City: Decatur EAVES, J. B., farming; born in Meigs Co., Tenn., 1858; English descent; son of P. L. and Elizabeth (Bean) EAVES; received common school education; entered farming as a business in early life; member Masons; Republican; County Surveyor of Meigs County from 1900 till 1908.
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City: Decatur BREEDEN, Samuel G., physician; born Barnardsville, Roane Co., Tenn., July 25, 1852; Irish descent; son of Col. William and Nancy (Barnard) BREEDEN; paternal grandparents John and Sarah (Bird) BREEDEN; maternal grandparents Jonathan and Sarah (Jolley) BARNARD; educated at Hiwassee College, Tenn.; began life as a farmer; later, took […]
City: Decatur ABEL, John Moss, merchant; born Decatur, Tenn., Feb. 26, 1851; German descent; son of Wm. J. and Malinda H. (Guinn) ABEL; paternal grandparents Cain and Margaret (Buice) ABEL; maternal grandparents Bartholomew and Susan (Huff) GUINN; educated Decatur Academy; entered mercantile business early life; married Mary CLEMENTSON Dec. 19, […]
City: Decatur GRUBB, Peter Jasper, farmer; born McMinn Co., Tenn., Nov. 28, 1843; German descent; son of William and Mahalla (Anderson) GRUBB; received common school education; married M. L. PIERCE May 2, 1867; Mason; Republican; was Justice of the Peace Meigs Co., Tenn., 1872-1882; served in the civil war as […]
City: Chattanooga MATTHEWS, Erwin Howell, pension attorney; born Roane County, Tenn., May 17, 1834; son Lindsay and Susan (Howell) MATTHEWS; Irish descent; educated institutions of learning at Philadelphia and Hiwassee College; married Eliza A. GRIFFITH, March 4, 1858; member Masons (Royal Arch), G. A. R. (Post 25, Garfield) of Athens; […]
City: Chattanooga DENTON, Herschel Johnson, attorney at law; born Meigs County, Tenn., October 22, 1877; son John Henniger and Elizabeth Frances (McKenzie) DENTON; English descent; graduate of Grant University, B. S. 1904; Cumberland University 1906, LL.B., University of Michigan, LL.B. 1907; taught in Mountain City Business College 1900-01; Professor in […]