City: Memphis STICKLEY, Robert H., lawyer; born in Madisonville, Tenn., November 30, 1883; son of Vastine and Josephine (Houston) STICKLEY; German and Norman French descent; educated at Webb School, Bolivar Academy, Hiwassee College, Lebanon Law School; graduate of Bolivar Academy and Lebanon Law School L.L.B.; Scottish Rite Mason 32d degree; […]
Lebanon Law School
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City: Paris LEWIS, J. W., attorney-at-law; born Henry Co., Tenn., 1850; Scotch-Irish-English descent; son of C. S. and Patience J. (Hunt) LEWIS; his father was a farmer; was educated in the Paris high school; graduated from Lebanon Law School in 1876; he began life as a farmer; married Anna PRITCHETT […]
City: Trenton CALDWELL, Waller Cochran, lawyer; born Obion Co., Tenn., May 14, 1849; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Isaac Willis and Sarah E. (Whipple) CALDWELL; father, farmer; educated at Union City and Lebanon, Tenn.; graduated at Lebanon Law School, LL.B. degree, 1872, and later received LL.D. degree; reared on a farm; […]
City: Pulaski ABERNATHY, Andrew Jackson, lawyer; born Giles Co., Tenn., Sept. 18, 1834; Scotch-Welsh descent; son of Charles C. and Susanna W. (Harris) ABERNATHY; father farmer and clerk of circuit court for 24 years; paternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Clayton) ABERNATHY; maternal grandparents Tyree and Susanna (Swift) HARRIS; was educated […]
City: Nashville PENDLETON, Isaac Louis, attorney-at-law; born Smith County, Tenn., December 24, 1866; son James B. and Samantha (Moores) PENDLETON; English-Scotch-Irish descent; educated Alexandria Masonic Normal School and Cumberland University, Lebanon; graduated Alexandria 1889, Lebanon Law School 1893, B. S. and LL.B.; married Nettie DONNELL December 22, 1891; member K. […]
City: Obion GREEN, E. J., lawyer; born Gibson Co., Tenn., in 1873; educated Mason Hall Academy and Southern Normal University and Lebanon Law School; began his career as a school teacher; admitted to bar in 1899; married Annie ARNOLD in 1899; member of Masons, I. O. O. F. and K. […]
City: Nashville LANDIS, Abb Lowe, actuary and counselor; born Bedford County, Tenn., August 9, 1856; son of Absalom L. and Nancy (Carter) LANDIS; descended from the Landis family of North Carolina and the Carters of Virginia; graduated University of Nashville 1875, Vanderbilt University 1876, Lebanon Law School 1879; he engaged […]
City: Memphis STEEN, John M., lawyer; born Rankin Co. Miss., in 1860; received his primary education in local schools of Rankin Co., Miss., and graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1885; he taught as adjunct professor in the university for the following year, and at the end of that […]
City: Nashville AVENT, Frank, lawyer; Railroad Commissioner; born Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 7, 1858; son James M. and Mary W. (Childress) AVENT; graduated Vanderbilt Literary Department and from Lebanon Law School in 1880; married Mayna TREANOR April 2, 1891; member K. of P., I. O. O. F. Democrat; member Legislature 1887-89; […]
City: Murfreesboro TODD, Andrew Lee, attorney at law; born near Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 27, 1872; son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Prater) TODD; father’s occupation, farming; educated Southwestern Baptist University, and Lebanon law school, graduated from latter LL.B. Jan., 1898, and from Waters Business College, in 1892; began his career as […]
City: Memphis GORDON, George Washington, soldier, congressman, commander-in-chief United Confederate Veterans; born in Giles Co., Tenn., Oct. 5, 1836; son of Andrew and Eliza K. GORDON; graduated from Western Military Institute in 1859; married Ora S. PAINE, Sept. 5, 1876; in early life was practical civil engineer until outbreak of […]
City: Memphis FENTRESS, David, lawyer; born Bolivar, Tenn., Feb. 27, 1873; son of Jas. and Mary Tate (Perkins) FENTRESS; father’s occupation lawyer; paternal grandparents, David and Matilda Caroline (Wendel) FENTRESS; educated at Princeton, University and Harvard Law School, graduated Princeton University A. B., 1896, and Harvard Law School, L.L. B., […]
City: Memphis LOONEY, T.C., lawyer; born Memphis, Tenn., August 18, 1860; son of R.F. and Louisa M. (Crofford) LOONEY; educated Georgetown College, Virginia, West Point Military Academy; graduate of Lebanon Law School; married Anna F. BRUCE, Feb. 3, 1891; member of Tennessee Legislature 1891-93; Democrat.
City: Memphis MCFARLAND, Louis Burchette, lawyer; born Haywood County, Tenn., April 7, 1843; son Felix and Martha (Douglas) MCFARLAND; Scotch descent; educated country school Florence, Ala., College, Lebanon Law School; graduated LL.B. Lebanon Law School 1867; married, first Ellen V. SAUNDERS, 1872; married second, Floy G. ALLEN, 1902; member Wapanoca […]
City: Memphis BACON, William J., lawyer; born Montgomery, Trigg County, Ky., June 3d, 1876; son of William J. and Delia Scott (CARRINGTON) BACON; English descent; educated Vanderbilt University, University of Arkansas and graduate of Lebanon Law School, LL. B. 1905; member Masonic F. & A. M., DeSoto 299, Memphis Chapter […]
City: Memphis COLLIER, William Armistead, lawyer; born near Stanton, Tenn., Feb. 12, 1847; English descent; son of Thomas Barksdale and Catherine Page (Nelson) COLLIER; father’s occupation, planter; paternal grandparents, Dabney and Sallie (Barksdale) COLLIER, maternal grandparents, Norborne and Lucy (Chiswell) NELSON; educated Mt. Carmel, Tipton Co., Tenn., and other local […]
City: Memphis CARY, Rhea Preston, lawyer; born Memphis, Tenn. June 6, 1871; English descent; son of Hunsdon and Ellen Preston (Rhea) CARY; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandfather, Miles CARY maternal grandfather, Matthew RHEA; educated in public and private schools in Memphis, Tenn., University of the South Sewanee, Tenn. and Lebanon […]
City: LaFollette TAYLOR, J. Will, lawyer; born in Union county, Tenn., Aug. 28, 1880; English and Irish descent; son of James W. and Elizabeth (Rogers) TAYLOR; father’s occupation farmer, merchant, politician, in Senate in 1895, House of Representatives, 1891; paternal grandparents George and Malinda (Gray) TAYLOR; maternal grandparents F. H. […]
City: Joppa KINSLAND, John Early, teacher; born near Rutledge, Grainger Co., Tenn., Aug. 6, 1863; Scotch-Irish and French Huguenot descent; son of William and Rachel (West) KINSLAND; father’s occupation minister of the Gospel (Methodist); paternal grandparents Jesse and Priscilla (Halland) KINSLAND; maternal grandparents Thomas and Rachel (Oliphant) WEST; graduated Lebanon, […]
City: Franklin COX, Nicholas Nicols, ex-Congressman; born in Bedford Co., Tenn., Jan. 6, 1837; educated in the common schools of Sequin, Texas; graduated from Lebanon Law School, L.L.B., 1858; removed to Texas in boyhood and was reared at Sequin, Tex.; admitted to bar in 1858; in practice at Franklin, Tenn., […]