City: Pinhook Landing PEAK, Mellville Cox, merchant; born Pin Hook Landing, 1870; son of W.C. and Nancy (Matlock) PEAK; Irish descent; father, merchant and planter; paternal grandparents Jacob and Kesiah (Prigmore) PEAK, maternal grandparents William and Sallie (Dodson) MATLOCK; educated in Decatur High School; married Iva SHERMAN, April 10, 1901; […]
Daily Archives: February 7, 2014
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City: Pinhook Landing GUINN, Joel Franklin, preacher, farmer; born Decatur, Tenn., Oct. 19, 1842; English descent; son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Brooks) GUINN; his father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Bat and Susan (Huff) GUINN, maternal grandparents Leonard and Mary (Fuller) BROOKS; educated at Decatur and Oak Grove Academies; married […]
City: Pinhook Landing BOGGESS, Eliisha Sharp, farmer; born Ten Mile Stand, Meigs Co., Tenn., Jan. 9, 1856; son of Abijah F. and Levina C. (Sharp) BOGGESS; father was a farmer; received a limited education in the county schools; took business course, Atlanta, Ga., 1876; married Martha J. EWING, Dec. 30, […]
City: Piney Flats WOLFE, John Bunyan, furniture manufacturer; born near Piney Flats, Tenn., Oct 18, 1857; German descent; son of F.M. and Winifred (Shell) WOLFE; father, farmer; paternal grandparents John and Priscilla (Webb) WOLFE, maternal grandparents Andrew and Winifred (Boyd) SHELL; received education in the district schools; married Nora E. […]