City: Nashville LANDRITH, Ira, clergyman and President Belmont College; born Milford, Ellis County, Tex., March 23, 1865; son Martin Luther and Mary M. (Groves) LANDRETH; Scotch-Irish descent; educated in public schools and Trinity University in Texas and Cumberland University; graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., 1888-89; degrees conferred, B.S., 1888; […]
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City: Nashville LANDIS, JOHN T., banker and broker; born Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., August 4, 1866; Swiss-English descent; son of Absalom L. and Nancy (Carter) LANDIS; father, banker, farmer and manufacturer; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Lowe) LANDIS, maternal grandparents William and Keziah (Tannehill) CARTER; educated by private tutor; began […]
City: Nashville LANDIS, Abb Lowe, actuary and counselor; born Bedford County, Tenn., August 9, 1856; son of Absalom L. and Nancy (Carter) LANDIS; descended from the Landis family of North Carolina and the Carters of Virginia; graduated University of Nashville 1875, Vanderbilt University 1876, Lebanon Law School 1879; he engaged […]
City: Nashville LAMBUTH, Walter Russell, clergyman; born Shanghai, China, November 10, 1854; English and Scotch descent; son of James W. and Mary Isabella (McClellan) LAMBUTH; father, missionary to China and Japan; paternal grandparents John R. and Nancy (Kirkpatrick) LAMBUTH; maternal grandparents William G. and Sarah Ann (Cleveland) McCLELLAN; married Daisy […]
City: Nashville LAMAR, Andrew Jackson, clergyman; born Walton County, Ga., May 29, 1847; son of Andrew J. and Mary A. (Jackson) LAMAR; graduated from University of Georgia, LL.B. degree in 1872; married twice, first, Martha ELSWORTH; second Mary V. URQUHART, in 1897; private in Longstreets’ Corps, C. S. A., 1864-5; […]
City: Nashville LAMAR, Abner W., minister of the gospel; born Edgefield, S. C., March 30, 1847; Huguenot descent; son of Thomas G. and Mary (Whatley) LAMAR; father’s occupation, planter, slave owner, and soldier in Confederate service, Colonel of First Regiment South Carolina Volunteer infantry; paternal grandparents Thomas G. and Martha […]
City: Nashville KNOX, Walter Eugene, general agent Southern Railway and Illinois Central Railway; born Rushing Store, Miss., April 9, 1863; son of Jackson G. and Cornelia W. (Stephens) KNOX; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Toomsuba, Miss.; graduate Toomsuba, Miss., 1878; married Anna Letitia MOORE February 26, 1884; member Odd Fellows, K. of P., […]
City: Nashville KIRKLAND, James Hampton, Chancellor Vanderbilt University; born Spartanburg, S. C.; son of W. C. and Virginia L. (Galluchat) KIRKLAND; Scotch- Irish descent; father was a minister; educated in Spartanburg, S. C., and in Germany; graduated Wofford College, A. B. (1877), A.M. (1878), Ph.D., Leipsic (1885), University of North […]
City: Nashville KING, James Moore, physician; born Murfreesboro, Tenn., September 5, 1867; son of Charles Hayes and Ann (Wood) KING; Scotch-Irish descent; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Col. James M. and Martha (Batey) KING, maternal grandparents George W. and Mary (Haynes) WOOD; educated public schools of Rutherford County; graduated from University […]
City: Nashville KERN, John Adam, Professor Vanderbilt University; born Frederick County, Va., April 23, 1846; German-English descent; son of Nimrod and Eliza (Bentley) KERN; father, farmer and ice dealer; paternal grandparents Adam and Margaret (Rittenour) KERN, maternal grandparents George and Catherine (Hoover) BENTLEY; educated Winchester High School, Winchester Seminary and […]
City: Nashville KENNEDY, Robert Lee, lawyer; born Davidson County, Tenn., July 5, 1870; son of Ashley and Rebecca (Abernathy) KENNEDY; Scotch-Irish descent; graduated from Vanderbilt University June, 1893; married Mattie R. GREER January 28, 1898; Mason; Democrat. Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. […]
City: Nashville JONES, Robert L., former State Superintendent Schools; born White County, Tenn., 1867; son Zacchariah and Mary (Bennett) JONES; Welsh descent; educated in common schools; graduated Burritt College; married Mary GREEN July, 1888; lodge affiliations, Mason and Odd Fellow; elected County Superintendent White County at the age of 23; […]
Mrs. WILSON was Miss Sara MORRIS, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell MORRIS. The latter was, before marriage, Miss Rebecca C. HENDERSON, of the prominent family from the eastern part of the State. Mrs. WILSON traces her ancestry through her father to the Revolutionary hero,Robert MORRIS, one of the signers of the Declaration […]
Mrs. Benton McMILLIN, the lovely young wife of the Governor of Tennessee, is an ideal first lady of the State. Not only is she blessed with youth and beauty, but she has a brilliant mind and possesses rare tact and quick wit. She remembers faces and names, and has the […]
Miss Elizabeth CHILDRESS, the subject of this sketch, was the daughter of Maj. John W. CHILDRESS and the beautiful Mrs. Sarah Williams CHILDRESS, of the historic town of Murfreesboro Tenn. Her alma mater was the old Nashville Female Academy, that institution which has turned out so many noble, cultured women, with Dr. C.D. ELLIOTT as […]
Mrs. Nathaniel BAXTER, the daughter of James F. and Sarah LAVENDER of Williamson County, Tenn., comes of patriotic and illustrious ancestry. Her grandfather, Nelson LAVENDER, fought in the Mexican War under General SCOTT; enlisting at the outbreak of the war and remaining until hostilities ceased. He fought in many important battles, among the number being Chepultepec, […]
City: Nashville KEEBLE, John Bell, lawyer; district attorney L. & N. Railroad; born Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 13, 1868; son Edwin A. and Sallie D. (Bell) KEBLE; Scotch-Irish-English descent; educated Montgomery-Bell Academy, Nashville and Vanderbilt University; graduated law department of Vanderbilt University in 1888; married Emmie FRAZER January 6, 1897; City […]
City: Nashville JONES, Edgar, banker; born Aberdeen, Miss., February 18, 1838; son of Caleb H. and Eliza M. (Hume) JONES; father was a lawyer; educated Nashville, Tenn.; began his career as clerk in Planters Bank, Clarksville, Tenn., in 1856, remaining there until 1861, when he moved to Nashville, with books […]
City: Nashville JONAS, Leopold, merchant; born Frankfort, Germany, April 15. 1856; German descent; son of Herman and Helen JONAS; father, merchant; educated in Germany; entered the mercantile business in early life, married Ricka HIRSCH, February 22, 1880; former President and now Director of Standard Club; director Y. M. H. A., […]
City: Nashville JOHNSON, Mary Hannah, librarian; born Nashville, Tenn.; daughter of George S. and Hannah (Payne) JOHNSON; received academic education at Nashville, Tenn.; entered the library work in 1899; took a technical course at University of Chicago; Librarian of Carnegie Library, Nashville, Tenn., since 1901; member of State Library Commission; […]