City: Johnson City MILLER, Walter James, physician; born at Blountville, Tenn., June 5, 1855; son of Elbert Sevier and Maria S. (James) MILLER; father’s occupation physician; paternal grandparents Peter and Sarah (Hunt) MILLER; maternal grandparents Walter and Sarah (Vincent) JAMES; educated Shelbyville High School, Bedford, Co., Tenn.; graduated from Vanderbilt […]
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City: Knoxville CLAXTON, Philander Priestley, born in Bedford Co., Tenn. Sept. 28, 1862; son of Joshua Calvin and Ann Elizabeth (Jones) CLAXTON; graduate of University of Tennessee, A.B. 1882, A.M. 1887, Litt. D. Bates College 1906; student in Johns Hopkins University 1884-85; student of education and schools of Germany 1885-1886; […]
City: Jackson WALKER, Josef Clay, teacher; born Wartrace, Tenn., May, 1880; Scotch-Irish-Spanish-German descent; son of William B. and Pattie (Lane) WALKER; father’s occupation, planter; educated Cumberland University and Heidleberg /sic/, Germany; graduated from Cumberland University June, 1904, with degrees A. B., A. M., and LL. B., 1907; in early life […]
City: Eagleville DUGGAN, Solon Snethen, physician; born Beech Grove, Coffee Co., Tenn., Nov. 19, 1848; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of Benjamin Frederick and Nancy (Elliott) DUGGAN; father was a physician and surgeon, who was appointed by Isham G. Harris as surgeon of the 55th Tenn. Regiment during the civil […]
City: Huntland SUTTON, B. White, physician; born in Bedford Co., Tenn., March 6, 1866; Scotch-Irish descent; son of C. F. and Anna (Whitworth) SUTTON; father’s occupation, farmer; educated at Bellbuckle, Tenn.; received degree M. D. University of Tenn. 1898; in early life was a farmer; married Flora PORTER Dec. 28, […]
City: Henderson McWILLIAMS, J.L., farmer; born in Bedford Co., Tenn., Feb. 16, 1832; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John and Mary Ann (Robinson) McWILLIAMS; father was a farmer; received common school education; has been a farmer all of his life; has also filled positions as bookkeeper and salesman; member of F. […]
City: Haley SHOFNER, Joseph T., farmer; born at Haley, Tenn., Feb. 3, 1863; German descent; son of Albert J. and Eran (Landis) SHOFNER; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Frederick and Julia (Coble) SHOFNER; maternal grandparents John and Polly (Loe) LANDIS; educated at National Normal University, Lebanon, O., and graduated from […]
City: Haley SNODDY, J.A., R.R. agt. and miller; born Haley, Tenn., April 20, 1877; son of J.W.M. and Almeda SNODDY; Dutch descent; father’s occupation, farmer; educated Haley, Tenn.; early business occupation, farmer and R.R. fireman; married Audrey E. HOLT Sept. 3, 1899; member I.O.O.F. and M.W. of A.; member Methodist […]
City: Haley TAYLOR, James Patton, physician; born Laurel, Md., Aug. 8, 1868; English and German descent; son of James Patton and Mary (George) TAYLOR; father’s occupation, writer and farmer; paternal grandparents Nat G. and Emma (Haynes) TAYLOR, maternal grandparents James and Mary (Worley) GEORGE; educated Milligan (Tenn.) College, graduated from […]
City: Franklin COX, Nicholas Nicols, ex-Congressman; born in Bedford Co., Tenn., Jan. 6, 1837; educated in the common schools of Sequin, Texas; graduated from Lebanon Law School, L.L.B., 1858; removed to Texas in boyhood and was reared at Sequin, Tex.; admitted to bar in 1858; in practice at Franklin, Tenn., […]
City: Franklin COWAN, George I., farmer and insurance agent; born Derry Co., Ireland, Oct. 15, 1842; son of Robert W. and Hannah (Limerick) COWAN; educated in the local schools of Shelbyville, Bedford Co., Tenn.; after leaving school enlisted in the Confederate army under Gen. N. B. FORREST, with rank of […]
City: Franklin CLAY, Thomas Eakin, educator, born in Shelbyville, Tenn., May 21, 1855; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Silas Webb and Ellen (Nevins) CLAY; received common school education Athens, Ala., and graduated in academic course from Edgefield Male Academy June 15, 1879; in early life engaged in farming, later became a […]
City: Flat Creek PEARSON, Charles, farmer; born Bedford Co., Tenn., April 5, 1880; Scotch descent; son of C. N. and Kate (Campbell) PEARSON; father was a farmer and lumberman; paternal grandparents Kin J. and Sidney (Watson) PEARSON, maternal grandparents Alfred and Sarah (Reaves) CAMPBELL; educated in the local schools of […]
City: Flat Creek ENOCHS, Maze Alexander LaFayette, physician and surgeon; born in Moore Co., Tenn., Dec. 19, 1843; Scotch-Irish descent; entered Confederate army when seventeen years of age in 1st Tenn. Regiment (Peter TURNEY’s), wounded at Gaines Mill, wounded again in PICKETT’s charge, Gettysburg, captured and carried to David’s Island, […]
City: Fayetteville TILLMAN, James D., lawyer, farmer; born in Bedford Co., Tenn., Nov. 25, 1841; son of Lewis and Mary C. (Davidson) TILLMAN; educated University of Nashville 1860; attended law school at the Cumberland University before the war; entered C. S. A., as a Lieutenant in a company from Shelbyville, […]
City: Fayetteville COWAN, William Guy, hardware merchant; born Shelbyville, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1872; son of Oliver and Sallie (Bryson) COWAN; father’s occupation, hardware merchant, retired; educated at Dickson Academy, Shelbyville, Tenn.; married Myra MCGUIRE Nov. 20, 1901; member Knights of Pythias; Democrat; formerly served in State Militia for two years; […]
City: Fayetteville BLAIR, Edward K. physician and surgeon; born Lincoln Co., Tenn., March 24, 1867; Scotch-Irish descent; son of J. W. and Sarah J. (Moore) BLAIR; father’s occupation, farmer; received academic education Winchester Normal, Winchester, Tenn., and graduated in medicine at Vanderbilt University, March, 1893; was reared on a farm […]
City: Fairfield WALKER, William Baker, Jr., merchant; born Fairfield, Tenn., Aug. 5, 1861; son of W. B. and Patsy (Land) WALKER; father was a farmer; educated in the Public School at Fairfield Academy and took business course at Winchester Normal; worked on farm and clerked in a country store in […]
City: Cornersville GAMBILL, John Buchanan, mayor, notary public; born Bedford Co., Shelbyville, Tenn., Nov. 24, 1856; son of Bradley and Sarah C (Anderson) GAMBILL; Irish descent; educated common schools of Bedford Co. Tenn.; married Mattie J. DAMRON Dec. 29, 1895; organized Farmers Bank of Cornersville 1904-07; member real estate firm […]
City: Columbia COLLINS, Edward E., physician; born in Bedford Co., Tenn., Oct. 24, 1860; Irish and English descent; (Direct descendant of David Williams of the Revolution); son of W. Jefferson and Ida (Williams) COLLINS; father’s occupation merchant; paternal grandparents William and Hester (Perry) COLLINS; maternal grandparents David and Sarah (Harris) […]