City: Shelbyville ERWIN, William M., educator; born Bedford County, Tenn., September 8, 1881; son of Martin P. and Emma (Young) ERWIN; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Vanderbilt University, Nashville; married Erline MATTHEWS, June 2, 1909; member K. of P., M. W. of A., and also member Lutheran Church; entered Morgan Preparatory School […]
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City: Nashville FRANKLIN, James C., President of Tennessee Life Insurance Company; born Winchester, Tenn., in 1853; English descent; son of Moses C. and Nancy (Silvertooth) FRANKLIN; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Joseph and Mahala (Griffin) FRANKLIN, maternal grandparents John and Elizabeth (Tolley) SILVERTOOTH; received education in country schools of Moore and […]
City: Lynchburg SALMON, Ezekiel Young, physician; born Greeneville, S.C., June 26, 1830; Scotch-Irish and Welsh descent; son of William H. and Eliza B. (Hansell) SALMON; father’s occupation physician and government official; educated in the common schools of Tennessee, and graduated at Nashville, Tenn., with degree M.D., 1857-1870; spent several years […]
City: Lynchburg PEARSON, Thomas Kindred, mechanic; born Flat Creek, Tenn., Oct. 11, 1884; son of Kindred Jackson and Eliza (Farrar) PEARSON; father’s occupation, farmer and manufacturer of lumber; paternal grandparents Kindred and Sidney (Bobo) PEARSON, maternal grandfather James FARRAR, maternal grandmother was a Miss FLOYD prior to her marriage; educated […]
City: Flat Creek ENOCHS, Maze Alexander LaFayette, physician and surgeon; born in Moore Co., Tenn., Dec. 19, 1843; Scotch-Irish descent; entered Confederate army when seventeen years of age in 1st Tenn. Regiment (Peter TURNEY’s), wounded at Gaines Mill, wounded again in PICKETT’s charge, Gettysburg, captured and carried to David’s Island, […]
City: Covington TEMPLETON, Houston K.; dentist; born Lynchburg, Tenn., Jan. 18, 1881; son of B. B. and Martha (Farriss) TEMPLETON, English descent; educated Winchester, Tenn., Richmond, Va., Nashville, Tenn., Vanderbilt 1907; P. G., I. O. O. F.; Presbyterian.
City: Chattanooga MITCHELL, Marcus Frankle, attorney at law; born Moore County, Tenn., May 22, 1883; son James Benjamin and Cordelia (Copeland) MITCHELL; Scotch-Irish descent; graduate of Cumberland University 1904, and L.L.B. University of Chattanooga 1909; married Louise LESSIG, March 26, 1910; member Theta Lambda Phi Greek Letter Fraternity; Deputy Marshal […]