City: Memphis DUDLEY, Charles Brown, wholesale lumber business; born Aug. 1, 1884; English descent; son of Harlan J. and Margaret (Brown) DUDLEY; father’s occupation, wholesale lumber business; educated at Fremont, Mich.; began his career in business at Grand Rapids, Mich.; married Nov. 27, 1907; member Chickasaw, Tennessee, Business Men’s Memphis […]
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City: Memphis DU BOSE, J. H., manufacturer, president Phoenix Cot. Oil Co. born Mt. Sterling, Ala. Oct. 2, 1871; French Huguenot and Scotch descent; son of Benjamin E. and Sarah Elizabeth (Horn) Du BOSE; educated High School, Furman, Ala.; married Marie TATUM, Nov. 12 1896; reared on farm; moved to […]
City: Memphis DREW, Charles M., wholesale grocer; born Memphis, Tenn., April 11, 1856; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Andrew W. and Rebeccah (Miller) DREW; father, employee Southern Railway, and old M. & C.; educated in the public schools of Memphis, Tenn., also Va. Military Institute, Lexington, Va.; married Lizzie WHITE, Aug. […]
City: Memphis MORGAN, John Talbert, grain dealer; born Roanoke, Va., in 1872; Scotch-Irish descent; son of D.A. and Laura J. (Hines) MORGAN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Evan and Ella (Bunch) MORGAN maternal grandparents James and Jane (Evans) HINES; educated Washington and Lee university, Lexington, Va.; early business occupation, representative […]
City: Memphis MYERS, Henry C., life insurance solicitor; born Wadesboro, N.C., Oct. 17, 1847; German and Irish descent; son of Absalom and Adeline (Roggan) MYERS; father’s occupation, merchant and planter; educated in public schools at Byhalia, Miss., and University of Miss., Oxford, Miss.; began his business career as a farmer, […]