City: New Middleton BRIDGES, Joseph G., physician; born New Middleton, Tenn., June 8, 1868; English descent; son of James G. and Harriette (Bell) BRIDGES; father’s occupation physician; paternal grandparents Joseph and Elizabeth (Gill) BRIDGES; maternal grandparents Robert D. and Elizabeth (Roane) BELL; educated New Middleton, Tenn.; graduated University of Nashville, […]
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City: Newport BLACK, James Stedman, minister of the gospel; born Wilmington, N.C., Feb. 1, 1848; Scotch descent; son of D.B. and Ann Clinton (Holmes) BLACK; father’s occupation, minister of the gospel; paternal grandparents, John and Ellie (Blue) BLACK; maternal grandparents James and Sallie (Normant) HOLMES; educated Clinton, N.C., graduated Theological […]
City: Memphis BACON, William J., lawyer; born Montgomery, Trigg County, Ky., June 3d, 1876; son of William J. and Delia Scott (CARRINGTON) BACON; English descent; educated Vanderbilt University, University of Arkansas and graduate of Lebanon Law School, LL. B. 1905; member Masonic F. & A. M., DeSoto 299, Memphis Chapter […]
City: Memphis BRYAN, Charles Middleton, attorney at law; born Memphis, Tenn.; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Charles B. and Anna E. (Semmes) BRYAN; father’s occupation, merchant; paternal grandfather, James BRYAN, paternal grandmother, Miss BAILEY prior to her marriage; maternal grandparents, Admiral, Raphael and Anne (Spencer) SEMMES; educated University of […]
City: Memphis BRENNAN, Henry Williams, contracting engineer; born Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 25, 1870; son of Thomas M. and Anna S. (Plunket) BRENNAN; father’s occupation, machinery manufacturer, made cannon and shot used by Confederate armies, also made 1st twelve locomotives operated on N.C. & St. L. Ry.; educated Nashville, Brennan’s Military […]
City: Memphis BOYLE, Thomas R., lawyer; born Hardeman County, Tenn., April 5, 1855; son Thomas and Margaret J. (Owen) BOYLE; Irish-English descent; educated Memphis; graduated Christian Brothers’ College and Washington and Lee University; married Virginia A. FRAZER, April 22, 1884; member Business Men’s Club; Democrat.
City: Memphis BURNS, William Britt, physician and surgeon; born Shangaloo, La., February 26, 1869; son T.F. and Mary A. (Thomas) BURNS; Scotch-Welsh descent; educated Prescott, Ark., Tom Allen High School, Kentucky School of Medicine; graduate Kentucky School of Medicine M.D. 1892; post-graduate Polyclinic New York 1898; married Georgia May VALLANDIGHAM, […]
City: Memphis BULLINGTON, Richard Edward, dentist; born Hernando, Miss., Sept. 2, 1847; son of Edward and Caroline (Stubblefield) BULLINGTON; fathers’ [sic] occupation dentist; paternal grandfather, Robert BULLINGTON, maternal grandfather, Peter B. STUBBLEFIELD; educated Kentucky Military Institute, graduated from New Orleans (La.) Dental College, D.D.S., April 1872; married Sallie A. PEETE, […]
City: Memphis BUFORD, George Gillespie, physician; born Oxford, Miss., Dec. 5 1853; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William C. and Nancy (Gillespie) BUFORD; father’s occupation, planter; paternal grandfather, Spencer BUFORD, maternal grandfather, George GILLESPIE; educated University of Miss., and Vanderbilt University, graduated from later [sic] Medical Department, degree of M.D. in […]
City: Memphis BUCKINGHAM, Miles S., banker; born Shelby Co., Tenn., May 16, 1846; son of Henry G. and Eliza (McIntosh) BUCKINGHAM; English and Scotch descent; educated in public and private schools of Memphis, Tenn.; entered banking in early life as postoffice boy, and has filled every position; at present he […]
City: Memphis BUCHANAN, Joseph W., lawyer; born Chatham Co., N.C.; Scotch descent; son of Thomas J. and Sophie (Martin) BUCHANAN; father, planter; paternal grandparents, Joseph and Charity (Williams) BUCHANAN, maternal grandparents Dr. William and Flora Isabella (McQueen) MARTIN; his maternal grandmother was a direct descendant of Robert BRUCE; graduated University […]
City: Memphis BUCHANAN, Arthur S., public official; born DeSoto Co., Miss., Aug. 14, 1856; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of B.B. and Eliza (Smith) BUCHANAN; father, planter; paternal grandfather, B.B. BUCHANAN, maternal grandfather, Daniel SMITH; educated in the common schools; graduated in law from University of Miss., June, 1879; entered […]
City: Memphis BRYAN, Elwood R., dealer in stone and gravel; born Franklin, Ky., Aug. 28, 1873; son of William Robert and Lou (Bell) BRYAN; father, physician; paternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Clarke) BRYAN, maternal grandparents George and Mary (Paden) BELL; educated Franklin, Ky.; in early life he was manager of […]
City: Memphis BRUCE, Horatio Thomas, mule dealer; born Cumberland, Allegheny County, Md., April 9, 1854; Scotch-Irish descent; son Henry and Lavinia (Thistle) BRUCE; married Valeria HUTT, November 22, 1890; member Masons, I.O.O.F., B.P.O.E. No. 27, K. of P., Ladies and Knights of Honor, Royal Arcanum, Beavers; Democrat; Fire and Police […]
City: Memphis BROWNE, Harris L., president of Browne & Borum Co.; born Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1872; son of J.W.X. and Emma A. (Mallory) BROWNE; father’s occupation, president The Browne Co., plumbing, gas and steam fitting; educated in Tenn. and Ind., graduated from Purdue University Lafayette, Ind., B.M.E., electrical engineer, […]
City: Memphis BRODE, Frederick William, cotton seed products dealer; born Delitseh, Prussia, Germany, Aug. 14, 1843; son of John Frederick and Fredericka (Ritter) BRODE; father, merchant; German descent; educated in the schools of Prussia, Germany, and public and private schools of St. Louis, Mo.; began his career as a clerk, […]
City: Memphis BRINKLEY, James Mhoon, real estate dealer; born Colbert Co., Ala., Aug. 30, 1855; English and Scotch descent; son of Robert C. and Elizabeth (Mhoon) BRINKLEY; father’s occupation, lawyer and real estate; educated at Huntsville, Ala., and University of the South; entered the real estate business in early life; […]
City: Memphis BRIDGER, James Dick, physician and surgeon; born Sardis, Miss., September 2, 1871; son J.E. and Nancy J. (Hill) BRIDGER; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Panola County, Miss., High School; graduated Columbian University, Washington, D.C., with degree of M.D.; married Eugenia MARTIN, November 5, 1907; member National No. 12, A.F. & […]
City: Memphis BOYLE, Virginia Frazer, author; born near Chattanooga, Tenn.; daughter of Charles Wesley and Letitia S. (Austin) FRAZER; paternal grandparents, John A. and Frances Ann (Jones) FRAZER, maternal grandparents, Hugh Rice and Eliza Ann (Ragan) AUSTIN; graduated from Higbee School, Memphis, Tenn.; married Thomas R. BOYLE; member of Colonial […]
City: Memphis BOYD, Harry Roberts, lawyer; born Ottawa, Ill., November 11, 1860; son Joseph and Elvira (McMillain) BOYD; Scotch descent; educated Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind.; graduated Wabash College A.B. 1885, A.M. 1887; married Margaret BAIRD, November 11, 1890; member Knights Templar, 32 degree Scottish Rite; member Presbyterian Church.