City: Nashville DOUGLAS, Lee, attorney at law; born Nashville, Tenn., May 23, 1885; Scotch-English decent; son of Byrd and Adelaide W. (Gaines) DOUGLAS; father, grain and commission merchant; paternal grandparents Byrd and Martha (Bright) DOUGLAS, maternal grandparents Francis A. and Adelaide (Wharton) GAINES; educated Nashville Grammar and High School, Wallace […]
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City: Nashville DONNELL, Ridley Edward, banker; born Gallatin, Tenn., I 1873; son of Robert E. and Mattie E. (Drane) DONNELL; father, dry goods merchant; paternal grandparents … P. E. and Mary (Martin) DRANE; Scottish Rite Mason; member of Hermitage Club, Nashville Golf and Country Club; Democrat; member of Methodist Church; engaged […]
City: Nashville DICKINSON, Jacob McGavock, Secretary of War; born Columbus, Miss., January 30, 1851; son of Henry and Anna (McGavock) DICKINSON; paternal grandparents William R. and Mary (Johnson) DICKINSON, maternal grandparents Jacob and Louisa (Grundy) MCGAVOCK; graduated University of Nashville, A. B., 1871; A.M., 1872; studied law at Columbia University, […]
City: Nashville DIBRELL, Frank, Comptroller of Treasury, State of Tennessee; born Sparta, Tenn., August 6, 1858; son George Gibbs and Mary E. (Leftwich) DIBRELL; French descent; educated Public Schools White County, Emery & Henry College, Va., and Vanderbilt University; married Mary Lou RHEA March 25, 1879; member Knights Templar, Elks […]
City: Nashville HARRIS, Albert Mason, Professor Vanderbilt University; born Old Mystic, Conn., January 13, 1868; English descent; son of William C. and Elizabeth (Comer) HARRIS; father, building contractor; paternal grandparents George W. and Hannah Vincent (Hinckley) HARRIS, maternal grandparents John and Elizabeth (Parkhurst) COMER; educated Old Mystic schools, Emerson College […]
City: Nashville HAMBLEN, Annie Wray, teacher; born Neely’s Bend, Tenn., October 30, 1883; English, Scotch and Irish descent; daughter of J. K. P. and Mattie (Wray) HAMBLEN; father, farmer; paternal grandparents, William Henry and Varina (Fowlkes) HAMBLEN; maternal grandparents James M. and Mary Agnes (Bagwell) WRAY; received education at Neely’s […]
City: Nashville HALE, William Thomas, journalist and author; born Liberty, Tenn., February 1, 1857; son of C. W. L. and Laura Malissa (Overall) HALE; educated at Liberty, Tenn.; began his career as an attorney at law; married Lula LEWIS, April 6, 1876; Democrat; engaged in the practice of law at […]
City: Nashville GREEN, Grafton, lawyer; born Lebanon, Tenn., August 25, 1872; son Nathan and Bettie (McClain) GREEN; English-Scotch-Irish descent; graduated Cumberland University, A. B., 1891; LL.B., 1893; married Pauline DINGES, December 10, 1898; admitted to bar 1893; elected Judge of Supreme Court of Tennessee, August 4, 1910.
