City: Glendale THOMAS, Hardin Wayne, public official; born at Glendale, Tenn., Nov. 27, 1874; Welsh descent; son of Benjamin S. and Hattie C. (Mayberry) THOMAS; father was a merchant, farmer, justice of the peace, Postmaster and R. R. Agent; educated in the country schools, and Mount Pleasant and Glendale, Tenn.; […]
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City: Franklin PEOPLES, Richard Grier, educator; born near Columbia, Tenn., March 8, 1869; son of James H. and Margaret (Douglass) PEOPLES; father’s occupation, Minister of the Gospel; paternal grandfather, Richard PEOPLES, maternal grandmother was a Miss HARRIS prior to her marriage, maternal grandparents, Alex and Jennie (Simonton) DOUGLASS; educated at […]
City: Franklin HOWLETT, Kirby Smith, physician; born Culleoka, Tenn., Aug. 24, 1862; English and Scotch descent; son of I. J. and Ruth (Howard) HOWLETT; father’s occupation, merchant; paternal grandparents A. B. and Elizabeth (Clemons) HOWLETT, maternal grandparents William and Mary (Nelson) HOWARD; educated Webb’s School and Vanderbilt University, graduated from […]
City: Franklin FOWLKES, Henry Pleasant, lawyer; born Hickman Co., Tenn., Oct. 22, 1843; English-Scotch-Irish and German descent; son of Henry R. and Susan A. (Bussell) FOWLKES; father’s occupation farmer and merchant; paternal grandparents Gabriel and Jeney (Hyde) FOWLES; maternal grandparents Pleasant and Docie (Mayberry) BUSSELL; educated at Franklin, Tenn., and […]
City: Columbia McKNIGHT, J. T., attorney at law, public official; born in Marshall Co., Tenn.; March 13, 1878; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John C. and Emma (Coleman) McKNIGHT; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents William and Nancy COLEMAN; educated Kentucky University, Country Schools of Marshall Co., Hayes-McLean School, Lewisburg, Tenn., and […]
City: Duckriver McEWEN, William J., farmer; born Maury Co., Tenn., Oct. 7, 1848; Scotch-Irish descent; son of C. C. and Martha (Carr) McEWEN; father was a physician; paternal grandparents James and Elizabeth (Goff) McEWEN, maternal grandparents William and Susan (Smith) CARR; received common school education; entered the farming and stock […]
City: Columbia BIDDLE, William Monroe, physician; born Columbia, Tenn. Nov. 1, 1847; English descent; son of Daniel and Mary (Pride) BIDDLE; graduated in medicine in Nashville in 1871; married Julia ROGERS June 14, 1871; member of K. of P., B. P. O. E. and Century Club, Columbia, Tenn.; is now […]
City: Culleoka GRAHAM, John Patton, educator; born Pennington Gap, Va., Oct. 26, 1869; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of John Patton and America (Pennington) GRAHAM; father’s occupation physician; paternal grandparents Henry and Mary (Russell) GRAHAM; maternal grandparents Thomas and Mary (Smith) PENNINGTON; educated in the public schools of Va., and […]
City: Columbia OWEN, Crockett, attorney at law; born Columbia, Tenn., Aug 26, 1880; son of O. C. and Margaret (Craig) OWEN; father was a merchant; educated in local schools of Columbia, Tenn., Mooneys School, Franklin, Tenn., and Vanderbilt Univerisity; graduated from Mooney’s School in 1898, and from law department Vanderbilt […]
City: Columbia OSBORNE, Frank Stone, dentist; born in Maury Co., Tenn., Sept. 15, 1882; son of John Glenn and Mary (Carr) OSBORNE; father’s occupation, farming; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Gregory) OSBORNE, maternal grandparents, Nat and Caroline (Stone) CARR; educated Branham & Hughes School, Spring Hill, Tenn.; graduated from Vanderbilt […]
