City: Pleasant Hill WHEELER, Warner E., minister and teacher; born Westminister(sic), Mass., April 2, 1853; son of Merrill I. and Sarah (Gibbs) WHEELER; English descent; educated Racine High School and Oberlin (Ohio) College and Seminary, graduating from latter in 1890 with degree of B.D.; taught school in early life; married […]
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City: Mayland KEITH, Alfred Shook, lumberman; born Flat Creek, Tenn., March 7, 1883; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Anthony Meek and Mary (BROOKS) KEITH; father’s occupation, merchant; educated in Owenton College, Birmingham, Ala., and Castle Heights, Lebanon, Tenn.; entered the lumber business in early life; married Anabel WALLING, Nov. 19, 1908; […]
City: Mayland COOPER, William, merchant, real estate and lumber dealer; born Scranton, Pa., March 2, 1843; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of William and Margaret (MOAT) COOPER; educated in Belfast, Ireland; returned to American in 1853; enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, May, 1861, and served until surrender of Lee, […]
City: Harriman BROWN, Samuel C., lawyer; born Cumberland Co., Tenn., Uov. [sic] 1855; English-German descent; son of James Washington and Mahulda P. (Narramore) BROWN; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents James and Joanna (Hayes) BROWN; maternal grandparents Fielding M. and Martha (Taylor) NARRAMORE; graduated from Grant University, Athens, Tenn., with degree […]
City: Crossville SNODGRASS, Charles Edward, lawyer and jurist; born in White Co., Tenn., Dec. 28, 1866; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas and Eliza Jane (Evans) SNODGRASS; father’s occupation, physician and lawyer; paternal grandparents, David and Mary (Johnson) SNODGRASS, maternal grandparents Sevier and Nancy (Rotan) EVANS; received common school education; studied […]
City: Crossville LEWIS, Venable Lane, physician and surgeon; born near Sparta, Tenn., Sept. 30, 1877; English, Welsh, Irish descent; son of Tandy L. and Tennie (Kimbrough) LEWIS; paternal grandparents Thomas and Martha (-) LEWIS; maternal grandparents Robert and Martha (–) KIMBROUGH; educated in local schools of White Co., Tenn., Doyle […]
City: Crossville HAMBY, William A., attorney at law; born Morgan Co., Tenn., May 10, 1841; son of Andrew and Alma (Profit) HAMBY; father’s occupation, farmer; received common school education; married Nancy F. TOLLETT, Feb. 29, 1869; member Royal Arch Masons; Democrat; in early life was a school teacher; United States […]
City: Crossville GARRISON, Abraham Lincoln, farmer and real estate dealer; born Jewett, Tenn., Sept. 15, 1879; English descent; son of James S. and Blanche (Monday) GARRISON; father’s occupation, trader; graduated at Cumberland Normal College with degree of A. B. in 1898; began business career as a teacher; elected Co. Trustee […]
City: Crossville COOPER, James William, lawyer; born near Quebec, White Co., Tenn., April 19, 1878; Irish descent; son of William and Amanda (Sparksman) COOPER; paternal grandparents William and Margaret (Moat) COOPER, maternal grandparents Hardy and Mira (Coffee) SPARKSMAN; educated at Doyle College and graduated Law Department University of Tenn., L.L. […]
City: Crossville CLINE, George Washington, lawyer; born Chillicothe, Mo., June 20, 1861; son of Samuel and Mary E. (Morris) CLINE; father was a contractor and builder; educated University of Indiana and graduated from same with degree of B. A. in 1887; in early life was a school teacher; Democrat; represented […]
City: Crab Orchard CLINE, Josiah S., educator; born near South Bend, Ind., Oct. 15, 1854; German-Irish descent; son of Samuel and Mary E. (Morris) CLINE; father was a mechanic, miller and merchant; educated in common schools of Indiana and at Valparaiso, where he graduated with degrees of B. S., B. […]