City: Memphis LAKE, Richard Henry, member R. P. Lake & Son, manager Equitable Life Assurance Society; born Grenada, Miss., Nov. 14, 1878; son of Richard Pinkney and Stella (Hoffa) LAKE; father’s occupation, manager of Equitable Life Assurance Society; paternal grandparents William and Clementine (Lake) LAKE, maternal grandparents J.M. and Elizabeth […]
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City: Memphis LA CROIX, William, live stock broker; born Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 31, 1862; German descent; son of Jacob and Josephine (Wetter) LA CROIX; educated Christian Bros. College Memphis, Tenn.; in early life was a bookkeeper; married Nellie A ICKING, Nov. 24, 1892; member Masons, Shriners, Royal Arcanum, B.P. O.E. […]
City: Memphis FRAZER, Ceylon B., real estate; born Houston, Texas, in 1864; son Geo. W. and Louisa Virginia (Nelson) FRAZER; educated St. Louis, Mo.; married Ada K. HODGES, April 14, 1897; associated with Orgill Bros. & Co. from 1881-89; 1889-04 with Mallory, Crawford & Co.; 1904-06 Director in the firm […]
City: Memphis FRANK, Abe H., cotton factor; born Memphis, Tenn., February 12, 1869; son Henry and Rosa (Karlich) FRANK; educated Memphis and Sewanee, Tenn.; married Celia NATHAN, Dec. 20, 1892; member Business Men’s Club; member Legislative Council of city of Memphis 1906-10; member firm Godfrey Frank & Co., Memphis, Tenn.
City: Memphis FRANCIS, Elmer Ellsworth, physician; born Madison, Ind., July 18, 1863; Scotch-English descent; son of Walter S. and Amy (Firth) FRANCIS; father’s occupation, steamboat captain and real estate dealer; paternal grandfather, Jno. FRANCIS, maternal grandparents, Vincent and Emily (Briggs) FIRTH; educated in public schools of Madison, Ind., and in […]
City: Memphis FOWLKES, Jeptha M., business man; born Shelby Co., Tenn., March 4, 1847; English descent; son of Jeptha and Maria (Baker) FOWLKES; educated in private schools of Memphis, Tenn.; began his career as bookkeeper, later cotton factor, and since 1889 he has been secretary and treasurer of Merchants Cotton […]
City: Memphis KYLE, William Halliday, banker; born Vevay, Ind., Jan. 8, 1868; Scotch-Irish descent; son of George Harrison and Tabitha (Craig) KYLE; father, architect; paternal grandparents, George and _______ (Redfern) KYLE, maternal grandparents, Joseph and _____ (Mendenhall) CRAIG; educated at Vevay, Ind.; began career in dry goods business, later became […]
City: Memphis KRAUSS, William, physician; born near Kaisaslantern [sic], Germany, June 13, 1861; son of Wilhelm and Babette (Muller) KRAUSS; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Jacob and Regina (Kempf) KRAUSS, maternal grandfather Frederick MULLER; received preliminary education in K-k. Studien Anstalt, Kaiserslauten [sic], Germany; Ph.G. University of Maryland, 1883, […]
City: Memphis KORTRECHT, Alexander Humphries, lawyer; born Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 14, 1859; son of Charles and Augusta (Betts) KORTRECHT; father’s occupation, lawyer; married Mary Wilson POLK, Nov. 2?, 1884; Past Master DeSoto Lodge No. 299, F. & A.M., Past Master Tennessee Consistory No. 1, A.A.S.R., Past Potentate Alchymia Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.; […]
City: Memphis KING, William R., credit man; born Hempstead, Ark., Nov. 22, 1876; Scotch descent; son of Henry C. and Carrie I. (Arnold) KING; educated in the city schools of Texarkana, Ark., graduated in 1892; began his career as a clerk, and was connected with Wm. R. Moore Dry Goods […]
City: Memphis KING, Thomas B., cotton merchant; born White County, Ark., July, 1861; son Thomas B. and Eliza B. (Thomas) KING; educated in Murfreesboro, Tenn.; married, first Mollie WILLIAMS, Brownsville, 1887; second, Fannie KING, Memphis, 1904; mayor of Bells, Tenn., 1884-85; member of Tennessee Legislature 1887 from Crockett County, Tenn.; […]
City: Memphis FORREST, Nathan Bedford, Adjutant-General Chief of Staff United Sons of Confederate Veterans; born Oxford, Miss., April 6, 1872; son of William Montgomery and Taylor (Cook) FORREST; father was Capt. in C. S. A. and was contractor and planter after the civil war; paternal grandfather Gen. N. B. FORREST, […]
City: Memphis FOOSHE, George Waddell, futures broker, representing Stephen W. Weld & Company, New York City; born Coronaca, S. C., November 17, 1873; son of James D. and Mary Ann (Fuller) FOOOSHE; French Huguenot and Scotch descent; educated and graduated from Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C.; A. B. and A. […]
City: Memphis FLY, D. Wilson, merchant; born Gibson County, Tenn., January 4, 1851; son of William D. and Sarah S. (Lyles) FLY; educated Gibson College; married Miss B. M. SCOTT, January 12, 1895; member Tennessee Club; merchant and capitalist; member Methodist Church.
City: Memphis FLOYD, Archibald C., journalist; born Granville County, N. C.,1857; son of John W. and Margaret (Campbell) FLOYD; Scotch-Irish descent; educated University North Carolina, Chapel Hill; graduated University North Carolina, in law, 1884; married Florence IRVINE, November 8, 1894; Democrat; City Judge of Memphis, Tenn., from April, 1905, to […]
City: Memphis FLOWERS, W. H., office manager, Bry-Block Mercantile Co.; born Covington, Tenn., Feb. 10, 1872; son of William P. and ________ (Cummins) FLOWERS; father’s occupation, steamboat master, and pilot; paternal grandparents, William and Rachel (White) FLOWERS, maternal grandparents, David Hays and Emma (Holmes) CUMMINS; educated at Covington, Tenn.; in […]
City: Memphis FITZHUGH, Guston Thomas, lawyer; born Smith Co., Miss., Aug. 31, 1866; son of Lewis T. and Juliet (Deloney) FITZHUGH; father’s occupation, educator, professor in state university 15 years, and afterward president of college, established by him at Jackson, Miss.; paternal grandfather, Drew FITZHUGH, maternal grandfather, D. DELONEY; graduated […]
City: Memphis FISHER, James Humphrey, banker; born Danville, Ky., Feb. 7, 1870; German descent; son of Felix S. and Susan (Bennett) FISHER; father’s occupation, farmer; educated at Center College, of Danville, Ky.; early business occupation, assistant paymaster Cotton Belt R. R. also assistant treasurer Missouri Fruit Co., St. Louis, Mo.; […]
City: Memphis FISHER, HUBERT Frederick, lawyer; born Milton, Fla., Oct. 6, 1877; son of Frederick and Mary Anna (McCarter) FISHER; father’s occupation, lumberman; graduated from University of Miss., A. B. 1898, L.L. B. 1904, and Princeton (N. J.) University M. A. 1902; married Louise SANFORD, Nov. 6, 1909; member Chickasaw […]
City: Memphis FINLEY, Spence Lamb, real estate dealer; born Lebanon, Tenn., April 16, 1857; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John B. and Elizabeth (Lamb) FINLEY; father’s occupation physician; paternal grandfather, O. G. FINLEY; began his business career as typesetter for country newspaper, at Searcy, Ark., Jan. 4, 1870; married Emma BAILEY, […]