City: Memphis PROUTT, Frederick George, electrical engineer; born Bowmanville, Canada, Nov. 27, 1870; English-Irish descent; son of Mark J. and Martha (Burk) PROUTT; paternal grandparents Matthias and Betsy (Brewer) PROUTT of England, maternal grandparents Thomas and Elizabeth (Kells) BURK, of Ireland; educated Canadian public and high schools; took course in […]
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City: Memphis PRICE, Gaston Chappell, railroad and levee contractor; born Marion, Crawford Co., Ark., April 10, 1873; English-Scotch-Irish descent; son of William Robert and Lelia (Nixon) PRICE; father was a planter and Confederate soldier in Forrest’s cavalry; paternal grandparents, John CHAPPELL and Martha (Hodges) PRICE, maternal grandparents, William Christopher and […]
City: Memphis PRATT, Henry M., manufacture; born Prattville, Ala., May 20, 1877; English descent; son of Merrill E. and Julia A. (Smith) PRATT; paternal grandparents Edward and Dorcas (Peavey) PRATT; maternal grandparents Samuel P. and Adelaide (Allen) SMITH; educated University of Ala., finished four years special course in 1896; began […]
City: Memphis POTTS, Theodore Semmes, minister; born Red River Co., Texas, in 1859; son of Rev. Ramsey D. and Mary (Pickett) POTTS; descent Scotch; educated Waco, Texas; graduated Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; married Annie HENRY June 16, 1884; member Masonic Lodge; has been pastor Baptist churches at Bonham and Dallas, […]
City: Memphis POSTON, John Hamil, Jr., attorney at law; born Memphis, Tenn., December 15, 1884; son of John A. and Ella (Bolling) POSTON; English and Irish descent; graduate of University of Tennessee, LL.B. 1906; married Minnie BUCKINGHAM. June 9, 1908; member Sigma Alpha Epsilon Greek letter fraternity; former member of […]
City: Memphis POSERT, Henry, physician; born in Germany, April 29, 1858; son of I. J. and Edel (Pincus) POSERT; educated Berlin, Germany, Paris, France, and Vienna, Austria; graduated Berlin University, M. D. and Mo. Medical College, St. Louis, Mo.; in early life taught school; married Sarah PERES, March 9, 1892; […]
City: Memphis PITTMAN, Alfred Buckner, lawyer; born Greensboro, Ala., May 20, 1868; son of Alfred Buckner and Charlotte (Lomax) PITTMAN; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents Williamson and Lucinda (Buckner) PITTMAN, maternal grandparents John Tayloe and Elmira (Strudwick) LOMAX; educated Virginia Military Institute and University of Ala., graduated from latter, receiving […]
City: Memphis PISTOLE, W. A., physician; born near Meridian, Miss., March 30, 1881; French and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Louis A. and Emily (Robinson) PISTOLE; educated in the public schools, Union University and University of Nashville, graduated from latter in 1905; in early life he was a farmer; married in […]
City: Memphis PHILLIPS, Thomas Milton, newspaper writer; born Kenton, Tenn., Oct. 2, 1871; American-Scotch-Irish and Dutch descent; son of Charles T. and Nellie E. (Eckley) PHILLIPS; father’s occupation, Presbyterian minister; educated in Tenn. and Belleville (Ill.) High School, graduated from latter June 27, 1888; entered newspaper business in early life; […]
City: Memphis PHILLIPS, Samuel Henry, wholesale grocer; born Kenosha, Wis., Oct. 18, 1853; Irish descent; son of Samuel William and Sarah (Pilkington) PHILLIPS; father’s occupation, civil engineer; paternal grandfather Richard PHILLIPS; educated in public schools; in early life was grocer clerk for Ford Porter & Co.; married Eleanor Gilbert ALBERS, […]
City: Nashville MOORE, John Trotwood, author; born Marion, Ala., August 26, 1858; son of Judge John and Emily (Billingslea) MOORE; father, lawyer and judge; paternal grandparents Wooten and Elizabeth (Tooley) MOORE, maternal grandparents Clement C. and Rachel (Lane) BILLINGSLEA; graduated from Howard College, Marion, Ala., 1878, with A.B. degree; taught […]
City: Nashville HUNT, William F., County Court Clerk, Davidson County; born Nashville, Tenn., July 28, 1867; English-Irish descent; son of Samuel and Margaret (Sarber) HUNT; educated in Nashville public schools; was newsboy in early life; when in schools, prior to age of fourteen, he broke rock in afternoons and sold […]
City: Nashville HOWSE, Hilary Ewing, public official; born in Rutherford Co., Tenn., Jan. 25, 1866; reared on farm; at age of eighteen years he went to Nashville, and went to work in a mattress factory, and put in time on piecework at night to help support his younger brothers and […]
City: Nashville HOWELL, Robert Boyte C., lawyer; born Nashville, Tenn., September 4, 1878; English-Welch descent; son of Morton B. and Bettie (Curd) HOWELL; father was lawyer; educated at Montgomery-Bell Academy and Wallace University School; graduated from Wallace University School, and Vanderbilt University, LL.B. 1899; married Nellie JACKSON, October 29, 1902; […]
City: Nashville HOPKINS, Robert Thompson, cashier Phillips & Buttorff Manufacturing Company; born Magnolia, Miss., September 19, 1860; English descent; son of Arthur Moseley and Eliza Pamelia (Bibb) HOPKINS; father, cotton commission merchant; paternal grandparents Arthur F. and Pamelia (Moseley) HOPKINS, maternal grandparents Thomas and Pamelia (Thompson) BIBB; educated in public […]
City: Nashville HOOPER, Ben W., Governor; born Newport, Tenn., October 13, 1870; educated Carson & Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn., 1890; elected representative of the Legislature in 1892-94; admitted to the bar in 1894; served as Captain of Company C., Sixth United States Volunteer Infantry 1898-9; served in Porto Rico; […]
City: Nashville HOLMES, William Newton, physician and surgeon; born Holmes, Tenn., January 27, 1854; son John Randolph and Eliza (McAlexander) HOLMES; Danish-Scotch-Irish-English descent; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Hood) and Anna (Kidd) MCALEXANDER; educated Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Ohio; graduated Cincinnati, Ohio, June 5, 1888; Doctor of Medicine; married Margaret Esther […]
City: Nashville HOLLINSHEAD, Warren Henry, instructor; born Fort Valley, Ga., March 10, 1865; English descent; son of William Hiley and Mary Elizabeth (Harris) HOLLINSHEAD; father, physician; paternal grandparents William and Harriet (Alsobrook) HARRIS; educated Fort Valley, Ga.; graduated Vanderbilt University 1887 with Ph.G. and 1900 with D.Sc. degrees; is at […]
City: Nashville HOLLABAUGH, Andrew Newton, physician; born Leslie, Ark., October 3, 1875; German descent; son of Emanuel F. and Frances A. (Hatchell) HOLLABAUGH; father, farmer; educated at Valley Spring Academy, Arkansas; graduated from Valley Spring Academy B.S. degree, 1891, Vanderbilt University M.D. degree, 1902; began his career as a teacher; […]
City: Memphis STEWART, George Brooks, physician and surgeon; born in Shelby Co., Tenn., Aug. 27, 1870; Scotch descent; son of Cyrus M. and Kate J. (Douglass) STEWART; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents James and Mary (Craig) STEWART, maternal grandparents George and Joannnah [sic] (Sandford) DOUGLASS; educated Cumberland University and University […]