City: St. Bethlehem WALTHAL, Thomas W., farmer; born Montgomery Co., Tenn., Oct. 12, 1841; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas B. and Elizabeth (Pollard) WALTHAL; father was a shoe manufacturer and farmer; received common school education; joined Confederate army in 1861 and surrendered under Gen. Joseph Johnston in 1865; married Sallie […]
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City: Palmyra WICKHAM, John W., doctor of medicine; born Palmyra, Tenn., Jan. 16, 1860; son of Robt. L. and Elizabeth (Marsh) WICKHAM; Irish-German descent; paternal grandparents Nathaniel and Mary (Thompson) WICKHAM; maternal grandparents William and Sallie (Spicer) MARSH; received education in the country schools; graduated from Vanderbilt University M.D., 1885; […]
City: Palmyra O’NEAL, Wm. Arthur, farmer and stock dealer; born Montgomery Co. Tenn. July 30, 1853; Irish descent; son of John and Elizabeth (Britten) O’NEAL; father was a farmer; was educated at Oak Grove, Ky.; he began farming at an early age, and is at present engaged Alice OGBURN, Nov. […]
City: Palmyra HUSSEY, Michael Morris, merchant and manufacturer; born Clarksville, Tenn., 1860; Irish descent; son of Edward and Honora (Bresnahan) HUSSEY; his father was a railroad man; received his education in the common schools of Montgomery County; he worked on the railroad in early life, served as water carrier to […]
City: Port Royal DAVIS, Asa Leroy, contractor and builder; born Montgomery Co., March 20, 1847; son of Elijah and Nancie W. (Teasley) DAVIS; father farmer and blacksmith; paternal grandparents Robert and Elizabeth (Hooper) DAVIS, maternal grandparents George W. and Lucretia (Sherron) TEASLEY; received education in the common schools; married Lutitia […]
City: Nashville WILLIAMS, John Phillip, manufacturer; President Bon Air Coal Company; born Montgomery County, Tenn., February 22, 1848; son J. P. and Mildred (Hopson) WILLIAMS; paternal grandfather, Henry WILLIAMS; paternal grandmother, Mary WILSON; maternal grandfather, George Boyd HOPSON; maternal grandmother, Eliza READ; English descent; educated Miama /sic/ University, Oxford Ohio; […]
City: Nashville WEBER, Henry Carlton, teacher; born Nashville, Tenn., November 7, 1860; German and French-English descent; son of Henry and Margaret (Walker) WEBER; father was teacher in Germany and Tennessee; paternal grandfather Christian WEBER, maternal grandparents Carleton and Caroline (Malette) WALKER; educated University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.; began teaching […]
City: Nashville YANCEY, Richard H., editor; born Fayette County, Tenn., November, 1855; son of Edwin T. and Mary (Anderson) YANCEY; Welsh descent, family came to Virginia in 1642; educated at LaGrange Academy and Cumberland University; graduated in law at Lebanon Law School; engaged in newspaper work at 23 years of […]
City: Neptune HUMPHREYS, James Nicholson, farmer and trader; born Montgomery Co. Tenn., Nov. 15, 1852; son of Joshua and Martha (Langford) HUMPHREYS; father’s occupation, farming; received common school education; entered farming in early life; married Mary GOSSETT Dec. 22, 1880; Democrat; member Southern Methodist church; has always been interested in […]
Mrs. LURTON was the daughter of the late Dr. Benjamin Rush OWEN and Mrs. Katherine Kennedy Howard OWEN, both of Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn. Dr. OWEN was a learned and distinguished physician, who fell an early victim to his devotion to his professions, dying in early manhood from an attack of cholera, with which he […]
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: Memphis FAXON, Finley W., real estate; born Clarksville, Tenn., Sept. 12, 1874; English descent; son of George B. and Sidney (Finley) FAXON; father banker; secretary and treasurer M. C. & L. Ry.; paternal grandparents, Charles and Lucy (Steele) FINLEY, maternal grandparents, Dr. John B. and Elizabeth (Lamb) FINLEY; educated […]
City: Memphis MACRAE, George Wythe, born in Fauquier Co., Va., May 28, 1838; son of B. W. and S. J. MACRAE; father’s occupation farmer; educated Montgomery Masonic College, Clarksdale, Tenn.; in 1855 he went into a grocery store as a clerk, and three years later commenced business for himself as […]
City: Memphis MOORE, Samuel Lewis, State and County Tax Assessor Shelby County; born (near) Clarksville, Tenn., October 11, 1848; son Samuel A. and Sarah Polk FURGESON MOORE; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Memphis, University of the South, Winchester, Tenn., and finished at Notre Dame, Ind.; married Louisa HACH, October 11, 1876; member […]
City: Memphis BOONE, Arthur U., Baptist minister; born Elkton, Ky., September 7, 1860; son H.G. and Martha M. (Edwards) BOONE; English and Scotch descent (related to Daniel Boone, Kentucky hunter); educated local schools in Kentucky and Southern Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.; married Eddie B. COOKE, April 30, 1891; author two […]
City: Lebanon DOSS, William Hughes, minister of the gospel; born Bedford county Tenn., Nov. 25, 1854; Welsh descent; son of William and Mariah Ann (Hughes) DOSS; father’s occupation minister of the gospel; graduated from Webb’s School, June, 1875; in early life he was a farmer; married Belle PROTER, May 8, […]
City: Hickory Point FOUST, David Thompson, farmer and surveyor; born at Woodford, Tenn., Feb. 25, 1868; German descent; son of Robert N. and Elizabeth (Smith) FOUST; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Jacob and Elizabeth (Bristow) FOUST, maternal grandparents David C. and Jane (Heflin) SMITH; educated in the public schools of […]
City: Corbandale CORBAN, B. J., farmer and merchant; born Palmyra, Tenn., April 6, 1853; English descent; son of Burrell and Sarah A. (Barnes) CORBAN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather C. CORBAN, paternal grandmother Elizabeth (Barnes) CORBAN, maternal grandfather Repps BARNES, maternal grandmother Parthinia (Cross) BARNES; received common school education; married […]
City: Clarksville ASKEW, Laurin Bryan, druggist; born at Eufaula, Ala., Aug. 29, 1863; Scotch-English descent; son of Bryan and Mima J. (McLaurin ) ASKEW; father’s occupation merchant; paternal grandparents Bryan and Nannie (Rush) ASKEW; maternal grandparents William and Jennett (Stewart) McLAURIN; educated at Stewart College and Southwestern Presbyterian University, Clarksville, […]
City: Clarksville ATKINSON, W. T., merchant; born Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 7, 1857; English descent; son of Thomas and Rachel (Moss) ATKINSON; father’s occupation, machinist; received common school education; married Bettie RUDOLPH Oct. 14, 1885; clerked 13 years in bookstore in Kentucky; 13 years in Tenn., also in a bookstore; […]