City: Nashville GOODPASTURE, Albert Virgil, book dealer; born Livingston, Tenn., November 19, 1865; son of Jefferson Dillard and _________ GOODPASTURE; father; lawyer; paternal grandparents John and Marjorie (Bryan) GOODPASTURE, maternal grandparents Jacob and Jane C. (Marchbanks) DILLON; educated University of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University; graduated University of Tennessee, B.S., 1875; […]
City: Nashville DEZEVALLOS, Charles Hector, sales manager and buyer Phillips-Buttorff Manufacturing Company; born New York City, May 2, 1868; Spanish, French, Irish and English descent; son of Edouard Phillips and Mary (Hagen) DEZAVALLOS; his father was a planter on the island of Gaudeloupe /sic/; paternal grandparents Joseph Dominique and Annie […]
City: Nashville DEWITT, John H., attorney at law; born in Summer /sic/ Co., Tenn., September 21, 1872; son Rev. Marcus B. and Mary Hibbett DEWITT; Holland Dutch and Scotch-Irish descent; paternal grandfather, Dr. W. J. DEWITT; paternal grandmother, Mary (Beardin) DEWITT; maternal grandfather, John J. HIBBETT; maternal grandmother, Nancy (Parker) HIBBETT; […]
City: Nashville DENNY, Collins, Bishop M. E. Church, South; born Winchester, Va., May 28, 1854; son of William R. and Margaret A. (Collins) DENNY; English descent; father, merchant and manufacturer; paternal grandparents William and Margaret (Hotsenpiller) DENNY, maternal grandparents Joseph S. and Rebecca (Brown) COLLINS; educated Shenandoah Valley Academy, Winchester, […]
City: Nashville DAVIES, Olney David, Vice-President O. K. Houck Piano Company; born Ludington, Mich., February 2, 1871; son David and Ruth E. (Pierce) DAVIES; Welsh descent; educated Public Schools of Tullahoma, Tenn.; married Florence THOMPSON May 2, 1894; member (32d degree) Masons, K. of P., Elks, T. P. A., Watauga […]
City: Nashville DANLEY, William L., General Passenger Agent N., C. & St. L. railway; born Carthage, Tenn.; son of Rowland and Darthula C. (McDonald) DANLEY; paternal grandfather Edward Hardaway DANLEY, maternal grandparents Colonel Henry Brown and Mary (Crowder) MCDONALD; Scotch-Irish descent; educated in private schools of Carthage, Granville and Nashville, […]
City: Nashville BLAKE, Vachel Weldon, teacher; born Cuero, Tex., April 27, 1881; English descent; son of Daniel Bigelow and Mary (Weldon) BLAKE; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents Joshua and Frances Jemima (Bigelow) BLAKE, maternal grandparents Vachel and Sophia (Dodge) WELDON; primary and preparatory education at Cuero, Tex., public and private […]
City: Nashville BINNS, John E., doctor, tax assessor, Davidson County, Tennessee; born Davidson County, June 20, 1839; French-English decent; son of William A. and Mary Guinn (Garrett) BINNS; father was physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents Charles and ____ (Alexander) BINNS; maternal grandparents Thomas and Winifred (Ridley) GARRETT; educated in Davidson […]
City: Nashville BILLINGTON, R. Wallace, physician; born Franklin, Tenn., December 7, 1880; English-Scotch descent; son of William K. and Martha Sue (Elliott) BILLINGTON; father, planter and stock breeder; paternal grandparents Reuben and Matilda (Wallace) BILLINGTON, maternal grandparents John J. and Mary (McCord) ELLIOTT; educated public schools and Battle Ground Academy, […]
City: Nashville BERRY, Coburn Dewess, lawyer; born Nashville, Tenn.; son of William T. and Mary (Tannehill) BERRY; his father was a book dealer; Scotch, Irish and English descent; paternal grandparents Humphrey B. and Elizabeth (Tyler) BERRY, maternal grandparents Willins and Eliza (Dewess) TANNEHILL; educated in common schools of Davidson County […]
City: Nashville BERRY, Albert Gleaves, Rear Admiral United States Navy; born Nashville, Tenn., September 16, 1848; son of William Tyler and Mary M. (Tannehill) BERRY; graduated from United States Naval Academy, 1869; married Lillian Reed MERRIMAN, September 28, 1881; member of Army and Navy, Washington, Rittenhouse, Philadelphia, Pa.; Ensign, 1871; […]
City: Nashville BAXTER, Perkins P., lawyer; born Nashville, Tenn., June 16, 1869; son Edmund and Eliza T. BAXTER; Scotch-Irish-Huguenot descent; educated private schools and Vanderbilt University; graduate Vanderbilt University 1890; LL. D.; married Leonora RICHARDSON June 29, 1898; he began practice of law in firm of Baxter & Hutchison June […]