City: Gallatin BASKERVILLE, James Thomas, lawyer; born in Sumner Co., Tenn., Jan. 21, 1871; Norman-French and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Abner and Nancy (McGlothlin) BASKERVILLE; father a farmer and was County Tax Assessor of Sumner Co., Tenn., 1892-1896, and Co. Trustee of Sumner Co., Tenn., 1900-1906; paternal grandparents Thomas and […]
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City: Gainesboro DRAPER, Robert Garland, lawyer; born at Gainesboro, Tenn., April 15, 1887; French-Irish descent; son of William W. and Emily (Seuto) DRAPER; father was a lawyer; paternal grandparents James T. and Lucy (Kavanaugh) DRAPER, maternal grandparents T. G. and Mary (Young) SEUTO; educated at Gainesboro High School and Cumberland […]
City: Harriman CARR, Horace Maynard, attorney at law; born at Cumberland Gap, Tenn., Nov. 14, 1863; son of James and Jane (Cloud) CARR; father’s occupation farmer; graduated from Cumberland College, Lebanon, Tenn., with degree L.L. D.; member K. of P., F. & A.M., Knights Templar (Capt. General in Commandery); Democrat; […]
City: Franklin FAW, Walter Wagner, lawyer; born at Johnson City, Tenn., July 3, 1867; German-English and French descent; son of Thomas Ambrose and Carrie E. (Wagner) FAW; father’s occupation, merchant; paternal grandparents Jonathan and Sarah (Parks) FAW, maternal grandparents Matthias Miller and Matilda (Fyffe) Wagner; educated at Ky. Military Institute, […]
City: Fayetteville TILLMAN, James D., lawyer, farmer; born in Bedford Co., Tenn., Nov. 25, 1841; son of Lewis and Mary C. (Davidson) TILLMAN; educated University of Nashville 1860; attended law school at the Cumberland University before the war; entered C. S. A., as a Lieutenant in a company from Shelbyville, […]
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 […]
City: Dyer BALL, Clyde L., lawyer; born at Dyer, Tenn., Sept. 2, 1890; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Albert L. and Addie A. (Gordon) Ball; father was a retail merchant; maternal grandparents J. L. and L. (Flowers) GORDON; paternal grandparents W. R. and E. A. BALL; educated in West Tenn., College; […]
City: Columbia McKNIGHT, J. T., attorney at law, public official; born in Marshall Co., Tenn.; March 13, 1878; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John C. and Emma (Coleman) McKNIGHT; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents William and Nancy COLEMAN; educated Kentucky University, Country Schools of Marshall Co., Hayes-McLean School, Lewisburg, Tenn., and […]
City: Dresden TANSIL, Egbert E., farmer; born in Weakley Co., Tenn., May 11, 1839; English descent; son of Erasmus D. and Mary A. (Allen) TANSIL; father was a planter; paternal grandparents Edward and Piety (Thomas) TANSIL, maternal grandparents James and —–(Brasfield) ALLEN; educated at Hickory Grove (Tenn.) Academy and Cumberland […]
City: Dresden HALL, Frank Palmer, lawyer, jurist; born Sept. 16, 1870; son of Benjamin Franklin and Martha (Higgs) HALL; grandson of William and Sarah HALL, and Alfred and Martha HIGGS; Scotch descent; received common school education; graduated Cumberland University L.L. B. June 1892; married Lillian G. FELT, Dec. 29, 1898; […]
City: Fayetteville GOODNER, David Milton, physician; born in Madison Co., Ala., Jan. 26, 1849; Sotch-Irish /sic/ descent; son of Superior and Martha (Williams) GOODNER; father was a tanner and farmer; received academic education Cumberland University and graduated at Mobile Medical College in 1876; married Naomi RENTZ in 1876; member of […]
City: Cookeville HOLLADAY, Oscar K., attorney at law; born Pekin, Tenn., Nov. 6, 1876; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of William A. and Martha J. (Jared) HOLLADAY; father’s occupation, farmer; educated Dickson Normal College and Cumberland University; graduated from the former Literary 1897, from the latter law 1898; married Margaret […]
City: Elizabethton PEPPER, George Henry, farmer; born Bristol, Va., Sept. 17, 1869; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jesse H. and Mary (Taylor) PEPPER; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Robinson) PEPPER, maternal grandparents Alfred W. and Bessie (Brewer) TAYLOR; educated Virginia Military Institute, University of Tenn. and Cumberland University, […]
City: Erin HOBBS, James Claiborne, lawyer; born Waverly, Tenn., Feb. 8, 1866; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jesse P. and Louse (Darden) HOBBS; father’s occupation, farmer; graduate Edgewood, Dickson College and Cumberland University, receiving the degrees of B. S. in 1889, A. B. in 1893 and LL. B. in 1896; his […]
City: Halls MOSER, Robert Alfred, educator; born Lebanon, Tenn., Oct. 21, 1879; son of James M. and Mary (Padgett) MOSER; German descent; graduate of Cumberland University B.A. 1907; married Lavinia QUAINTANCE Jan. 16, 1908; member Cumberland Presbyterian church.
City: Halls PATTON, Wiley Compton, lawyer; born Watertown, Tenn., May 16, 1874; son of Charley Compton and Mary (Oakley) PATTON; paternal grandfather Sam PATTON, paternal grandmother Nellie (Compton) PATTON, maternal grandfather Nathan OAKLEY, maternal grandmother Ann (Webb) OAKLEY; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Cumberland University; graduated from same, LL.B. 1902; married Lucy […]
Town: Cookeville HOLLADAY, Oscar K., attorney at law; born Pekin, Tenn., Nov. 6, 1876; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of William A. and Martha J. (Jared) HOLLADAY; father’s occupation, farmer; educated Dickson Normal College and Cumberland University; graduated from the former Literary 1897, from the latter law 1898; married Margaret […]
City: Dickson LEECH, Wilson Blake, lawyer; born Charlotte, Tenn., April 12, 1868; Scotch-French descent; son of L. L. and Sarah Ann (Hardin) LEECH; father’s occupation lawyer; graduated from Cumberland University with degree of L. L. B., 1890; began his business career as a farmer; later taught school; married Beulah McLEAN […]
City: Covington McCLELLAND, Charles B., attorney at law; born Tipton, Tenn., Jan. 17, 1877; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Williamson and Amanda (Hamilton) McCLELLAND; father’s occupation, planter; educated in public schools of Tipton Co. and at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., where he graduated in law June, 1900; former Recorder and Treasurer […]
City: Covington LANIER, Powless William, lawyer; born Fulton, Tipton Co., Tenn., March 7, 1885; son of S. H. and Ellen (Cooper) LANIER; paternal grandfather Samuel B. LANIER, paternal grandmother Hettie VAN LIER, maternal grandfather B. COOPER, maternal grandmother Fannie NORRIS; Huguenot (French) and Dutch descent; educated Tipton Co. schools and […]