City: Memphis PUGH, Prentice Andrew, clergyman; born Uniontown, Ky., December 12, 1881; son A. B. and Mattie (Beaton) PUGH; Scotch, Irish, French and English descent; educated Clarksville, Tenn., schools, University of the South (Sewanee); graduated Sewanee June 30, 1905; member Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity; rector Holy Trinity Church, Memphis, October […]
Daily Archives: December 15, 2013
City: Memphis PROUTT, Frederick George, electrical engineer; born Bowmanville, Canada, Nov. 27, 1870; English-Irish descent; son of Mark J. and Martha (Burk) PROUTT; paternal grandparents Matthias and Betsy (Brewer) PROUTT of England, maternal grandparents Thomas and Elizabeth (Kells) BURK, of Ireland; educated Canadian public and high schools; took course in […]
City: Memphis PRICE, Gaston Chappell, railroad and levee contractor; born Marion, Crawford Co., Ark., April 10, 1873; English-Scotch-Irish descent; son of William Robert and Lelia (Nixon) PRICE; father was a planter and Confederate soldier in Forrest’s cavalry; paternal grandparents, John CHAPPELL and Martha (Hodges) PRICE, maternal grandparents, William Christopher and […]
City: Memphis PRATT, Henry M., manufacture; born Prattville, Ala., May 20, 1877; English descent; son of Merrill E. and Julia A. (Smith) PRATT; paternal grandparents Edward and Dorcas (Peavey) PRATT; maternal grandparents Samuel P. and Adelaide (Allen) SMITH; educated University of Ala., finished four years special course in 1896; began […]
City: Memphis POTTS, Theodore Semmes, minister; born Red River Co., Texas, in 1859; son of Rev. Ramsey D. and Mary (Pickett) POTTS; descent Scotch; educated Waco, Texas; graduated Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; married Annie HENRY June 16, 1884; member Masonic Lodge; has been pastor Baptist churches at Bonham and Dallas, […]
City: Memphis POSTON, John Hamil, Jr., attorney at law; born Memphis, Tenn., December 15, 1884; son of John A. and Ella (Bolling) POSTON; English and Irish descent; graduate of University of Tennessee, LL.B. 1906; married Minnie BUCKINGHAM. June 9, 1908; member Sigma Alpha Epsilon Greek letter fraternity; former member of […]
City: Memphis POSERT, Henry, physician; born in Germany, April 29, 1858; son of I. J. and Edel (Pincus) POSERT; educated Berlin, Germany, Paris, France, and Vienna, Austria; graduated Berlin University, M. D. and Mo. Medical College, St. Louis, Mo.; in early life taught school; married Sarah PERES, March 9, 1892; […]
City: Memphis PITTMAN, Alfred Buckner, lawyer; born Greensboro, Ala., May 20, 1868; son of Alfred Buckner and Charlotte (Lomax) PITTMAN; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents Williamson and Lucinda (Buckner) PITTMAN, maternal grandparents John Tayloe and Elmira (Strudwick) LOMAX; educated Virginia Military Institute and University of Ala., graduated from latter, receiving […]
City: Memphis PISTOLE, W. A., physician; born near Meridian, Miss., March 30, 1881; French and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Louis A. and Emily (Robinson) PISTOLE; educated in the public schools, Union University and University of Nashville, graduated from latter in 1905; in early life he was a farmer; married in […]
City: Memphis PHILLIPS, Thomas Milton, newspaper writer; born Kenton, Tenn., Oct. 2, 1871; American-Scotch-Irish and Dutch descent; son of Charles T. and Nellie E. (Eckley) PHILLIPS; father’s occupation, Presbyterian minister; educated in Tenn. and Belleville (Ill.) High School, graduated from latter June 27, 1888; entered newspaper business in early life; […]
City: Memphis PHILLIPS, Samuel Henry, wholesale grocer; born Kenosha, Wis., Oct. 18, 1853; Irish descent; son of Samuel William and Sarah (Pilkington) PHILLIPS; father’s occupation, civil engineer; paternal grandfather Richard PHILLIPS; educated in public schools; in early life was grocer clerk for Ford Porter & Co.; married Eleanor Gilbert ALBERS, […]
City: Nashville MOORE, John Trotwood, author; born Marion, Ala., August 26, 1858; son of Judge John and Emily (Billingslea) MOORE; father, lawyer and judge; paternal grandparents Wooten and Elizabeth (Tooley) MOORE, maternal grandparents Clement C. and Rachel (Lane) BILLINGSLEA; graduated from Howard College, Marion, Ala., 1878, with A.B. degree; taught […]