City: Nashville HOWSE, Hilary Ewing, public official; born in Rutherford Co., Tenn., Jan. 25, 1866; reared on farm; at age of eighteen years he went to Nashville, and went to work in a mattress factory, and put in time on piecework at night to help support his younger brothers and […]
Monthly Archives: December 2013
City: Nashville HOWELL, Robert Boyte C., lawyer; born Nashville, Tenn., September 4, 1878; English-Welch descent; son of Morton B. and Bettie (Curd) HOWELL; father was lawyer; educated at Montgomery-Bell Academy and Wallace University School; graduated from Wallace University School, and Vanderbilt University, LL.B. 1899; married Nellie JACKSON, October 29, 1902; […]
City: Nashville HOPKINS, Robert Thompson, cashier Phillips & Buttorff Manufacturing Company; born Magnolia, Miss., September 19, 1860; English descent; son of Arthur Moseley and Eliza Pamelia (Bibb) HOPKINS; father, cotton commission merchant; paternal grandparents Arthur F. and Pamelia (Moseley) HOPKINS, maternal grandparents Thomas and Pamelia (Thompson) BIBB; educated in public […]
City: Nashville HOOPER, Ben W., Governor; born Newport, Tenn., October 13, 1870; educated Carson & Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn., 1890; elected representative of the Legislature in 1892-94; admitted to the bar in 1894; served as Captain of Company C., Sixth United States Volunteer Infantry 1898-9; served in Porto Rico; […]
City: Nashville HOLMES, William Newton, physician and surgeon; born Holmes, Tenn., January 27, 1854; son John Randolph and Eliza (McAlexander) HOLMES; Danish-Scotch-Irish-English descent; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Hood) and Anna (Kidd) MCALEXANDER; educated Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Ohio; graduated Cincinnati, Ohio, June 5, 1888; Doctor of Medicine; married Margaret Esther […]
City: Nashville HOLLINSHEAD, Warren Henry, instructor; born Fort Valley, Ga., March 10, 1865; English descent; son of William Hiley and Mary Elizabeth (Harris) HOLLINSHEAD; father, physician; paternal grandparents William and Harriet (Alsobrook) HARRIS; educated Fort Valley, Ga.; graduated Vanderbilt University 1887 with Ph.G. and 1900 with D.Sc. degrees; is at […]
City: Nashville HOLLABAUGH, Andrew Newton, physician; born Leslie, Ark., October 3, 1875; German descent; son of Emanuel F. and Frances A. (Hatchell) HOLLABAUGH; father, farmer; educated at Valley Spring Academy, Arkansas; graduated from Valley Spring Academy B.S. degree, 1891, Vanderbilt University M.D. degree, 1902; began his career as a teacher; […]
City: Memphis STEWART, George Brooks, physician and surgeon; born in Shelby Co., Tenn., Aug. 27, 1870; Scotch descent; son of Cyrus M. and Kate J. (Douglass) STEWART; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents James and Mary (Craig) STEWART, maternal grandparents George and Joannnah [sic] (Sandford) DOUGLASS; educated Cumberland University and University […]
City: Memphis STEEN, John M., lawyer; born Rankin Co. Miss., in 1860; received his primary education in local schools of Rankin Co., Miss., and graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1885; he taught as adjunct professor in the university for the following year, and at the end of that […]
City: Memphis RAINE, Gilbert Dixon, banker and insurance man; born Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 18, 1881; American-French descent; son of Gilbert D. and Julia (Woodward) RAINE; father’s occupation, publisher daily paper; paternal grandparents Charles and Elizabeth (Dixon) RAINE, maternal grandfather William WOODWARD; educated in High School and University of Tenn., Knoxville; […]
City: Memphis RAINE, Gilbert D., publisher; born Lynchburg, Va., Jan. 16, 1856; Irish-Swiss descent; son of Charles J. and Mary (Dixon) RAINE; educated Appomattox Court House, Va., Philadelphia, PA., New York and Memphis; began his career in fire and life insurance work; in 1889 became interested in newspaper business; in […]
City: Nashville HOSS, Elijah Embree, Bishop M. E. Church, South; born Jonesboro, Tenn., April 14, 1849; son of Henry and Anna (Sevier) HOSS; English, French, German descent; father was a merchant; Chancery Clerk, etc.; paternal grandparents Isaac and Hannah (Bayless) HOSS, maternal grandparents John and Sophia (Garrette) SEVIER; graduated from […]
City: Nashville HODGE, Baxter James, architect; born September 3, 1859, Nashville, Tenn.; English descent; son of William Baxter and Sarah Ann (Harrison) HODGE; father, contractor; educated in Nashville public schools; acquired most of his technical knowledge of architecture by personal private study and in employ of architects; began early business […]
City: Nashville HOLCOMB, Walt, minister and lecturer; born Winston-Salem, N. C., July 29, 1878; son B. V. and Rebecca HOLCOMB, educated Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va., and Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; married Julia Baxter JONES of Cartersville, Ga., April 17, 1907; wrote biography of Rev. Sam P. Jones, and edited his […]
City: Nashville HITT, Lewis Melvin, Circuit Court Clerk, Davidson County; born Davidson County, Tenn., March 26, 1867; German-Scotch descent; son of John S. and Lucie (Craig) HITT; father, farmer; paternal grandparents James S. and Nancy (Cunningham) HITT, maternal grandparents, Lewis Y. and Emily (Lowry) CRAIG; educated county schools, began his […]
City: Nashville HINDS, John I. D., Professor of Chemistry; born Guilford County, N. C., December 13, 1847; Scotch, Irish and English descent; son of John and Rhoda (Webb) HINDS; father was a physician and Cumberland Presbyterian minister; paternal grandparents Simeon and Elizabeth (Stone) HINDS, maternal grandparents Meredith and Rachel (Green) […]
City: Nashville HILL, William LaFayette, instructor; born Blountsville, Ala., October 24, 1857; son of Walter Burgoyne and Melissa Caroline (Ellis) HILL: father, cabinet workman; English, Scotch and Irish descent; graduated from Norman College, Florence, Ala., L.I., June, 1888; engaged in farming early in life; later became teacher; married Maria Ruth […]
City: Nashville HILL, Adolphus Burge, business man; born Ringgold, Ga., November 9, 1858; son of Joseph L. and Martha Ann (Dunlap) HILL; educated Giles College, Pulaski, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; married Julia Morgan HICKS, February 10, 1885; member Masons, Country Club, Watauga Club; Democrat; member Board of Education, City of […]
City: Nashville HICKMAN, John Pryor, lawyer; born Nashville, Tenn., September 21, 1846; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Edmund Weakley and Penelope J. (Brunson) HICKMAN; paternal grandparents John P. and Narcissa (Weakley) HICKMAN, maternal grandparents Col. Robert and Jane (Locke) WEAKLEY; educated in common schools; married Kate LITTON, October 15, 1874; was […]
City: Nashville HIBBETT, Charles Thomas, physician, surgeon and medical director U. S. Navy; born (near) Castalian Springs, Tenn., November, 1851; son John J. and Nancy (Parker) HIBBETT; Scotch-Irish and English descent; educated Rural Academy, Sumner County, Tenn.; University of Virginia and Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; graduate University of Virginia 1874 […]