City: Tracy City
THOROGOOD, George M., secretary and treasurer Tennessee Consolidated Coal Co. and Nunley Ridge Coal Co.; born Cowan, Tenn., July 2, 1879; son of William and Bettie (Hawkins) THOROGOOD; father’s occupation, bridge and stone contactor; paternal grandfather Moses THOROGOOD, maternal grandparents John and Mariah (Buckner) HAWKINS; graduated from A. & M. College, Starksville, Miss., 1900; began career as a farmer at Eldridge, Ala.; married Ethel FINNEY, Jan. 14, 1904; member Masons, I. O. O. F., K. of P. and Improved Order of Red Men; served four years under military service in A. & M. College; in addition to his present business named above he is director of First National Bank, Tracy City, Tenn., member Hunt Produce Co., Nashville, and Dixie Tel. Co., and manager Jellico Coal & Coke Co., Wofford, Ky.; member of Presbyterian church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
