City: McMinnville LIVELY, William Spencer, public official; president Southern School of Photography; son of Joseph P. Lively; father’s occupation, cabinet maker and undertaker; in early life he was a photographer; married Lela JONES, Dec. 10, 1878; Democrat; former city recorder; at present mayor of the city of McMinnville, Tenn.; member […]
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City: McMinnville HUMPHREY, N.B., contracting engineer; born near Tupelo, Miss., Aug. 24, 1867; Irish descent; son of David and Mary Frances (Campfield) HUMPHREY; father’s occupation, merchant; paternal grandparents David and Sophronia (Hamlin) HUMPHREY; maternal grandparents William A. and Peninah (Freman) CAMPFIELD; educated in the public schools of Chattanooga, Tenn.; in […]
City: McMinnville HOLT, James Berry, railroad agent; born at Wartrace, Tenn., July 18, 1861; English descent; son of B.D. and Lucretia (Hart) HOLT; father’s occupation, former railroad conductor, now farmer; paternal grandparents Henry and Elizabeth (McGuire) HOLT; maternal grandparents James and Sarah (Fossett) HART; graduated at Wartrace, Tenn., June 1, […]
City: McMinnville HOLMES, George Whitney, hotel proprietor; born Fayetteville, N.C., Oct. 3, 1867; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Archie and Hepcy Martin (Royal) HOLMES; educated at Fayetteville, N.C.; in early life was a traveling salesman; married Mary E. PLUMMER; member of Masons, Eagles, and Post C., T.P.A., Knoxville, Tenn.
City: McMinnville HOGAN, Lemuel Ransom, minister of the gospel; born Rover, Tenn., July 22, 1875; Irish descent; son of Thomas and Delilah HOGAN; father’s occupation, mechanic and farmer; moved to Texas in 1893; joined Presbytery in 1898; entered Patterson Institute, Hillsboro, Tex., in preparation for the ministry; educated at University, […]
City: McMinnville FAIRBANKS, W.W., lawyer; attorney-general for the Seventh Judicial Circuit of the State of Tennessee; Democrat; residence, McMinnville, Tenn.
City: McMinnville COWDEN, John B., minister of the gospel; Irish-English descent; son of John and Mary Hannah (Leonard) COWDEN; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents William and Rhoda (Davis) COWDEN; maternal grandparents Griffith and Nancy (Porter) LEONARD; educated at Petersburg, Tenn., Nashville, Tenn., and Lexington, Ky.; graduated from University of Nashville, […]
City: McMinnville CALDWELL, William A., real estate broker; born Shannondale, Ind., May 15, 1861; Scotch-Irish and Dutch descent; son of David A. and Elizabeth (Mount) CALDWELL; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Robert and Sibby (Russel) CALDWELL; maternal grandparents Atwell and Lucinda (Fullenwider) MOUNT; educated in Illinois and Indiana; graduated from […]
City: McMinnville BURGER, Thomas Overton, physician; born Short Mountain, Tenn., March 26, 1877; German descent; son of Arch H. and Ella (Batton) BURGER; father’s occupation farmer; educated at Vanderbilt University; graduated from medical department Vanderbilt University, with M.D. degree, April 4, 1900; in early life he was a teacher; married […]
City: McKenzie TODD, John Dudley, physician; born in Carroll Co., Tenn., March 3, 1856; descendant of Sir Edmund Dudley, 1462, father of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland; son of Marcus Lafayette and Paulina Rebecca (Dudley) TODD; father’s occupation planter and farmer; paternal grandparents Hugh and Narcissa (Rogers) TODD; maternal grandparents […]
City: McKenzie SPELLINGS, William, postmaster and cotton broker; born Carroll county, Tenn., Dec. 1, 1847; English descent; son of G.C. and Nancy (Schrisp) SPELLINGS; educated in Tenn. and Ill; began his career as a farmer, later entered the mercantile business; at present is postmaster at McKenzie, Tenn., and is a […]
City: McKenzie ROBINS, James Albert, teacher; born Guntown, Miss., Feb. 3, 1868; English descent; son of Jeptha and Eliza Dabney (Allen) ROBINS; father’s occupation lawyer, farmer; paternal grandparents Albert and Susan (Norton) ROBINS; maternal grandparents David and Sallie Ann (Spencer) ALLEN; educated in the common schools of Miss., Webb Schools […]
City: Louisville CUMMINS, John Taylor, traveling salesman; born near Bearden, Tenn., Oct. 7, 1847; Scotch-Irish and Dutch descent; son of Joseph B. and Elizabeth (Mattheny) CUMMINS; father was a merchant for 30 years in Louisville, Tenn.; educated in the local schools at Louisville, Tenn., and Holston College; in early life […]
City: McKenzie RICHEY, Robert Calvin, educator; born Guntown, Miss., Feb. 21, 1876; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Wilson Marion and Sarah Rebecca (Whitten) RICHEY; father’s occupation merchant, planter; paternal grandparents Robert Caldwell and Nancy Elizabeth (Hill) RICHEY; maternal grandparents Calvin Thomas and Malinda Catharine (Kinzey) WHITTEN; educated in the public and […]
City: McKenzie McELROY, Robert Chester, educator, minister of the gospel; born Henry Co., Tenn., Nov. 16, 1883; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Robert and Martha J. (Petty) McELROY; educated in local schools of Henry Co., Tenn., and Hall-Moody Institute, Martin, Tenn.; married Katherine HUDDLESTON Jan. 18, 1906; Democrat; member of lower […]
City: McKenzie JOHNSON, Philip Franklin, minister of the gospel; born Weakley county, Tenn., Jan. 20, 1852; Scotch-Irish and German descent; son of W.B. and Sarah (Groom) JOHNSON; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents John P. and Mary (Harral) JOHNSON; maternal grandparents Bright and Kate (Winders) GROOMS; educated at Bethel College and […]
City: McKenzie GRISSAM, Clyde, lawyer; industrial journalism; born Brownville [sic], Haywood Co. Tenn., March 15, 1881; son of M.M. and Julia (Brown) GRISSAM; English descent; attended Brownsville High school and Vanderbilt Law school; member of I.O.O.F., D.T.D. Frat.; nominated for legislature by Haywood Co. Republicans, 1902; defeated; nominated Republicans of […]
City: McKenzie FINNEY, Newton Jefferson, educator; born Mt. Juliet, Tenn., Nov. 6, 1846; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William and Eliza Jane (Cloyd) FINNEY; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents William and Margaret (Jefferson) FINNEY; maternal grandparents Newton and Elizabeth (Williamson) CLOYD; educated at Mt. Juliet (Tenn.) High School and Cumberland University; […]
City: McKenzie EVERETT, John Edward, farmer and stock raiser; born in Weakley Co., Tenn., Oct. 16, 1847; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Elbert G. and Moleta (Busey) EVERETT; fathers’ occupation, farmer and stock raiser; received common school education; worked on farm in Weakley Co. in early life; married Elizabeth […]
City: McKenzie DUNLAP, Pressley S., farmer; born in Weakley Co., Tenn., July 16, 1873; Scotch-Irish and German descent; son of William and Mary (Sears) DUNLAP; father’s occupation, farmer; received common school education; in early life taught school; married twice, first Nancy BRAGG, Dec. 2, 1857, second, Laura NEWTON, Nov. 26, […]