City: Nashville GOODPASTURE, Albert Virgil, book dealer; born Livingston, Tenn., November 19, 1865; son of Jefferson Dillard and _________ GOODPASTURE; father; lawyer; paternal grandparents John and Marjorie (Bryan) GOODPASTURE, maternal grandparents Jacob and Jane C. (Marchbanks) DILLON; educated University of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University; graduated University of Tennessee, B.S., 1875; […]
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City: Nashville DEZEVALLOS, Charles Hector, sales manager and buyer Phillips-Buttorff Manufacturing Company; born New York City, May 2, 1868; Spanish, French, Irish and English descent; son of Edouard Phillips and Mary (Hagen) DEZAVALLOS; his father was a planter on the island of Gaudeloupe /sic/; paternal grandparents Joseph Dominique and Annie […]
City: Nashville DEWITT, John H., attorney at law; born in Summer /sic/ Co., Tenn., September 21, 1872; son Rev. Marcus B. and Mary Hibbett DEWITT; Holland Dutch and Scotch-Irish descent; paternal grandfather, Dr. W. J. DEWITT; paternal grandmother, Mary (Beardin) DEWITT; maternal grandfather, John J. HIBBETT; maternal grandmother, Nancy (Parker) HIBBETT; […]
City: Nashville DENNY, Collins, Bishop M. E. Church, South; born Winchester, Va., May 28, 1854; son of William R. and Margaret A. (Collins) DENNY; English descent; father, merchant and manufacturer; paternal grandparents William and Margaret (Hotsenpiller) DENNY, maternal grandparents Joseph S. and Rebecca (Brown) COLLINS; educated Shenandoah Valley Academy, Winchester, […]
City: Nashville DAVIES, Olney David, Vice-President O. K. Houck Piano Company; born Ludington, Mich., February 2, 1871; son David and Ruth E. (Pierce) DAVIES; Welsh descent; educated Public Schools of Tullahoma, Tenn.; married Florence THOMPSON May 2, 1894; member (32d degree) Masons, K. of P., Elks, T. P. A., Watauga […]
City: Nashville DANLEY, William L., General Passenger Agent N., C. & St. L. railway; born Carthage, Tenn.; son of Rowland and Darthula C. (McDonald) DANLEY; paternal grandfather Edward Hardaway DANLEY, maternal grandparents Colonel Henry Brown and Mary (Crowder) MCDONALD; Scotch-Irish descent; educated in private schools of Carthage, Granville and Nashville, […]
City: Nashville BLAKE, Vachel Weldon, teacher; born Cuero, Tex., April 27, 1881; English descent; son of Daniel Bigelow and Mary (Weldon) BLAKE; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents Joshua and Frances Jemima (Bigelow) BLAKE, maternal grandparents Vachel and Sophia (Dodge) WELDON; primary and preparatory education at Cuero, Tex., public and private […]
City: Nashville BINNS, John E., doctor, tax assessor, Davidson County, Tennessee; born Davidson County, June 20, 1839; French-English decent; son of William A. and Mary Guinn (Garrett) BINNS; father was physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents Charles and ____ (Alexander) BINNS; maternal grandparents Thomas and Winifred (Ridley) GARRETT; educated in Davidson […]
City: Nashville BILLINGTON, R. Wallace, physician; born Franklin, Tenn., December 7, 1880; English-Scotch descent; son of William K. and Martha Sue (Elliott) BILLINGTON; father, planter and stock breeder; paternal grandparents Reuben and Matilda (Wallace) BILLINGTON, maternal grandparents John J. and Mary (McCord) ELLIOTT; educated public schools and Battle Ground Academy, […]
City: Nashville BERRY, Coburn Dewess, lawyer; born Nashville, Tenn.; son of William T. and Mary (Tannehill) BERRY; his father was a book dealer; Scotch, Irish and English descent; paternal grandparents Humphrey B. and Elizabeth (Tyler) BERRY, maternal grandparents Willins and Eliza (Dewess) TANNEHILL; educated in common schools of Davidson County […]
