The honored subject of this review is numbered among the progressive and representative agriculturists of Obion County, where he is the owner of a finely improved landed estate of five hundred acres, situated near the boundary line between Tennessee and Kentucky, Pierce Station being his post office address. He is […]
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MATTHEW MCCLAIN, sheriff of Lewis County, Tennessee, and a resident of Hohenwald, is a native of that county, has been one of its representative agriculturists for a number of years and always has been worthily identified with its best citizenship. He first took up the duties of sheriff on October […]
City: Sewanee BROOKS, Preston Smith, merchant; born Fairfield, S. C., July 1, 1854; English and Irish descent; son of Preston Smith and Martha Caroline (Means) BROOKS; father’s occupation, lawyer and congressman; educated University of the South; entered mercantile business in early life, and has continued in same since; married Maria […]
City: Sewanee BISHOP, William Samuel, educator and clergyman; born Northhampton, Mass., Aug. 26, 1865; son of George Sayles and Hannah More (Williston) BISHOP; father’s occupation, clergyman, pastor emeritus First Reformed Church, East Orange, N. J.; paternal grandparents William Samuel and Mary (Sayles) BISHOP, maternal grandparents John Payson and Cecilia (Lyman) […]
City: Sewanee BARTON, Samuel Marx, educator; born near Winchester, Va., May 9, 1859; son of Joseph M. and Mary (Neill) BARTON; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Richard Walker and Caroline (Marx) BARTON, maternal grandparents Lewis and Anne (Stribling) NEILL; paternal great-great-grandparents Rev. Thomas BARTON and Ethel (Rittenhouse) BARTON, sister […]
City: Sevierville WILLIAMS, Samuel M., public official; born Jones Cove, Tenn., March 20, 1869; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Carroll and Annie (Large) WILLIAMS; father was a farmer; educated at Murphy College, graduated 1896; began his career as a school teacher; married Callie JONES, July 14, 1894; member I. O. O. […]
City: Sevierville SHIELDS, Robert H., farmer; born Sevier Co., Tenn., Feb. 13, 1857; Irish descent; son of Richard and (Adams) SHIELDS; father’s occupation, farming; educated in the public schools and University of Tenn.; was thrown on his resources in early life; began his career as a teacher; elected Tax Assessor […]
City: Sevierville RULE, Caleb, farmer; born Knox Co., Tenn., July 2, 1840; German descent; son of John and Nancy (Hood) RULE; father, farmer; received common school education; entered the ministry of the Baptist church in 1872 with a limited education, and has served as pastor of 12 churches; married Eliza […]
Among the old and honored pioneers who paved the way for the development of Obion County and the position that it occupies socially and financially at the present time, the name of Alexander W. Smith stands preeminent. He was a native of the Emerald Isle, but when a young man […]
City: Saltillo MITCHELL, Abraham Brownlow, lumberman; born Mt. Vernon, Ill., May 29, 1865; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James Columbus and Tennessee (Page) MITCHELL; father attorney at law; educated Saltillo Public schools and Savannah (Tenn.) High School; in early life was a school teacher and circuit clerk of Hardin Co. Tenn.; […]
City: Saltillo HINKLE, William F., postmaster; born Carrollton, Ky., Oct. 14, 1844; German descent; son of George D. and Lucy (Hawkins) HINKLE; father’s occupation editor; paternal grandparents Samuel and Mary (Dyers) HINKLE; maternal grandfather Thompson HAWKINS; received education at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, PA.; began his career as a school teacher; […]
City: St. Joseph Agent L. & N. R. R. Co., postmaster; born Green Hill, Ala. Dec. 31, 1872; Irish and German Scotch descent; son of James Henry and Lucy Irene (Hill) STUTTS; father’s occupation proprietor of hotel; paternal grandparents Jacob and Nancy (Richardson) STUTTS; maternal grandparents Martin and Elizabeth (Smith) […]
City: Shelbyville EVANS, Winston Gill, Vice President People’s National Bank, Shelbyville, Tenn.; born Shelbyville, Tenn., 1867; English descent; son of Nathan Peyton and Mary (Gill) EVANS; paternal grandparents Nathan and Elizabeth (White) EVANS, maternal grandparents Winston W. and _____ (Whittaker) GILL; educated University of South, Sewanee, Tenn.; married Carrie F. […]
City: Shelbyville ERWIN, William M., educator; born Bedford County, Tenn., September 8, 1881; son of Martin P. and Emma (Young) ERWIN; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Vanderbilt University, Nashville; married Erline MATTHEWS, June 2, 1909; member K. of P., M. W. of A., and also member Lutheran Church; entered Morgan Preparatory School […]
City: Shelbyville ERWIN, Joseph Boyd, minister; born Williamson County, Tenn., January 23, 1846; son of Alexander Rogers and Louise Eleanor (Boyd) ERWIN; his father was a Methodist minister; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Florence University of Florence, Ala.; honorary degree D.D., June, 1886, by Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; married Fannie C. SMITH, […]
City: Shelbyville DEERY, James E., farmer; born Shelbyville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1852; Irish descent; son of Ross and Lou (Evans) DEERY; father’s occupation, druggist; paternal grandparents James and Betsy (Ross) DEERY, maternal grandparents Nathan and Betsy (White) EVANS; educated in Tennessee; began career as a druggist; married Betsy ROSS; Democrat; […]
City: Tiptonville GRIFFIN, Richard Watson, physician; son of Franklin Hall and Lee Joiney (Babb) GRIFFIN; father’s occupation, farmer; educated at Webb School, Bellbuckle, Tenn., graduated Tulane University of La. Medical department, M. D., April 18, 1894; in early life was a clerk in general merchandise business; married Marguerite Ida FINCH, […]
City: Tiptonville GRIFFIN, Franklin Hall, farmer; born Madison Co., Ala., Jan. 29, 1827; Welsh and Irish descent; son of John Taylor and Miram (Bailey) GRIFFIN; father was a school teacher; paternal grandparents John and Sarah (Williams) GRIFFIN, maternal grandfather Robert BAILEY, maternal grandmother was a Miss FERGUSON prior to her […]
City: Tiptonville DONALDSON, Robert Cleveland, lawyer; born Tiptonville, Tenn.; son of Lauchlan and Mary (Noel) DONALDSON; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents Willington and Elizabeth (Merriwether) DONALDSON; graduated from University of Tenn., B. A., 1897; LLB., 1899; married Dona CHITWOOD, 1903; member Phi Gamma Deta /sic/ fraternity and Business Men’s Club, Tiptonville, […]
City: Tiptonville DONALDSON, Laughlan, Sr., lawyer and banker (retired); born Hickman, Fulton Co., Ky., Jan. 4, 1844; Scotch-Welsh descent; son of Willington and Elizabeth (Merriwether) DONALDSON; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Lauchlan and Sophia (Gilbert) DONALDSON, maternal grandparents Richard T. and Elizabeth (Rivers) MERRIWETHER; educated in private schools of Obion Co., […]