City: Memphis GAGE, William A., Cotton factor; born Schohanie, N. Y., July 19, 1838; English descent; son of William and Martha M. (Carey) GAGE; educated Schohanie (N.Y.) Academy, and graduated from same; began business as a cotton factor with Charles G. FISHER, Memphis, Tenn., 1865; in 1878 the firm was […]
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City: Memphis FROST, John T., retired banker and manufacturer; born City of Limerick, Ireland, Jan. 6, 1845; son of Thomas and Honore (Quain) FROST, who located in Chicago in 1848; was educated in the public and private schools of Chicago and was for three years a student at University St. […]
City: Memphis FREIRSON, GORDON, attorney; born Forrest City, Ark., Nov. 18, 1872; son of J. G. and Emma (Dorris) FRIERSON; Scotch-Irish-English descent; graduate of University of Arkansas LL. B. degree in 1896; early occupation, mercantile line and student; member Elks, Kappa Sigma, A. O. U. W., City Court Judge at […]
City: Memphis FRIEDEL, P. R., lumber dealer; born near Copenhagen, Denmark, March 3, 1845; when he was eleven years of age he came with his father and two of his brothers to the United States, landing in Philadelphia Pa., April 13, 1856, going from there to New York; in 1860 […]
City: Memphis LANCASTER, John Lynch, civil engineer; born Jackson, Tenn., Dec. 29, 1869; son of John Lynch and Henrietta (Snider) LANCASTER; father’s occupation, cotton merchant; paternal grandparents Samuel and Anna (Lynch) LANCASTER, maternal grandparents Dr. George and Elnora (Owens) SNIDER; educated in the public schools of Jackson, Tenn., began work […]