City: Nashville LANDIS, Abb Lowe, actuary and counselor; born Bedford County, Tenn., August 9, 1856; son of Absalom L. and Nancy (Carter) LANDIS; descended from the Landis family of North Carolina and the Carters of Virginia; graduated University of Nashville 1875, Vanderbilt University 1876, Lebanon Law School 1879; he engaged […]
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City: Nashville LAMBUTH, Walter Russell, clergyman; born Shanghai, China, November 10, 1854; English and Scotch descent; son of James W. and Mary Isabella (McClellan) LAMBUTH; father, missionary to China and Japan; paternal grandparents John R. and Nancy (Kirkpatrick) LAMBUTH; maternal grandparents William G. and Sarah Ann (Cleveland) McCLELLAN; married Daisy […]
City: Nashville LAMAR, Andrew Jackson, clergyman; born Walton County, Ga., May 29, 1847; son of Andrew J. and Mary A. (Jackson) LAMAR; graduated from University of Georgia, LL.B. degree in 1872; married twice, first, Martha ELSWORTH; second Mary V. URQUHART, in 1897; private in Longstreets’ Corps, C. S. A., 1864-5; […]
City: Memphis TAYLOR, Emmet, cotton buyer; born Memphis, Tenn., November 28, 1877; son Col. W.R. and Sallie Shelby (Ford) TAYLOR; educated St. Alban’s School, Radford, Va.; graduated St. Alban’s School 1897; married Elizabeth SCOTT November 14, 1906; member St. John’s Methodist Church; partner in W.F. Taylor Son’s Company. Source: Who’s […]
City: Memphis TAYLOR, Arthur Robert, stationer; born (near) Holly Springs, Miss., November 8, 1851; son Dr. William V. and Mary C. (Jarratt) TAYLOR; English descent; paternal grandparents Dr. William V. and Fannie (Henderson) TAYLOR, maternal grandparents Rev. N.R. and Sarah (Jarratt) JARRATT; educated Memphis and Christian Brothers’ College, St. Louis, […]
City: Memphis TAYLOE, George Green, wholesale paper business; born St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 17, 1874; English descent; son of James Wynns and Eliza Bell (Green) TAYLOE; father’s occupation, merchant; educated at Miltonvale, Kansas, graduating from same; in early life he was clerk in a bank; married Nellie KREIDER, Jan. 20, […]
City: Memphis TAYLOE, Alfred D., wholesale paper business; born in St. Joseph, Mo., August 29, 1882; son of James W. and Elizabeth (Green) TAYLOE; English descent; educated at Omaha, Neb.; member Chickasaw Club; Secretary and Treasurer Tayloe Paper Company. Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable […]
City: Memphis TAVEL, Charles Albert, dentist; born Dover, Tenn., Sept. 13, 1864; son of Paul Frederick and Mary Elizabeth (Airheart) TAVEL; father was a druggist; paternal grandfather Paul S. TAVEL, maternal grandfather John AIRHEART; educated public schools, graduated Vanderbilt University, D.D.S. degree, in 1899; began his career as a newspaper […]
City: Memphis TANSIL, John Bell, lawyer; born Dresden, Tenn., July 13, 1878; Scotch-English descent; son of Col. E.E. and Jackie (Bell) TANSIL; father’s occupation, ex-Co. Court Clerk, Weakley Co., Tenn., at present farmer; paternal grandparents Erasmus D. and Mary TANSIL, maternal grandparents Dr. Pulaski B. and Sarah L. BELL; educated […]
City: Memphis TALBERT, Walter W., mining operator; born Grenada, Miss., July 18, 1859; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John R. and Maria Louisa (Talbert) TALBERT; educated in the free schools of Memphis, Tenn. and Gathright’s University of Gohlson, Noxubee Co., Miss., graduated from latter; in early life he was a clerk […]
City: Memphis STREICHER, H.P., president and manager H.P. Streicher Co., general contractors, Memphis, Tenn. Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
City: Memphis STRATTON, Leslie M., merchant; born Lebanon, Tenn., Feb. 23, 1881; English descent; son of Golladay and Louisa (Norman) STRATTON; educated common schools of Lebanon, Tenn., studied at Cumberland University; began his career as a newsboy, later became clerk in wholesale grocery store; he is now president of Benedict-Warren […]
City: Memphis STOUT, Samuel H., division freight agent L. & N. R.R. Co.; born Bowling Green, Ky., Aug. 24, 1869; English descent; son of John L. and Margaret (Herdman) STOUT; educated Odgen College Bowling Green, Ky., graduated from same B.S. degree in 1889; began his career as a clerk in […]
City: Memphis SINCLAIR, Alexander Grant, physician; born Charlottenburgh, Glengary Co., Ontario, Canada, July 30, 1842; son of Archibald and Mary (Grant) SINCLAIR; his father was the second son of Peter SINCLAIR of Perthshire, Scotland, who became a resident of Canada in 1800; his paternal grandmother was prior to her marriage […]
City: Memphis SIMMONS, William W., merchant and manufacturer; born Courtland, Ala., December 7, 1865; son A. D. and Martha Jane (Woolard) SIMMONS; educated Alabama; graduated Alabama High School December, 1882; married Annie L. MITCHELL, August 11, 1898; member Masons, Tennessee Club, B. M. C., Memphis Country Club, and Methodist Church; […]
City: Memphis SILVERTOOTH, George W., lawyer; born Munford, Tipton County, Tenn., March 16, 1872; son of Jacob and Caroline (McFadden) SILVERTOOTH; paternal grandfather Judge George W. SILVERTOOTH (at one time) Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky; maternal grandfather Candour McFADDEN, formerly a prominent merchant of Covington, Tenn.; Scotch-Irish descent; educated public and […]
City: Memphis SIBLEY, Bolling, life insurance business; born Augusta, Ga., Aug. 20, 1873; English descent; son of Robert P. and Susie (Bolling) SIBLEY; father’s occupation, lumber and timber dealer, and mining; paternal grandparents Josiah and Sara Ann (Crapon) SIBLEY, maternal grandparents Robert P. and Mary (Wheless) BOLLING; educated at Richmond […]
City: Memphis SCOTT, Alexander Yerger, lawyer; born Three Oaks, Miss., Dec. 17, 1870; English descent; son of Charles and Malvina (Yerger) SCOTT; father’s occupation lawyer; paternal grandfather Charles SCOTT, maternal grandparents Alexander and Elizabeth (Rucks) YERGER; educated University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., and University of Miss.; graduated from latter […]
City: Memphis SCHLOSS, Samuel, business man; born Ingenheim bei Landau, Rhein Pfalz Baiern, Germany, Sept., 1834; moved to New York City early in fall of 1849; married Sarah MAUSS, of Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 11, 1859; moved to Memphis, Tenn., April 6, 1852; he has been a member of the board […]
City: Memphis SCALES, Dabney Minor, lawyer; born Orange County, Va., June 1, 1842; son Peter and Anne (Minor) SCALES; English-Dutch descent; educated Chalmers Institute, Holly Springs, United States Naval Academy and University of Mississippi; graduate LL.B. University of Mississippi June, 1869; passed final examination before Naval Board Mobile, 1862; married […]