Among the well-known and substantial business men of Troy, Obion County, Benjamin H. Settle occupies a prominent position as a dealer in dressed lumber and building materials of all kinds. He was born in North Carolina, August 11, 1849, and is a son of Benjamin and Sarah (Campbell) Settle, both […]
Daily Archives: June 16, 2014
BRICE P. MOFFATT. It seems to be a well-established fact, and one which has frequently been commented upon in the columns of the popular press, that during the last few years the young men of the country are annually coming to occupy positions of greater prominence and responsibility in the […]
Notwithstanding the fact that great fortunes are sometimes made in speculation and by manipulation of the markets, it is undeniable that there is no line of honest effort which offers greater or more certain returns than intelligent and painstaking cultivation of the soil. In recent years, by scientific methods and […]
City: Tiptonville DAVIS, Powhattan, banker; born Union Co., Tenn., Jan. 22, 1847; English descent; son of James and Rebecca (Dalton) DAVIS; father, farmer, lawyer and slave owner; educated in private schools of Obion Co., Tenn.; married Sarah EAGAN, Jan. 2, 1878; independent Democrat; served as Clerk and Master of Chancery […]
Rev. Ivan L. Cox was born in Wise County, Virginia, April 22, 1878. He was married to Miss Nora Almeda Elliott, November 13, 1903. They were the parents of seven children, six of whom are still living, three sons and three daughters. Brother Cox grew up in the Christian faith […]
Charles Gideon Hounshell, son of Peter W. Hounshell and Rhoda Tarter Hounshell, was born on the Hounshell farm near Rural Retreat Wythe County, Virginia, on January 12, 1874. At the Rural Retreat school Mr. Hounshell began his educational career, continued through Emory and Henry College, finishing at Vanderbilt University, and […]
Reverend Francis Preston Sanders, son of Abraham and Mary Cox Sanders, was born in Campbell County, Tennessee, on April 24th, 1874. He was married to Miss Sallie Mae Parrott on January 14th, 1897. To this union was born nine children, namely, Charles H., Knoxville, Tennessee; Mrs. Earl Reed, Maryville, Tennessee; […]
John Worth Browning was born in Statesville, N.C., on Jan. 24, 1857. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.C. Huddleston, in Cleveland, Tenn. Nov., 21, 1939 at the age of 82 years 10 months. He was buried at Maryville, Tenn. He received his college training at Rutherford […]
The Reverend James M. Osborne, a native of North Carolina, was born October 18, 1852, and died in Graysville, Tenn., November 16, 1939. On august 4, 1875, he married Martha E. Brown, who survives him to mourn his passing. To this union were born two children, a son who died […]
On Sunday afternoon, October 15, 1939 the beautiful spirit of our beloved friend, and the wife of our faithful pastor, Rev. W. L. HART, slipped away to be with Jesus. Mrs. Hart was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 17, 1892, and was the daughter of the late R. L. […]
Minnie McGhee PAXTON was born at Wise, Va., Nov. 5, 1872. Her father, Rev. Frank P. McGHEE, was a Methodist preacher from whom she inherited a love for her church. She was married to Rev. John Moore PAXTON, at Morristown, Tenn., by Dr. R. N. Rice, Oct. 5, 1892, and, […]