City: Nashville PILCHER, Stuart Caruthers, insurance; born Nashville, Tenn., May 15, 1879; son James Stuart and Margaret H. (Campbell) PILCHER; Scotch-Irish descent; educated in Nashville and New York; graduated Vanderbilt University (academic) 1896-1900, Columbia University (law), New York City, 1900-03, LL.B.; practiced law in Nashville four years; married Martha DOUGLASS […]
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City: Nashville PILCHER, James Stuart, attorney-at-law; born Eutaw, Ala.; son Dickson Green and Jane Hope (Carothers) PILCHER; English-Scotch descent; educated Houston, Miss.; graduated Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., Jan. 1869, L.B.; married Margaret Hamilton CAMPBELL; member of Vaiden (Miss.) Light Artillery 1861-65; member Presbyterian church; paternal grandfather, John PILCHER; paternal grandmother, […]
City: Nashville MOSES, Frank Armstrong, Special Examiner Tennessee Pension Board; born Knoxville, Tenn., June 19, 1845; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James C. and Susan W. (Parks) MOSES; paternal grandparents John F. and Mary (Pearson) MOSES, maternal grandparents William and Jane (Armstrong) PARK; educated University of Knoxville; engaged in hardware business […]
City: Nashville OVERALL, John W., farmer; U. S. Marshal; born Liberty, DeKalb County, Tenn., February 7 1855; son Wesley and Arena (White) OVERALL; paternal grandparents, Jacob and Sarah (Lawrence) OVERALL; maternal grandparents, James and Mary (English) WHITE; English-German descent; educated DeKalb Public Schools, Cumb. University; graduated Cumb. University 1877; A.B.; […]
City: Nashville NOEL, Oscar Fitzallen, capitalist; born Trigg County, Ky., April 11, 1821; son of Edwin and Jennie Miller (Patterson) NOEL; father was a farmer; educated at Blue Spring Creek and Hopkinsville, Ky.; in early life he was a farmer and merchant at Nashville, Tenn.; married three times; first Sarah […]
City: Nashville PILCHER, William Bowen Campbell, attorney at law; born Nashville, Tenn., December 5, 1880; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James Stewart and Margaret Hamilton (Campbell) PILCHER; educated Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., and Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; graduated from Vanderbilt University, A.B. degree, 1901; Harvard University, LL.B. degree 1904; began his […]
City: Nashville PENDLETON, Philip Yancy, Christian minister; born Bethany, W. Va., September 25, 1863; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Rev. W. K. and Catharine Huntington (King) PENDLETON; graduated from Bethany College, A.B. degree, 1884; practiced law for nine years in Pittsburg, Pa.; editor for twelve years, Cincinnati, O., having taken up […]
City: Nashville PARKS, Hamilton, lawyer; born Dyer County, Tenn., December 30, 1845; son Rev. Hamilton and Rebecca (Stewart) PARKS; Scotch-Irish-English descent; graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., A.B., 1868; A. M., 1876; LL.B., 1877; married first, November 14, 1869; second, October 7, 1878; member of Knights Templar, Masons; Trustee of […]
City: Nashville PAGE, (Mrs.) Elizabeth Fry, associate editor Taylor-Trotwood Magazine; born in Virginia; paternally, a lineal descendant of Sir Joshua FRY, and on her mother’s side, a descendant of Pocahontas and John ROLFE, through the BOLLINGS and FLEMINGS of Va.; her father was the late Col. George Thomson FRY, who […]
City: Nashville PADGETT, Hazel, physician; born Columbia, Tenn., July 4, 1867; son John B. and Rebecca O. (Phillips) PADGETT; English descent; educated Webb School, and the University of Penn.; graduated University of Pennsylvania 1892; M.D.; married Maude Effie WILLIAMSON November 27, 1900; member Modern Woodmen of America, Odd Fellows, K. […]
City: Nashville OVERTON, Jesse Maxwell, born Pulaski, Tenn., July 25, 1863; English descent; son of John and Harriet Virginia (Maxwell) OVERTON; father, farmer and planter; paternal grandparents Judge John and Mary McConnell (White) OVERTON, maternal grandparents Jesse and Martha Ravenscroft (Claiborne) MAXWELL; attended district schools and Vanderbilt University; graduated from […]
City: Nashville NEWMAN, Willie Betty, artist, portrait painter; born Murfreesboro, Tenn.; French, Scotch and German descent; daughter of Col. W.F.M. and Sophie (Rucker) BETTY; father, lawyer; paternal grandparents William Randolph and Mary (Holland) BETTY; maternal grandparents Benjamin R. and Elizabeth (Wharton) RUCKER; educated Lebanon, Murfreesboro, Cincinnati and Paris, France; graduated […]
City: Nashville NEWMAN, James Bryan, lawyer; born Grove Hill, Clark County, Ala., December 19, 1870; son James A. and Annie Elizabeth (Boroughs) NEWMAN; English descent; educated Grove Hill Academy, Newtown Academy and University of Alabama, 1889, LL.B.; married Lilah MCDANIEL of Livingston, Ala., November 19, 1901; Past Chancellor of Highland […]
City: Nashville NEIL, A. B., lawyer; Judge of the Criminal Court of Davidson County, Tennessee; Democrat; residence, Nashville, Tenn. Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
City: Nashville PENDLETON, Isaac Louis, attorney-at-law; born Smith County, Tenn., December 24, 1866; son James B. and Samantha (Moores) PENDLETON; English-Scotch-Irish descent; educated Alexandria Masonic Normal School and Cumberland University, Lebanon; graduated Alexandria 1889, Lebanon Law School 1893, B. S. and LL.B.; married Nettie DONNELL December 22, 1891; member K. […]
City: Oak Hill GILLILAND, Frank, farmer and general merchant; born Oak Hill, Tenn., Dec. 13, 1843; Irish descent; son of James and Lillie (DAVIS) GILLILAND; father was a farmer and merchant; educated at Oak Hill, Tenn.; reared on farm and followed Forrest and Wheeler through the civil war, serving in […]
City: Nashville YOUNG, Bertrand Edward, teacher; born Louisville, Ky., January 2, 1875; English and Scotch descent; son of Cyrus H. and Kate Dunlap YOUNG; father’s occupation banker and broker; paternal grandfather Daniel YOUNG, maternal grandparents Carson P. and Elizabeth (Dunlap) STROUSE; educated Louisville Training School (Kentucky), Vanderbilt University, University of […]
City: Nashville WRENNE, Thomas William, lawyer and banker; born Rockbridge County, Va., December 1, 1851; Irish descent; son of John and Margaret (Cunningham) WRENNE; educated in Nashville, Tenn.; graduated from Nashville (Tenn.) High School, in 1870; early business occupation lawyer; married Clara Virginia HEBENSTREIT, October 7, 1875; member of Watauga […]
City: Nashville WRENNE, Michael J. C., superintendent transportation, N., C. & St. L. Ry.; born Limerick, Ireland, August 4, 1847; son of John and Margaret (Roche) WRENNE; educated in public schools of Nashville; began his business career as clerk in railroad office; married Isabella Felicia MOFFAT, December 22, 1870; Superintendent […]
City: Nashville WOODCOCK, William M., bookkeeper; born Macon County, Tenn., September 4, 1842; English descent; son of Wiley and Harriet (Simmons) WOODCOCK; father was a physician; educated in the common schools of Macon County, Tennessee, and Monroe County, Kentucky; graduated Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., Law Department, in June, 1875; in […]