City: Columbia FRY, John W., banker; born Fourteenth District, Giles County, Tenn., July 10, 1859; son of William and Mary J. (McCreary) FRY; paternal grandparents John and Mary Evans FRY, maternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Tacker) McCREARY; educated common schools in Giles County; married Annie E. HORNE, July 8, 1885; […]
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Town: Columbia SHIELDS, Will Mitt, cashier freight office of L. & N. R. R. Co.; born at Lynnville, Tenn., May 8, 1859; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James Montgomery and Eliza Frances (Moore) SHIELDS; father’s occupation farmer, merchant and justice of the peace; paternal grandparents Leander M. and Elizabeth (King) SHIELDS; […]
Town: Columbia PARKER, Charles Alfred, Banker; born Giles Co., Tenn. Oct. 10, 1856; English descent; son of J. Milton and L. C. (Jayne) PARKER; graduated Columbia (Tenn.) 1872; married Miss Laura CHAFFIN April 21, 1881; Exalted Ruler Lodge No. 686 B. P. O. E.; Democrat; began business career as a […]
City: Chattanooga CRAIG, Edward Burr, vice-president and manager Volunteer State Life Ins. Co.; born Giles Co., Tenn., Aug. 12, 1859; son William Jackson and Virginia (Abernathy) CRAIG; Scotch descent; educated Webbs’ School; Knight Templar Mason; treasurer of Tenn. and insurance commissioner 1893-1901; went from Webbs’ School to People’s National Bank, […]
Aspen Hill — RIVERS, James W., farmer; born in Giles Co., Tenn., April 3, 1833; Scotch-English descent; son of William W. and Martha W. (Paine) RIVERS; paternal grandfather William RIVERS; paternal grandmother Elizabeth (Brown) RIVERS; maternal grandfather James PAINE, maternal grandmother Mary (Williams) PAINE; educated at Pulaski, Lagrange, Ala., and […]