City: Nashville FROST, James Marion, minister of the gospel; born Georgetown, Ky., February 10, 1849; son of James Madison and Margaret A. (Lemon) FROST; father, minister of the gospel; paternal grandparents Simeon and Polly (Wood) FROST, maternal grandparents Joseph I. and Margaret (Leaters) LEMON; graduated from Georgetown, Ky., College, June, […]
Monthly Archives: November 2013
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City: Nashville FRANTZ, Frank Flavius, teacher; born Daleville, Va., August 23, 1874; German and French descent; son of Thornton P. and Sarah J. (Petit) FRANTZ; father’s occupation, farming; paternal grandfather Jacob FRANTZ; graduated from Central College, Fayette, Mo., B.A. degree, 1900; Vanderbilt University, M.A. degree, 1902, Ph.D., 1910; entered the […]
City: Bluff City MAUK, Henry A., farmer and stock dealer; born at Bluff City, Tenn., June 23, 1854; Dutch-Irish-English descent; son of William and Malinda (Miller) MAUK; paternal grandparents Henry and “Peggy” MAUK, maternal grandparents Richard and Kate MILLER; educated at Zollicoffer Institute, Bluff City, Tenn., early occupation, teacher; later […]
City: Nashville FRANKLIN, James C., President of Tennessee Life Insurance Company; born Winchester, Tenn., in 1853; English descent; son of Moses C. and Nancy (Silvertooth) FRANKLIN; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Joseph and Mahala (Griffin) FRANKLIN, maternal grandparents John and Elizabeth (Tolley) SILVERTOOTH; received education in country schools of Moore and […]
City: Nashville FRANK, Sadie A., teacher; born Nashville, Tenn., November 19, 1883; German descent; daughter of Morris and Carrie (Hexter) FRANK; father, merchant, member of firm D. Weil & Company; educated in High School and University of Nashville; graduated from latter with L.I. degree in 1902, B.A. in 1908; member […]
City: Nashville FOSTER, Wilbur Fisk, civil engineer; born Springfield, Mass., April 13, 1834; English descent; son of Dexter and Euphasia Maria (Allen) FOSTER; father, civil engineer; paternal grandparents Lewis and Hannah (Porter) FOSTER, maternal grandparents Diah and Lydia (Bush) ALLEN; educated in public schools of New England; graduated from High […]
City: Nashville FOLK, Beau Estes, journalist; born Brownsville, Tenn., September 21, 1865; son H. B. and Martha C. (Estes) FOLK; educated common schools, Brownsville, and Wake Forest College, N. C.; married Nannie Dudley PILCHER, Feb. 6, 1901; 32d Degree Mason, K. of P., Red Men, Modern Woodmen, Red Cross, Elks, […]
City: Nashville FOLK, Edgar Estes, editor and publisher; born Haywood County, Tenn., September 6, 1856; German-Italian descent; son of Henry Bate and Martha C. (Estes) FOLK; educated Brownsville Academy, Wake Forest College, N. C., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.; graduated Wake Forest with A.M. degree 1877, D.D. 1895; married […]
City: Birchwood WOLFORD, William M., carpenter; German-Irish descent; born Nov.18, 1829 at Blountville, Tenn; son of William and Catherine (Drake) WOLFORD; paternal grandparents George and Mary (Smith) WOLFORD, maternal grandparents Jacob and Catherine (Foust) DRAKE; educated in local county schools; began life as farmer, later was a carpenter, etc.; married […]
City: Nashville FLOWERS, William Valentine, Treasurer Draughon’s Business College; born Cable, Hickman County, Tenn., April 1st, 1870; Irish descent; son of David Douglas and Mary (Curl) FLOWERS; father was a physician; educated Haynes & McLean High School, Lewisburg, Tenn., graduating from this school June, 1891; married Mrs. Lista COONEY, November […]
City: Nashville FITZGERALD, Oscar Penn, minister of the Gospel; Bishop; born Caswell County, N. C., August 24, 1829; Irish-English descent; educated in county schools; early occupation, school teacher; married Sarah BANKS in 1855; elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of California from 1866 to 1870; church connection, Methodist Episcopal Church (South); […]
City: Nashville FITE, Robert Hunter, general insurance; born Nashville, Tenn., July 14, 1876; German, English and French descent; son of Thomas D. and Laura E. (Green) FITE; father’s occupation, wholesale dry goods merchant; educated Asheville, N. C., Bingham’s Military School and graduated from same in 1895; entered insurance business in […]
City: Nashville FITE, Leonard Beard, dry goods commission merchant; born Nashville, Tenn., December 21, 1856; German and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Leonard Beard and Virginia G. L. (Randall) FITE; father’s occupation, wholesale dry goods merchant; educated Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; interested in the wholesale dry goods business in early life; […]
City: Nashville FITE, Frank Green, insurance; born Nashville, Tenn., September 2, 1864; Scotch, Irish and English descent; son of Thomas Duncan and Laura (Green) FITE; father, merchant; paternal grandparents Lemuel and Martha (Duncan) FITE, maternal grandparents A. L. P. and Mary (Elliston) GREEN; educated Vanderbilt University; married Lundy PAINE October, […]
City: Birchwood YOAKLEY, William Frederick, agriculturist; born in Sullivan Co. Tenn., Oct. 7, 1843; English-German descent; son of Jesse E. and Mary A. (Hull) YOAKLEY; paternal grandparents Richard and Hannah (Hicks) YOAKLEY, maternal grandparents Frederic and Mary A. (Coak) HULL; educated in common schools of Sullivan Co.; graduated from Oakland […]
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 […]
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; […]