City: Winchester HULING, Matthew Marshall, physician; born Concord, Tenn., July 8, 1872; Scotch-Irish and French descent; son of D. C. and Cynthia A. (Keith) HULING; father, carpenter; paternal grandparents, Thomas A. and Julia A. (Holt) HULING; educated at Ewing and Jefferson College, Ewing, Tenn., and graduated from same A. B. […]
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City: Trousdale McGEE, Jesse Clendenon, merchant; born Forest, Tenn., Nov. 8, 1859; Irish descent; son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Jennings) McGEE; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Clendenon and Martha (England) McGEE, maternal grandparents Jesse and Lucinda (Shell) JENNINGS; educated at Forest, Tenn.; early occupation, Sheriff of Rhea Co., Tenn., […]
The Reverend James M. Osborne, a native of North Carolina, was born October 18, 1852, and died in Graysville, Tenn., November 16, 1939. On august 4, 1875, he married Martha E. Brown, who survives him to mourn his passing. To this union were born two children, a son who died […]
City: Rhea Springs EWING, John Montgomery, farmer; born near Kingston, Roane Co., Tenn., July 20, 1859; English-Irish descent; son of Elijah M. and Mary (Murphy) EWING; father, farmer and stock raiser; educated Oak Hill Academy, Roane Co., Tenn.; in early life he was a farmer, later engaged in merchandising and […]
City: Greeneville SHUGART, Charles Offert, minister of the gospel; born Ducktown, Tenn., Oct. 1, 1881; German-Dutch and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Livingston and Laura (McLeod) SHUGART; father’s occupation merchant; paternal grandfather Levi SHUGART; paternal grandmother was a Miss PICKLE prior to her marriage; maternal grandparents Sidney and Susie (Greer) MCLEOD; […]
City: Graysville SHELTON, Erasmus Archer, physician; born Tazewell Co., Va., May 9, 1846; English and Scotch descent; son of Samuel F. and Permelia C. (Gregory) SHELTON; father’s occupation farmer and minister; paternal grandparents Wesley and Emily (Hayden) SHELTON; maternal grandparents John and Mary E. (Pig) GREGORY; received common school education; […]
City: Graysville CLOUSE, John W., public official; born Knox Co., Tenn., Feb. 9, 1842; Dutch-Irish descent; son of George W. and Nancy A. (McInturff) CLOUSE; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents, Thomas and Rachel (Clouse) CLOUSE, maternal grandparents John and Nancy A. MCINTURFF; in early life was engaged in farming; entered […]
City: Grandview WOODWORTH, Arthur Vyne, educator, minister of the Gospel; born in Grinnell, Ia., Aug. 21, 1872; English descent; son of William W. and Lydia A. (Sessions) WOODWORTH; his father was a Congregational Minister; paternal grandparents Walter and Mary (Sage) WOODWORTH; maternal grandparents Wm. V. and Lydia (Ames) SESSIONS; educated […]
City: Graysville TAYLOR, William Hale, teacher; born Cannon Co., Tenn., April 22, 1837; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James R. and Elizabeth (Barton) TAYLOR; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Edmund and Mary (Roberts) TAYLOR; maternal grandparents Joshua and Jane (Hale) BARTON; graduated from Marion Collegiate Institute Cannon, Co., Tenn., June 13, […]
City: Evensville EVENS Thomas Haws, farmer; born Evensville, Tenn., March 17 ,1856; Welsh descent; son of Joseph Smith and Sarah J. (Haws) EVENS; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Evens and Mary (Smith) EVENS, maternal grandparents Thomas and Jane (Haws) HAWS; has been engaged in farming all of his life; married […]
City: Dayton ARMSTRONG, Alfred F., farmer; born Meigs Co., Tenn., March 8, 1844; German and Irish descent; son of Benjamin and Nancy (Brightwell) ARMSTRONG; received a common school education; married Ada HUTCHESON Feb. 9, 1870; was member of 3rd Tenn. Infantry Volunteer Co. I. C. S. A.; member Baptist church; […]
City: Dayton ALLEN, Valentine Collins, lawyer; born in Tippah Co., Miss., Sept. 2, 1842; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Valentine and Ann (Frazier) ALLEN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Valentine ALLEN; paternal grandmother Frances (Collins) ALLEN, maternal grandfather Beriah FRAIZER, maternal grandmother Barbara (Gibbs) FRAZIER; received an academic education; married Emily […]
City: Dayton BENHAM, Philo Dayton, farmer; born Jacksonport, Ark., Jan. 2, 1857; son of Philo Mead and Lucinda (Dayton) BENHAM; English descent; father’s occupation, teacher, publisher, manufacturer; paternal grandfather James BENHAM, paternal grandmother Lucy (Mead) BENHAM, maternal grandfather, Telem DAYTON, maternal grandmother Lucinda (Fletcher) DAYTON; educated in public schools of […]
City: Dayton CRAWFORD, James Thomas, accountant and real estate broker; born Washington, Rhea Co., Tenn., Nov. 25, 1869; Scotch-Irish descent; son of H. A. and Ann N. (Gillespie) CRAWFORD; father was a merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents Capt. John and Martha (Griffith) CRAWFORD; maternal grandparents Robert N. and Hannah (Lenty) […]
City: Decatur FIKE, James Emerson, farmer and stock raiser; born in Rhea Co., March 5, 1825; son of Josiah and Anna (Sutton) FIKE; Scotch-Irish descent; received common school education and began farming in early life; married first Elizabeth FOOSHEE, Oct. 9, 1845; second Harriett THOMAS, June 14, 1878; member of […]
City: Dayton ELLIS, Joseph Desha, Jr., farmer; born Covington, Ky., 1852; Irish-Scotch-French-Holland Dutch descent; son of Joseph Desha and Mary (Longmoor) ELLIS; father’s occupation, printer; received common school education; began business life as a newsboy at 9 years of age, later became errand boy for Cincinnati business firm, then a […]
City: Cleveland HUMPHREY, William Lilly, lawyer; born Rhea Co., Tenn., Oct. 25, 1866; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William Lilly and Emiline (Rector) HUMPHREY; educated at Grant University, and graduated from same May 1891; married Ardella BEAN Oct. 26, 1896; Republican and Prohibitionist; member of the Methodist Episcopal church
City: Dayton TALLENT, Noah J., Postmaster Dayton, Tenn.; born Marshall, Co., Ala., Feb. 5, 1875; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Robert F. and Margaret (Cox) TALLENT; father’s occupation machinist; received common school education; married Maggie Z. MOORE June 28, 1896; Past Grand I. O. O. B., Past Chancellor of K. of […]
City: Dayton KELLEY, William B., farmer; born Rhea Co., Tenn., Feb. 29, 1860; Irish descent; son of Jacob and Julia F. (Darwin) KELLEY; educated at Hiwassee College, Tenn.; married Ada MORRISON Nov. 28, 1883; member Dayton Lodge I. O. O. F. No. 2 and Dayton Lodge No. 156 of F. […]
City: Dayton HUDSON, John Wesley, President and Mgr. Dayton Milling Co.; born Anderson Co., Tenn., Aug. 19, 1861; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Elijah B. and Nancy Ann (Reader) HUDSON; father’s occupation, contractor; paternal grandfather John William HUDSON, paternal grandmother Nancy Ann (Davis) HUDSON, maternal grandfather Harrison READER, maternal grandmother Rachel […]