City: Memphis KING, William R., credit man; born Hempstead, Ark., Nov. 22, 1876; Scotch descent; son of Henry C. and Carrie I. (Arnold) KING; educated in the city schools of Texarkana, Ark., graduated in 1892; began his career as a clerk, and was connected with Wm. R. Moore Dry Goods […]
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City: Memphis KING, Thomas B., cotton merchant; born White County, Ark., July, 1861; son Thomas B. and Eliza B. (Thomas) KING; educated in Murfreesboro, Tenn.; married, first Mollie WILLIAMS, Brownsville, 1887; second, Fannie KING, Memphis, 1904; mayor of Bells, Tenn., 1884-85; member of Tennessee Legislature 1887 from Crockett County, Tenn.; […]
City: Memphis FORREST, Nathan Bedford, Adjutant-General Chief of Staff United Sons of Confederate Veterans; born Oxford, Miss., April 6, 1872; son of William Montgomery and Taylor (Cook) FORREST; father was Capt. in C. S. A. and was contractor and planter after the civil war; paternal grandfather Gen. N. B. FORREST, […]
City: Memphis FOOSHE, George Waddell, futures broker, representing Stephen W. Weld & Company, New York City; born Coronaca, S. C., November 17, 1873; son of James D. and Mary Ann (Fuller) FOOOSHE; French Huguenot and Scotch descent; educated and graduated from Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C.; A. B. and A. […]
City: Memphis FLY, D. Wilson, merchant; born Gibson County, Tenn., January 4, 1851; son of William D. and Sarah S. (Lyles) FLY; educated Gibson College; married Miss B. M. SCOTT, January 12, 1895; member Tennessee Club; merchant and capitalist; member Methodist Church.
City: Memphis FLOYD, Archibald C., journalist; born Granville County, N. C.,1857; son of John W. and Margaret (Campbell) FLOYD; Scotch-Irish descent; educated University North Carolina, Chapel Hill; graduated University North Carolina, in law, 1884; married Florence IRVINE, November 8, 1894; Democrat; City Judge of Memphis, Tenn., from April, 1905, to […]
City: Memphis FLOWERS, W. H., office manager, Bry-Block Mercantile Co.; born Covington, Tenn., Feb. 10, 1872; son of William P. and ________ (Cummins) FLOWERS; father’s occupation, steamboat master, and pilot; paternal grandparents, William and Rachel (White) FLOWERS, maternal grandparents, David Hays and Emma (Holmes) CUMMINS; educated at Covington, Tenn.; in […]