City: Newport BLACK, James Stedman, minister of the gospel; born Wilmington, N.C., Feb. 1, 1848; Scotch descent; son of D.B. and Ann Clinton (Holmes) BLACK; father’s occupation, minister of the gospel; paternal grandparents, John and Ellie (Blue) BLACK; maternal grandparents James and Sallie (Normant) HOLMES; educated Clinton, N.C., graduated Theological […]
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City: Memphis LEWIS, Thomas Wiley, minister of the gospel; born Chickasaw Co., Miss. Jan. 15, 1869; son of James Asbury and Elizabeth (Foster) LEWIS; father’s occupation, planter; paternal grandfather, Wiley LEWIS, paternal grandmother was a Miss SUMMERS prior to her marriage, maternal grandparents Moses D. and Nancy (Tunnell) FOSTER; educated in […]
City: Memphis LEWIS, Archibald Cary, physician; born Keswick, Va., July 12, 1877; son of Thomas Walker and Jane Walker (Page) LEWIS; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Robert Walker and Sarah (Craven) LEWIS, maternal grandparents Frederick Winslow and Anne Kinlock (Meriweather) PAGE; graduated from Gen. Washington University, degree of M.D., June […]
City: Memphis LEROY, Louis, physician; born Chelsea, Mass., September 15, 1874; son of Charles L.A. and Lizzie F. (Somerby) LEROY; French descent; educated public high school, Newark, N.J., Univerity of New York, University of Nashville, graduated medicine in Medico Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, PA.; City Bacteriologist in Nashville, 1900; State Bacteriologist Tennessee; […]
City: Memphis LeMASTER, Edward B., real estate agent and banker; born December 8, 1859, Shelby County, Tenn.; son of W.P. LeMASTER and Mary B. LeMASTER; French-English descent; married Mary L. PATTERSON, October 20, 1887; member DeSoto Lodge, Masons, and 32 Degree Scottish Rite Mason; member Memphis City Legislative Council from […]
City: Memphis LEHMAN, Leopold, lawyer; born Cincinnati, O., March 21, 1842; Hebrew (Alsace-Lorraine) descent; son of Hart LEHMAN; father’s occupation, merchant; educated in public schools and Cincinnati (O.) Law School, graduated from latter; moved to Memphis, in 1863; in 1865 he became a member of the law firm of Herron, […]
City: Memphis ELLLIOT, Edward Slee, public accountant and auditor; born Memphis, Tenn., July 3, 1867; son Captain Joseph and Annie M. (Slee) ELLIOTT; educated public schools Memphis and Southwestern Baptist University, Jackson, Tenn.; married Elanore HAYNES, February 11, 1890; member Memphis Lodge No. 118, F. & A. M., Memphis, Tenn.; […]
City: Memphis ELLETT, Edward C., physician; born Memphis, Tenn., December 18, 1869; son Judge H. T. and Katherine (Coleman) ELLETT; English descent; educated S. W. P. U., Clarksville, Tenn., University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.; graduated, B. A., University of the South and Medical Department University of Pennsylvania 1891; married […]
City: Memphis ELGIN, Frank Sanders, attorney at law; born Corinth, Miss., March 5 1875; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Charles P. and Fashion (Duncan) ELGIN; educated at Corinth Miss., and took Summer Law Course, University of Michigan; entered the practice of law in early life, and located in Tennessee; after attaining […]
City: Memphis EDRINGTON, John Price, investments and insurance; born Osceola, Ark., Jan. 15, 1862; English descent; son of James Hancock and Nancy Ann (Bowen) EDRINGTON; father, a planter and merchant; paternal grandparents, John Price and Sarah (Beeler) EDRINGTON; maternal grandparents, Charles Gillespie and Susan (Shell) BOWEN; educated at Memphis, Tenn.; […]
City: Memphis EDGINGTON, Thomas Benton, lawyer; born Ontario, Ohio, April 23, 1839; son of Jesse and Hannah (Mitchell) EDGINGTON; English descent; educated public schools Richland County, O.; Baldwin University, graduate Wesleyan University, 1859; A. B., A. M., 1862; LL.D. 1905; admitted to bar April 12, 1861; married Catherine Vose BAXTER […]
City: Memphis EDGINGTON, Jesse, lawyer; born in Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 18, 1873; English descent; son of Thomas B. and Catherine (Baxter) EDGINGTON; educated in Rolfe’s Private Grammar School, Memphis, Tenn., and Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, O.; member Elks and Y. M. C. A.; entered practice of law in November, 1894, […]
City: Memphis LOVE, Samuel B., life insurance; born Columbia, S. C., Jan. 24, 1875; son of William D. and Ellen Leah (Valentine) LOVE; educated Columbia, S. C. in private schools and public schools; began his career as office boy with the Mutual Life Insurance Co., Columbia, S. C., in 1889, […]
City: Memphis METCALF, Charles W., Sr., lawyer, born Jessamine Co., Ky., 1840; educated in the common schools of his native county and took a course at Millersburg (Ky.) College; after leaving college in 1861 he went to Memphis, where he enlisted in Capt. Phil D. Thompson’s cavalry company, which was […]
City: Memphis METCALF, Charles W. Jr., insurance man; born Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 10, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Charles W. and Mary (Park) METCALF; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandfather Henry METCALF, maternal grandfather William PARK; educated Memphis and Knoxville, Tenn.; graduated from University of Tenn., B. S., June, 1895; in […]
City: Memphis MAURY, Richard B., physician; born Georgetown, D. C. in 1834; son of Richard B. and Ellen (Magruder) MAURY; educated University of Va., 1852-1854; graduated in medicine, University of Va., 1857, University of N. Y., 1858; in early life he was a school teacher; married twice first in 1861, […]
City: Memphis MAURY, John M., physician and surgeon; born Memphis, Tenn., July 25, 1868; French descent; son of Richard B. and Jane S. (Ellett) MAURY; paternal grandparents, Richard B. and Ellen (Magruder) MAURY, maternal grandparents, Henry T. and Rebecca (Seeley) ELLETT; educated in the city schools of Memphis, Tenn., and […]
City: Memphis MAURY, Henry Hancock, merchant; born Memphis, Tenn., June 19, 1860; son of Abraham and Mary J. (Hancock) MAURY; paternal grandparents Dr. William H. and Martha (Worsham) MAURY, maternal grandparents A. S. and Sarah (Ball) HANCOCK; French Huguenot descent; educated Memphis; married Lizzie S. WEBB October 20, 1885; member […]
City: Memphis MATTHEWS, Robert Leedy, real estate and insurance; born in Memphis, Tenn.; most of his life was spent in Mississippi, where he acquired his preliminary education; graduated from Eastman’s Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; he returned to Memphis, and at age of eighteen years secured a position with Farrington, […]
City: Memphis MATHEWS, William D., life insurance and fiscal agent; born Eleroy, Stephenson Co., Ill., Oct. 2, 1855; English-Irish-Scotch-Welsh descent; son of Sam R. and Celia (Packer) MATHEWS; father’s occupation manufacturer; paternal grandparents William C. and Eliza MATHEWS, maternal grandparents Daniel B. and Desire (Lincoln) PACKER; educated in the public […]