City: Obion CHILES, J. T., merchant; born Giles Co., Tenn., in 1846; Irish descent; son of John and Demarias (CROFT) CHILES, father was a farmer; educated in the common schools of Obion Co., Tenn., and Centralia, Ill.; began his career as a farmer; married Willie BOBBETT; member of Brown Lodge […]
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City: Straw Plains CAMPBELL, Henry Little, physician and manager for the Campbell and Deane Co.; born Watauga, Tenn., Sept. 11, 1857; Dutch and Scotch descent; son of William R. and Margaret (Little) CAMPBELL; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Eli and Josie (Dugger) CAMPBELL; maternal grandparents Henry and Matilda (Mottern) […]
CITY: Sparta COTTEN, Leon DeCasto, physician; born Pollard, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John and Sarah (Wright) COTTEN; father’s occupation teacher; paternal grandparents Thomas A. and Matilda (Britt) COTTEN; maternal grandparents James and Nellie (Hutson) WRIGHT; educated at Sparta Tenn., High School; educated in medicine, University of […]
City: Monterey CONASTER, Orion Clemens, attorney at law; born Jamestown, Tenn., Jan. 30, 1863; German descent; educated at Hiwassee College, East Tenn., Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; graduated from Hiwassee B. S., May 1, 1883, Cumberland University, B. L., 1885; in early life worked on farm and taught school to pay […]
City: Monterey CARAWAY, Robert Franklin, manufacturer of lumber; born Otway, Ohio, July 10, 1861; Scotch-Irish descent; son of T. L. H. and Ruth A. (Ralstin) CARAWAY; father’s occupation, farmer, lumberman; paternal grandparents Henry and Delilah (Jones) CARAWAY, maternal grandparents Robert and Mary (Elliott) RALSTIN; educated in the common schools of […]
City: Milan COLEY, William H., born Milan, Tenn., June 8, 1847; English descent; son of Thomas and Annie M. (Harlan) COLEY; educated at Bluff Springs, Tenn.; enlisted in the Confederate army during civil war, Jan., 1863, Co. K, 10th Tenn., served until May 10, 1865, when he surrendered at Gainesville, […]
City: Milan CLOPTON, Abner, Theadore, physician; born Murray, Ky., June 21, 1876; Irish descent; son of David O. and Laura (Dale) CLOPTON; father’s occupation, farmer; maternal grandfather Isaac Z. DALE; educated in Murray, Ky.; graduated Vanderbilt University, M. D., in 1902; in early life engaged in farming, and drug business; […]
City: Milan CALDWELL, Robert Arthur, farmer; born Gibson Co., Tenn., Jan. 5, 1857; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Samuel Lafayette and Sarah (Sturdivant) CALDWELL; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents John W. and Marguerite (Calbe) CALDWELL; maternal grandparents William and Martha (Arington) STURDIVANT; educated at Knoxville, Tenn.; entered farming in early life; […]
City: Midway COBBLE, Lewis M., lawyer; born Midway, Tenn., April 27, 1866; German descent; son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Smith) COBBLE; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Phillip and Sally COBBLE; maternal grandmother Sarah SMITH; educated at Mosheim College; in early life practiced dentistry; married Laura M. TAYLOR, July, 1886; member […]
City: Midway CLOYD, John Dunwoody, surveyor and farmer; born Mosheim, Tenn., July 8, 1877; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James W. and Mary V. (Dunwoody) CLOYD; fathers’ /sic/ occupation, physician, merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents William and Sarah (Northington) CLOYD; maternal grandparents Adam and Virginia (McSpadin) DUNWOODY; educated Washington College, and […]
City: Morristown CARRIGER, James A., attorney at law; born Tazewell, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1845; father’s occupation, physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents John and Margaret (Eliot) CARRIGER, maternal grandparents John Finley and Elizabeth (Cocke) JACK; his maternal grandmother was a daughter Senator William COCKE; educated at University of Va., served as […]
City: Morristown CARROLL, Charles Thomas, minister of the Gospel; born in Cabell Co., West Va., Feb. 27, 1842; son of Samuel and Lucinda (Swan) CARROLL; father’s occupation, farmer and teacher; paternal grandparents James Tillman and Sarah (Black) CARROLL, maternal grandfather Thomas SWAN; educated in High School of Cabell, West Va.; […]
City: Morristown CONVERSE, James Booth, clergyman; born Philadelphia, Pa., April 8, 1844; son of A. and Flavia (Booth) CONVERSE; father’s occupation, minister of the Gospel; paternal grandparents Joel and Elizabeth (Bixby) CONVERSE, maternal grandparents David and Margaret (Cotton) BOOTH; graduated from Princeton, N.J., A.B., 1865, A.M., 1868, Union Theological Seminary, […]
City: New Middleton CROCKETT, William M., physician; born Rockville, Tenn., Aug. 8, 1872; son of Overton Washing and Alice (Crockett) CROCKETT; father was a merchant; educated Murfreesboro, Tenn., graduated from University of Tenn., March 1898; in early life was a farmer; married Mary Catherine BARNES, Dec. 24, 1892; Royal Arch […]
City: Mayland COOPER, William, merchant, real estate and lumber dealer; born Scranton, Pa., March 2, 1843; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of William and Margaret (MOAT) COOPER; educated in Belfast, Ireland; returned to American in 1853; enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, May, 1861, and served until surrender of Lee, […]
City: Nashville CANTRELL, Julian Wendel, railroad official; born Davidson County, Tennessee, January 1, 1867; English-Scotch descent; son of George Michael Deaderick and Clara (Walker) CANTRELL; father, banker; paternal grandparents Stephen and Juliet A. Deaderick (Wendel) CANTRELL, paternal grandparents Robert T. and Adeline (Poston) WALKER; educated in public schools of Nashville, Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville and Kentucky Military Institute […]
City: Nashville CARELS, Joseph Stineford, born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug., 30, 1825; one of a family of sixteen; graduated from Central High School of Philadelphia, Pa., in 1843, received from it the degree of Master of Arts in 1851; moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 1845; he became a member of Mount Moriah Lodge of Masons at […]
City: Nashville CARR, James B., President B. H. Stief Jewelry Company; born LaVergne, Tennessee, March 7, 1857; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William N. and Sarah (Patterson) CARR; father in postal service; attended the Nashville city schools; engaged in the jewelry business early in life; was elected manager of B. H. STIEF Jewelry Company in 1891; is […]
City: Nashville CARRE, Henry Beach, Professor of Theology; born New Orleans, La., June 9, 1871; English-French descent; son of Walter W. and Elvira (Beach) CARRE; father, lumber merchant; graduated from Tulane Univ. A.B., 1895, Vanderbilt Univ. A.B., 1898; also studied at Universities of Chicago, Berlin and Marburg; began early business career as clerk in lumber […]
City: Nashville CASSETTY, James, coal merchant; born Gainesboro, Tenn., April 24, 1852; English and French descent; son of Thomas D. and Matilda (Apple) CASSETTY; father’s occupation, harness and saddlery; educated in Nashville, Tenn., in early life worked six years in the printing business; married Julia CAPPS, October 28, 1872; member Masons, Odd Fellows, Red Men, […]