City: Knoxville HELM, GEORGE ECKEL, merchant and manufacturer; born Jefferson Co., Tenn., Sept. 2, 1875; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of Henry C. and Sarah A. (Eckel) HELM; father’s occupation steamship owner; paternal grandparents Dr. Wm. M.F. and Mary Elizabeth (Campbell) HELM; maternal grandparents George Swingle and Jane (Harrison) ECKEL; […]
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City: Knoxville CATES, Charles T. Jr., lawyer; born Maryville, Tenn., March 6, 1863; son of Charles T. and Martha V. (Kidd) CATES; father’s occupation, lawyer; received his primary education at the New Providence academy, Maryville, Tenn. graduated from Maryville College 1881 with degree of B.A.; received degree of L.L.D. in […]
City: Knoxville BORING, Robert E., born Friendsville, Blount Co. Tenn., Dec. 27, 1872; son of Joseph A. and (Griffiths) BORING; Dutch-English descent; graduate of Friendsville Academy in 1885; married Anna HACKNEY Dec. 24, 1886; member Masons (Past Master of Charter Lodge No. 253 of Concord, Tenn.), I.O.O.F. (chair), Clerk of […]
City: Greeneville PENCE, John Hoss, educator; born in Washington Co., Tenn., Oct. 20, 1876; German descent; son of John B. and Selina J. (Bowman) PENCE; father’s occupation farmer, teacher and minister of the Gospel; paternal grandfather John PENCE; paternal grandmother was a Miss BYERLY prior to her marriage; maternal grandparents […]
City: Haley TAYLOR, James Patton, physician; born Laurel, Md., Aug. 8, 1868; English and German descent; son of James Patton and Mary (George) TAYLOR; father’s occupation, writer and farmer; paternal grandparents Nat G. and Emma (Haynes) TAYLOR, maternal grandparents James and Mary (Worley) GEORGE; educated Milligan (Tenn.) College, graduated from […]
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: Harriman BROWN, Samuel C., lawyer; born Cumberland Co., Tenn., Uov. [sic] 1855; English-German descent; son of James Washington and Mahulda P. (Narramore) BROWN; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents James and Joanna (Hayes) BROWN; maternal grandparents Fielding M. and Martha (Taylor) NARRAMORE; graduated from Grant University, Athens, Tenn., with degree […]
City: Greeneville MILBURN, William Elbert Franklin, lawyer; born at Milburnton, Tenn., Nov. 15, 1842; English descent; son of William and Martha (Frame) MILBURN; father’s occupation Methodist Minister graduated from East Tenn., Wesleyan University with degree of A. B., in 1871, and from University of Michigan with degree of Master of […]
City: Greeneville LA RUE, Samuel Bruce, bookkeeper; born Newport, Tenn., Feb. 12, 1864; French-Irish and Dutch descent; son of James C. and Margaret (Parrott) LA RUE; father’s occupation, farmer, merchant; educated Chattanooga University and University of Tenn.; married twice, first M. G. TRIM Nov. 4, 1888, second E. B. MCINTURFF […]
City: Greenfield FEATHERSTON, Samuel S., educator; born in Weakley Co., Tenn., Feb. 18, 1864; English descent; son of Charles Edward and Jane (Young) FEATHERSTON; father’s occupation farmer; educated Bethel College, McKenzie, Tenn., S.N.U., Huntingdon, Tenn., N.N.U. Lebanon, Ohio, and at Bowling Green, Ky.; graduated Lebanon, Ohio, business and teachers course, […]
City: Greenfield GROOMS, Zebulon W., wholesale and retail dealer in live stock; born in Weakley Co., Tenn., Aug. 30, 1856; English descent; son of Right M. and Eliza Ann (Ray) GROOMS; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Bright and Katy (Windows) GROOMS; maternal grandfather Nathan RAY; his maternal grandmother was a […]
City: Greenfield JETER, William Jordan, merchant; born in Weakley Co., Tenn., Feb. 26, 1875; Scotch-Irish descent; son of George S. and Mary L. (Ward) JETER; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents William B. and Mary C. (Baswell) JETER, maternal grandparents, J. Jordan and Almeda T. (Hatcher) WARD; graduated Huntington Normal College, […]
City: Jackson MCGEHEE, A. J., lawyer, born Carroll Co., Tenn., Dec. 25, 1859; son of A. C. and Susan (Chandler) MCGEHEE; graduate of Southwestern Univ. Jackson, Tenn., in 1881; married Jennie L. DODDE Nov. 10, 1886; admitted to bar 1885 and was assistant attorney-general for two years, 1887-1889; then turned […]
City: Gravelhill DODDS, Benjamin Claud, physician, born Mefflin, Tenn., Sept. 14, 1881; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas Mitchell and Martha Elizabeth (Massengil) DODDS; paternal grandparents Tom and Polly (Barham) DODDS; maternal grandparents Samuel D. and Mary (Hendrix) MASSENGIL; graduated Robinson College, Henderson, Tenn., June 1903 degree of B. S.; graduated […]
City: Gleason BANDY, Robert W., physician and banker; born at Gleason, Tenn., Aug. 12, 1861; Scotch-Irish descent; son of J. W. and Lou E. (Dunlap) BANDY; his father was a physician; educated at Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tenn., and graduated from same with degree of B. S. in 1879, and degree […]
City: Gibson PARKER, Oliver Perry, inventor; born at Gibson, Tenn., March 8, 1880; Scotch-Irish descent; son of C. S. and Priscilla (Haun) PARKER; father being a physician; paternal grandparents Rev. O. P. and Elizabeth (James) PARKER; maternal grandparents Charles M. and Katherine (Horner) HAUN; educated at University of Tenn., Knoxville, […]
City: Gibson JAMES, Robert Nestor, banker; born near Gibson, Tenn., Dec. 28, 1882; English and Irish descent; son of Luther C. and Fannie (Blair) JAMES; father’s occupation, farming; educated in the public schools of Tenn., and Union Univ. Jackson, Tenn.; in early life was a farmer; married Mary BASS, Oct. […]
City: Franklin PEOPLES, Richard Grier, educator; born near Columbia, Tenn., March 8, 1869; son of James H. and Margaret (Douglass) PEOPLES; father’s occupation, Minister of the Gospel; paternal grandfather, Richard PEOPLES, maternal grandmother was a Miss HARRIS prior to her marriage, maternal grandparents, Alex and Jennie (Simonton) DOUGLASS; educated at […]
City: Franklin MAYBERRY, Henry Hunter, capitalist; born Williamson Co., Tenn., Jan. 5, 1861; English descent; son of H. G. W. and Sophronia (Hunter) MAYBERRY; educated at Franklin, Tenn., and University of Tenn.; his father was a director and also assisted in actual construction of L. & N. Ry., the first […]
City: Franklin McMILLAN, William J., Presbyterian minister; born Acworth, Ga., April 11, 1870; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Robert Huie and Margaret (Pritchard) McMILLAN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents George and Sallie (Huie) McMILLAN, maternal grandparents Joshua and Sallie (McEver) PRICHARD; educated Davidson College, N. C., and Southwestern Presbyterian University, graduated […]