City: Nashville WRENNE, Michael J. C., superintendent transportation, N., C. & St. L. Ry.; born Limerick, Ireland, August 4, 1847; son of John and Margaret (Roche) WRENNE; educated in public schools of Nashville; began his business career as clerk in railroad office; married Isabella Felicia MOFFAT, December 22, 1870; Superintendent […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
City: Nashville WOODCOCK, William M., bookkeeper; born Macon County, Tenn., September 4, 1842; English descent; son of Wiley and Harriet (Simmons) WOODCOCK; father was a physician; educated in the common schools of Macon County, Tennessee, and Monroe County, Kentucky; graduated Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., Law Department, in June, 1875; in […]
City: Nashville WITHERSPOON, John Alexander, physician; born Columbia, Tenn., September 13, 1864; Scotch descent; son of John M. and Mary T. (Hanks) WITHERSPOON; father was lawyer and farmer; graduated 1887 from Medical Department of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.; married Cornelia DIXON, November 8, 1888; is a Mason, Knight Templar, […]
City: Nashville WINDIATE, Thomas DeLong, clergyman, Archdeacon of Nashville; born Manitowoc, Wis., May 3, 1875; American and English descent; son of Thomas and Cornelia E. (Wallis) WINDIATE; father, retired capitalist; educated University of the South, Sewanee, and General Theological Seminary, N. Y.; graduated from former, G.D., July, 1900; began his […]
City: Nashville WILLS, Andrew Woods, lawyer, postmaster; born near Philadelphia, Pa., April 30, 1841; son of William and Elizabeth (Marple) WILLS; father’s occupation, manufacturer and farmer; paternal grandfather Michael WILLS; graduated Norristown, Pa., in 1860; entered the practice of law in early life; President and General Manager Sheffield Coal, Iron […]
City: Nashville WILLIAMS, John Phillip, manufacturer; President Bon Air Coal Company; born Montgomery County, Tenn., February 22, 1848; son J. P. and Mildred (Hopson) WILLIAMS; paternal grandfather, Henry WILLIAMS; paternal grandmother, Mary WILSON; maternal grandfather, George Boyd HOPSON; maternal grandmother, Eliza READ; English descent; educated Miama /sic/ University, Oxford Ohio; […]
City: Nashville WIKLE, Douglas, lawyer; Public Official; born Cartersville, Ga., July, 1861; Scotch-Irish-German and English descent; son of Judge Jesse R. and Mary (Hooper) WIKLE; paternal grandparents Henry and Annie (Bandy) WIKLE, maternal grandfather Matthew HOOPER, maternal grandmother was a Miss LANE prior to her marriage; educated Cartersville, Ga., branch […]
City: Nashville WEST, Joseph Ready, attorney-at-law; born Hadensville, Todd County, Ky., January 16, 1858; son of Joseph Burrus and Mary Rebecca (Jarrad) WEST; English descent; educated Nashville and Clarksville, Tenn.; graduated S. P. University, Clarksville, June, 1877, B.A.; Vanderbilt University, June, 1880, B.L.; he taught school and practiced law in […]
City: Nashville WEBER, Henry Carlton, teacher; born Nashville, Tenn., November 7, 1860; German and French-English descent; son of Henry and Margaret (Walker) WEBER; father was teacher in Germany and Tennessee; paternal grandfather Christian WEBER, maternal grandparents Carleton and Caroline (Malette) WALKER; educated University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.; began teaching […]
City: Pinhook Landing HORNSBY, Samuel J., farmer; born Roane Co., Tenn., Dec. 9, 1854; English descent; son of B.M. and Mahala (Brady) HORNSBY; father was farmer and Trustee of Roane Co. for two terms; paternal grandparents William and Rachael (Longacre) HORNSBY; maternal grandparents Farl and Elizabeth (Smith) BRADY; received education […]
City: Pinhook Landing HARDIN, Martin Luther, farmer; born Ten Mile Stand, Tenn., Oct. 17, 1861; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John H. and Elizabeth (Patterson) HARDIN; father farmer; paternal grandparents John P. and Naomi (Gash) HARDIN, maternal grandparents James and Mary (Witten) PATTERSON; educated at Hiwassee College; married Sallie J. BROWN, […]
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; […]
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. […]
City: Piney Flats SANDERS, John Henry, carpenter and farmer; born Piney Flats, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1846; English-German descent; son of William and Sarah J. (Yoakley) SANDERS; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents John and Barbara (Hodges) SANDERS; maternal grandparents Henry and Anne (Barnett) YOAKLEY; received a common school education; married […]
City: Normandy HUFFMAN, T. L., farmer; born Normandy, Tenn., German descent; son of G. C. and Eliza J. (PHILLIPS) HUFFMAN; father farmer; educated Winchester, Tenn., and Lexington, Ky., and graduated 1886 and 1890; began farming in early life; married Emma JARRELL, 1900; member F. & A. M.; member Presbyterian church, […]
City: Normandy HUFFMAN, Ephream Sharp, live stock breeder and dairy farmer; born Bedford Co., Tenn. Nov. 21, 1867; Dutch descent; son of John Peter and Margaret Jane (ANTHONY) HUFFMAN; father’s occupation farming; paternal grandparents John and Polly (CORTNER) HUFFMAN; maternal grandparents Adam and Sallie (SHARP) ANTHONY; educated public schools and […]
City: Nashville WEAVER, Rufus Washington, clergyman; born Greensboro, S. C., June 3, 1870; Scotch-Irish-English descent; son of Preston D. and Elizabeth (Forbis) WEAVER; father, merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents Rev. Amos and Emily (Tomlinson) WEAVER, maternal grandparents David and Elizabeth (Woodburn) FORBIS; attended Greensboro (N. C.) High School, Johns Hopkins […]
City: Nashville WATTS, James Lovell, lawyer; born Robertson County, Tenn., May 20, 1845; son James and Elizabeth Jackson (Miles) WATTS; English descent; educated “Old Field” School, Robertson County, Tenn.; elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction Robertson County, Tenn., April, 1873; re-elected April, 1875; resigned April, 1876, and removed to Nashville […]