City: Nashville Lurton, Horace Harmon, jurist; born Newport, Ky., 1844; son of Lycurgus L. and Sarah (Harmon) LURTON; graduated Cumberland University L.B. 1867, University of the South D.C.L. 1899; admitted to the bar in 1867; married Frances OWEN, September 1, 1867; Chancellor Sixth Division of Tennessee 1875-78, Justice of Supreme […]
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City: Nashville LUCK, John Jennings, instructor; born Roanoke, Va., December 24, 1883; Scotch, Irish, English and German descent; son of George S. and Maria Louise (Moorman) LUCK; father, physician; paternal grandparents George P. and Nancye (Buford) LUCK, maternal grandparents Robert Bruce and Annie M. (Libbey) MORMAN; educated Alleghany Institute, Roanoke, […]
City: Nashville THOMPSON, J. W., lawyer; born Wilson County, Tenn., November 14, 1864; son W. D. and Permelia (Murray) THOMPSON; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Masonic Normal School, Alexandria, Tenn.; married Leora DENTON April 20, 1909; member I. O. O. F., K. of P., several insurance orders; now Grand Treasurer of I. […]
City: Newbern BREWER, John Doddridge, physician and surgeon; born Carroll Co., Miss. Jan. 10, 1878; son of Ratcliffe R. and May (McEachern) BREWER; Scotch-Irish descent; educated common schools Miss.; graduate University of Nashville Grisham May 3, 1905; member Masons, I. O. O. F. K of P., W. O. W., Maccabees, […]
City: Neptune HUMPHREYS, James Nicholson, farmer and trader; born Montgomery Co. Tenn., Nov. 15, 1852; son of Joshua and Martha (Langford) HUMPHREYS; father’s occupation, farming; received common school education; entered farming in early life; married Mary GOSSETT Dec. 22, 1880; Democrat; member Southern Methodist church; has always been interested in […]
City: Neptune GUPTON, John Jerome, farmer; born in Cheatham Co., Tenn., June 19, 1847; Irish-English-Scotch and French descent; son of R. T. and Martha Henriette (Power) GUPTON; father’s occupation, farmer, merchant and miller; paternal grandparents, Abner and Judith (Hunt) GUPTON, maternal grandparents, Samuel D. and Martha A. (Wand) POWER; received […]
City: National Soldiers Home SMITH, John Powell, lawyer, Governor Mountain Branch National Home for D. V. S.; born at Mountain City, Tenn., March 30, 1846; Scotch-Irish and English-French descent; son of Alexander Doran and Mary Ann (Powell) SMITH; father’s occupation lawyer; paternal grandparents Caleb and Elizabeth (Doran) SMITH, maternal grandparents […]
City: Memphis MYERS, Henry C., life insurance solicitor; born Wadesboro, N. C., Oct. 17, 1847; German and Irish descent; son of Absalom and Adeline (ROGGAN) MYERS; father’s occupation, merchant and planter; educated in public schools at Byhalia, Miss., and University of Miss., Oxford, Miss.; began his business career as a […]
City: Memphis MULFORD, John Nelson, merchant-jeweler; born Newark, N. J.; son of Lewis C. and Sarah E. (BUNNELL) MULFORD; English descent; educated in city schools of Newark, N. J.; in early life was a manufacturing jeweler’s apprentice; entered merchant jewelry business for himself in Memphis, 1881, under firm name of […]
City: Memphis MOSS, John T., physician and surgeon; born Union City, Tenn., Nov. 4, 1879; Scotch-English descent; son of William G. and Amanda M. (ROSS) MOSS; father’s occupation planter, furniture mfgr. and pharmacist; paternal grandparents W. H. and Sallie (GIDDINS) MOSS; educated Union City Training School, graduated from Jefferson Medical […]
City: Memphis TOWNER, Justin D., dentist; born Lynnville, Tenn., May 12, 1877; son Justin D. and Samantha (Bugg) TOWNER; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Webb’s School, Bell Buckle; Wall and Mooney, Franklin, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; graduate Vanderbilt University, D.D.S., April, 1898; married Mary Estelle WALL October 27, 1898; member Memphis Dental […]
City: Nashville LOVENTHAL, L. J., insurance agent; born Nashville, Tenn., November 28, 1975; son of L. J. and Mary (Sulzbacher) LOVENTHAL; father was insurance agent; educated Nashville (Tenn.) Public schools and Vanderbilt University; graduated from Nashville High School, June, 1892; entered the insurance business in early life; married Gertrude MOSES, […]
City: Nashville LOGAN, Mercer Patton, clergyman; born “Dungeness,” Goochland County, Va., October 16, 1857; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James W. and Sarah Ann (Strother) LOGAN; educated Roanoke College, Salem, Va., and Virginia Theological Seminary, graduating from latter in 1880; D.D. conferred by Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.; married Elizabeth […]
City: Nashville LINDSEY, Edw. Allen, bank officer; born Nashville, Tenn., August 27, 1871; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Alonzo and Etha Jane (Hagan) LINDSEY; educated in Nashville public schools; engaged in banking early in life; married Alice Miller HALL, October 27, 1896; member Watauga Club and Golf and Country Club, Nashville; […]
City: Nashville LOFTON, George Augustus, Baptist minister; born Panola County, Miss., December 25, 1839; Scotch, Irish, and French descent; son of James Blocker and Olivia Ann (Settle) LOFTON; graduated Mercer University, Penfield, Ga., April, 1872, A. M.; from Baylor University, Texas, 1880, D.D.; Nashville University, May, 1901, LL.D.; Carson & […]
City: Nashville LINDAUER, Ben, wholesale dry goods merchant; born Louisville, Ky., February 16, 1856; German and French descent; son of Ben and Julia (Gross) LINDAUER; father, merchant; educated in Cincinnati, O., and graduated about 1875; began his career as bookkeeper and credit man; married Tillie ROTHSCHILD, October 15, 1890; President […]
City: Memphis TOWNER, Richard Paul, merchant; born Memphis, Tenn., December 11, 1872; son H.N. and Ida B. (Dare) TOWNER; Scotch-English descent; educated Memphis Public Schools, Christian Brothers’ College; married Edna HELBIG June 17, 1906; member Masons, 32 degree; Knights Templar, Shriners, Elks, Royal Arcanum and Hoo Hoos; junior partner in […]
City: Nashville LEWINTHAL, Isadore, rabbi born in Germany, October 17, 1849; son of Rabbi Solomon LEWINTHAL; educated in Germany and graduated at Berlin; took special studies in divinity and became a Jewish rabbi, 1873; married Estelle BLOCK, August 6, 1879; was Rabbi of San Antonio, Tex., 1879-88, and has been […]
City: Nashville LEA, Luke, lawyer; born Nashville, Tenn., April 12, 1879; son of Overton and Ella (Cocke) LEA; father’s occupation, lawyer; educated University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., and Columbia Law School, Columbia University, New York; graduated University of the South, B.A. degree, 1899, and M.A. 1900; Columbia Law School, […]
City: Nashville LAWSON, Isaac Harry, Assistant Instructor and Fellow in Vanderbilt University; born Ossian, Ind.; son of Michael and Katherine (Darrah) LAWSON; father, is Presbyterian minister; paternal grandparents Isaac and Sarah (Medsker) LAWSON, maternal grandparents James A. and Mary A. (McCutcheon) DARRAH; Scotch-Irish descent; educated High School, Indianapolis, Wabash College, […]