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; […]
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City: Lebanon BEARD, Edward Ewing, lawyer; born Princeton, Ky.; son of Rev. Richard BEARD, D. D.; father’s occupation professor of theology in Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; paternal grandfather John BEARD; maternal grandfather Andrew CASTLEMAN; graduated from Cumberland University with A.B. degree, June, 1870; entered the practice of law in early […]
City: Lawrenceburg WILLIAMS, Robert Bone, lawyer; born in Wilson county, Tenn., Feb. 1, 1866; English-Irish-Scotch-Welsh descent; son of Julius Howard and Sarah Elizabeth (Owen) WILLIAMS; father’s occupation farmer, merchant and ex-county court chairman; paternal grandparents Julius H. and Margaret (Cason) WILLIAMS; maternal grandparents Daniel E. and Mary (Roberson) OWEN; educated […]
City: Dyersburg PARKER, John Neil, banker; born Dyer Co., Tenn., March 8, 1859; son of Daniel E. and Robena (Hart) PARKER; father being a farmer and financier; paternal grandparents Daniel E. and Martha (Smith) PARKER, maternal grandparents Gilbert and Mary (Moore) HART; educated in local schools of Dyer Co., Tenn.; […]
City: Knoxville SANDERS, Frank, lawyer; born Knox Co., Tenn., Aug. 31, 1879; son Jas. Preston and Ellen (Parker) SANDERS; Scotch-Irish descent; graduated National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio, B. S., 1901 and Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., LL. B., 1904; early business occupation student and school teacher; married Grace ASHLEY Jan. 22, […]
City: Knoxville ROGERS, Jesse L., attorney at law; born Speedwell, Tenn., April 9, 1855; son of Jesse and Margaret (Wilson) ROGERS; English, German descent; father’s occupation farmer; educated common schools of Claiborne Co.; graduated law Dept. Cumberland University LL. B., Jun 10, 1874; married Annie McFetridge Oct. 24, 1877; member […]
City: Knoxville WELCKER, William Louis, lawyer; born at Poplar Creek, Roane county, Tenn., Feb. 17, 1849; German and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Charles F. and Caroline Virginia WELCKER; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents were John Henry and Elizabeth (Inman) WELCKER; maternal grandparents James Coffield and Margaret (Lewis) MITCHELL; received […]
City: Jackson WALKER, Josef Clay, teacher; born Wartrace, Tenn., May, 1880; Scotch-Irish-Spanish-German descent; son of William B. and Pattie (Lane) WALKER; father’s occupation, planter; educated Cumberland University and Heidleberg /sic/, Germany; graduated from Cumberland University June, 1904, with degrees A. B., A. M., and LL. B., 1907; in early life […]
City: Jackson OAKLEY, Joseph Benjamin, minister of the gospel; born at Mineral Springs, Ark., graduated Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., June, 1896; married Carrie CALHOUN Sept. 9, 1896; entered the ministry at the age of seventeen years, pastor of Cumberland Presbyterian church four years at Columbus, Miss., one and one-half years […]
City: Jackson PIGFORD, Clarence E., lawyer; born Lauderdale, Miss., Nov. 11, 1873; son of James F. and Martha Jane (Delk) PIGFORD; father, planter and in railway service; educated Southwestern Baptist University and Cumberland University, graduated from S. W. B. U. with degree B. A. 1893, Cumberland University with degree of […]
City: Jackson MCCORRY, Thomas, lawyer; born Jackson, Tenn., April 29, 1872; Irish descent; son of Henry W. and Lucy Perkins (Cole) MCCORRY; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents Henry W. and Corinna Ann (Henderson) MCCORRY, maternal grandparents John A. and Mary Elizabeth (Perkins) … Southwestern Baptist Univ. and Cumberland Univ.; graduated […]
City: Jackson CANTRELL, B. P., president Jackson Woolen Mills; born Lebanon, Tenn., Feb. 8, 1866; son of Judge Robert and Martha (Magness) CANTRELL; Scotch-Irish descent; educated (Lebanon, Tenn.) Cumberland University; married Bessie JENNINGS, Oct. 1889; member Masons, Knight Templars, Past Eminent Commander, K. of P., I. O. O. F., Noble […]
City: Jackson BIGGS, William Hyman, lawyer; born Friendship, Crockett Co., Tenn., Sept. 4, 1850; son of W. W. and Matilda (Robertson) BIGGS; father’s occupation, farmer; educated country schools and Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; graduated with degree of L.L. B. at Lebanon, Tenn., June, 1874; in early life worked on farm […]
City: Jackson ANDERSON, Hugh Crump, banker; born McNairy Co., Tenn., Feb. 2, 1851; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William Tayler and Mahala (Wisdom) ANDERSON; father’s occupation, farmer, merchant; paternal grandparents, Thomas and Mary (Davis) ANDERSON; maternal grandparents, James and Susan (Seargent) WISDOM; educated at West Tennessee College, Jackson, Tenn., and Cumberland […]
City: Elizabethton BOREN, George Edmond, lawyer; born Carter Co., Tenn.; Scotch-Irish descent; son of W. W. BOREN; father, farmer; graduated from Cumberland University, L.L.B. degree in 1884; entered the practice of law in early life; married Ida FOLSOM, Jan. 8, 1895; member Knights Templar, and Scottish Rite Masons; Republican; active […]
City: Humboldt SENTER, J. D., lawyer; born Humboldt, Tenn., March 17, 1872; son of N. A. and Elizabeth (Baird) SENTER; English-Scotch-Irish descent; graduated Cumberland University L. L. B. in 1896; occupation In youth, student; married Nell LANG June 5, 1901; member Masonic Lodge and B. P. O. E.; member of […]
City: Humboldt HOWARD, S. F., teacher; born Paris, Mo., in 1866; son of Rev. J. S. and Francis (Hanna) HOWARD; Scotch and Irish descent; educated from Cumberland University of Tenn. A. B. in 1888, A. M. in 1889, Ph. D. in 1894; married Florence PENN June, 1903; member K. of […]
City: Dyersburg HALL, R. M., lawyer, banker, railroad builder; born Purdy, Tenn., Jan 9, 1858; son of A.R. and Louise P. (Helm) HALL; Scotch-Irish; graduated Cumberland University, literature, 1874; law 1876; married Kate SAMPSON, Sept. 7, 1887; Chairman County Democrat Executive Committee (four years); delegate to National Democratic Convention Chicago, […]
City: Gallatin WILSON, Samuel Franklin, Jurist and Statesman; born Sumner Co., Tenn., April 8, 1845; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Samuel and Nancy (Moore) WILSON; paternal grandparents John L. and Anna (Meeks) WILSON, maternal grandparents, Zaza and Laura (Wallace) MOORE; educated in Country Schools of Sumner Co., Tenn., and at Gallatin […]
City: Dyersburg RICE, Ernest, born Orysa, Lauderdale Co., Tenn., August 31, 1872; English descent; son of C.S.O. and Lucie Q. (Estes) RICE; father’s occupation, planter; paternal grandparents, S. and Louisa E. (Lineueux) RICE; maternal grandparents, Moreau and Mary (Noel) ESTES; graduated at Hatchie Academy 1889, and from Cumberland University L.L.B., […]