City: Memphis LAKE, Richard Pinkney, manager Equitable Life Assurance Society since 1885; born Grenada, Miss., Jan. 10, 1848; English descent; son of William and Clementine (Lake) LAKE; father’s occupation, merchant and capitalist; paternal grandparents Washington and Margaret (Slocombe) LAKE, maternal grandparents Major George and Mary Boyne (Slocombe) LAKE; educated Masonic […]
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City: Memphis LAKE, Richard Henry, member R. P. Lake & Son, manager Equitable Life Assurance Society; born Grenada, Miss., Nov. 14, 1878; son of Richard Pinkney and Stella (Hoffa) LAKE; father’s occupation, manager of Equitable Life Assurance Society; paternal grandparents William and Clementine (Lake) LAKE, maternal grandparents J.M. and Elizabeth […]
City: Memphis LA CROIX, William, live stock broker; born Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 31, 1862; German descent; son of Jacob and Josephine (Wetter) LA CROIX; educated Christian Bros. College Memphis, Tenn.; in early life was a bookkeeper; married Nellie A ICKING, Nov. 24, 1892; member Masons, Shriners, Royal Arcanum, B.P. O.E. […]
City: Memphis FRAZER, Ceylon B., real estate; born Houston, Texas, in 1864; son Geo. W. and Louisa Virginia (Nelson) FRAZER; educated St. Louis, Mo.; married Ada K. HODGES, April 14, 1897; associated with Orgill Bros. & Co. from 1881-89; 1889-04 with Mallory, Crawford & Co.; 1904-06 Director in the firm […]
City: Memphis FRANK, Abe H., cotton factor; born Memphis, Tenn., February 12, 1869; son Henry and Rosa (Karlich) FRANK; educated Memphis and Sewanee, Tenn.; married Celia NATHAN, Dec. 20, 1892; member Business Men’s Club; member Legislative Council of city of Memphis 1906-10; member firm Godfrey Frank & Co., Memphis, Tenn.