City: Nashville McGILL, John Thomas, teacher; born Monroe County, Tenn., October 13, 1851; son of Robert and Elizabeth (Hogg) McGILL; father was a farmer; maternal grandparents Samuel and Mary Polly (Talbot) HOGG; educated Looney’s High School, Gilmer, Tex., and Fayetteville, Ark.; graduated Vanderbilt University, B.S. 1879, Ph.D. 1881, Ph.G. 1882; […]
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City: Nashville McFARLAND, W. L., public accountant; born Dancyville, Tenn., July 21, 1856; French-Scotch descent; son of George P. and Mary (Alexander) McFARLAND; father, physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents Lewis and Annie (Jimison) McFARLAND, maternal grandparents William R. and Elizabeth (Jarman) ALEXANDER; graduated Cumberland University, B.S., M.A., F.I.A. and C. […]
City: Nashville McCLURE, James, teacher; born Union City, Tenn., December 24, 1871; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Samuel Houston and Mary (Nolen) McCLURE; father was a farmer; paternal grandfather Henry McCLURE, maternal grandmother was a Miss Peay prior to her marriage, maternal grandparents John and Mary (Newsome) NOLEN; educated Union City […]
City: Nashville McCARN, Jefferson, lawyer; born Marshall, Ark., August 7, 1861; son Cornelius Alexander and Dulcenia Linton (Thomas) McCARN; Scotch-Welsh descent; educated on a ranch in West, Tex., at public school at Brownwood, Tex., and graduated from Vanderbilt June, 1894, LL.B.; married Mary D. ALLISON October 9, 1895; member D.K.E. […]
City: Nashville McALISTER, William King, lawyer; born Nashville, Tenn., July 4, 1850; son of W. K. and Frances R. (Anderson) McALISTER; father, merchant; paternal grandparents John and Frances A. (Thompson) McALISTER, maternal grandparents Andley and Elizabeth (Rhea) ANDERSON; educated at Bethany (W. Va.) College, and graduated from same B.A. June, […]
City: Nashville Lurton, Horace Harmon, jurist; born Newport, Ky., 1844; son of Lycurgus L. and Sarah (Harmon) LURTON; graduated Cumberland University L.B. 1867, University of the South D.C.L. 1899; admitted to the bar in 1867; married Frances OWEN, September 1, 1867; Chancellor Sixth Division of Tennessee 1875-78, Justice of Supreme […]
City: Nashville LUCK, John Jennings, instructor; born Roanoke, Va., December 24, 1883; Scotch, Irish, English and German descent; son of George S. and Maria Louise (Moorman) LUCK; father, physician; paternal grandparents George P. and Nancye (Buford) LUCK, maternal grandparents Robert Bruce and Annie M. (Libbey) MORMAN; educated Alleghany Institute, Roanoke, […]
City: Nashville THOMPSON, J. W., lawyer; born Wilson County, Tenn., November 14, 1864; son W. D. and Permelia (Murray) THOMPSON; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Masonic Normal School, Alexandria, Tenn.; married Leora DENTON April 20, 1909; member I. O. O. F., K. of P., several insurance orders; now Grand Treasurer of I. […]
City: Memphis TOWNER, Justin D., dentist; born Lynnville, Tenn., May 12, 1877; son Justin D. and Samantha (Bugg) TOWNER; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Webb’s School, Bell Buckle; Wall and Mooney, Franklin, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; graduate Vanderbilt University, D.D.S., April, 1898; married Mary Estelle WALL October 27, 1898; member Memphis Dental […]
City: Nashville LOVENTHAL, L. J., insurance agent; born Nashville, Tenn., November 28, 1975; son of L. J. and Mary (Sulzbacher) LOVENTHAL; father was insurance agent; educated Nashville (Tenn.) Public schools and Vanderbilt University; graduated from Nashville High School, June, 1892; entered the insurance business in early life; married Gertrude MOSES, […]
City: Nashville LOGAN, Mercer Patton, clergyman; born “Dungeness,” Goochland County, Va., October 16, 1857; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James W. and Sarah Ann (Strother) LOGAN; educated Roanoke College, Salem, Va., and Virginia Theological Seminary, graduating from latter in 1880; D.D. conferred by Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.; married Elizabeth […]
City: Nashville LINDSEY, Edw. Allen, bank officer; born Nashville, Tenn., August 27, 1871; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Alonzo and Etha Jane (Hagan) LINDSEY; educated in Nashville public schools; engaged in banking early in life; married Alice Miller HALL, October 27, 1896; member Watauga Club and Golf and Country Club, Nashville; […]
City: Nashville LOFTON, George Augustus, Baptist minister; born Panola County, Miss., December 25, 1839; Scotch, Irish, and French descent; son of James Blocker and Olivia Ann (Settle) LOFTON; graduated Mercer University, Penfield, Ga., April, 1872, A. M.; from Baylor University, Texas, 1880, D.D.; Nashville University, May, 1901, LL.D.; Carson & […]
City: Nashville LINDAUER, Ben, wholesale dry goods merchant; born Louisville, Ky., February 16, 1856; German and French descent; son of Ben and Julia (Gross) LINDAUER; father, merchant; educated in Cincinnati, O., and graduated about 1875; began his career as bookkeeper and credit man; married Tillie ROTHSCHILD, October 15, 1890; President […]
City: Nashville LEWINTHAL, Isadore, rabbi born in Germany, October 17, 1849; son of Rabbi Solomon LEWINTHAL; educated in Germany and graduated at Berlin; took special studies in divinity and became a Jewish rabbi, 1873; married Estelle BLOCK, August 6, 1879; was Rabbi of San Antonio, Tex., 1879-88, and has been […]
City: Nashville LEA, Luke, lawyer; born Nashville, Tenn., April 12, 1879; son of Overton and Ella (Cocke) LEA; father’s occupation, lawyer; educated University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., and Columbia Law School, Columbia University, New York; graduated University of the South, B.A. degree, 1899, and M.A. 1900; Columbia Law School, […]
City: Nashville LAWSON, Isaac Harry, Assistant Instructor and Fellow in Vanderbilt University; born Ossian, Ind.; son of Michael and Katherine (Darrah) LAWSON; father, is Presbyterian minister; paternal grandparents Isaac and Sarah (Medsker) LAWSON, maternal grandparents James A. and Mary A. (McCutcheon) DARRAH; Scotch-Irish descent; educated High School, Indianapolis, Wabash College, […]
City: Nashville LAWRENCE, Charles H., lawyer; born Nashville, Tenn., January, 1866; English descent; son of John and Anna C. (Haub) LAWRENCE; educated in public schools of Nashville; graduated Vanderbilt University, B. A. and LL.B., 1884-1885; member Elks; Professor of Law of Persons, Criminal Law and Practice, Vanderbilt Law School. Source: […]
City: Nashville LATTIN, John Thomas, assistant postmaster; born Somerville, Tenn., March 12, 1851; English and German descent; son of John Thomas and Margaret H. (Zellner) LATTIN; father, postmaster and merchant; paternal grandparents Thomas A. and Lucy (Davison) LATTIN, maternal grandparents Arnold and Margaret (Holmes) ZELLNER; educated Somerville (Tenn.) Male Academy; […]
City: Nashville LANE, William, manager Wallan Buggy Company; born Cairo, Ill., March 2, 1832; son George P. and Edna (Rose) LANE; English descent; graduated University of Virginia 1856; married Marian SIMPSON September 4, 1865; member Odd Fellows, Masons, Country Club; member Baptist Church. Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical […]