City: Nashville YANCEY, Richard H., editor; born Fayette County, Tenn., November, 1855; son of Edwin T. and Mary (Anderson) YANCEY; Welsh descent, family came to Virginia in 1642; educated at LaGrange Academy and Cumberland University; graduated in law at Lebanon Law School; engaged in newspaper work at 23 years of […]
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City: Memphis NAILL, Millard, real estate; born Brownsville, Tenn., December 3, 1873; son John and Katherine B. (WILLIAMS) NAILL; educated country schools in Haywood County and Cumberland University at Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn.; married Sara Tyler SHEPHERD, July 29, Memphis; formerly Stamp Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue. Fifth District, Tennessee. […]
City: Nashville McFARLAND, W. L., public accountant; born Dancyville, Tenn., July 21, 1856; French-Scotch descent; son of George P. and Mary (Alexander) McFARLAND; father, physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents Lewis and Annie (Jimison) McFARLAND, maternal grandparents William R. and Elizabeth (Jarman) ALEXANDER; graduated Cumberland University, B.S., M.A., F.I.A. and C. […]
City: Nashville Lurton, Horace Harmon, jurist; born Newport, Ky., 1844; son of Lycurgus L. and Sarah (Harmon) LURTON; graduated Cumberland University L.B. 1867, University of the South D.C.L. 1899; admitted to the bar in 1867; married Frances OWEN, September 1, 1867; Chancellor Sixth Division of Tennessee 1875-78, Justice of Supreme […]
City: Nashville LATTIN, John Thomas, assistant postmaster; born Somerville, Tenn., March 12, 1851; English and German descent; son of John Thomas and Margaret H. (Zellner) LATTIN; father, postmaster and merchant; paternal grandparents Thomas A. and Lucy (Davison) LATTIN, maternal grandparents Arnold and Margaret (Holmes) ZELLNER; educated Somerville (Tenn.) Male Academy; […]
City: Nashville LANDRITH, Ira, clergyman and President Belmont College; born Milford, Ellis County, Tex., March 23, 1865; son Martin Luther and Mary M. (Groves) LANDRETH; Scotch-Irish descent; educated in public schools and Trinity University in Texas and Cumberland University; graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., 1888-89; degrees conferred, B.S., 1888; […]
City: Nashville LAMBUTH, Walter Russell, clergyman; born Shanghai, China, November 10, 1854; English and Scotch descent; son of James W. and Mary Isabella (McClellan) LAMBUTH; father, missionary to China and Japan; paternal grandparents John R. and Nancy (Kirkpatrick) LAMBUTH; maternal grandparents William G. and Sarah Ann (Cleveland) McCLELLAN; married Daisy […]
City: Memphis STRATTON, Leslie M., merchant; born Lebanon, Tenn., Feb. 23, 1881; English descent; son of Golladay and Louisa (Norman) STRATTON; educated common schools of Lebanon, Tenn., studied at Cumberland University; began his career as a newsboy, later became clerk in wholesale grocery store; he is now president of Benedict-Warren […]
City: Memphis SILVERTOOTH, George W., lawyer; born Munford, Tipton County, Tenn., March 16, 1872; son of Jacob and Caroline (McFadden) SILVERTOOTH; paternal grandfather Judge George W. SILVERTOOTH (at one time) Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky; maternal grandfather Candour McFADDEN, formerly a prominent merchant of Covington, Tenn.; Scotch-Irish descent; educated public and […]
Mrs. LURTON was the daughter of the late Dr. Benjamin Rush OWEN and Mrs. Katherine Kennedy Howard OWEN, both of Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn. Dr. OWEN was a learned and distinguished physician, who fell an early victim to his devotion to his professions, dying in early manhood from an attack of cholera, with which he […]
City: Memphis STEWART, George Brooks, physician and surgeon; born in Shelby Co., Tenn., Aug. 27, 1870; Scotch descent; son of Cyrus M. and Kate J. (Douglass) STEWART; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents James and Mary (Craig) STEWART, maternal grandparents George and Joannnah [sic] (Sandford) DOUGLASS; educated Cumberland University and University […]
City: Nashville HOLCOMB, Walt, minister and lecturer; born Winston-Salem, N. C., July 29, 1878; son B. V. and Rebecca HOLCOMB, educated Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va., and Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; married Julia Baxter JONES of Cartersville, Ga., April 17, 1907; wrote biography of Rev. Sam P. Jones, and edited his […]
City: Nashville HINDS, John I. D., Professor of Chemistry; born Guilford County, N. C., December 13, 1847; Scotch, Irish and English descent; son of John and Rhoda (Webb) HINDS; father was a physician and Cumberland Presbyterian minister; paternal grandparents Simeon and Elizabeth (Stone) HINDS, maternal grandparents Meredith and Rachel (Green) […]
City: Trenton HARWOOD, Thomas Everett, lawyer; born Trenton, Tenn., Aug. 5, 1852; son of R. D. and Mary (Everett) HARWOOD; father’s occupation, in early life a printer, later a merchant and then for many years a farmer; paternal grandparents William and Sarah Ann (Grizzard) HARWOOD, maternal grandfather Thomas H. EVERETT, […]
City: Tracy City FULTS, Jefferson D., lawyer; German and English descent; son of Smith and Timie Ellen (Sanders) FULTS; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Daniel and Philadelphia (Thompson) FULTS, maternal grandparents Thomas and Polly Mary (Cox) SANDERS; educated common schools, Shook College, Tracy City, Tenn., University of Tenn., at Knoxville, and […]
City: Memphis RIDDICK, Thomas Kader, lawyer; born Fayette Co., Tenn., July 9, 1851; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Edward Garrett and Harriet Ann (Mayo) RIDDICK; educated Macon Masonic College, Macon, Tenn., graduating from same A. B., 1868, and Cumberland University, LL.B., 1871; taught school in early life; entered practice of law […]
City: Nashville GREEN, Grafton, lawyer; born Lebanon, Tenn., August 25, 1872; son Nathan and Bettie (McClain) GREEN; English-Scotch-Irish descent; graduated Cumberland University, A. A., 1891; LL. B., 1893; married Pauline DINGES, December 10, 1898; admitted to bar 1893; elected Judge of Supreme Court of Tennessee August 4, 1910. Source: Who’s […]
City: Nashville FITE, Leonard Beard, dry goods commission merchant; born Nashville, Tenn., December 21, 1856; German and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Leonard Beard and Virginia G. L. (Randall) FITE; father’s occupation, wholesale dry goods merchant; educated Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; interested in the wholesale dry goods business in early life; […]
City: Nashville GREEN, Grafton, lawyer; born Lebanon, Tenn., August 25, 1872; son Nathan and Bettie (McClain) GREEN; English-Scotch-Irish descent; graduated Cumberland University, A. B., 1891; LL.B., 1893; married Pauline DINGES, December 10, 1898; admitted to bar 1893; elected Judge of Supreme Court of Tennessee, August 4, 1910.
City: Nashville ANDERSON, Arthur Blythe, Attorney General Tenth District; born Chapel Hill, Marshall County, Tennessee, September 29, 1869; son of Thomas H. and Mary E. (Langston) ANDERSON; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Peabody College, Nashville, University of Nashville, Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee; L.L degree Peabody College 1890; B.S. University of Nashville […]