City: Memphis WRIGHT, Luke E., lawyer; born Giles Co., Tenn., Aug. 29, 1846; Scotch descent; son of Archibald and Mary E. (Eldridge) WRIGHT; paternal grandparents John and Nancy (McIntyre) WRIGHT, maternal grandfather Elisha ELDRIDGE, maternal grandmother was a Miss DILLON prior to her marriage; educated University of Miss.; received B. […]
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City: Memphis WRIGHT, E. Eldridge, lawyer; born Mobile, Ala., July 25, 1871; Scotch descent; son of Luke E. and Kate Middleton (Semmes) WRIGHT; father, lawyer, diplomatist, ex-governor general of the Philippines, former ambassador to Japan and former secretary of war; paternal grandparents Archibald and Mary E. (Eldridge) WRIGHT; received primary […]
City: Memphis WOOLLEN, Alexander Rogers, manufacturer and cotton merchant; born McLemoresville, Tenn., April 26, 1861; English descent; son of A. T. M. and Mary Jane (Rogers) WOOLLEN; father’s occupation, merchant and planter; paternal grandparents David and Elizabeth (Woollen) WOOLLEN, maternal grandparents Alexander and Miriam (Crandall) ROGERS; educated at McLemoresville, Tenn, […]
City: Memphis SMITH, James Hammond, banker; born Shelbyville, Ky., July 6, 1835; German descent; son of Abram and Margaret (Campbell) SMITH; his father was a member of Capt. Ford’s company under Gen. Andrew Jackson, and was in the battle of New Orleans during war of 1812; his paternal grandparents were […]
City: Memphis SMITH, Horace Neely, banker; born Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 10, 1881; son of James Hammond and Emily (Wright) SMITH; father’s occupation, president People’s Savings Bank & Trust Co.; paternal grandparents Abraham and Margaret (Campbell) SMITH of Kentucky, maternal grandparents Tom T. and Eliza (Lowry) WRIGHT; educated Memphis Military Institute […]
City: Memphis SMITH, Bolton, lawyer, investment banker; born Indianapolis, Ind., July 25, 1861; English descent; son of Francis and Sarah (Bolton) SMITH; father, investment banker; educated in public schools of Dresden, Germany, and of Geneva, Switzerland, and graduated from Central Law School, Indianapolis, Ind., 1882; he also studied law at […]
City: Memphis SLACK, W.M., dentist, born Pontotoc, Miss., March 2, 1862; son of W.L. and Angie (Suddoth) SLACK; Holland-English descent; educated at Pontotoc, Miss.; graduated from Pontotoc College, graduated from New York College of Dentistry, D.D.S.; attended New York College of Dentistry, and University of City of New York Medical […]
City: Memphis PATTERSON, Malcolm Rice, lawyer; born Somerville, Ala., June 7, 1861; son of Josiah and Josephine (Rice) PATTERSON; graduated Christian Bros. College, Memphis, Tenn., A. M. degree, also studied Vanderbilt University, member Masons, Knights of Pythias and B. P. O. F.; Democrat; District Attorney of Shelby Co., Tenn., 1894-1900; […]
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 […]
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., University of New York, University of Nashville; graduated medicine in Medico Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, Pa.; City Bacteriologist in Nashville 1900; State Bacteriologist […]
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 (Meriwether) PAGE; graduated from Gen. Washington University, degree of M.D., June, […]
City: Memphis LeMASTER, Edward B., real estate agent and banker; born December 3, 1859, Shelby County, Tenn.; son W.P. 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 1902-06; member […]
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 LEHMAN, Eugene, lawyer; born Cincinnati, O., Feb. 16, 1840; Hebrew (Alsace-Lorraine) descent; son of Hart LEHMAN; father was a merchant; educated in the public schools of Cincinnati, O.; moved to Memphis, in 1858 and entered mercantile business; in 1869 formed law partnership with brother under firm name of […]
City: Memphis LEECH, Lewis Harper, attorney; born Charlotte, Tenn., November 19, 1885; son H.M. and Margaret (Harper) LEECH; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Vanderbilt University; graduate of same M.A. 1906; taught in North Carolina 1906-07; member Kappa Sigma Greek Letter Fraternity; member Company H, First Tennessee Infantry; admitted to bar in 1908 […]
City: Memphis LATHAM, Thomas J., born Washington, DC., Nov. 22, 1831; graduated from Western Military Institute, Georgetown, Ky., 1852; one of his instructors at this institution was James G. Blaine; he studied law at Dresden, Tenn., and was admitted to the bar in 1857; after two years of practice in […]
City: Memphis LARKIN, Michael S., contractor; born Memphis, Tenn., May 10, 1866; of Irish descent; son of John and Johanna (Murphy) LARKIN; father’s occupation general contractor; educated in common schools of Memphis, Tenn.; in early life he was a contractor, and engaged in street paving, etc.; began general contracting business […]
City: Memphis GORDON, George Washington, soldier, congressman, commander-in-chief United Confederate Veterans; born in Giles Co., Tenn., Oct. 5, 1836; son of Andrew and Eliza K. GORDON; graduated from Western Military Institute in 1859; married Ora S. PAINE, Sept. 5, 1876; in early life was practical civil engineer until outbreak of […]
City: Memphis GOODWYN, R. D., vice-president Memphis Queensware Co.; born in Shelby Co., Tenn., in 1868; educated in the public and private schools of Shelby Co., Tenn.; began his career as office boy for Porter & Macrae, he remained with this firm for ten years, working his way up to […]