James H. ALLEN, proprietor of the livery, feed and sale stable at Murfreesboro, Tenn., was born in Warren County, N.J., August 26, 1881, son of Obadiah A. and Elizabeth (Harris) ALLEN, both natives of New Jersey, where the father died and the mother still resides. James H. spent his early days […]
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Hon. B. F. ALEXANDER, a native of Rutherford County, Tenn., was born January 20, 1849, and is the son of Madison H. and Catherine (Suttle) ALEXANDER, natives respectively, of Tennessee and Virginia. The father, who is a well known and prosperous farmer, still resides in this county. The mother, who […]
Mrs. Annie E. ALEXANDER, widow of Albert G. ALEXANDER, a prominent farmer of Rutherford County, Tenn., was born March 31, 1814, in Virginia. Mr. Albert G. ALEXANDER, a native of this State, was born August 8, 1810, and is the son of Daniel and Sarah (Alexander) ALEXANDER. He was one of […]
Andrew M. ALEXANDER, born May 19, 1815, is a son of Andrew M. Sr., and Nancy (Doran) ALEXANDER, who were born in Maryland and Virginia respectively. The father was one of the pioneer settlers of the county, and was killed at New Orleans during the war of 1812, in which […]
Col. John H. ADKERSON, an enterprising farmer, was born in this county and State October 15, 1831, and is the son of James A. and Percilla (Jones) ADKERSON, both natives of Virginia. The father was one of the early settlers of this county, coming here in 1820. He was one […]
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 […]
Holston Conference has been blessed with many noble spirits, certainly with those who have presided over parsonages. Somehow they have felt the inner urgings, not only of the tides that flow through the parsonage, but also of those which surge through the congregation, and in this exhibiting consecration, inspiration, and […]
Mrs. Irene BLAIR NEFF was born at Jonesboro, Tenn., in 1849. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. BLAIR. Her mother died when she was a small child and she spent the greater part of her girlhood in the home of her sister, who was the wife […]
Sarah Jane, daughter of Jackson and Martha GRUBB, was born March 3, 1870, and in the early morning of October 16th, 1938 in the home of her daughter, Mrs. E.L. PAISLEY, of Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, passed away into life Eternal. Mrs. HASH was converted […]
Mrs. J. M. EMERT, beloved wife of the late Rev. J. M. EMERT, born March 27, 1866, passed in holy triumph to her heavenly home July 25, 1940. She is lovingly remembered by a host of friends in Holston Conference where her husband gave many years to the work of […]
Mrs. Adelia BATES DICKEY died in Los Angeles, California, January 12th, 1940. She was the widow of the Rev. John P. DICKEY, who was “admitted into the Holston Conference” in 1871, and spent the greater part of his life in preaching and teaching. Mrs. DICKEY was born August 8th, 1856, […]
City: St. Louis, Missouri FOLK, Joseph Wingate, lawyer, statesman, ex-governor; born Brownsville, Tenn., Oct. 28, 1869; German-Italian descent; son of Henry Bate and Martha (Estes) FOLK, and brother of Dr. E. E. FOLK, editor of “The Baptist and Reflector,” and Reau E. FOLK, ex-treasurer of the State of Tennessee; his […]
City: Lafayette WEST, Perry Bunyan, traveling salesman; born Walnut Shade, Tenn., Dec. 22, 1872; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jesse and Sarah F. (HUDDLESTON) WEST; father’s occupation farmer; trustee and clerk and master of Chancery Court, Macon county; educated at Lafayette, Tenn. and Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn.; in early life taught […]
City: Lafayette FAUST, Thomas Emmett, attorney-at-law; born Trousdale county, Tenn., March 29, 1861; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Joseph E. and Mary (Kearly) FAUST; father’s occupation mechanic and millwright; paternal grandparents Joseph and Bettie (Edmund) FAUST; maternal grandparents William and Matilda (Holt) KEARLY; educated at Lafayette, Tenn.; in early […]
City: Lafayette CARTER, Hubert, traveling salesman; born Rome, Tenn., Oct. 31, 1860; son of Edward and Louvenia K. (Bains) CARTER; father’s occupation carpenter; paternal grandparents John S. and Mary (Harrison) CARTER; maternal grandparents Sara A. and Christina (Lasiter) BAINS; educated at home; in early life he was in the retail […]