City: Sewanee NAUTS, William Boone, educator; born Louisville, Ky., Feb. 5, 1860; Dutch and English descent; son of John Carr and Virginia (Boone) NAUTS; father’s occupation, iron founder; paternal grandparents Francois Antione and Ann (Carr) NAUTS, maternal grandparents William and Julia Ann (Settle) BOONE; educated in the public schools of […]
Daily Archives: January 18, 2015
City: Paris MATTHEWSON, John Porter, practicing physician; born Wadesboro, Ky., Sept. 22, 1840; Scotch descent; son of Daniel and Lucy C. (Scruggs) MATTHEWSON; father merchant; paternal grandparents John and Katherine (McLeod) MATTHEWSON; maternal grandparents Chesley and Celia (Glover) SCRUGGS; educated Murray (Ky) Seminary, graduated from University of Nashville, M. D., […]
City: Paris NANTS, Rupert A., wholesale produce merchant; born Henry Co., Tenn., Sept. 3, 1873; French-English descent; son of Jas. T. and Mary E. NANTS; his father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Peter and Martha (Wilson) NANTS, maternal grandparents, Thomas and Bettie (Futrell) POYNER; received education in the country schools; […]
City: Paris OLIVER, Augustus A., physician; born McKenzie, Tenn., Jan. 27, 1884; English-Scotch-Irish descent; son of Dr. J. M. and Elizabeth (Haynes) OLIVER; paternal gradparents /sic/ James L. and Martha Ann (Southall) OLIVER; maternal grandparents John and Elizabeth (Dillahunty) HAYNES; educated at schools of Paris and Nashville, Tenn.; after three […]
City: Paris LOVE, Charles Albert, dentist; born Conyersville, Henry Co., Tenn., July 18, 1886; son of Joseph B. and Mary (Calhoun) LOVE; paternal grandparents Albert and Myra (Jordan) LOVE; maternal grandparents James and Julia (Bradley) CALHOUN; father, farmer; educated in country schools; graduated from University of Tenn., Nashvile /sic/, 1894, […]
City: Paris LEWIS, J. W., attorney-at-law; born Henry Co., Tenn., 1850; Scotch-Irish-English descent; son of C. S. and Patience J. (Hunt) LEWIS; his father was a farmer; was educated in the Paris high school; graduated from Lebanon Law School in 1876; he began life as a farmer; married Anna PRITCHETT […]
City: Nashville SCHOTT, Ernest John, druggist; born Nashville, Tenn., March 10, 1876; German descent; son of Chas. and Emily Ann (Sharp) SCHOTT; father, manufacturer; graduated Vanderbilt University as Pharmaceutical Chemist 1894; engaged in drug business early in life, and is at present proprietor and owner of five drug stores; married […]
City: Nashville RUTHERFORD, Charles H., lawyer; born Sumner County, Tenn., February 16, 1872; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James W. and Amanda (Edwards) RUTHERFORD; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Benjamin and Nancy (Pearce) RUTERFORD; maternal grandparents Drew and Catharine (Dorris) EDWARDS; educated in public schools of Sumner County, Tenn.; was a farmer […]