City: Memphis TRIMBLE, C. Howard, lawyer; born Princeton, Ill., Nov. 13, 1859; son of Uriah James and Jane (Cook) TRIMBLE; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Matthew and Lydia (Thatcher) TRIMBLE, maternal grandparents Caleb and Lucy (Clapp) COOK; graduated from Princeton (Ill.) High school, receiving classic diploma, in 1879; in early […]
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City: Memphis TRIGG, William Winston, cotton seller; born Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 11, 1868; English descent; son of William Winston and Narcissa (Sexton) TRIGG; father’s occupation, planter; paternal grandparents John and Elizabeth (Bailey) TRIGG, maternal grandparents William and Mary (Watson) SEXTON; educated at Memphis, Tenn.; entered the cotton business in early […]
City: Memphis WOOD, William Henry, life insurance agent; born Glastonbury, Conn., May 27, 1869; Irish-French descent; son of Moses D. and Julia (Cain) WOOD; fathers’ [sic] occupation, silversmith; educated in the public schools of Gastonbury, [sic] Conn.; in early life he entered the life insurance business; married Frances WEATHERFORD, Sept. […]
City: Memphis SPEED, James Marlin, banker; born Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 25, 1873; English-Irish descent; son of Robert A. and Mary (Jones) SPEED; paternal grandparents Jones S. and Julia (Kearney) SPEED, maternal grandfather Reuben JONES, maternal grandmother was a Miss BRITROM prior to her marriage; educated Christian Brothers’ College, Memphis, Tenn., […]
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; […]
City: Memphis WILLIAMS, James Mathew, commission merchant, grain, hay, flour, etc.; born near Brunswick, Tenn., Sept. 1, 1841; Welsh-Scotch and English descent; son of Henry and Mary (Black) WILLIAMS; father’s occupation, farmer and magistrate Shelby Co., Tenn., 12 years; paternal grandparents James and Susan (Peebles) WILLIAM [sic], maternal grandparents Mathew […]
City: Memphis WILLIAMS, Joseph J., born Somerville, Tenn.; Sept. 1852; received his education in the schools of Memphis Tenn., began his career as clerk in drug store at age of eighteen years, and remained there for several years, becoming interested in the business as a partner; in 1874 he became […]
City: Memphis WILLIAMS, John Sneed, cotton broker; born Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 25, 1869; English descent; son of J.J. and Arra R. (Watkins) WILLIAMS; educated in Memphis, Tenn.; began his career as an employe [sic] of a railroad; married Edith REID, April 3, 1895; member DeSoto Lodge, Chickasaw Club, Country Club […]
City: Ripley ARCHER, Lee B., Co. Court Clerk Lauderdale Co.; born Garland, Tenn., Aug. 24, 1859; son of Charles W. and Susan E. (Walk) ARCHER; Scotch-Irish descent; received common school education; married Marion R. YOUNG May 19, 1880; member Masonic Lodge, K. of P. and I. O. O. F.; devoted […]
City: Ripley BANKS, Roderick S., Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court; born Gibson Wells, Tenn.; son of James H. and Melissa (Hopkins) BANKS; father’s occupation, farming, educated Lebanon, Tenn.; graduate of law dept. Cumberland Univ. 1900; marriage Ella SINCLAIR July 30, 1905; member Masonic Order; member M. E. church, […]
City: Ripley FOLTZ, Henry Douglass, public official; born Woodville, Tenn., June 29, 1861; son of Alpha Joseph and Martha Harriet (Wardlaw) FOLTZ; father’s occupation physician; educated Ripley, Tenn.; married Jennie Speed BOYD July, 1897; member K. of P. and I. O. O. F.; most of his life has been devoted […]
City: Randolph McMAHON, James Richard, merchant; born Dancyville, Tenn., Oct. 10, 1876; son of Richard Collins and Emma B. (Mosebach) McMAHON; father, merchant; paternal grandparents William V. and Catherine (Hill) McMAHON, maternal grandparents Dr. B. and Catherine Ann (McCool) MOSEBACH; educated at Dancyville, Tenn., graduating May 15, 1895; married Gertrude […]
City: QUITO SURBER, Benjamin Aaron, merchant-farmer; born Madison, Ind., Feb. 28, 1854; German descent; son of John and Rebecca M. (Penn) SURBER; father farmer; educated at Madison, Ind.; married Eliza J. ROBINSON, Dec. 27, 1883; was a timberman in early life; Democrat; member Baptist church; was elected a justice of […]
City: Pulaski WILKES, Walter Stewart, lawyer; born Pulaski, Tenn., April 26, 1879; English descent; son of J. Summerfield and Florence Alabama (Barker) WILKES; father lawyer and member supreme court of Tenn.; paternal grandparents, R. A. L. and Judith (Harris) WILKES; maternal grandparents B. B. and Martha (Sample) BARKER; educated Wall […]
City: Pulaski WILKES, John Brown, lawyer; born Pulaski, Tenn., July 30, 1875; son of John S. and Florence (Barker) WILKES; educated Pulaski and Franklin, Tenn.; graduated Pulaski in 1892 and Franklin, Tenn., 1894; married Mary W. WAKEFIELD, Dec. 23, 1896; Past Master Mason, Junior Past C., Junior O. U. A. […]
City: Pulaski LARUE, James Alexander, physician and surgeon; born Lewisburg, W. Va., Aug. 27, 1850; French-Scotch-Irish descent; son of Cyrus Scott and Julia S. (Alexander) LARUE; educated at “Old Lewisburg,” Va., Academy; graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., Feb., 1876, with M. D. degree; taught school in […]
City: Pulaski KENNEDY, Marion Sawyer, minister of the gospel; born Camp Creek, Greene Co., Tenn.; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James F. and Katherine (McGaughey) KENNEDY; father merchant; attended the village schools of Cornersville, Tenn., later was under private tutorage of Rev. Wm. Stoddert, D.D., of Lynnville, Tenn.; graduated from William […]
City: Sewanee ELLIOTT, Sarah Bull Barnwell, writer; born in Savannah, Ga.; English descent; daughter of Stephen and Charlotte Bull (Barnwell) ELLIOTT; father’s occupation, Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Georgia; paternal grandparents Stephen and Esther (Hubersham) ELLIOTT, maternal grandparents John Gibbs and Sarah (Bull) BARNWELL; member of Colonial Dames, S. […]
City: Sewanee GUTHRIE, William Norman, educator; born Dundee, Scotland, March 4, 1868; son of William Eugene and Frances S. (D’Arusmont) GUTHRIE; maternal grandparents Sylvan Thiquepal and Frances (Wright) D’ARUSMONT; graduated from University of the South, B. Litt., 1889, A. M., 1891; married Anna Norton STUART, Jan. 14, 1893; assistant prof. […]
City: Sewanee HALL, William Bonnell, physician and educator; born Lowndes Co., Ala., Jan. 3, 1866; son of William B. and Susan Juliet (Anderson) HALL; father’s occupation, physician and planter; paternal grandparents Henry M. and Dora Ann (Bonnel) HALL, maternal grandparents Dr. Alfred and Elizabeth Ann (Bolling) ANDERSON; graduated from University […]