City: Nashville HAMPTON, Edward Lee, President Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company; born Franklin County, Tenn., March 1, 1861; English descent; son of H. G. and Malinda (Buckner) HAMPTON; father was educator and farmer; paternal grandparents Ransom and Mary (Lackey) HAMPTON, maternal grandparents John and Malinda (Kennerly) BUCKNER; educated Winchester, Tenn.; in […]
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City: Trenton HARWOOD, Thomas Everett, lawyer; born Trenton, Tenn., Aug. 5, 1852; son of R. D. and Mary (Everett) HARWOOD; father’s occupation, in early life a printer, later a merchant and then for many years a farmer; paternal grandparents William and Sarah Ann (Grizzard) HARWOOD, maternal grandfather Thomas H. EVERETT, […]
City: Trenton DENNISON, F. L., teacher, farmer; born, Lone Elm, Tenn., Jan. 12, 1872; English and Irish descent; son of Henry P. and Laura (McCall) DENNISON; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Robert R. and Nancy D. (Walker) DENNISON, maternal grandparents Calvin and Canseda M. (Ingram) MCCALL; educated Southwestern Baptist University, Jackson, […]
City: Tracy City GERREN, John M., teacher, editor; born Jasper, Tenn., June 6, 1880; son of W. L. and Mollie Elizabeth (DeFriece) GERREN; father, farmer; educated at Normal University, Chattanooga, and Athens School of University of Chattanooga, and left school one year before graduating; early business occupation, farmer, telegraph operator, […]
City: Tracy City FULTS, Jefferson D., lawyer; German and English descent; son of Smith and Timie Ellen (Sanders) FULTS; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Daniel and Philadelphia (Thompson) FULTS, maternal grandparents Thomas and Polly Mary (Cox) SANDERS; educated common schools, Shook College, Tracy City, Tenn., University of Tenn., at Knoxville, and […]
City: Townsend DUNN, Samuel Houston, lawyer; born Tuckaluchee Cove, Dec. 17, 1876; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William H. and Dorothy C. (Snider) DUNN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Greene and Rachel (Henry) DUNN, maternal grandparents George and Susannah (Handley) SNIDER; educated at Porter Academy; began career as a teacher; admitted […]
City: Oliver Springs RICHARDS, John R., coal operator and merchant; born Danville, Pa., Oct. 15, 1857; son of Joseph and Ann (Thomas) RICHARDS; paternal grandfather John RICHARDS, paternal grandmother Ann (Evans) RICHARDS, maternal grandfather David W. THOMAS, maternal grandmother Ann (Williams) THOMAS Welsh descent; fathers’ /sic/ occupation, rolling mill superintendent; […]
City: Rhea Springs EWING, John Montgomery, farmer; born near Kingston, Roane Co., Tenn., July 20, 1859; English-Irish descent; son of Elijah M. and Mary (Murphy) EWING; father, farmer and stock raiser; educated Oak Hill Academy, Roane Co., Tenn.; in early life he was a farmer, later engaged in merchandising and […]
City: Sevierville ISHAM, Andrew Johnson, practicing physician; born Kingston, Tenn., Nov. 12, 1862; Irish descent; son of William F. and Mary A. (Green) ISHAM; father, farmer; educated at Knoxville, Tenn., graduated from University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., M. D., Dec. 20, 1900; in early life was a merchant; married […]
City: Tracy City QUARLES, Thomas Jackson, insurance agent; born Jackson Co., Ala., May 26, 1873; Scotch-Irish descent; son of T. L. and Maria (Morrison) QUARLES; father’s occupation, minister of the gospel and chaplain of penitentiary; educated in the common schools of North, Ga.; began his career as clerk in store […]
City: National Soldiers Home SMITH, John Powell, lawyer, Governor Mountain Branch National Home for D.V.S.; born at Mountain City, Tenn., March 30, 1846; Scotch-Irish and English-French descent; son of Alexander Doran and Mary Ann (Powell) SMITH; father’s occupation lawyer; paternal grandparents Caleb and Elizabeth (Doran) SMITH, maternal grandparents John and […]
City: Paris SHERRILL, Samuel W., superintendent of City Schools; born at Maryville, Tenn., Sept. 7, 1869; son of Dr. J. H. and Teckie (Wells) SHERRILL; Scotch-Irish descent; graduate of Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn., May 30, 1892; member of K. of P. and W. O. W.; author “Heroes in Gray” and […]
City: Memphis RUSSE, William H., business man, born Indianapolis, Ind., in 1855; educated in the public schools of Indianapolis and Northwestern Christian (now Butler) University; entered the lumber business in 1889 in Indianapolis, and two years later opened a branch at Cairo, Ill.; in 1893 he closed his business at […]
City: Memphis ROY, Shane, attorney at law; born Henning, Lauderdale County, Tenn., August 20, 1887; son of Samuel Martin and Margaret Allen (Pipken) ROY; Scottish-Irish descent; graduate of University of Tennessee LL.B. 1909; member Masonic (Henning Lodge No. 654), K. of P. (Henning Lodge No. 209); admitted to bar in […]
City: Memphis ROBERTS, William D., manufacturer; born Dyersburg, Tenn., Nov. 13, 1848; Scottish-Irish descent; son of John and Mary (Davis) ROBERTS; received common school education; in early life he was in the retail grocery business married Grace SWEARINGEN, Oct. 9, 1872; member Chickasaw Club and Cotton Exchange; entered the mercantile […]
City: Memphis RIDDICK, Thomas Kader, lawyer; born Fayette Co., Tenn., July 9, 1851; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Edward Garrett and Harriet Ann (Mayo) RIDDICK; educated Macon Masonic College, Macon, Tenn., graduating from same A. B., 1868, and Cumberland University, LL.B., 1871; taught school in early life; entered practice of law […]
City: Memphis RANDOLPH, William Mortimer, lawyer; born (near) LaGrange, Fayette County, Tenn., June 16, 1837; son Rodolph and Lucretia Ann (Greene) RANDOLPH; educated at Arkadelphia, Ark.; married Rebecca Ellen WASSELL, January 17,1861; member Memphis Country Club and Hatchie Coon Hunting and Fishing Club; Confederate States District Attorney for the Eastern […]
City: Memphis PERSON, George W., real estate; born near Memphis, Tenn., in 1869; began his business career at age of twenty years in the employ of the then Artesian Water Company; he opened up his first set of books in that office; at present he is member of the real […]
City: Memphis PERKINS, Newton C., banker; born Shelby Co., Tenn., Jan. 31, 1865; educated in Shelby Co., and Franklin, Tenn.; began his career as a bookkeeper in an insurance office, he remained there until 1890, when he became secretary of the Farmers Exchange (now extinct), and continued in that position […]
City: Memphis PERKINS, Albert D., bookkeeper; born in Memphis, Tenn., July 29, 1867; Welsh descent; son of Pryor and Nannie PERKINS; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandfather Washington PERKINS; educated at Jesuit College, Las Vegas, New Mexico, and graduated from same; married Willie WILKERSON, Nov. 17, 1892; member Elks; Democrat; bookkeeper […]