City: Nashville BERRY, Albert Gleaves, Rear Admiral United States Navy; born Nashville, Tenn., September 16, 1848; son of William Tyler and Mary M. (Tannehill) BERRY; graduated from United States Naval Academy, 1869; married Lillian Reed MERRIMAN, September 28, 1881; member of Army and Navy, Washington, Rittenhouse, Philadelphia, Pa.; Ensign, 1871; […]
City: Nashville BAXTER, Perkins P., lawyer; born Nashville, Tenn., June 16, 1869; son Edmund and Eliza T. BAXTER; Scotch-Irish-Huguenot descent; educated private schools and Vanderbilt University; graduate Vanderbilt University 1890; LL. D.; married Leonora RICHARDSON June 29, 1898; he began practice of law in firm of Baxter & Hutchison June […]
City: Nashville BAXTER, Lewis Thompson, real estate dealer; born Alexander, N. C., November 27, 1852; son John (late U. S. Circuit Judge) and Orra (Alexander) BAXTER; educated Earlham College, Ind.; Kanyon College, Ohio; Hobart, N. Y., graduated from Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y., July, 1871; degrees conferred, A. B., Hobart […]
City: Nashville BATE, Henry Clay, weather bureau official; born Bledsoe’s Lick, Tenn., July 28, 1839; English descent; son of Humphrey and Anne Franklin (Weathered) BATE; father, farmer and surveyor; paternal grandparents James and Mary (Spivey) BATE, maternal grandparents William and Patience (Dowell) WEATHERED; educated in Rural Academy of Sumner County, […]
City: Nashville BASKETTE, Gideon H., editor; born in Rutherford County, Tenn., March 11, 1845; son of William T. and Melissa Ann (Ellis) BASKETTE; father’s occupation, physician; educated at Murfreesboro, Tenn.; married Anna E. MCFADDEN September 24, 1867; entered the C. S. A. in 1861 and served through the civil war; […]
City: Nashville BARTHELL, Edward East, lawyer; born Nashville, Tenn., April 8, 1866; son of John P and Fannie (Card) BARTHELL; paternal grandparents Joseph and Christinia (Lutz) BARTHELL, maternal grandparents William and Mary (Rose) CARD; educated public schools, East Nashville Academy; graduated Vanderbilt University, LL.B., June, 1888; was telegraph operator in […]
City: Nashville BAILEY, John Edmonds, music teacher; born Southhampton County Va., June 14, 1831; son William O. and Jacquette (Jarratt) BAILEY; English descent; educated Smithfield (Va.) Academy; married Julia Bell POWELL April 21, 1853; 1st private in Co. I, N. C. state troops C. S. A., May 16, 1861; 2d […]
City: Nashville BACHMAN, George Oliver, minister; born Freemansburg, Pa., November 14, 1854; Scotch-Irish-Swiss descent; son of William Henry and Lucinda (Doll) BACHMAN; educated in public schools, Bethlehem Male Academy, Lehigh University, Pa.; married Clara A. BACHMAN, February 17, 1878; he taught school in early life; was Missionary of American Sunday […]
City: Nashville AVENT, Frank, lawyer; Railroad Commissioner; born Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 7, 1858; son James M. and Mary W. (Childress) AVENT; graduated Vanderbilt Literary Department and from Lebanon Law School in 1880; married Mayna TREANOR April 2, 1891; member K. of P., I. O. O. F. Democrat; member Legislature 1887-89; […]
City: Nashville ARMSTRONG, Charlotte Morgan, teacher; born Shelbyville, Tenn., May 16, 1880; Scotch-Irish descent; daughter of Archibald S. and Virginia Belle (Matthews) ARMSTRONG; paternal grandparents Archibald and Isabella (Davison) ARMSTRONG, maternal grandparents Robert and Mary (Blackwell) MATHEWS; father, merchant; educated Nashville public schools, Peabody College, University of Chicago, Teachers’ College, […]