City: Sharon SHANNON, James Edward, physician and surgeon; born near Sharon, Tenn., June 23, 1864; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Henry Jefferson and Anna Eliza (Tansil) SHANNON; father, physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents James and Mary (Shannon) SHANNON, maternal grandparents Edward Albert and Caroline (Jenkins) TANSIL; educated in the country schools, […]
Weakley
59 posts
In a work of this character, it is eminently proper that due notice be given to those men who, beginning life with small capital and under adverse circumstances, build for themselves a business and a reputation as men of sterling worth through the exercise of their talents and industry. Instead […]
The honored subject of this review is numbered among the progressive and representative agriculturists of Obion County, where he is the owner of a finely improved landed estate of five hundred acres, situated near the boundary line between Tennessee and Kentucky, Pierce Station being his post office address. He is […]
A well-to-do and leading business man of Obion, as a man who has in more than one line given worthy public service, and as a member of organizations that tend toward the betterment of humanity, L. A. Ward is one whose life is of interest to historian and reader. Of […]
City: Memphis TANSIL, John Bell, lawyer; born Dresden, Tenn., July 13, 1878; Scotch-English descent; son of Col. E.E. and Jackie (Bell) TANSIL; father’s occupation, ex-Co. Court Clerk, Weakley Co., Tenn., at present farmer; paternal grandparents Erasmus D. and Mary TANSIL, maternal grandparents Dr. Pulaski B. and Sarah L. BELL; educated […]
Mrs. MORAN, daughter of Hon. Emerson ETHERIDGE, of Tennessee, first saw the light in the country home of her maternal grandfather, Mr. James NAILLING, a wealthy planter of the “Old Volunteer State.” The mother of the subject of this sketch was, before her marriage, Miss Fanny BELL, a queenly, gracious woman, the center and […]
City: Mooring RILEY, Joe Edward, farmer; born Weakley Co., Tenn., June 10, 1838; Irish descent; son of Conner and ——- (Gaines) RILEY; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Edward RILEY; educated in Weakley Co., Tenn.; entered farming in early life; married Margaret TUCKER Jan. 5, 1870; Justice of the Peace; member […]
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 MAIDEN, Royal E., attorney at law; born Abington, Va., Feb. 18, 1868; English descent; son of G. A. and Rosie (Hawley) MAIDEN; father’s occupation, teacher; educated in the High School, Waverly, Tenn.; in early life taught school; married Effie MEEK, July 18, 1894; Democrat; member of legislature from […]
City: Memphis HORNSBY, A.A., attorney, referee in bankruptcy; born Henry County, Tenn., 1875; son J.S. and Belle (Scott) HORNSBY; Anglo-Saxon descent; educated McFerrin College, Martin, Tenn., and Cumberland University; graduated B.L. Cumberland University 1896; member K. of P., B.M.C., Memphis; Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity at Cumberland University; he was Floterial […]
City: Martin MARTIN, Thos. Dudley, farmer; born Weakley County, Tenn., April 27, 1835; son of William and Sarah (Glass) MARTIN; father’s occupation farmer; educated in Virginia; married C. P. COLLIER April 21, 1863; Democrat; early in life engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of Methodist Church.
City: McKenzie TODD, John Dudley, physician; born in Carroll Co., Tenn., March 3, 1856; descendant of Sir Edmund Dudley, 1462, father of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland; son of Marcus Lafayette and Paulina Rebecca (Dudley) TODD; father’s occupation planter and farmer; paternal grandparents Hugh and Narcissa (Rogers) TODD; maternal grandparents […]
City: McKenzie SPELLINGS, William, postmaster and cotton broker; born Carroll county, Tenn., Dec. 1, 1847; English descent; son of G.C. and Nancy (Schrisp) SPELLINGS; educated in Tenn. and Ill; began his career as a farmer, later entered the mercantile business; at present is postmaster at McKenzie, Tenn., and is a […]
City: McKenzie ROBINS, James Albert, teacher; born Guntown, Miss., Feb. 3, 1868; English descent; son of Jeptha and Eliza Dabney (Allen) ROBINS; father’s occupation lawyer, farmer; paternal grandparents Albert and Susan (Norton) ROBINS; maternal grandparents David and Sallie Ann (Spencer) ALLEN; educated in the common schools of Miss., Webb Schools […]
City: McKenzie RICHEY, Robert Calvin, educator; born Guntown, Miss., Feb. 21, 1876; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Wilson Marion and Sarah Rebecca (Whitten) RICHEY; father’s occupation merchant, planter; paternal grandparents Robert Caldwell and Nancy Elizabeth (Hill) RICHEY; maternal grandparents Calvin Thomas and Malinda Catharine (Kinzey) WHITTEN; educated in the public and […]
City: McKenzie McELROY, Robert Chester, educator, minister of the gospel; born Henry Co., Tenn., Nov. 16, 1883; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Robert and Martha J. (Petty) McELROY; educated in local schools of Henry Co., Tenn., and Hall-Moody Institute, Martin, Tenn.; married Katherine HUDDLESTON Jan. 18, 1906; Democrat; member of lower […]
City: McKenzie JOHNSON, Philip Franklin, minister of the gospel; born Weakley county, Tenn., Jan. 20, 1852; Scotch-Irish and German descent; son of W.B. and Sarah (Groom) JOHNSON; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents John P. and Mary (Harral) JOHNSON; maternal grandparents Bright and Kate (Winders) GROOMS; educated at Bethel College and […]
City: McKenzie GRISSAM, Clyde, lawyer; industrial journalism; born Brownville [sic], Haywood Co. Tenn., March 15, 1881; son of M.M. and Julia (Brown) GRISSAM; English descent; attended Brownsville High school and Vanderbilt Law school; member of I.O.O.F., D.T.D. Frat.; nominated for legislature by Haywood Co. Republicans, 1902; defeated; nominated Republicans of […]
City: McKenzie FINNEY, Newton Jefferson, educator; born Mt. Juliet, Tenn., Nov. 6, 1846; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William and Eliza Jane (Cloyd) FINNEY; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents William and Margaret (Jefferson) FINNEY; maternal grandparents Newton and Elizabeth (Williamson) CLOYD; educated at Mt. Juliet (Tenn.) High School and Cumberland University; […]
City: McKenzie EVERETT, John Edward, farmer and stock raiser; born in Weakley Co., Tenn., Oct. 16, 1847; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Elbert G. and Moleta (Busey) EVERETT; fathers’ occupation, farmer and stock raiser; received common school education; worked on farm in Weakley Co. in early life; married Elizabeth […]