City: Nashville LAWRENCE, Charles H., lawyer; born Nashville, Tenn., January, 1866; English descent; son of John and Anna C. (Haub) LAWRENCE; educated in public schools of Nashville; graduated Vanderbilt University, B. A. and LL.B., 1884-1885; member Elks; Professor of Law of Persons, Criminal Law and Practice, Vanderbilt Law School. Source: […]
Monthly Archives: January 2014
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City: Nashville LATTIN, John Thomas, assistant postmaster; born Somerville, Tenn., March 12, 1851; English and German descent; son of John Thomas and Margaret H. (Zellner) LATTIN; father, postmaster and merchant; paternal grandparents Thomas A. and Lucy (Davison) LATTIN, maternal grandparents Arnold and Margaret (Holmes) ZELLNER; educated Somerville (Tenn.) Male Academy; […]
City: Nashville LANE, William, manager Wallan Buggy Company; born Cairo, Ill., March 2, 1832; son George P. and Edna (Rose) LANE; English descent; graduated University of Virginia 1856; married Marian SIMPSON September 4, 1865; member Odd Fellows, Masons, Country Club; member Baptist Church. Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical […]
City: Nashville LANDRITH, Ira, clergyman and President Belmont College; born Milford, Ellis County, Tex., March 23, 1865; son Martin Luther and Mary M. (Groves) LANDRETH; Scotch-Irish descent; educated in public schools and Trinity University in Texas and Cumberland University; graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., 1888-89; degrees conferred, B.S., 1888; […]
City: Nashville LANDIS, JOHN T., banker and broker; born Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., August 4, 1866; Swiss-English descent; son of Absalom L. and Nancy (Carter) LANDIS; father, banker, farmer and manufacturer; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Lowe) LANDIS, maternal grandparents William and Keziah (Tannehill) CARTER; educated by private tutor; began […]
City: Nashville LANDIS, Abb Lowe, actuary and counselor; born Bedford County, Tenn., August 9, 1856; son of Absalom L. and Nancy (Carter) LANDIS; descended from the Landis family of North Carolina and the Carters of Virginia; graduated University of Nashville 1875, Vanderbilt University 1876, Lebanon Law School 1879; he engaged […]
City: Nashville LAMBUTH, Walter Russell, clergyman; born Shanghai, China, November 10, 1854; English and Scotch descent; son of James W. and Mary Isabella (McClellan) LAMBUTH; father, missionary to China and Japan; paternal grandparents John R. and Nancy (Kirkpatrick) LAMBUTH; maternal grandparents William G. and Sarah Ann (Cleveland) McCLELLAN; married Daisy […]
City: Nashville LAMAR, Andrew Jackson, clergyman; born Walton County, Ga., May 29, 1847; son of Andrew J. and Mary A. (Jackson) LAMAR; graduated from University of Georgia, LL.B. degree in 1872; married twice, first, Martha ELSWORTH; second Mary V. URQUHART, in 1897; private in Longstreets’ Corps, C. S. A., 1864-5; […]
City: Nashville LAMAR, Abner W., minister of the gospel; born Edgefield, S. C., March 30, 1847; Huguenot descent; son of Thomas G. and Mary (Whatley) LAMAR; father’s occupation, planter, slave owner, and soldier in Confederate service, Colonel of First Regiment South Carolina Volunteer infantry; paternal grandparents Thomas G. and Martha […]
City: Memphis TAYLOR, Emmet, cotton buyer; born Memphis, Tenn., November 28, 1877; son Col. W.R. and Sallie Shelby (Ford) TAYLOR; educated St. Alban’s School, Radford, Va.; graduated St. Alban’s School 1897; married Elizabeth SCOTT November 14, 1906; member St. John’s Methodist Church; partner in W.F. Taylor Son’s Company. Source: Who’s […]
City: Memphis TAYLOR, Arthur Robert, stationer; born (near) Holly Springs, Miss., November 8, 1851; son Dr. William V. and Mary C. (Jarratt) TAYLOR; English descent; paternal grandparents Dr. William V. and Fannie (Henderson) TAYLOR, maternal grandparents Rev. N.R. and Sarah (Jarratt) JARRATT; educated Memphis and Christian Brothers’ College, St. Louis, […]
City: Memphis TAYLOE, George Green, wholesale paper business; born St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 17, 1874; English descent; son of James Wynns and Eliza Bell (Green) TAYLOE; father’s occupation, merchant; educated at Miltonvale, Kansas, graduating from same; in early life he was clerk in a bank; married Nellie KREIDER, Jan. 20, […]