City: Columbia MOORE, Wooten, bookkeeper; born at Marion, Ala., June 15, 1855; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John and Emily A. (Billingslee) MOORE; father’s occupation lawyer; paternal grandparents Wooten and Elizabeth (Moore) MOORE; maternal grandparents C.C. and Sarah (Lane) BILLINGSLEE; educated at Marion, Ala.; married Katie G. MOORE, Dec. 14, 1887; […]
City: Columbia MITCHELL, John Tilmon, hardware salesman; born Maury County, Tenn., August 14, 1866; son of W. H. and Sarah R. (Davis) MITCHELL; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Columbia, Tenn.; married Maggie McGAVOCK, June 2, 1903; member Masonic Lodge No. 31, Columbia, Tenn.; K. of P. No. 37, Columbia, Tenn.; M. W. […]
City: Columbia MARTIN, William Edward, physician; born Sumner County, Tenn., near Gallatin, August 17, 1860; French, English, Scotch and Irish descent; son of John and Rhoda E. (Fonville) MARTIN; paternal grandparents Robert and Sallie (Hoye) MARTIN, maternal grandparents John and Mary Jane (Green) FONVILLE; after receiving common school education, graduated in […]
City: Columbia LEWIS, James Franklin, retail druggist; born Pulaksi, Tenn., Jan. 8, 1870; son of William Graves and Alice (Peck) LEWIS; educated in Pulaski, Tenn., and Limestone Co., Ala., country schools; began his business career as a retail drug clerk with Theo. WESTMORELAND, Athens, Ala., in 1885; member Century Club, […]
City: Columbia JACKSON, John Washington, Postmaster; born at Lewisburg, Tenn., June 10, 1862; Irish-German descent; son of W. A. and Margaret (Phifer) JACKSON; father’s occupation, merchant; paternal grandparents J. J. and Mattie (Evans) JACKSON, maternal grandparents Jona and Jennie (McGregor) PHIFER; educated Lassea Academy and finished the High School Course […]
City: Columbia HOLDING, Samuel, attorney at law; born Culleoka, Maury Co., Tenn., Sept. 11, 1867; son of Rufus and Margaret Ann (Jones) HOLDING; father’s occupation physician, merchant; paternal grandfather Samuel Slaughter HOLDING paternal grandmother Elvira (Gullett) HOLDING; maternal grandfather Abner JONES, maternal grandmother Mary A. (Yowell) JONES; married Susie CLOPTON […]
City: Columbia HAYNES, Richard Edgar Jr., attorney at law; born Franklin, Tenn., May 17, 1881; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Richard Edgar and Molly (Harrison) HAYNES; father’s occupation, hardware merchant; educated at Franklin, Bellbuckle, Lebanon, Tenn., and Honey Grove, and Georgetown, Texas; graduated at Lebanon, Tenn., L.L.B. June 4, 1903; in […]
City: Columbia HAWES, Samuel Percy, minister of the Gospel; born Dinwiddie County, Virginia; son of Herbert Henry and Harriet (Bouldin) HAWES; English, Scotch and Huguenot descent; educated Hampdon-Sidney College, Va., and U.T. Seminary Va.; graduated Hampdon-Sidney College June, 1888 (A. B.); Union Theological Seminary (B. D.) May, 1893; married Christine WATKINS, […]
City: Columbia GORDON, William Bradshaw, lawyer; born near Columbia, Tenn., July 23, 1839; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Geo. W. and Elizabeth (Bradshaw) GORDON; paternal grandparents Chapman and Charity (King) GORDON; maternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Stubblefield) BRADSHAW; educated in local schools; graduated from Old Jackson college as valedictorian June, 1858; […]
City: Columbia GALLOWAY, William Thomas, farmer; born Glendale, Maury County, Tenn., June 8, 1846; son of Francis Marion and Caroline M. (Fausett) GALLOWAY; Scotch, Irish, and English descent; educated country schools and at Jackson College, Columbia, Tenn.; married Elizabeth R. SMITH, February 4, 1866; member K. of P.; Representative of […]