City: Columbia FUSSELL, Joseph H., attorney at law; born Maury Co., Tenn., Jan. 12, 1836; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Henry B. and Eliza C. (Kincaid) FUSSELL; paternal grandparents John and Polly (Fitts) FUSSELL; maternal grandparents, Joseph and Eliza (McLeece) KINCAID; educated at Jackson College, Columbia, Tenn., graduating there from with […]
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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; […]
City: Columbia EMBRY, Watts F., business man, secretary and treasurer Columbia, Tenn., Cotton Mill Co.; born near Columbia, Tenn., Jan 17, 1850; son of Willis B. and Emily S. (Frierson) EMBRY; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Wiley S. EMBRY; paternal grandmother Miss BRIDGES prior to marriage; maternal grandfather James FRIERSON, […]
City: Columbia ELAM, James J., insurance agent; born Halifax Co., Va., March 2, 1844; English descent; son of John R. and Margaret (Lawson) ELAM; father’s occupation, farmer; received common school education; was private in the 18th Va. regiment, C. S. A., during the Civil war, and served during the entire […]
City: Columbia EDGERTON, John Emmett, educator; born near Kenly, N. C., Oct. 2, 1879; English descent; son of Gabriel and Harriet (Copeland) EDGERTON; educated public schools of North Carolina and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., graduating from latter B.A., 1902, and M. A., 1903; married Harriet Figuers Dec. 15, 1909; member […]
City: Columbia COLLINS, Edward E., physician; born in Bedford Co., Tenn., Oct. 24, 1860; Irish and English descent; (Direct descendant of David Williams of the Revolution); son of W. Jefferson and Ida (Williams) COLLINS; father’s occupation merchant; paternal grandparents William and Hester (Perry) COLLINS; maternal grandparents David and Sarah (Harris) […]
City: Columbia FINNEY, James Imboden, editor; born West Carroll Parish, La., May 31, 1877; son of Sam G. and Cornelia (Imboden) FINNEY; paternal grandfather Samuel G. and Annie (Douglas) FINNEY; maternal grandparents David and Susan (Dunklin) IMBODEN; educated McMinnville City School; married Herminie JEANMAIRE, Sept. 12, 1899; member of maire, […]
City: Columbia CAPERS, Walter Branham, educator, clergyman; born Greensville, S. C. Aug. 8, 1870; French Huguenot, English and Irish descent; son of Ellison and Charlotte (Palmer) CAPERS; father’s occupation, bishop of the diocese of South Carolina, also Brigadier-General in Confederate Army and Professor S. C. Military Academy; educated preparatory schools […]
City: Columbia BOAZ, William Thomas, minister of the Gospel; born Graves County, Kentucky, January 7, 1875; son of Thomas F. and Virginia (Puryear) BOAZ; Irish and French descent; educated West Kentucky College, Mayfield, Ky., and Georgia Roberson Christian College of Henderson, Tenn.; married Effie JONES, January 1, 1900; one of […]
City: Columbia ATHEY, Thomas H., minister; born Orlean, Va., March 4, 1870; son of Rev. S. M. and Emma E. (Payne) ATHEY; English-Irish descent; educated Richmond College, Va., Crozer Seminary, Pa.; granduated Crozer Seminary, Pa., 1898; married M. Alberta WHITE, June 22, 1898; Royal Arch Mason, member Odd Fellows, Trustee […]
City: Columbia ASTON, John Butler, miller; born Columbia, Tenn., Sept. 5, 1849; English-Irish descent; son of James Hilton and Julia Ann (Butler) ASHTON; father’s occupation miller and wool carder; paternal grandfather Thomas ASHTON, paternal grandmother Ann (Hilton) ASHTON, maternal grandfather John BUTLER; maternal grandmother Ann (Hayes) BUTLER; married Rebecca RUSSELL […]
City: Columbia ALEXANDER, Henry Frank, farmer, fruit grower and phosphate dealer; born near Columbia, Tenn., Aug, 30, 1864; Scotch-Irish descent; son of A. F. and Susan Caroline (Fussell) ALEXANDER; father’s occupation, farmer and merchant; paternal grandparents A. B. and Margaret (Benderman) ALEXANDER, maternal grandparents Henry B. and Eliza (Kincaid) FUSSELL; […]
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 SMITH, Robert Davis, educator; born Columbia, Tenn., October 9, 1842; son of Rev. Frank Gillette and Sarah Ann (Davis) Smith; his father was a teacher from 1816 until date of his death in 1866, founded the Columbia Athenaeum 1852; paternal grandparents Dr. Chaincy and Hannah (Brown) SMITH, maternal […]
Town: Columbia THOMAS, Horace E., physician; born Columbia, Tenn., Aug. 10, 1879; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John A. and Leonora (Spain) THOMAS; father’s occupation, farmer and stockman; educated University of Tenn., medical department, and graduated from same with degree of M. D. in 1904; in early life was a farmer; […]
Town: Columbia THOMPSON, William Vance, farmer; born near Columbia, Tenn., March 10, 1866; son of William Vance and Mary (Stephenson) THOMPSON; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents William D. and ____ (Greer) THOMPSON, maternal grandparents John J. and Anna (Frierson) STEPHENSON; educated at Webb Bros., Culleoka, Tenn., and Kentucky Military Institute; […]
Town: Columbia WHITTHORNE, Washington Curran, attorney at law; born Columbia, Tenn., Oct. 18, 1865; Irish and Scotch descent; son of Washington Curran and Matilda Jane (Campbell) WHITTHORNE; father’s occupation, attorney at law, and was at one time member of the U. S. House of Representatives and U. S. Senate; paternal […]
Town: Columbia TYNDALL, Walter Clark, real estate dealer at Memphis and stock farmer Maury County, Tenn.; born Tynedale Farm, Columbia, Tenn., December 11, 1860; only child of Clark and Alice Watkins (Gee) TYNDALL; English-Scotch descent; educated and graduated from Forest Military Academy, B. A., June, 1880; member Columbia Lodge F. […]
Town: Columbia TURNER, W. R., lawyer; Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of the State of Tennessee; Democrat; residence, Columbia, Tenn.
Town: Columbia TOWLER, William J., attorney at law; born Columbia, Tenn., November 13, 1874; son of Joseph and Minnie (Galloway) TOWLER; paternal grandparents J. M. and Catherine (Voorheis) TOWLER, maternal grandparents William and Amanda (Johnson) GALLOWAY; father’s occupation, druggist; educated Washington and Lee University and Cumberland University; graduated LL.B. degree […]