City: Memphis TOWNER, H.N., merchant; born Baltimore, Md., April 3, 1851; English descent; son of D.F. and A.C. (Morris) TOWNER; educated Episcopal Academy, Cheshire, Conn., graduated June, 1867; in early life he was connected with mill supply and rubber store; married May 16, 1882; member of Unity Lodge K. of […]
Daily Archives: November 26, 2013
City: Memphis TOBIN, Joseph Semmes, lawyer; born Memphis, Tenn., December 14, 1878; son Thomas F. and Julia (Semmes) TOBIN; paternal grandparents Edward Sarsfield and Bridget (Fogerty) TOBIN, maternal grandparents B.J. and Isantha (Jordan) SEMMES; Irish-Dutch descent; educated Christian Brothers, Memphis, and Johns-Hopkins, Baltimore, Md., A.B. and M.A.; member Memphis Country […]
City: Memphis TISDALE, Lew, business man; born Covington, Tenn., Feb. 13, 1869; moved to Memphis when he was thirteen years of age and learned the plumber’s trade with the supply house of J.W.X. Browne; after serving his apprenticeship he remained with Mr. Browne for several years, but in 1892 went […]
City: Memphis THORNTON, Gustavus Brown, physician; born Bowling Green, Va., Feb. 22, 1835; English descent; son of James Bankhead and Marianna T. (Horner) THORNTON; fathers occupation, lawyer; paternal grandfather James Bankhead THORNTON, of Caroline Co., Va., maternal grandfather Dr. Gustavus Brown HORNER of Warrenton, Va.; educated in Memphis, Tenn., and […]
City: Memphis THOMPSON, Louis Pettit, Circuit Court Clerk; born (near) Germantown, Tenn., January 4, 1864; son Dr. J.A. and Florida C. (Pettit) THOMPSON; educated Germantown, Tenn.; member Masonic Lodge, Elks and Business Men’s Club; Justice of the Peace for two terms, and at present Circuit Court Clerk of Shelby County […]
City: Memphis THOMPSON, Lawrence K., bond dealer; born Tuscumbia, Ala., Nov. 14, 1873; son of J.N. and Lucy (Malone) THOMPSON; educated Bingham School, N.C.; connected with Tuscumbia Banking Co., 1889-1890, with Commercial National Bank, Nashville, Tenn., two years, American National Bank, Nashville, 1894-1905, with Bank of Commerce and Trust Co. […]
City: Memphis THOMPSON, Jesse W., lumberman; born Warsaw, Ind., in 1861; educated in the schools of Leesburg, Warsaw and Terre Haut [sic], Ind.; began his career as a teacher; in 1883 he entered the drug business at Leesburg, Ind., and remained in that business until 1885, when he sold out […]
City: Memphis TAYLOR, Thomas John, fire insurance business; born Haywood Co., Tenn., May 20, 1847; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas and S. Jane (Mooring) TAYLOR; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Thomas and Susan Maria (Coburne) TAYLOR, maternal grandparents J.J. and Margaret (Staten) MOORING; received common school education; early business occupation, […]
City: Memphis TAYLOR, Robert L., secretary University of Memphis; born near Milan, Tenn., Oct. 27, 1869; Scotch descent; son of B.J. and Lucretia (Spellings) TAYLOR; educated in public schools and High School at Yorkville, Tenn., and Southern Normal University, Huntingdon, Tenn.; graduated in scientific course in 1892, classic course in […]
City: Memphis TAYLOR, Frank, Rubber Vulcanizing Company; born Memphis July 9, 1874; son of William F. and Sallie Shelby (Ford) TAYLOR; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Memphis; married Nannie Pittman JONES October 10, 1906; member Business Men’s Club; former Superintendent of Sprinkling City of Memphis; former Superintendent of City Hospital; member Methodist […]