City: Morristown CARROLL, Charles Thomas, minister of the Gospel; born in Cabell Co., West Va., Feb. 27, 1842; son of Samuel and Lucinda (Swan) CARROLL; father’s occupation, farmer and teacher; paternal grandparents James Tillman and Sarah (Black) CARROLL, maternal grandfather Thomas SWAN; educated in High School of Cabell, West Va.; […]
Monthly Archives: October 2013
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City: Morristown CONVERSE, James Booth, clergyman; born Philadelphia, Pa., April 8, 1844; son of A. and Flavia (Booth) CONVERSE; father’s occupation, minister of the Gospel; paternal grandparents Joel and Elizabeth (Bixby) CONVERSE, maternal grandparents David and Margaret (Cotton) BOOTH; graduated from Princeton, N.J., A.B., 1865, A.M., 1868, Union Theological Seminary, […]
City: Morristown FISHER, Jacob Nelson, banker; born Union Co., Pa., Dec. 12, 1859; Dutch descent; son of Daniel and Amelia (Laudenslager) FISHER; father was a farmer; educated in public schools, High School, and University of Tenn., Knoxville, Tenn.; graduated from University of Tenn., B.S., 1885; early business occupation, merchant and […]
City: Morristown GRANT, Edward Mark, banker; born Ithaca, N.Y., June 26, 1867; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Edward M. and Frances (Spillman) GRANT; father’s occupation, tobacco merchant; paternal grandfather Chauncey L. GRANT; educated Emory & Henry College, Va.; in early life he was in the hardware business; married Margaret TURLEY, Nov. […]
City: Morristown JONES, Robert McFarland, farmer; born Springvale, Tenn., Oct. 28, 1847; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas M. and Louvinia E. (McFarland) JONES; father’s occupation, farmer and trader; paternal grandparents Daniel and Mary (Harrison) JONES, maternal grandparents Robert and Mary A. (Scott) McFARLAND; received common school education; in early life […]
City: Memphis WYNNE, Hugh R., cotton factor; born Forrest City, Ark., June 15, 1873; received primary education in Memphis, Tenn., then continued his studies in Webb School, Bellbuckle, Tenn; left school in 1890 and returned to Memphis and became interested in a stove manufacturing concern known as the Wetter Manufacturing […]
City: Memphis WRIGHT, Luke E., lawyer; born Giles Co., Tenn., Aug. 29, 1846; Scotch descent; son of Archibald and Mary E. (Eldridge) WRIGHT; paternal grandparents John and Nancy (McIntyre) WRIGHT, maternal grandfather Elisha ELDRIDGE, maternal grandmother was a Miss DILLON prior to her marriage; educated University of Miss.; received B. […]
City: Memphis WRIGHT, E. Eldridge, lawyer; born Mobile, Ala., July 25, 1871; Scotch descent; son of Luke E. and Kate Middleton (Semmes) WRIGHT; father, lawyer, diplomatist, ex-governor general of the Philippines, former ambassador to Japan and former secretary of war; paternal grandparents Archibald and Mary E. (Eldridge) WRIGHT; received primary […]
City: Memphis WOOLLEN, Alexander Rogers, manufacturer and cotton merchant; born McLemoresville, Tenn., April 26, 1861; English descent; son of A. T. M. and Mary Jane (Rogers) WOOLLEN; father’s occupation, merchant and planter; paternal grandparents David and Elizabeth (Woollen) WOOLLEN, maternal grandparents Alexander and Miriam (Crandall) ROGERS; educated at McLemoresville, Tenn, […]
City: Memphis SMITH, James Hammond, banker; born Shelbyville, Ky., July 6, 1835; German descent; son of Abram and Margaret (Campbell) SMITH; his father was a member of Capt. Ford’s company under Gen. Andrew Jackson, and was in the battle of New Orleans during war of 1812; his paternal grandparents were […]
City: Memphis SMITH, Horace Neely, banker; born Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 10, 1881; son of James Hammond and Emily (Wright) SMITH; father’s occupation, president People’s Savings Bank & Trust Co.; paternal grandparents Abraham and Margaret (Campbell) SMITH of Kentucky, maternal grandparents Tom T. and Eliza (Lowry) WRIGHT; educated Memphis Military Institute […]
City: Memphis SMITH, Bolton, lawyer, investment banker; born Indianapolis, Ind., July 25, 1861; English descent; son of Francis and Sarah (Bolton) SMITH; father, investment banker; educated in public schools of Dresden, Germany, and of Geneva, Switzerland, and graduated from Central Law School, Indianapolis, Ind., 1882; he also studied law at […]
City: Memphis SLACK, W.M., dentist, born Pontotoc, Miss., March 2, 1862; son of W.L. and Angie (Suddoth) SLACK; Holland-English descent; educated at Pontotoc, Miss.; graduated from Pontotoc College, graduated from New York College of Dentistry, D.D.S.; attended New York College of Dentistry, and University of City of New York Medical […]
City: Memphis PATTERSON, Malcolm Rice, lawyer; born Somerville, Ala., June 7, 1861; son of Josiah and Josephine (Rice) PATTERSON; graduated Christian Bros. College, Memphis, Tenn., A. M. degree, also studied Vanderbilt University, member Masons, Knights of Pythias and B. P. O. F.; Democrat; District Attorney of Shelby Co., Tenn., 1894-1900; […]
City: Morristown LOTSPEICH, James Newton, real estate dealer and promoter; born in Greene Co., Tenn., Feb. 20, 1850; German and Irish descent; son of Amos Wells and Mary R. (Easterly) LOTSPEICH; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents James and Malinda (Farnsworth) LOTSPEICH, maternal grandparents Jacob and Sarah (Whittinberg) EASTERLY; graduated […]
City: Memphis LEWIS, Thomas Wiley, minister of the gospel; born Chickasaw Co., Miss. Jan. 15, 1869; son of James Asbury and Elizabeth (Foster) LEWIS; father’s occupation planter; paternal grandfather Wiley LEWIS, paternal grandmother was a Miss SUMMERS prior to her marriage, maternal grandparents Moses D. and Nancy (Tunnell) FOSTER; educated […]
City: Memphis LEROY, Louis, physician; born Chelsea, Mass., September 15, 1874; son of Charles L.A. and Lizzie F. (Somerby) LEROY; French descent; educated public high school, Newark, N.J., University of New York, University of Nashville; graduated medicine in Medico Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, Pa.; City Bacteriologist in Nashville 1900; State Bacteriologist […]
City: Morristown KING, John Rutledge, lawyer; born Mossy Creek, Tenn., Dec. 16, 1870; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Oliver Caswell and Kate (Rutledge) KING; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents L.M. and Louise (Massengill) KING, maternal grandparents John C. and Sally (Cobb) RUTLEDGE; educated Morristown (Tenn.) public school and Sweetwater (Tenn.) College, […]
City: Memphis LEWIS, Archibald Cary, physician; born Keswick, Va., July 12, 1877; son of Thomas Walker and Jane Walker (Page) LEWIS; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Robert Walker and Sarah (Craven) LEWIS, maternal grandparents Frederick Winslow and Anne Kinlock (Meriwether) PAGE; graduated from Gen. Washington University, degree of M.D., June, […]