City: Dixon Spring WRIGHT, Hugh Bradley, farmer; born Dixon Spring, Tenn., Nov. 20, 1866; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John Randolph and Nannie (Bradley) WRIGHT; father’s occupation, farming and stock raising; paternal grandparents George and Sallie (Burton) WRIGHT, maternal grandparents, Hugh H. and Martha (Dillon) BRADLEY; educated local schools Dixon Spring, […]
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City: Dixon Spring BRIDGEWATER, Samuel Chambers, physician; born Dixon Spring, Tenn., Feb. 4, 1856; English descent son of Major John C. and Mary F. (Vaughan) BRIDGEWATER; father was a merchant who died in the Confederate Army 1864; paternal grandparents Chesley and Nancy (Chambers) BRIDGEWATER, maternal grandparents Col J. H. and […]
City: Difficult THOMAS, Sterling Price, merchant; born Bagdad, Tenn., Feb. 28, 1869; son of James A. and Eveline (Williams) THOMAS; father was a farmer and live stock dealer; paternal grandparents Chesley and Maria (Jenkins) THOMAS; maternal grandparents James and Millie (Sutton) WILLIAMS; educated at D. A. Duke College, Difficult, Tenn.; […]
City: Difficult RUSSELL, Gen. Francis Marion, merchant and manufacturer; born Smith Co., Tenn., Sept. 11, 1865; Irish descent; son of J. F. and Sarah E. (Austin) RUSSELL; father’s occupation, blacksmith and wheelwright; educated local public schools; began life in his father’s shop, and later, engaged in mercantile and tobacco trade […]
City: Difficult DONOHO, Charles Hayden, physician and surgeon; born Willette, Macon Co., Tenn., July 1, 1874; son of John H. and Arilla (Hudson) DONOHO; father’s occupation farmer, tobacco dealer, merchant and live stock trader; paternal grandparents Rody and Juda (Brooks) DONOHO; maternal grandparents Obediah and Nancy (Coonse) HUDSON; educated at […]
City: Defeated WRIGHT, Wilson Daniel, farmer; born Sykes, Tenn., Nov. 25, 1863; English-Irish descent; son of Stephens Henry and Nancy (Waters) WRIGHT; father’s occupation, farmer; in early life was a farmer, later entered the mercantile business; received a common school education; was a merchant at Hickman, Tenn., from 1882 to […]
City: Chattanooga WILKERSON, William Exum, lawyer; born Smith Co., Tenn., Feb. 2, 1874; son of James Allen and Elizabeth (Hale) WILKERSON; English descent; graduated Masonic College Alexandria, Tenn., 1898; in 1902 attended Cumberland University, from which he graduated in law; principal of Chestnut Mound Academy 1898-1900; in 1900 elected superintendent […]
City: Chestnut Mound ELROD, James Paschal, merchant; born Chestnut Mound, Tenn., Nov. 14, 1878; son of Ridley and Emma (Halleman) ELROD; father’s occupation, real estate; paternal grandfather E. ELROD, paternal grandmother Eliza (McDonald) ELROD, maternal grandfather George HALLEMAN, maternal grandmother Liza (Apple) HALLEMAN; educated Granville High School, entered mercantile business […]
City: Chestnut Mound KNIGHT, Elijah Haynie, physician and farmer; born Smith Co. Tenn., Aug. 20, 1841; English descent; son of Robert W. and Susan (Haynie) KNIGHT; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Jonathan KNIGHT, paternal grandmother Ruth (High) KNIGHT, maternal grandfather Elijah HAYNIE, maternal grandmother Clarkey (Beasley) HAYNIE; received common school […]
City: Decaturville GORE, Denton Lemuel, teacher; born in Smith Co., Tenn., in 1858; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Claborn C. and Elizabeth (Robinson) GORE; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents, Mounce and Rebecca (Simcoe) GORE; maternal grandparents, Allen and Martha (Standford) ROBINSON; educated Masonic Institute, Hartsville, Tenn.; graduated from Peabody College, […]
City: Clarksville OAKLEY, William Monroe, Superintendent Tenn., Odd Fellows Home; born Grant, Smith Co., Tenn., Dec. 9, 1859; English descent; son of William and Louiza (Gill) OAKLEY; father’s occupation farmer; received common school education; worked on farm until he was twenty-one, then entered the mercantile business at Grant, Tenn., entered […]
Town: Centerville KNIGHT, W. A., attorney at law; born Smith Co., Tenn., May 12, 1870; English descent; son of John A. and Elizabeth (Matthews) Knight; father’s occupation, farmer; received common school education in Southern Ky.; graduated with degree of LL. B. in 1893; began business career as a teacher; married […]
City: Carthage COX, James M., farmer; circuit court clerk; born Livingston, Tenn., Feb. 4, 1868; son of Henry HARRISON and Frances Marena (BATES) COX; English descent; educated Dixon Springs and Riddleton, Tenn.; member of K. of P., Royal Arcanum, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and M. W. of A.; elected […]
City: Carthage COTTON, James Thomas, minister of the Gospel; born Brentwood, Tenn., June 27, 1867; son of John A. and Rachel P. (TUKCER) COTTON; educated common schools, Wall & Mooney’s Academy, Culleoka, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; graduated from Wall & Mooney’s Academy June, 1890; converted to Christianity 1883; licensed to […]
City: Carthage WHITLOCK, Andrew Patton, educator; born Statesville, Tenn., March 22, 1871; English and Scotch descent; son of W. A. and V. E. (PATTON) WHITLOCK; educated at Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn.; and Terrill College, Decherd, Tenn.; graduated from the latter with a degree of B. S. in 1896; early life […]
City: Carthage SMOTHERMAN, James Lemuel, minister of the Gospel; born in Rutherford Co, Tenn., Feb 24, 1867; Dutch and English descent; son of Rev. Isom G. and Charity (Hester) SMOTHERMAN; received common school education; in early life worked on a farm; joined the Tenn. Annual Conference of the M. E. […]
City: Carthage KEMP, Newton Jefferson, public official; born Difficult, Tenn., 1845; Irish descent; son of John W. and Juda (Pankey) KEMP; father’s occupation, farmer; educated Bagdad (Tenn.) Academy, and graduated from that institution 1867; began his business career as a school teacher; elected register of Smith Co., Tenn., 1896 and […]
City: Carthage GORE, John J., lawyer; born in Smith Co., Tenn., 1879; Scotch-Irish descent; son of C. C. and Elizabeth (ROBINSON) GORE; father’s occupation farming; paternal grandparents Mounce and Rebecca (SIMCOE) GORE; maternal grandparents Allen and Martha (STANFORD) ROBINSON; entered Elmwood Academy in 1894; remained in same until 1896; completing […]
City: Byrdstown JOHNSON, Benton McMillan, traveling salesman, minister; born Rome, Tenn., Nov. 10, 1881; Scotch-Irish descent; son of J. D. and Jennie B. (Flippen) JOHNSON; father’s occupation hotel keeper; educated Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn.; began business career as school teacher; later assistant cashier Bank of Albany, Ky.; married Mertie HIGGINBOTHAM […]
City: Carthage FISHER, James Nelson, lawyer; born Carthage, Tenn., Jan. 30, 1878; Scotch-Irish and German descent; son of Thomas J. and Amelia W. (BRYAN) FISHER; father’s occupation lawyer and jurist, Atty.-Gen. 1884-1886, and Chancellor 1894-1902; paternal grandparents James C. and Rachel (PLUNKETT) FISHER, maternal grandparents Nelson and Minerva (WATERS) BRYAN; […]