City: Winchester ESTILL, Floyd, lawyer; born Winchester, Tenn., Nov. 18, 1858; Scotch descent; son of Francis Thomas and Kathryn (Garner) ESTILL; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents, Wallace and Elinor (Crabb) ESTILL, maternal grandparents, Calaway and Beulah (Wadlington) GARNER; educated Carrick Academy; in early life taught school; read law one year […]
Winchester Normal School
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City: Winchester CLARK, Rufus Anthony, teacher; born Coffee County, Tenn., November 20, 1846; son of James A. and Amelia (Wilkinson) CLARK; Scotch-Irish descent; father’s occupation, farming; educated Beech Grove, Tenn.; married Ellen HENDERSON, June 26, 1879; worked on farm until twenty years of age; taught school five months at Wartrace, […]
City: Normandy HUFFMAN, Ephream Sharp, live stock breeder and dairy farmer; born Bedford Co., Tenn. Nov. 21, 1867; Dutch descent; son of John Peter and Margaret Jane (ANTHONY) HUFFMAN; father’s occupation farming; paternal grandparents John and Polly (CORTNER) HUFFMAN; maternal grandparents Adam and Sallie (SHARP) ANTHONY; educated public schools and […]
City: Nashville HARWOOD, Samuel N., lawyer born Benton County, Tenn., June 26, 1870; son R. D. and Mary Eugenia (Pybass) HARWOOD; English descent; educated Waverly College, Winchester Normal, Conservatory of Music, Vanderbilt (oratory), Vanderbilt University; graduated Vanderbilt (Law) 1895; Democrat; nominated and elected County Attorney for Davidson County, Tenn., 1901; […]
City: Nashville TILLMAN, Abram Martin, lawyer, U. S. District Attorney for Middle Tennessee; born Bedford County, Tenn., September 8, 1863; son of Lewis and Mary Catherine (Davidson) TILLMAN; educated in public and private schools of Shelbyville, and graduated Winchester Normal, Winchester, Tenn., graduated in law from Columbian University (now George […]
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; […]
City: Monteagle BRYAN, David Hampton, physician; born Morrison, Tenn., Dec. 20, 1858; Irish-Danish and French descent; son of John Alexander and Charlotte Elizabeth (Hampton) BRYAN; father’s occupation farmer; educated at Winchester (Tenn.) Normal; graduated at Nashville, Tenn., degree of M. D., Feb. 25, 1890; in early life was a public […]
City: McMinnville WILLIS, John L., lawyer; born Pelham, Tenn., Aug. 17, 1870; English-German descent; son of William H. and Mary Sue (Van Zandt) WILLIS; father’s occupation, farmer and stock dealer; paternal grandparents Peter and Mary (Bostick) WILLIS; maternal grandparents Isaac and Susan (Lee) VAN ZANDT; received literary education in public […]
City: Lynnville LOGUE, Samuel Rutledge, teacher and minister; born Warren Co., Tenn., June 22, 1863; son of Aaron Gilbert and Mary Ann (Rutledge) LOGAN [sic]; paternal grandfather Eli LOGUE; paternal grandmother Matilda (Hammer) LOGUE; maternal grandfather William RUTLEDGE; maternal grandmother Mary (Dodson) RUTLEDGE; Welsh Irish and American Indian descent; educated […]
City: Hohenwald BIVINS, John Louis, teacher; born Rutherford Co., Tenn., Oct. 29, 1873; English and Irish descent; son of Louis and Elizabeth (Zumbro) BIVINS; father’s occupation, farmer; educated Winchester Normal College, Winchester, Tenn., and ]graduated /sic/ from same in 1895; in early life he was a farmer, later entered the […]
City: Fayetteville PARKS, Joe Brazier, lawyer; born Franklin Co., Tenn., July 25, 1869; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of S. M. and Lazinka (Brazier) Parks; father’s occupation, minister of the gospel; paternal grandparents R. C. and Flora (Wakefield) PARKS, maternal grandparents James and Rachel (Brandon) BRAZIER; received academic education at […]
City: Fayetteville BLAIR, Edward K. physician and surgeon; born Lincoln Co., Tenn., March 24, 1867; Scotch-Irish descent; son of J. W. and Sarah J. (Moore) BLAIR; father’s occupation, farmer; received academic education Winchester Normal, Winchester, Tenn., and graduated in medicine at Vanderbilt University, March, 1893; was reared on a farm […]
City: Fairfield WALKER, William Baker, Jr., merchant; born Fairfield, Tenn., Aug. 5, 1861; son of W. B. and Patsy (Land) WALKER; father was a farmer; educated in the Public School at Fairfield Academy and took business course at Winchester Normal; worked on farm and clerked in a country store in […]
City: Coldwater SUGG, Tom Day, farmer and stock raiser; born at Coldwater, Tenn., May 28, 1880; Dutch descent; son of William Conrad and Susan (Wood) SUGG; father’s occupation farmer and stock raiser; paternal grandparents Cullen and Sidney (Conrad) SUGG; maternal grandparents Dr. John and Josephine (Dobbins) WOOD; educated public schools […]
City: Decherd WARREN, Garner Shepard, physician and surgeon; born Franklin Co., Tenn., Nov. 29, 1863; son of Rufus C. and –(Reagan) WARREN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents, Samuel B. and Margaret (Tucker) WARREN, maternal grandparents, John and Mary (Warren) REAGAN; educated at Winchester Normal School and Vanderbilt University, graduated from […]
City: Decherd HEIKENS, Ben I., farmer; born Wellsburg, Ia., Nov. 19, 1870; German descent; son of I. H. and A. Afka (Jaspers) HEIKINS; father’s occupation farmer; educated Winchester Normal and Terrill College, graduated from latter in June 1891; in early life was a miller; married Luella ARMSTRONG, July 24, 1894; […]
City: Decherd HAYNES, John Langford, undertaker and general merchant; born at Decherd, Tenn. July 27, 1867; English-Scotch descent; son of John Langford and Adeline (Howard) HAYNES; his father being a railroad conductor; educated Winchester Normal School and at Goodman’s Business College, Nashville, Tenn., graduating from the latter institution 1888; began […]
City: Chattanooga LYNCH, James J., attorney; born Hays Co., Texas, March 2, 1869; son of Capt David and Rebecca (Tatum) LYNCH; Irish descent; educated Winchester Normal College; master Mason and member K. of P.; read law in office of former Gov. Albert S. MARKS; admitted to bar at Winchester, Tenn., […]
City: Chattanooga LEFEBER, James Robert, attorney at law; born Franklin Co., Tenn., Nov. 14, 1864; French-German descent; son of George Henry and Eliza J. (Custer) LEFEBER; educated Winchester Normal School, Winchester, Tenn.; was a carpenter in early youth; admitted to bar in 1888; began the practice of law as a […]
Atoka — TEMPLETON, William W., banker; born Shelbyville, Tenn., Aug. 31, 1869; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Benton B. and Martha E. (Farris) TEMPLETON; paternal grandparents O. and Elizabeth (Bell) TEMPLETON, maternal grandparents S.K. and Katie K. (Smith) FARISS; was reared on a farm in Bedford Co., Tenn.; educated […]