City: Paris BEASLEY, Charles W., farmer; born near Paris, Henry Co., Tenn., Jan. 12, 1846; English descent; son of Nehemiah C. and Judith (Wamack) BEASLEY; father farmer; paternal grandparents Jno. Winfrey and Ann A. (Courtney) BEASLEY; maternal grandparents Byrd and Rebecca (Haskins) WAMACK; was educated at Mansfield, Tenn.; engaged in […]
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City: Paris ADEN, James S., former Co. Court Judge; born Paris, Tenn., Feb 13,1842; son of S. B. and Delilah (Brown) ADEN; English-Scotch-Irish descent; educated institutions of learning of Paris, Tenn., married Anna MOORE Jan. 10, 1866; Clerk of Henry Co. Court (2 terms), 1890-1898; Judge of Co. Court from […]
In the financial system which so facilitates the operations even of local trade, Cross Plains included among its capable bank officials, the genial young cashier, Samuel B. WILSON. His is a Tennessee family, identified with the interests of this state for several generations. Through his mother, Mr. Wilson is […]
City: Paris ADEN, John Felen, Deputy Co. Court Clerk; born Paris, Tenn., Dec. 14, 1868; son of James S. and Annie E. (Moore) ADEN; English-Scotch-Irish descent; father’s occupation, Co. Judge; educated institutions of learning of Paris, Tenn.; married Jennie ROGERS Feb. 9, 1903; member Masonic Lodge (Junior Warden); was on […]
City: Palmyra WICKHAM, John W., doctor of medicine; born Palmyra, Tenn., Jan. 16, 1860; son of Robt. L. and Elizabeth (Marsh) WICKHAM; Irish-German descent; paternal grandparents Nathaniel and Mary (Thompson) WICKHAM; maternal grandparents William and Sallie (Spicer) MARSH; received education in the country schools; graduated from Vanderbilt University M.D., 1885; […]
City: Palmyra O’NEAL, Wm. Arthur, farmer and stock dealer; born Montgomery Co. Tenn. July 30, 1853; Irish descent; son of John and Elizabeth (Britten) O’NEAL; father was a farmer; was educated at Oak Grove, Ky.; he began farming at an early age, and is at present engaged Alice OGBURN, Nov. […]
City: Palmyra HUSSEY, Michael Morris, merchant and manufacturer; born Clarksville, Tenn., 1860; Irish descent; son of Edward and Honora (Bresnahan) HUSSEY; his father was a railroad man; received his education in the common schools of Montgomery County; he worked on the railroad in early life, served as water carrier to […]
City: Orlinda JONES, John M., farmer; born in Robertson Co., Tenn., Dec. 22, 1839; Irish and English descent; son of Campbell and Lucy (Moss) JONES; father was a farmer; received common school education; entered farming in early life, and all of his business life has been devoted to that vocation; […]
City: Ooltewah WATKINS, Zachary Taylor, banker; real estate agent; born Ooltewah, Tenn. Feb. 8, 1847; Anglo-Saxon descent; son of Finley P. and Tussie (Kelso)WATKINS; father’s occupation farmer; educated in the common schools of Hamilton Co., Tenn.; began his career as a farmer and merchant; married Lillie Mae SANDERS, Jan. 31, […]
City: Ooltewah TALLANT, Samuel Q., educator; born Eighth District James Co., Tenn., Feb. 20, 1882; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Frank C. and Myra E. (Jones) TALLANT; father’s occupation Postmaster Ooltewah, Tenn.; educated in the public schools of James Co., Tenn., and Carson and Newman College, graduated from the latter with […]
City: Ooltewah STOKES, Thomas H., banker; born Linn Grove, Ky., Oct. 4, 1881; son of William R. and Ella (Swift) STOKES; father’s occupation merchant and miller; graduated from West Ky. College, B. S. degree, and Bowling Green (Ky) University; began his career as a teacher; married Chittie MYERS, June 1, […]
City: Ooltewah LEWIS, J. Kinsey, real estate dealer; born North Carolina Feb. 9, 1884; son of John Webster and Annie (Gates) LEWIS; father’s occupation, merchant; graduated Niota High School Dec. 20, 1901; married Minnie G. HUMPHREY Sept. 7, 1907; member Masons and Order Railroad Telegraphers; early business career, telegraph operator; […]
City: Ooltewah GUILLE, Charles Ruble, farmer born Zanesville, O., Sept. 18, 1874; French and German descent; son of Andros and Augusta (Fleck) GUILLE; paternal grandparents Francis Nicholas and Marguerite (Fricks) GUILLE; maternal grandparents John and Henrietta (Wirz) FLECK; educated in New York; began his career as a gas engineer; Republican; […]
BENJAMIN JOSEPH FARRAR. One of the most extensive and successful real estate dealers of Nashville, Benjamin Joseph FARRAR has here been engaged in this business for nearly half a century, a much longer period than any other man, and during the time has been prominently identified with the highest and best interests […]
SUMNER ARCHIBALD CUNNINGHAM, editor and publisher of the Confederate Veteran at Nashville, is a lifelong resident of Tennessee, served the state in the great Civil war, and has spent many years in the quiet pursuits of business and as an editor. Of Scotch-Irish descent, a son of John Washington Campbell and Mary […]
CHARLES STUBBINS BRIGGS, A. M., M. D. Beginning when young to familiarize himself with the rudiments of medicine and surgery, Charles S. BRIGGS, A. M., M. D., has, through close study and earnest application, constantly added to his knowledge, and has gained an enviable reputation for superior professional skill and ability […]
FRANK ALLEN BERRY, lawyer, and member of the bar of Nashville, Tennessee, was born on October 13, 1885, in Nashville, and is the son of William Wells and Alice (Allen) BERRY, both natives of the state of Tennessee, born respectively in Davidson and Sumner county. Concerning the early education of Mr. BERRY, […]
TALBOT FANNING BONNER. A prominent and prosperous citizen of Nashville, Talbot Fanning BONNER, head of the Bonner Furniture Manufacturing Company, has long been an important factor in the promotion and advancement of the industrial and business interests of this section of Davidson county; and his influence as a man or honor and […]
HARRY H. CORSON. In no other field of enterprise has there been so marvelous development and progress within the past two decades as in that of applied electricity, and among those who have been prominently concerned with practical developments and contributed in no insignificant way to this advancement is MR. CORSON, […]
Professor ALONZO C. WEBB. Inheriting from his mother artistic tastes and talent, and from is father an ardent love of nature in all her varied forms, Professor Alonzo C. WEBB, supervisor of drawing in the public schools of Nashville, is widely and favorably known as an artist, an ornithologist, and as a lecturer on birds, their […]