City: Jonesboro HACKER, Newton, born Greene Co., Tenn., March 3, 1836; German descent; son of Jacob and Sarah (Lloyd) HACKER; his father was an English scholar, and taught in the common schools for forty years; paternal grandparents, Jacob and Martha (Register) HACKER, maternal grandparents, James and _____ (Kennedy) LLOYD; educated […]
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City: Jonesboro BRITTON, Frank E., Postmaster and druggist; born Augusta Co., Va., March 7, 1860; Scotch-Irish descent; son of T. P. and Mary E. (Ruebush) BRITTON; received common school education; married Alice HOWREN 1886; Republican; began his business career in the drug business, later became Postmaster, which position he has […]
City: Jonesboro BAXTER, Elbridge J., lawyer; born Washington College Sept. 2, 1860; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jacob and Saraphinia (Shannon) BAXTER; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Jacob and Catharine (Rhine) BAXTER; maternal grandparents Elijah and Eliza (Simpson) SHANNON; graduated Washington college with A.B. degree May 1885; worked on farm in […]
City: Johnsons Grove WINBURN, Henry Clay, farmer; born Haywood Co., Tenn., April 12, 1845; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Henry G. and Nancy A. (Wood) WINBURN; father’s occupation farmer and teacher; paternal grandparents Henry and Sarah E. (Eason) WINBURN; maternal grandparents Francis I. and Nancy E. (Milbourn) WOOD; received common school […]
City: Johnson City WILLIAM, Samuel Cole, lawyer, and banker; born Gibson, Co., Tenn., Jan. 15, 1864; Welsh and Irish descent; son of Thomas J. and Martha R. (Cole) WILLIAMS; father’s occupation public official; paternal grandparents Eli and Chloe (Collins) WILLIAMS, maternal grandparents Samuel and Olive (Walker) COLE; graduated from law […]
City: Johnson City VINES, D. A., lawyer; attorney-general for the First Judicial Circuit of the State of Tennessee; Republican; residence, Johnson City, Tenn.
City: Johnson City WEBB, Hugh Francis, business man; born in Sullivan Co., Tenn., June 16, 1859; son of Ben F. and Susannah (Jones) WEBB; father’s occupation carpenter; paternal grandparents, David and Sallie (Jones) WEBB, maternal grandparents, John R. and Katy (Morrell) JONES; educated Poplar Ridge, Sullivan Co. Tenn.; began his […]
City: Johnson City SLACK, Embree Munsey, editor; born at Bristol, Tenn., Dec. 10, 1877; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John and Julia (Holston) SLACK; father’s occupation editor of Bristol Courier; former member of upper and lower houses Tenn. Legislature; Trustee of Sullivan Co., Tenn.; educated in public schools, King College, Bristol, […]
City: Johnson City SELLS, George Caldwell, lawyer; born Sullivan Co., Tenn., May 6, 1878 English-German-Irish descent; son of Geo. W. and Mary M. (McCrary) SELLS; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Samuel and Sarah (Bushong) SELLS; maternal grandparents Samuel and Elizabeth (Treadway) McCRARY; graduated from King College, Bristol, Tenn., with B. […]
City: Johnson City POWELL, Ferdinard, business man; born Columbia, Va., Aug. 16, 1880; son of J. J. A. and Annie S. (Jones) POWELL; father’s occupation lawyer; paternal grandparents Dr. Norment and Mary C. (Wright) POWELL; maternal grandparents, Ferdinand and Mildred B. (Goodwin) JONES; graduated from Va. Polytechnic Institute with degree […]
City: Johnson City MILLER, Walter James, physician; born at Blountville, Tenn., June 5, 1855; son of Elbert Sevier and Maria S. (James) MILLER; father’s occupation physician; paternal grandparents Peter and Sarah (Hunt) MILLER; maternal grandparents Walter and Sarah (Vincent) JAMES; educated Shelbyville High School, Bedford, Co., Tenn.; graduated from Vanderbilt […]
City: Johnson City LYLE, Cyrus Hamilton, editor; born in Washington Co., Tenn., Feb. 7, 1863; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Henry and Gertrude (Shewalter) LYLE; father was a railroad conductor; began his career as a printer; married Stacy CRUMLEY, Feb. 27, 1889; member of Masons, Elks, K. P., I. O. O. […]
City: Johnson City JACKSON, Monroe, merchant; born Toleda, Iowa, April 29, 1856; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Andrew and Catherine (Quick) JACKSON; father’s occupation farmer and banker; educated in Iowa; married Cora B. REYNOLDS; member Odd Fellows, Commercial Club, Board of Trade; Democrat; Clerk State Senate Iowa 1888; Coal Oil Inspector, […]
City: Johnson City HUNTER, Robert Crouch, real estate and insurance agent; born Boon’s Creek, Tenn., Jan. 22, 1859; Irish descent; son of Perry and Elizabeth (Crouch) HUNTER; received academic education at Boon’s Creek, Tenn.; married Jennie C. DYER Jan. 24, 1883; Democrat (Independent); former Coal Oil Inspector for Johnson City, […]
City: Johnson City HENDERSON, Albert Pendleton, merchant; born Giles Co., Va. (now Bland Co.), Dec. 14, 1841; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James and Elizabeth (Neel) HENDERSON; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents John and Sarah (Bane) HENDERSON, maternal grandparents William and Nancy (Harman) NEEL; educated in the country schools and Friendship […]
City: Johnson City GARDNER, James Robert, lawyer; born Van Hill, Tenn., Aug. 2, 1879; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Henry and Sarah (Ball) GARDNER; father’s occupation, farmer and merchant; paternal grandparents, James and Annie (Myers) GARDNER; maternal grandparents John W. and Rebecca (Kelley) BALL; graduated Oakland Seminary in 1899; reared on […]
City: Johnson City ESTES, Charles Nathaniel, manufacturer, dealer in patents; born Jonesboro, Tenn., July 15, 1857; Scotch descent; son of James A. and Elizabeth (Wills) ESTES; educated Jonesboro, Tenn.; married twice, first Laura YOUNG, March, 1879, second Nannie PATTY, Dec. 31, 1890; member of Band of Gideons; Prohibitionist; in early […]
City: Knoxville CONNER, Ed Dougherty, Public Official; born Galbraiths, Hawkins, Co., Tenn., Feb. 6, 1873; son of Michael J. and Katherine (Gregory) CONNER; Irish descent; educated Hawkins Co. institutions of learning; married Frances M. KINNANE June 29, 1904; member Elks, Royal Arcanum, Knights of Columbus; appointed Chief of Police of […]
City: Knoxville CHAPMAN, David Carpenter, Vice-President and General Manager Chapman Drug Co.; born Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 9, 1876; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of John Ellis and Charlotte Alice (Young) CHAPMAN; father’s occupation President Chapman, White Lyons Co., Wholesale Druggists; paternal grandparents Isaac and Elizabeth (Ellis) CHAPMAN; maternal grandparents Judge […]
City: Knoxville CLAXTON, Philander Priestley, born in Bedford Co., Tenn. Sept. 28, 1862; son of Joshua Calvin and Ann Elizabeth (Jones) CLAXTON; graduate of University of Tennessee, A.B. 1882, A.M. 1887, Litt. D. Bates College 1906; student in Johns Hopkins University 1884-85; student of education and schools of Germany 1885-1886; […]