamin HALL; maternal grandmother was a Miss KEEDY prior to her […]
City: Memphis TAYLOR, W.W., physician; born in Haywood Co., Tenn., June 13, 1854; educated in the schools of Brownsville, Tenn., and Huntsville, Ala.; graduated from Emory and Henry College of Virginia in 1873; he then entered the Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York and graduated from that institution in […]
City: Memphis THOMAS, WILLIAM G., vice-president and treasurer Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., his parents moved to Memphis in 1868; received education in the public schools of Memphis; he left high schools the year before he would have graduated and entered the employ of Orgill Brothers, hardware merchants, as clerk, remaining with […]
City: Memphis THOMASON, J.B., lawyer; born Paris, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1874; son of J.N. and Sarah E. (McCampbell) THOMASON; educated city schools of Paris, Tenn., and Webb’s school at Bell Buckle, Tenn., and graduate of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; married Lillie RHODES June 4, 1902; member Elks; City Judge of […]