A specialist of eye, ear, nose and throat diseases, Dr. Dotson has had a very successful career both in general medicine and in his special work. A few years after taking his medical degree and beginning practice, his inclination and the trend of his abilities led him to specialize. His […]
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Among the public spirited citizens of any community are often found prominent those who have been reared amid influences which tend to the higher development of the race in general—physical conditions such as the farm offers, with its pure air, water, sunshine and plenty of healthful exercise, which permit free […]
In the varied and tangible evidences of man’s creative and constructive ability, none commands more universal respect than that class of work which evolves the many types of human habitation. Ordinary though the uses of buildings may be, through them a city or town takes on its visual character. Thus […]
A name of distinction among Baptist clergymen, among leaders in social reforms and philanthropies, and among theologians of his denomination, is that of the Rev. Herbert Whiting Virgin, D. D., now of Jackson, Tennessee. His vigorous personality and mind have stimulated religious and moral enthusiasm in many cities and in […]
MILES SCOTT, M.D. For a good score and a half of years Dr. Miles Scott has held an important place in this community of Robertson County as a medical practitioner of extensive and successful patronage. This county was the home of his mother’s family, for his grandfather, Thomas Gunn, was […]
JOSEPH WINFIELD SCOTT. Since 1897 a member of the Harriman bar, Mr. Scott is regarded as one of the ablest lawyers of Roane County, and is a special authority on the branch of real estate and land-titles law. He is a senior member of the firm of Scott, Chandler & […]
JAMES F. FINLAY, son of James Finlay and Elizabeth Jane Finlay. Born at Greenville, S. C., September 4, 1882. Awarded B. A. degree at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., in 1906, and LL. D. at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., in 1908. Now engaged in the practice of […]
In a work of this character, it is eminently proper that due notice be given to those men who, beginning life with small capital and under adverse circumstances, build for themselves a business and a reputation as men of sterling worth through the exercise of their talents and industry. Instead […]
Not only is Hon. Pitt Henslee variously prominent in financial affairs in Dickson, but he is the present incumbent of the highest local office in the gift of the city, an honor which he well deserves for his many services to the municipality. Mayor Henslee is a son of Dr. […]
The present postmaster of the City of Jackson, the judicial center of Madison County, is not only giving an able administration of the affairs of this office, but has also achieved prominence and distinction as one of the representative younger members of the bar of this county, besides which he […]
WALTER H. ANDERSON, the junior member of the well-known law firm at Harriman of Scott, Chandler & Anderson, has been in practice at Harriman since 1910, and has already attained recognition as one of the rising young attorneys of the East Tennessee bar. Mr. Anderson educated himself, and while growing […]
EDWARD ALBRIGHT, lawyer and editor of the Sumner County News at Gallatin, represents two of the old and respected family connections of Sumner County, Tennessee, the Albrights and the Gutheries, both of which have been established here well toward a century and have given to Tennessee men and women of […]
Superintendent of public instruction in Sumner County. Thomas W. Hunter is an educator who upholds the highest standards of efficiency in the school service of the county. To gain his own education he went in debt, and he advanced to a place of influence in relation to the public welfare […]
CAPT. CHAS. SANDERS DOUGLASS, A.B., A.M. – Prominent among the educators of Tennessee is Capt. Chas. Sanders Douglass, who for twenty-five years has been superintendent of the city schools of Gallatin and in various other relations has been a prominent and influential factor in the educational affairs of this state for […]
Both prominent and efficient as an abstract attorney and as county surveyor, N. W. True enjoys a wide measure of popularity among the citizens of Springfield and of Robertson County in general. This young man is a lifelong resident of the county, his birth having occurred here on November 14, […]
The profession of law and the realm of politics are substantially represented in Dickson by Hon. Henry Clay Richardson, who is a native of this county and whose progenitors have for three preceding generations been associated with this part of Tennessee. They have constituted a family line notable for military […]
During a practice in medicine of more than a quarter of a century, most of which has been passed in Sumner County, Dr. Dunklin has utilized many opportunities for devoted public service, and at the same time has been held in the high esteem of his fellow citizens. His home […]
The career of Ben B. Gillespie, of Gallatin, Tennessee, presents a striking example of enterprise, industry and integrity, conducing to eminent success. Reared to the work of the farm, he has continued his operations along agricultural lines to such good effect that today he is the owner of a handsome […]
For three generations at least the O’Guin family has been identified with the fortunes and affairs of Hickman County, Tennessee. Thomas O’Guin, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in the county, there grew to manhood, married, and became a prominent farmer. When the Civil War broke […]
One of the representative professional men and highly esteemed citizens of Lewis County, Tennessee, is Dr. James Franklin Whitwell, who has been a medical practitioner in that county for thirty years and has also become well known there through considerable county official service. The family to which Dr. Whitwell belongs […]