City: Nashville JOHNSON, Edwin Lee, educator; born Mount Vernon, Ill., October 25, 1874; English-Irish descent; son of Adam Clarke and Margaret Ann (Sweeney) JOHNSON; father’s occupation, real estate dealer and abstractor; paternal grandparents John and Susannah (Brooks) JOHNSON, maternal grandparents John and Ellen (Golden) SWEENEY; educated Oxford, Miss., High School […]
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City: Nashville JARRATT, William Vincent, minister; born Hickman County, Tenn., February 17, 1863; English-Irish descent; son of William Daniel and Mary (Carter) JARRATT; father, farmer and physician; paternal grandparents Daniel and Elizabeth (Clanton) JARRATT, maternal grandparents Abraham and Mary (Bray) CARTER; educated in city schools of Nashville; graduated from Masonic […]
City: Nashville JACKSON, Howell Edmunds, fire insurance and real estate; born Memphis, Tenn., December 16, 1867; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Howell Edmunds and Sophia (Molloy) JACKSON; father, lawyer, United States Senator, Federal Judge, Justice of Supreme Court of the United States; paternal grandparents Dr. Alexander and Mary (Hurt) JACKSON, maternal […]
City: Nashville JACKSON, Granberry, civil engineer, born Mount Pleasant, Tenn., March 3, 1873; son R. C. and Annie M. (Granberry) JACKSON; Scotch-Irish descent; educated S. W. P. University, Clarksville, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; graduated Vanderbilt University 1894; degrees conferred, Bachelor of Engineering in 1894, Civil Engineer in 1895; married Margaret […]
City: Nashville IVEY, Thomas Neal, minister and editor; born Marion, S. C., May 22, 1860; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Rev. George W. and Selina (Neal) IVEY; prepared for college in Finley High School, Lenoir, N. C.; graduated from Trinity College, N. C., in 1879, 1882 and 1898, with degrees of […]
City: Nashville MOORE, James Washington, lawyer; born Collierville, Shelby County, Tenn., March 16, 1866; son John Lawrence and Sarah Frances (Irby) MOORE; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Leddin’s Business College, Memphis, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; graduated Vanderbilt University in academic department, 1890, B.A.; in law, 1891, LL.B.; married Mary R. ARMISTEAD of […]
City: Nashville MEEK, M. H., lawyer; Judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, State of 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 MAYFIELD, George Radford, teacher; born Lawrenceville, Ga., March 21, 1877; English-Irish descent; son of A. J. and Antonia (Paine) MAYFIELD; father, dealer in real estate; graduated from Atlanta High School, Emory College and Vanderbilt University with A.B. and A.M. degrees; in early life clerked in jewelry store; was […]
City: Nashville MATTHEWS, T. E., lawyer; Judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, State of 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 MOORE, John Trotwood, author; born Marion, Ala., August 26, 1858; son of Judge John and Emily (Billingslea) MOORE; father, lawyer and judge; paternal grandparents Wooten and Elizabeth (Tooley) MOORE, maternal grandparents Clement C. and Rachel (Lane) BILLINGSLEA; graduated from Howard College, Marion, Ala., 1878, with A.B. degree; taught […]
City: Nashville HUNT, William F., County Court Clerk, Davidson County; born Nashville, Tenn., July 28, 1867; English-Irish descent; son of Samuel and Margaret (Sarber) HUNT; educated in Nashville public schools; was newsboy in early life; when in schools, prior to age of fourteen, he broke rock in afternoons and sold […]
City: Nashville HOWSE, Hilary Ewing, public official; born in Rutherford Co., Tenn., Jan. 25, 1866; reared on farm; at age of eighteen years he went to Nashville, and went to work in a mattress factory, and put in time on piecework at night to help support his younger brothers and […]
City: Nashville HOWELL, Robert Boyte C., lawyer; born Nashville, Tenn., September 4, 1878; English-Welch descent; son of Morton B. and Bettie (Curd) HOWELL; father was lawyer; educated at Montgomery-Bell Academy and Wallace University School; graduated from Wallace University School, and Vanderbilt University, LL.B. 1899; married Nellie JACKSON, October 29, 1902; […]
City: Nashville HOPKINS, Robert Thompson, cashier Phillips & Buttorff Manufacturing Company; born Magnolia, Miss., September 19, 1860; English descent; son of Arthur Moseley and Eliza Pamelia (Bibb) HOPKINS; father, cotton commission merchant; paternal grandparents Arthur F. and Pamelia (Moseley) HOPKINS, maternal grandparents Thomas and Pamelia (Thompson) BIBB; educated in public […]
City: Nashville HOLMES, William Newton, physician and surgeon; born Holmes, Tenn., January 27, 1854; son John Randolph and Eliza (McAlexander) HOLMES; Danish-Scotch-Irish-English descent; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Hood) and Anna (Kidd) MCALEXANDER; educated Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Ohio; graduated Cincinnati, Ohio, June 5, 1888; Doctor of Medicine; married Margaret Esther […]
City: Nashville HOOPER, Ben W., Governor; born Newport, Tenn., October 13, 1870; educated Carson & Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn., 1890; elected representative of the Legislature in 1892-94; admitted to the bar in 1894; served as Captain of Company C., Sixth United States Volunteer Infantry 1898-9; served in Porto Rico; […]
City: Nashville HOLLINSHEAD, Warren Henry, instructor; born Fort Valley, Ga., March 10, 1865; English descent; son of William Hiley and Mary Elizabeth (Harris) HOLLINSHEAD; father, physician; paternal grandparents William and Harriet (Alsobrook) HARRIS; educated Fort Valley, Ga.; graduated Vanderbilt University 1887 with Ph.G. and 1900 with D.Sc. degrees; is at […]
City: Nashville HOLLABAUGH, Andrew Newton, physician; born Leslie, Ark., October 3, 1875; German descent; son of Emanuel F. and Frances A. (Hatchell) HOLLABAUGH; father, farmer; educated at Valley Spring Academy, Arkansas; graduated from Valley Spring Academy B.S. degree, 1891, Vanderbilt University M.D. degree, 1902; began his career as a teacher; […]
City: Nashville HOSS, Elijah Embree, Bishop M. E. Church, South; born Jonesboro, Tenn., April 14, 1849; son of Henry and Anna (Sevier) HOSS; English, French, German descent; father was a merchant; Chancery Clerk, etc.; paternal grandparents Isaac and Hannah (Bayless) HOSS, maternal grandparents John and Sophia (Garrette) SEVIER; graduated from […]
City: Nashville HODGE, Baxter James, architect; born September 3, 1859, Nashville, Tenn.; English descent; son of William Baxter and Sarah Ann (Harrison) HODGE; father, contractor; educated in Nashville public schools; acquired most of his technical knowledge of architecture by personal private study and in employ of architects; began early business […]