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 […]
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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., […]
City: Tiptonville CATES, Willis J., planter, merchant; born Lake Co., Tenn., May 18, 1860; son of Anderson and Susan (Box) CATES; father’s occupation, farmer; educated in country schools; began career in Lake Co., Tenn., as a farmer; now interested in farming, mercantile business and cotton; married Mattie D. BLEDSOE, Nov. […]
City: Tiptonville CAMPBELL, Whit, retail merchant; born Glass, Tenn., Oct. 21, 1861; Scotch-Irish descent; son of David and Elizabeth (Johnson) CAMPBELL; father, farmer; educated at Glass, Tenn., High School; began career as clerk in store at Glass, Tenn.; entered drug business at Glass, Tenn., March, 1888, and after three or […]
City: Tiptonville BURNETT, James T., attorney and banker; born Dixon Springs, Tenn., 1868; Scotch-Irish descent; son of J. H. and Mary Don (Fippen) BURNETT; father was a tobacco speculator; educated Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., and graduated from same LLB., 1890; in early life was a farmer, and has been dependent […]
Notwithstanding the fact that great fortunes are sometimes made in speculation and by manipulation of the markets, it is undeniable that there is no line of honest effort which offers greater or more certain returns than intelligent and painstaking cultivation of the soil. In recent years, by scientific methods and […]
City: Tiptonville DAVIS, Powhattan, banker; born Union Co., Tenn., Jan. 22, 1847; English descent; son of James and Rebecca (Dalton) DAVIS; father, farmer, lawyer and slave owner; educated in private schools of Obion Co., Tenn.; married Sarah EAGAN, Jan. 2, 1878; independent Democrat; served as Clerk and Master of Chancery […]
Rev. Ivan L. Cox was born in Wise County, Virginia, April 22, 1878. He was married to Miss Nora Almeda Elliott, November 13, 1903. They were the parents of seven children, six of whom are still living, three sons and three daughters. Brother Cox grew up in the Christian faith […]
John Worth Browning was born in Statesville, N.C., on Jan. 24, 1857. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.C. Huddleston, in Cleveland, Tenn. Nov., 21, 1939 at the age of 82 years 10 months. He was buried at Maryville, Tenn. He received his college training at Rutherford […]
Simonides, an ancient Greek poet, said, “the city teaches the man.” How true. It is equally true that the times teach the man. No one will deny the effect upon character of the environment and time in which a man was born, the circumstances in which he was reared. Eugene […]
Born in Slavery — Educated in the School of Adversity — Author — Founder of Baptist Publishing House — President of Penny Savings Bank — The Man of Action The Reverend Richard Henry BOYD, of Nashville, Tennessee, is one of the most interesting personalities on the American continent, if not […]
In the rapidly developing history of the modern era there is perhaps no one influence comparable to that of the press. Through his ubiquitous medium fleets each day’s momentous news and the psychology of nations is carried round the world. The great metropolitan press, with its complex network of intellectual […]
While medicine—and especially surgery—has made rapid strides in the ranks of science and has marked the successful physician as a most significant figure in modern civilization, no less remarkable achievements have been made in dental surgery. The restoration of health and the prolonging of life are often made possible through […]
Among the merchants of Obion County probably none is more widely or more favorably known than the subject of this review, who has been engaged in business in the city of Troy for a period of forty years. His parents, Wm. H. and Temperance (Jackson) Bennett, were both natives of […]
City: Pulaski DALY, Thomas Edward, merchant and cashier of bank; born near Elkton, Giles County, Tenn., March 16, 1859; son of Thomas B. and Mary Ann (Abernathy) DALY; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Oak Hill, Lincoln County, Tenn., and Lebanon, Tenn.; married Georgie BULL, January 2, 1881; member Masonic Lodge and Stonewall […]
City: Pulaski CULP, Robert Lewis, mechanic and Justice of the Peace; born Giles County, Tenn., April 23, 1842; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William H. and Annie (King) CULP; began career as a mechanic; married Mary BOYD, December 1, 1864; was one time City Recorder of Pulaski, and is at present […]
City: Pulaski CROWELL, Ernest W., lawyer; born Bedford Co., Tenn., March 21, 1884; of German-Irish descent; son of Hiram B. and Margaret E. (Cook) CROWELL; father Methodist minister; paternal grandparents, Charles M. and Lavina (Foster) CROWELL; maternal grandparents, V. P. and Elizabeth (Lents) CROWELL; educated Bedford Co., Institute, and Cumberland […]
City: Pulaski CLARK, Gordentia Waite, educator, co-principal of Massey & Clark School; born Wartrace, Tenn., April 9, 1886; son of G. W. and Lydia (Little) CLARK; his father was a farmer; paternal grandparents R. S. and Sarah Patton (Waite) CLARK, maternal grandparents William and Lucy Caroline (Clary) LITTLE; educated Wartrace […]
City: Pulaski BASS, Jacob Miller, farmer; born Giles Co., Tenn., Sept. 28, 1825; his paternal grandmother Martha (Hix) BASS was a direct descendant of Pocahontas; son of Nathan and Martha (Beaty) BASS; father farmer; educated in the common schools which were taught in log cabins, never graduated but obtained a […]