City: Memphis
CALKINS, Sidney Pratt, wholesale broker; born Owego, Tioga Co., N.Y., Jan. 14, 1852; Scotch descent; son of Sidney and Martha (Pratt) CALKINS; father’s occupation timberman, owner of extensive saw mills and wholesale lumberman; paternal grandfather, Judge Seth CALKINS, maternal grandfather, Abija PRATT; educated in public schools and Owego (N.Y.) Academy; interested in wholesale grocery business for more than 25 years; married Henrietta Virginia HILTON, Jan. 9, 1872; member of DeSoto Lodge No. 299 A.R. & A.M., Memphis chapter No. 95 Memphis Com. No. 4 Knights Templar, U.C.T. and Business Men’s Club; Republican; member of Second Presbyterian church, Memphis, Tenn.
