City: Pulaski MASSEY, Felix Matthias, educator, co-principal Massey & Clark School, Pulaski, Tenn.; born Mulberry, Tenn., July 15, 1876; son of C. S. and Mattie (Dennis) MASSEY; Scotch-Irish descent; his father was a farmer; educated Webb School, Bell Buckle, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; married Ota BOYD, June 24, 1903; member […]
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City: Shelbyville BEARDEN, Walter Scott, lawyer, Chancellor Fifth Chancery Division; born Petersburg, Lincoln County, Tenn., January 10, 1843; son of Benjamin Franklin and Susan Margaret (Blake) BEARDEN; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents Benj. F. and (Wright) BEARDEN, maternal grandparents John W. and Mary (Morgan) BLAKE; Scotch, Irish, French and Huguenot […]
City: Winchester WHITAKER, Matt N., lawyer; born Mulberry, Tenn., January 29, 1860; son of Newton and ____ (Winn) WHITAKER; English descent; father’s occupation, farmer; graduated Mulberry Institute in 1878; married Florence J. WHITAKER, October 15, 1885; member Masons, K. of P., and Elks; Attorney General; member of Baptist Church; Democrat. […]
City: Winchester ESTILL, Floyd, lawyer; born Winchester, Tenn., Nov. 18, 1858; Scotch descent; son of Francis Thomas and Kathryn (Garner) ESTILL; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents, Wallace and Elinor (Crabb) ESTILL, maternal grandparents, Calaway and Beulah (Wadlington) GARNER; educated Carrick Academy; in early life taught school; read law one year […]
Among the men making rapid progress and shedding luster upon the pages of history to be read with increasing interest by upnborn generations is the man whose career we now give to the reader. Wesley G. PARKS was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee, on May 7th, 1958 to George Washington […]
City: Obion WILSON, Nancy Ann CARUTHERS, born near Boone’s Hill, Lincoln Co., Tenn., Aug. 24, 1830; daughter of Matthew and Frances (CHILES) CARUTHERS; father’s occupation, farming; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Lincoln Co. at Boone’s Hill, settled by Daniel BOONE; married William M. WILSON; member Methodist church. Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A […]
City: Murfreesboro RAGSDALE, Thos. Charleton, minister of the gospel; born Laurens district, S. C., Dec. 26, 1863; English-Irish descent and German descent; son of Edward Carter and Elizabeth Sarah (Calhoun) RAGSDALE; father’s occupation, physician, local preacher and farmer; paternal grandparents, Edmund and Sallie (Hill) RAGSDALE, maternal grandparents, E. and Fannie […]
City: Monterey FISHER, Oscar Bell, lumberman; born Fayetteville, Tenn., March 8, 1873; Scotch-Irish descent; son of J. C. and Mattie (Bell) FISHER; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather G. W. FISHER, maternal grandfather G. W. BELL; educated at Shelbyville and Farmington, Tenn.; in early life he was a farmer; married Estelle […]
City: Memphis LINDSAY, Ebenezer Pressly, minister; born Fayetteville, Tenn., Oct. 16, 1877; Irish descent; son of John and Mary (Francis) LINDSAY; father, farmer; paternal grandparents John and Martha (Pressly) LINDSAY; maternal grandparents Archie S. and Jane (Stewart) SLOAN; educated Erskine, S.C., graduating from the Erskine Theological Seminary, A.B., June, 1899; […]
City: Memphis HOLMAN, Harry Thomas, lawyer, assistant attorney-general; born Fayetteville, Tenn., March 26, 1878; English descent; son of David Wilson and Fannie (Landess) HOLMAN; father’s occupation, lawyer; graduated from Webb’s School and Vanderbilt University; married Pearle F. WOODS; member Kappa Sigma fraternity and Business Men’s Club; Democrat; member of 55th […]
City: Manchester GIBSON, James A., County Court Clerk, of Coffee County; born Petersburg, Tenn., Nov. 8, 1867; Irish-Dutch and Swedish descent; son of Thos. W. GIBSON, Jr.; father’s occupation farmer; received common school education; married Mary F. LOVETT Nov. 2, 1890; member of I. O. O. F. and M. W. […]
City: Kelso COWLEY, Dufie Dillion, landlord, live stock and grain dealer, merchant; born Lincoln Co., Tenn., Oct. 30, 1885; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John Polk and Susan J. (Ervin) Cowley; paternal grandparents, Benjamin and Margarette (Nicks) Cowley; maternal grandparents Samuel P. and Martha (Gray) Ervin; educated Kelso and Fayetteville, Tenn.; […]
City: Kelso COWLEY, Dufie Dillion, landlord, live stock and grain dealer, merchant; born Lincoln Co., Tenn., Oct. 30, 1885; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John Polk and Susan J. (Ervin) COWLEY; paternal grandparents, Benjamin and Margarette (Nicks) COWLEY; maternal grandparents Samuel P. and Martha (Gray) ERVIN; educated Kelso and Fayetteville, Tenn.; […]
City: Harms SUGG, Jeff Davis, farmer; born in Lincoln Co., Tenn., June 26, 1861; son of William Conrad and Susan (Wood) SUGG; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Cullen E. and Sidney (Conrad) SUGG, maternal grandparents Dr. John and Josephine (Dobbins) WOOD; received common school education; began his business career as […]
City: Fayetteville TILLMAN, James D., lawyer, farmer; born in Bedford Co., Tenn., Nov. 25, 1841; son of Lewis and Mary C. (Davidson) TILLMAN; educated University of Nashville 1860; attended law school at the Cumberland University before the war; entered C. S. A., as a Lieutenant in a company from Shelbyville, […]
City: Fayetteville SAVELL, Joel Florida, minister and teacher; born Santa Rosa Co., Fla., Jan. 17, 1863; son of Morton Jeremiah and Mary Abigal (Parker) SAVELL; Dutch Scotch-Irish, English and French descent; educated academy in Bagdad, Fla., Richmond College, Va., Howard College Ala., University of Rochester, N. Y., Theological Seminary at […]
City: Fayetteville POINDEXTER, James Elliot, Co. Official; born at Somerville, Fayette Co., Tenn., Dec. 3, 1848; French-English descent; son of W. H. and Sallie W. (Langhorn) POINDEXTER; father was a millwright and contractor; educated at Mary Sharp College and Southern University; early occupation, school teacher and farmer; formerly president of […]
City: Fayetteville PARKS, Joe Brazier, lawyer; born Franklin Co., Tenn., July 25, 1869; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of S. M. and Lazinka (Brazier) Parks; father’s occupation, minister of the gospel; paternal grandparents R. C. and Flora (Wakefield) PARKS, maternal grandparents James and Rachel (Brandon) BRAZIER; received academic education at […]
City: Fayetteville NOBLITT, Boone Edgar, physician; born Booneville, Tenn., Sept. 5, 1867; son Dr. D. J. and Sylvania (Boone) NOBLITT; English, German descent; father’s occupation, physician; educated Knoxville, Tenn., Winchester and Nashville; graduate of Vanderbilt, M. D. degree March, 1891; married Lizzie SULLIVAN Aug. 12, 1892; member W. O. W., […]
City: Fayetteville MOORES, James Augustus, merchant; born Cyruston, Tenn., June 3, 1871; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of William L. and Sarah Jane (McCallum) MOORER; father’s occupation physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Sugg) MOORES, maternal grandparents Neal and Lucretia (Fox) McCALLUM; married Eva NEELD Sept. 9, 1897; […]