CITY: Sparta COTTEN, Leon DeCasto, physician; born Pollard, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John and Sarah (Wright) COTTEN; father’s occupation teacher; paternal grandparents Thomas A. and Matilda (Britt) COTTEN; maternal grandparents James and Nellie (Hutson) WRIGHT; educated at Sparta Tenn., High School; educated in medicine, University of […]
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City: Sparta JARVIS, Eliphalet, lawyer; born White Co., Tenn., Jan. 14, 1850; Anglo Saxon descent; son of Reziah and Margaret (Sapp) JARVIS; father, farmer; paternal grandparents, John and Parmelia (Rose) JARVIS; maternal grandparents Benjamin and Fannie (Holifield) SAPP; educated in Cumberland Institute and common schools of White Co., Tenn.; entered […]
City: Sparta MEREDITH, Dan Martin, lawyer, born Sparta, Tenn., Oct. 19, 1872; Scotch Irish descent; son of W. H. and Fannie (Brown) MEREDITH; father carpenter; paternal grandfather Martin MEREDITH; maternal grandparents Thomas and Margaret (Weaver) BROWN; graduated from University of Tenn., B. L. degree June 1895; won medal for oratory […]
City: Sparta RICHARDS, A. F., physician; born Sparta, Tenn., May 21, 1866; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Daniel R. and Mary (Taylor) RICHARDS; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandfather Richard RICHARDS; paternal grandmother, was a Miss Vance, prior to her marriage; maternal grandparents Cread A. and Sara (Walling) TAYLOR; educated at Onward […]
City: Spencer BRADY, James M., lawyer; born McMinnville, Tenn., Nov. 29, 1873; Dutch-Irish descent; son of Hugh J. and Cherokee D. (Wilcher) BRADY; father’s occupation farmer, merchant and U. S. Revenue Collector; educated in common schools and Burritt College, graduating from the latter B.S., June 1892; entered practice of law […]
City: Spencer HASTON, Ernest N., Lawyer and public official; born Cummingsville, Tenn., March 26, 1877; Irish descent; son of George W. and Sarah (Shockley) HASTON; father farmer and stockman; paternal grandparents Isaac and Elizabeth (Sparkman) HASTON; maternal grandparents Phillip and Elizabeth (Rhodes) SHOCKLEY; graduated from Burritt College, B. A., May […]
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 GRAY, John Moffitt, Jr., merchant-manufacturer; born Gallatin, Tenn., June 29, 1869; English descent; son of John M. and Elvira Dale (Pillow) GRAY; father, merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents Ben and Martha (Morse) GRAY; maternal grandparents Jerome B. and Elvira (Dale) PILLOW; he is a descendant of Sir Thomas […]
City: Nashville GRAY, Joseph Preston, dentist; born in Pettus County, Mo., January 20, 1855; son of Sidney C. and Margaret L. GRAY; graduated from University of Tennessee, M.D., 1800; DD.S. 1891; married Ella DUNCAN in 1898; entered the practice of dentistry in Nashville in 1890; Professor of Prosthetic and Oral […]
City: Nashville GOODLOE, Hallum Wood, Secretary of State; born Haywood (now Crockett) County), Tenn., June 8, 1869; son Caswell A. and Sallie (Wood) GOODLOE; educated Public Schools and Thompson’s Classical Institute at Alamo, Tenn., and University of Tennessee, Knoxville; married Mary Tarbell DAWSON June 18, 1902; Knights Templar Mason, Elk, […]
City: Nashville GARRETT, John Berry, Grand Secretary F. & A. M.; born in Davidson County, Tennessee., October 7, 1854; Welsh descent; son of William Walton and Margaret (Johnson) GARRETT; paternal grandparents Jonathan R. and Sarah (Waggoner) GARRET, maternal grandparents William H. and Charity (Morris) JOHNSON; educated at University of Tennessee; […]
City: Nashville GAINES, John Wesley, lawyer, ex-congressman; born Davidson Co., Tenn., Aug. 24, 1861; son of Dr. John Wesley and Maria (Wair) GAINES; educated in the country schools; graduated University of Nashville, Vanderbilt University, M. D., 1882, but instead of practicing medicine turned his attention to law, and became a […]
City: Nashville FRANTZ, Frank Flavius, teacher; born Daleville, Va., August 23, 1874; German and French descent; son of Thornton P. and Sarah J. (Petit) FRANTZ; father’s occupation, farming; paternal grandfather Jacob FRANTZ; graduated from Central College, Fayette, Mo., B.A. degree, 1900; Vanderbilt University, M.A. degree, 1902, Ph.D., 1910; entered the […]
City: Bluff City MAUK, Henry A., farmer and stock dealer; born at Bluff City, Tenn., June 23, 1854; Dutch-Irish-English descent; son of William and Malinda (Miller) MAUK; paternal grandparents Henry and “Peggy” MAUK, maternal grandparents Richard and Kate MILLER; educated at Zollicoffer Institute, Bluff City, Tenn., early occupation, teacher; later […]
City: Nashville FRANK, Sadie A., teacher; born Nashville, Tenn., November 19, 1883; German descent; daughter of Morris and Carrie (Hexter) FRANK; father, merchant, member of firm D. Weil & Company; educated in High School and University of Nashville; graduated from latter with L.I. degree in 1902, B.A. in 1908; member […]
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 FITE, Frank Green, insurance; born Nashville, Tenn., September 2, 1864; Scotch, Irish and English descent; son of Thomas Duncan and Laura (Green) FITE; father, merchant; paternal grandparents Lemuel and Martha (Duncan) FITE, maternal grandparents A. L. P. and Mary (Elliston) GREEN; educated Vanderbilt University; married Lundy PAINE October, […]
City: Nashville EVE, Duncan, surgeon; born Augusta, Ga., May 1, 1853; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Paul F. and Sarah Ann (Duncan) EVE; father was a surgeon; paternal grandparents Oswell and Aphra Ann (Pritchard) EVE, maternal grandparents H. D. and Mary (Irwin) DUNCAN; educated University of Nashville and Kentucky Military Institute; […]
City Nashville ESTES, Patrick Mann, attorney; born Haywood County, Tenn., January 28, 1872; son J. H. and Martha (Mann) ESTES; English descent; educated Richmond College 1890, B. A.; Washington University 1892, LL.D., and Vanderbilt University; married Gray MCLAUGHLIN January 12, 1898; member K. of P., M. W. A.; member Legislature […]
City: Nashville ESHMAN, Andrew N., minister of the gospel, educator; born Mount Pleasant, Tenn., June 1, 1865; German and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jacob and Mary Jane (Henry) ESHMAN; father, farmer; educated in the country schools of Lincoln and Marshall Counties, Tenn., and graduated from Winchester Normal College in 1890; […]