City: Nashville FARRAR, Frederic Emerson, composer and teacher of voice, piano and composition; born Haverhill, Mass., June 25, 1864; English, Scotch and Welsh descent; son of Joseph Emerson and Emily Linsay (Pond) FARRAR; father, retired shoe manufacturer; paternal grandparents Kimball and Almira (Emerson) FARRAR, maternal grandparents James Sullivan and Hannah […]
Daily Archives: November 17, 2013
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City: Nashville EWING, William James, newspaperman; born Nolensville, Tenn., January 21, 1856; Scotch-German descent; son of Robert P. and Sarah (Nolen) EWING; father, shoemaker; attended public schools; in early life he worked as newsboy and paper carrier; later became newspaper reporter and served as City Editor, Managing Editor, Editor-in-Chief of […]
City: Nashville EVE, Duncan, surgeon; born Augusta, Ga., May 1, 1853; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Paul F. and Sarah Ann (Duncan) EVE; father was a surgeon; paternal grandparents Oswell and Aphra Ann (Pritchard) EVE, maternal grandparents H. D. and Mary (Irwin) DUNCAN; educated University of Nashville and Kentucky Military Institute; […]
City Nashville ESTES, Patrick Mann, attorney; born Haywood County, Tenn., January 28, 1872; son J. H. and Martha (Mann) ESTES; English descent; educated Richmond College 1890, B. A.; Washington University 1892, LL.D., and Vanderbilt University; married Gray MCLAUGHLIN January 12, 1898; member K. of P., M. W. A.; member Legislature […]
City: Nashville ESHMAN, Andrew N., minister of the gospel, educator; born Mount Pleasant, Tenn., June 1, 1865; German and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jacob and Mary Jane (Henry) ESHMAN; father, farmer; educated in the country schools of Lincoln and Marshall Counties, Tenn., and graduated from Winchester Normal College in 1890; […]
City: Nashville EASTMAN, Corinne Gleaves, teacher; born Nashville, Tenn., May 23, 1853; Scotch-English descent; father, merchant; daughter of Henry Albert and Eliza Jane (Tannehill) GLEAVES; paternal grandparents Thomas and Mary (Dean) GLEAVES, maternal grandparents Wilkins and Eliza (Dewees) TANNEHILL; graduated Nashville high school, June 1870; married Elbridge Gerry EASTMAN February […]
City: Spencer BILLINGSLEY, William N., president of Burritt College; born Pikeville, Tenn., Nov. 9, 1853; English and Welsh descent; son of John M. and Hannah D. (Myers) BILLINGSLEY; father was a farmer and stock raiser; paternal grandparents Samuel and Nancy (Mulkey) BILLINGSLEY; maternal grandparents John D. and Mary (Snoddy) MYERS; […]
City: Bluff City EDWARDS, Author Washington, farmer; born Boone’s Creek, Washington Co., Tenn., March 15, 1855; Welsh-Dutch descent; son of S. E. and Mary (Kitzmiller) EDWARDS; paternal grandparents, David and Elizabeth (Hughes) KITZMILLER; educated in common schools of Virginia and Tennessee; began life as a farmer and has continued in […]