City: Newbern HAMILTON, Marion Clay, merchant; born Dyer Co., Tenn., April 27,1855; English descent; son of James H. and Callie (Ellis) HAMILTON; father’s occupation, farmer and merchant; received common school education; married Mollie F. MOORE Dec. 22, 1878, Annie B. MURRAY May 1886; in early life was a farmer; entered […]
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City: Newbern HASKINS, Edward T., physician; born Newbern, Tenn., April 25, 1874; son of Aaron B. and Pattie (Tucker) HASKINS;paternal grandfather Edward T. HASKINS paternal grandmother Harriet Jane (Foster) HASKINS, material grandfather Richard W. TUCKER, maternal grandother Ella (Tucker) TUCKER; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Newbern, Tenn., University of Tenn. and Vanderbilt […]
City: Newbern McCORKLE, John Edwin, farmer, surveyor, and banker; born in Dyer Co., Tenn., May 17, 1839; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Edwin A. and Jane Maxwell (Thomas) McCORKLE; father’s occupation farming; paternal grandparents Robert and Margaret (Morrison) McCORKLE, maternal grandparents, William and Elizabeth (Purviance) THOMAS; graduated at Bluff Springs, Tenn., […]
City: Memphis WILLS, Wirt James, chairman water commission; born Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 1, 1863; English-French descent; son of Peter Branch and Anne Bott (Archer) WILLS; father’s occupation, merchant; paternal grandparents William and Ridley (Branch) WILLS, maternal grandparents Alexander and Mary (Hatcher) ARCHER; educated in the city schools of Memphis, Tenn.; […]
City: Memphis WINCHESTER, James Ridout, D.D.; born Annapolis, Md., March 15, 1852; descendant from the colonial governors of Maryland on maternal side; 9th son of Jacob and Mary (Ridout) WINCHESTER; educated in Virginia Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va.; graduated from Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Va., with B.A. and B.Ph. […]
City: Memphis TRIMBLE, Frank, real estate; born Hazel Green, Ky., in 1840; educated in the schools of Kentucky; in October, 1862, he went to Illinois, where he remained two years, then came to Memphis; began his career as a merchant, and in 1884 he sold out mercantile business and engaged […]
City: Memphis TRIMBLE, C. Howard, lawyer; born Princeton, Ill., Nov. 13, 1859; son of Uriah James and Jane (Cook) TRIMBLE; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Matthew and Lydia (Thatcher) TRIMBLE, maternal grandparents Caleb and Lucy (Clapp) COOK; graduated from Princeton (Ill.) High school, receiving classic diploma, in 1879; in early […]
City: Memphis TRIGG, William Winston, cotton seller; born Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 11, 1868; English descent; son of William Winston and Narcissa (Sexton) TRIGG; father’s occupation, planter; paternal grandparents John and Elizabeth (Bailey) TRIGG, maternal grandparents William and Mary (Watson) SEXTON; educated at Memphis, Tenn.; entered the cotton business in early […]