City: Memphis ASHE, Cora Henry, educator; born Brownsville, Tenn.; English-Irish descent and a direct descendant of the house of Heytesbury, Wilts, England; daughter of Sheppard Montfort and Martha S. (ROGERS) ASHE; paternal grandparents Samuel Porter and Mary (SHEPPARD) ASHE, maternal grandparents John and Martha S. (ROGERS) ROGERS; her paternal grandfather […]
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City: Memphis ASHCROFT, Thos. C., manager Associated Press; born Verona, Miss., April 3, 1866; son Thos. C. and Laura (NOE) ASHCROFT; educated common schools of Mississippi; married Ida CICALLA April 6, 1904; member B. M. C., Jockey Club, reported Johnstown flood for principal papers in the United States; he accompanied […]
City: Memphis ARMSTRONG, Walter Preston, lawyer; born Pittsboro, Miss., October 26, 1884; son of Geo. W. and May (CRUTHIRDS) ARMSTRONG; English descent; educated, and graduate of Yale University, B. A. (1906), LL. B. (1908); member Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Phi, Corbey Court, K. of P., Chickasaw Guards Club, Memphis; Tennis […]
City: Memphis ARMSTRONG, Harry Lee, investment banker; born Maury Co., Tenn., Dec. 9, 1866; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William James and Lula (HANNA) ARMSTRONG; father’s occupation physician; paternal grandparents, William Osgood and Mary Eliza (SMITH) ARMSTRONG, maternal grandparents, George W. and Caledonia (WILKERSON) HANNA; educated in Memphis (Tenn.) public schools; […]
City: Memphis APPLEWHITE, James, president Central Investment Co.; born at Covington, Tenn., in 1844; reared in Shelby Co., Tenn., and received his education in the common schools of that county; in 1861 he joined an artillery company at Decatur, Ala., but it did not go into service, two months later […]
City: Memphis APPERSON, John W., lawyer; born Memphis, Tenn., March 11, 1862; Irish-Welsh and Scotch descent; son John H. and Margaret A. (THOMAS) APPERSON: educated Christian Brothers College, Memphis, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; graduated from Christian Bros.’ College and Vanderbilt University, and received degrees, B. A., M. A. and B. […]
City: Memphis ANDREWS, Thomas Botts, grain dealer and milling; born Maysville, Ky., December 18, 1858; son Robert Dorsey and Amy Hedge (THOMPSON) ANDREWS; Scotch-Irish descent; educated schools Maysville, Ky., and Flemingsburg, Ky.; graduate of Center College, A. B., Danville, Ky., June, 1879; married Nannie Jacobs HERON, January 21, 1885; member […]
City: Memphis ANDERSON, Piatt H., physician; born Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tenn., December 28, 1869, son Dr. H. C. and Almira A. (CHERRY) ANDERSON; educated Bingham School, N. C., and University of Tennessee; business course at Ewing College, Ill.; educated in medicine Memphis Hospital Medical College, Memphis; special course in New […]
City: Memphis ADAMS, John C., attorney at law, born New Carthage, La., July 25, 1868; son of Thomas Jefferson and Ellen (COOK) ADAMS; educated Campbell’s Academy, Natchez, and public schools of Hinds Co., Miss.; read law under English system in office; was connected with legal department Tenn. R. R. eleven […]
City: Memphis ALLEN, Richard Henry, secretary and accountant; born Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 24, 1851; son of Thomas Hampton and Eleanor Hannah (SHANKS) ALLEN; father’s occupation, cotton factor, and commission merchant; paternal grandparents, Jesse and Hannah (HAMPTON) ALLEN; maternal grandparents, Dr. Lewis and Mary (THOMAS) SHANKS; educated in private school of […]
City: Memphis ALLEN, James Seddon, attorney at law; born Stamford, Conn. Aug. 31, 1884; son of Richard H. and Lizzie Conner (WALKER) ALLEN; father’s occupation, accountant; paternal grandparents, Thomas H. and Ellen (SHANKS) ALLEN, maternal grandparents Samuel P. and Eleanor (TOOMBS) WALKER; educated at Memphis, Tenn.; graduated from University of […]
City: Memphis ALLEN, Archibald Y., real estate dealer; born Hickman Co., Tenn., Oct. 29, 1875; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John H. and Delana J. (BOOKER) ALLEN; paternal grandparents William T. and Mary P. (BEASLEY) ALLEN, maternal grandparents Willis J. and Eliza (BEASLEY) BOOKER: educated in common schools of Obion Co., […]
City: Nashville DAVIESS, Maria Thompson, author; spent several years in Paris, France, studying under the leading masters where she made a specialty of miniature painting and artistic photography, several of her miniatures being hung in the salon; upon her return home she began to write sketches and stories for magazines, […]
City: Medina OLIVER, George Weldon, physician; born Cleveland, Tenn., May 19, 1869; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Hillary L. and Valderia (DILLEHAY) OLIVER; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents Hezekiah and Martha (LEWIS) OLIVER maternal grandparents Marcus and Mary (LANCASTER) DILLEHAY; educated in the public schools of Maury Co., Tenn.; graduated from […]
City: Medina DAWS, George B., minister of the gospel, publisher; born Madison Co., Tenn., May 20, 1848; English descent; son of James and Martha (ALSOP) DAWS; father’s occupation, farmer and mechanic; paternal grandparents Starky and Katie (FAIRLESS) DAWS; maternal grandparents Thomas and Martha (HICKS) ALSOP; educated at Masonic College, Henderson, […]
City: Maury City ELMORE, William, farmer; born in Crockett Co., Tenn., Sept. 7, 1861; son of George and R. (MOORE) ELMORE; father’s occupation, farming; educated in Crockett Co., Tenn.; entered farming in early life and has devoted all of his business life to that occupation; married Nolia RICE, Nov. 28, […]
City: Masseyville HURST, Elijah S., practical surveyor; born in McNairy Co., Tenn., Dec. 13, 1855; Irish descent; son of David and Elizabeth (CARPENTER); father’s occupation, farmer; received common school education; taught school in Chester and McNairy Cos. from 1874 to 1888; married Mary E. MUSE, Dec. 14, 1876; Democrat; three […]
City: Mayland KEITH, Alfred Shook, lumberman; born Flat Creek, Tenn., March 7, 1883; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Anthony Meek and Mary (BROOKS) KEITH; father’s occupation, merchant; educated in Owenton College, Birmingham, Ala., and Castle Heights, Lebanon, Tenn.; entered the lumber business in early life; married Anabel WALLING, Nov. 19, 1908; […]
City: Maryville PARHAM, William Edmund, manufacturer; born Knoxville, Tenn., March 9, 1860; son of William Thomas and Mary Jane Susan (SNODDY) PARHAM; paternal grandfather Edwin Nelson PARHAM, paternal grandmother Mary Ellen (DUNN) PARHAM, maternal grandfather Rev. Robert Henderson SNODDY, maternal grandmother Nancy Hawkins (MOORE) SNODDY; English, Scotch-Irish descent; educated Maryville […]
City: Mason HAMBLET, J. G., merchant; born Shreveport, La. Feb. 26, 1847; Scotch-Irish descent; son of J. W. and Mary (BROOM) HAMBLET: father’s occupation, farmer; received common school education; entered the mercantile business in early life; married Euphronia EXUM, Feb. 26, 1874; member F. & A. M. No. 505, Ed […]