City: Monterey
CARAWAY, Robert Franklin, manufacturer of lumber; born Otway, Ohio, July 10, 1861; Scotch-Irish descent; son of T. L. H. and Ruth A. (Ralstin) CARAWAY; father’s occupation, farmer, lumberman; paternal grandparents Henry and Delilah (Jones) CARAWAY, maternal grandparents Robert and Mary (Elliott) RALSTIN; educated in the common schools of Ohio; in early life he was a farmer and salesman; married Nannie Bell ELMORE, Oct. 19, 1882; member Monterey Lodge No 192, K. P., F. & A. M. No. 626, O. E. S. No. 53, and Scottish Rite 32d degree Trinity Consistory No. 2; Independent Democrat; former Mayor, member of City Council, Tax Assessor and Clerk of Monterey, Tenn.; member of the Board of Alderman; engaged in farming and timber business, 1882-1893, mercantile and lumber business, 1894-1898; assisted in the organization of the Portsmouth (Ohio) Rim & Spoke Co., was Vice Pres. and buyer of said company until 1904, when he moved to Tenn. and organized Standing Stone Manufacturing Co. in 1906, and is stockholder in same, also in Mid-Continent Life Insurance Co., and owner of a farm; member of Methodist church.
