CITY: South Pittsburg PATTON, Robert Alexander, promoter and capitalist; born Sweederie Cove, Marion Co., Tenn., April 10, 1848; Irish and Scotch descent; son of Robert and Elizabeth (Raulston) PATTON; father’s occupation farming, teaching school and public official of Marion Co., Tenn., educated in the public schools of Marion Co., Tenn.; […]
Daily Archives: November 24, 2013
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CITY: South Pittsburg POWELL, Robert C., wood pattern maker; born Sullivan Co., Tenn., Sept 19, 1850; English and German descent; son of W. M. and Mary A (Deck) POWELL; father’s occupation carpenter; paternal grandparents Robert and Margaret (Wolford) POWELL; maternal grandparents Abraham and Elizabeth (Droke) DECK; educated in country schools; […]
CITY: South Pittsburg WILSON, Wallace Hill, business man; born Eminence, KY., June 23, 1866; son of William Boon and Elizabeth (Offut) WILSON; father banker; educated Eminence (Ky.) Col. And graduated from same in 1885; early occupation paying teller Deposit Bank, Eminence, Ky.; moved to South Pittsburg, Tenn., June 30, 1887, […]
CITY: Sparta COTTEN, Leon DeCasto, physician; born Pollard, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John and Sarah (Wright) COTTEN; father’s occupation teacher; paternal grandparents Thomas A. and Matilda (Britt) COTTEN; maternal grandparents James and Nellie (Hutson) WRIGHT; educated at Sparta Tenn., High School; educated in medicine, University of […]
CITY: Sparta BROWN, William Carl, teacher; born Trousdale, Tenn., April 11, 1881, Irish and German descent; son of William Lafayette and Sarah H. (Espey) BROWN; father farmer; educated at Bell Buckle (Tenn.) College, and Dibrell College; in early life was a farmer; married Mamie GIST, Nov. 24, 1919; member I. […]
City: Sparta HULL, Ernest H., Stove and Tin-ware merchant; born Canada April 23, 1873; son of W. W. and Ida (Kenward) HULL; English descent; father’s occupation was stove and tinware merchant; educated Sparta and Pleasant Hill, Tenn.; married Lizzie CANNON 1896; early business occupation in merchandising with his father whom […]
City: Sparta KINSEY, Malcolm Milton, Contractor and builder; born Thompson’s Creek, Tenn., Feb. 11, 1873; Irish and Dutch descent; son of Hiram Milton and Martha Jane (Bomar) KINSEY; educated in Tullahoma (Tenn.) High School; married Mary BROWN, Dec. 25, 1900; member Masons and I. O. O. F.; he has filled […]
City: Sparta JARVIS, Eliphalet, lawyer; born White Co., Tenn., Jan. 14, 1850; Anglo Saxon descent; son of Reziah and Margaret (Sapp) JARVIS; father, farmer; paternal grandparents, John and Parmelia (Rose) JARVIS; maternal grandparents Benjamin and Fannie (Holifield) SAPP; educated in Cumberland Institute and common schools of White Co., Tenn.; entered […]
City: Sparta MEREDITH, Dan Martin, lawyer, born Sparta, Tenn., Oct. 19, 1872; Scotch Irish descent; son of W. H. and Fannie (Brown) MEREDITH; father carpenter; paternal grandfather Martin MEREDITH; maternal grandparents Thomas and Margaret (Weaver) BROWN; graduated from University of Tenn., B. L. degree June 1895; won medal for oratory […]
City: Sparta PARISH, James B., farmer; born Keltonburg, Tenn., Sept. 17, 1859; Irish descent; son of James A. and Nancy (Anderson) PARISH; father was a farmer; educated at Bluff springs, Tenn.; in early life was a merchant and miller; former vice-president of the Peoples Bank of Smithville, Tenn.; at present […]