City: Memphis GOODMAN, Walter, merchant, planter, manufacturer; born Huntsville, Ala., June 7, 1860; son W. A. and Corinne (Acklen) GOODMAN; English and Scotch descent; educated J. D. Stewart’s private school, Memphis, and University of Virginia; member Calvary Church (Episcopal), Memphis; vestryman for eighteen years; he is now President Dixie Electro […]
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City: Memphis GOODBAR, James Monroe, wholesale shoe merchant and manufacturer; born Overton Co., Tenn., May 29, 1839; English-Irish-Scotch-Welsh descent; son of William P. and Jane (McKinney) GOODBAR; father’s occupation, merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents, Joseph and Mary (Masters) GOODBAR, maternal grandparents, Henry and Jane (McDowell) McKINNEY; educated at Sparta, Tenn.; […]
City: Memphis GOLTMAN, Max, physician; born Glasgow, Scotland, May 24, 1867; Scotch descent; son of Solomon and Cecilia (TOBIAS) GOLTMAN; paternal grandfather, Samuel GOLTMAN, maternal grandfather, Charles TOBIAS; educated Bishop’s University, Montreal, Canada, and graduated from same C. M. and M. D. degrees 1892; married Mollie STERNBERG, Dec. 12, 1895; […]
City: Memphis GODWIN, Robert Allen, real estate operator; born Memphis, Tenn., April 11, 1876; Scotch-Irish descent; son of J. R. and Mary Frances (Mullins) GODWIN; father’s occupation, cotton merchant and banker; paternal grandparents, Handy and Mary (McQueen) GODWIN, maternal grandfather, L. D. MULLINS; educate in Jones’ School for Boys, Keswick, […]
City: Memphis GODWIN, John Robert, retired banker; born Cumberland Co., N. C., Nov. 19, 1830; English-Scotch descent; son of Handy and Mary (McQueen) GODWIN; father’s occupation, farmer; educated in the local schools of Shelby Co., Tenn., and Male Academy of Raleigh, Tenn.; in early life engaged in farming, later entered […]
City: Memphis GILLILAND, Fletcher M., business man; born Mount Pleasant, Miss., July 5, 1861; educated in DeSoto Co., Miss., and Collierville Tenn.; in early life was clerk in drug store at Collierville, where he remained three years; he then went into the general store of W. H. Irby at the […]
City: Memphis GILLESPIE, Allen Alexander, real estate dealer; born Tate Co., Miss., July 23, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James Alexander and Malinda (Burford) GILLISPIE; father’s occupation, planter; paternal grandfather, Allen Alexander GILLESPIE, maternal grandfather, Alexander K. BURFORD; educated in the public schools of Tate Co., Miss.; married Bettie HARRIS, […]
City: Memphis GERBER, Charles A., merchant; born Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 5, 1867; son of John and Matilda (Hein) GERBER; secretary and treasurer of the John Gerber Co., Memphis, Tenn.
City: Memphis GATES, Elias, lawyer; born Des Arc. Ark., Aug. 19, 1873; Hebrew (German) descent; son of Ferdinand and Sallie (Mayer) GATES; father, merchant; educated in Central High School of Philadelphia, Pa., University of Pa., and Harvard Law School; graduated University of Pa. Ph.B., 1894, Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1897; […]
City: Memphis GASTON, John, business man; born near Bordeau, in South France, in 1828; at age of twelve years he left the farm and went to Paris, where an uncle kept a small hotel and restaurant; later he became steward on an ocean steamer and crossed the Atlantic many times; […]
City: Memphis GARNSEY, Cyrus Jr., general manager and treasurer Galloway Coal Company, General Manager and Treasurer Patterson Transfer Company, Active Vice-President of the State National Bank and the United States Trust and Savings Bank; born Seneca Falls, N. Y., April 10, 1861; son Cyrus and Eliza Goodwin (Hoskins) GAINSEY; educated […]
City: Memphis GALLOWAY, R., coal operator; born London, Eng., November 6, 1843; son of R. and Mary (Whittington) GALLOWAY; Scotch descent; educated St. Louis and Keokuk, Iowa; married twice, 1865 and 1908; member Masonic order; 1864 clerk on Memphis boats; 1865 clerk M. & C. Railway; in 1879 he was […]
City: Memphis GARDNER, William Montgomery, civil engineer; born Augusta, Ga., August 14, 1869; son Gen. W. M. and Helen (Long) GARDNER; graduated Rome, Ga.; member Chickasaw Club, B. M. C., member and Director of the American Society of Civil Engineers, New York National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C.; member of […]
City: Memphis GALLOWAY, Jacob Scudder, lawyer; born near Morristown, N. J., Feb. 14, 1838; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of Samuel and Rebecca (Scudder) GALLOWAY; father’s occupation, Presbyterian minister; paternal grandparents, Joseph and Mary (Bowman) GALLOWAY, maternal grandparents, Dr. Jacob and Hester Rule (McClain) SCUDDER; graduated from Princeton University, N. […]
City: Memphis GALLOWAY, Alexander Brodnax, lawyer; born Somerville, Tenn., December 26, 1884; son of Thomas S. and Miverva Allison (Greenlee) GALLOWAY; Scotch-Irish descent; educated high school Somerville, Cumberland University; graduate of Cumberland University LL. B. June, 1908; married Miss Jim COMBS, November 11, 1908; Episcopalian.
City: Memphis GAISFORD, John, architect; born Warminster, Wilts, England, Oct. 6, 1875; English descent; son of Joseph and Sarah Ann (Annetts) GAISFORD; educated Warminster National School and Birkbeck Institute, London, successfully passed all examinations; married Waneta RALPH, of Oil City, Pa., June 1, 1904; member of all Masonic orders; came […]
City: Memphis GAILOR, Thomas Frank, P. E. bishop, of the diocese of Tenn.; born Jackson, Miss., Sept. 17, 1856; son of Major Frank M. and Charlotte (Moffett) GAILOR; Scotch-Irish descent; his father was born Western New York, Nov. 17, 1833, moved to Mississippi when a boy and became editor of […]
City: Memphis GAGE, William A., Cotton factor; born Schohanie, N. Y., July 19, 1838; English descent; son of William and Martha M. (Carey) GAGE; educated Schohanie (N.Y.) Academy, and graduated from same; began business as a cotton factor with Charles G. FISHER, Memphis, Tenn., 1865; in 1878 the firm was […]
City: Memphis FROST, John T., retired banker and manufacturer; born City of Limerick, Ireland, Jan. 6, 1845; son of Thomas and Honore (Quain) FROST, who located in Chicago in 1848; was educated in the public and private schools of Chicago and was for three years a student at University St. […]
City: Memphis FREIRSON, GORDON, attorney; born Forrest City, Ark., Nov. 18, 1872; son of J. G. and Emma (Dorris) FRIERSON; Scotch-Irish-English descent; graduate of University of Arkansas LL. B. degree in 1896; early occupation, mercantile line and student; member Elks, Kappa Sigma, A. O. U. W., City Court Judge at […]