City: Nashville HENRY, Howell Meadors, instructor; born Newberry, S. C., August 18, 1879; Scotch, Irish and German descent; son of Hugh P. and Martha H. (Boozer) HENRY; father, farmer; paternal grandparents James and Annie (Wright) HENRY; maternal grandparents John and Margaret (Taylor) BOOZER; graduated from Newberry (S. C. ) College, […]
Monthly Archives: December 2013
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City: Nashville HATCHER, George Edward, physician and surgeon; born Pekin, Ill., April 20, 1883; son Henry Clay and Ellen (Clauser) HATCHER; English-Dutch descent; graduated University of Tennessee; Medical Department, May 1, 1906; married Annie Hamilton TURNEY May 15, 1907; member Alpha Kappa Kappa, Medical Fraternity, Davidson County; Academy of Medicine, […]
City: Memphis PETTEY, George Eugene, physician; born in Washington Co., Texas, Jan. 16, 1857; Scotch-English descent; son of Francis Marion and Sarah (Elliott) PETTEY; father’s occupation, physician and minister of the gospel; paternal grandparents George and Elizabeth (Bates) PETTEY, maternal grandparents George and Nancy (Johnson) ELLIOTT; educated Memphis City Schools, […]
City: Memphis PERCY, William Armstrong, lawyer; born Washington Co., Miss., Jan. 24, 1863; educated in country schools and University of the South, graduating from the later with M. A. degree in 1882; he then entered law department of University of Va., from which he graduated in 1884; in 1885 he […]
City: Memphis PENTECOST, Richard Henry, contractor; born Charlotte Co., Va., Oct. 29, 1855; English descent; son of Richard J. and Mary Jane (Davison) PENTECOST; educated in local schools of Campbell and Pittsylvania Counties, Va.; in early life was connected with a railroad in maintenance department; prior to 1881 he was […]
City: Tate Springs JARNAGIN, John Robert, merchant, farmer, stockman; born Tate Springs, Tenn., Nov. 21, 1867; son of Thomas J. and Katherine M. (Taylor) JARNAGIN; father, merchant; paternal grandparents Chesley and Martha (Gill) JARNAGIN, maternal grandparents Hughes O. and Frances (Cos) TAYLOR; educated in the public schools of Grainger Co., […]
City: Tate Springs TOMLINSON, Oscar Roland, physician; born Mooresburg, Tenn., 1870, Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas and Malvina (Proffitt) TOMLINSON; paternal grandparents Henry Marshall and Anna (Carr) TOMLINSON, maternal grandparents John Bright and Rachel (Bryan) PROFFITT; educated Emory & Henry College, Va., and University of Tenn., graduated from Bellevue Hospital […]
City: Tate Springs RHEA, Goerge W., farmer; born Sneedville, Tenn., Sept. 13, 1834; Dutch descent; son of John and Lucy (Anderson) RHEA; father was a farmer; paternal grandmother was a Miss NORCROSS prior to her marriage, maternal grandparents James and Margaret (Sullivan) ANDERSON; received common school education; entered farming in […]
City: Tate Springs WHITEHEAD, Thomas F. farmer; boar Grainger co., Tenn., July 31, 1859; Scotch descent; son of Thomas F. and Elizabeth (Butlar) WHITEHEAD; father’s occupation, farmer and carpenter; educated in Grainger Co., Tenn.; in early life was interested in photography; now engaged in farming; married Louisa BLAIR, Dec. 29, […]
City: Straw Plains CAMPBELL, Henry Little, physician and manager for the Campbell and Deane Co.; born Watauga, Tenn., Sept. 11, 1857; Dutch and Scotch descent; son of William R. and Margaret (Little) CAMPBELL; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Eli and Josie (Dugger) CAMPBELL; maternal grandparents Henry and Matilda (Mottern) […]
City: Nashville HARWOOD, Samuel N., lawyer born Benton County, Tenn., June 26, 1870; son R. D. and Mary Eugenia (Pybass) HARWOOD; English descent; educated Waverly College, Winchester Normal, Conservatory of Music, Vanderbilt (oratory), Vanderbilt University; graduated Vanderbilt (Law) 1895; Democrat; nominated and elected County Attorney for Davidson County, Tenn., 1901; […]
City: Nashville HARTS, William Wright, U. S. A. officer; born Springfield, Ill., August 29, 1866; Dutch-English descent; son of P. Wilde and Harriet (Bates) HARTS; father was a lawyer; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Epler) HARTS, maternal grandparents William P. and Anne (Wright) BATES; educated in public schools, Springfield, Ill., […]
City: Nashville HARRIS, (Mrs.) L. H., author; born March 17, 1870 at “Farm Hill” near Elberton, Ga., daughter of Tinsley Rucker WHITE, and grand daughter of Hon. William WHITE; educated by her parents and a governess with the exception of a few terns at the academy in Elberton, Ga.; married […]
City: Nashville HAMILL, Howard M., born Lowndesboro, Ala.; son of Edward J. HAMILL; father, minister of the gospel; Scotch-Irish descent; educated at Auburn, Ala., East Alabama College, now Alabama Polytechnic Institute; graduated from same in 1868; M.A. degree in 1870; received degree D.D. from Illinois College in 1895; was minister […]
City: Nashville HAMPTON, Edward Lee, President Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company; born Franklin County, Tenn., March 1, 1861; English descent; son of H. G. and Malinda (Buckner) HAMPTON; father was educator and farmer; paternal grandparents Ransom and Mary (Lackey) HAMPTON, maternal grandparents John and Malinda (Kennerly) BUCKNER; educated Winchester, Tenn.; in […]
City: Trenton HARWOOD, Thomas Everett, lawyer; born Trenton, Tenn., Aug. 5, 1852; son of R. D. and Mary (Everett) HARWOOD; father’s occupation, in early life a printer, later a merchant and then for many years a farmer; paternal grandparents William and Sarah Ann (Grizzard) HARWOOD, maternal grandfather Thomas H. EVERETT, […]
City: Trenton DENNISON, F. L., teacher, farmer; born, Lone Elm, Tenn., Jan. 12, 1872; English and Irish descent; son of Henry P. and Laura (McCall) DENNISON; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Robert R. and Nancy D. (Walker) DENNISON, maternal grandparents Calvin and Canseda M. (Ingram) MCCALL; educated Southwestern Baptist University, Jackson, […]
City: Tracy City GERREN, John M., teacher, editor; born Jasper, Tenn., June 6, 1880; son of W. L. and Mollie Elizabeth (DeFriece) GERREN; father, farmer; educated at Normal University, Chattanooga, and Athens School of University of Chattanooga, and left school one year before graduating; early business occupation, farmer, telegraph operator, […]
City: Tracy City FULTS, Jefferson D., lawyer; German and English descent; son of Smith and Timie Ellen (Sanders) FULTS; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Daniel and Philadelphia (Thompson) FULTS, maternal grandparents Thomas and Polly Mary (Cox) SANDERS; educated common schools, Shook College, Tracy City, Tenn., University of Tenn., at Knoxville, and […]
City: Townsend DUNN, Samuel Houston, lawyer; born Tuckaluchee Cove, Dec. 17, 1876; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William H. and Dorothy C. (Snider) DUNN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Greene and Rachel (Henry) DUNN, maternal grandparents George and Susannah (Handley) SNIDER; educated at Porter Academy; began career as a teacher; admitted […]