A specialist of eye, ear, nose and throat diseases, Dr. Dotson has had a very successful career both in general medicine and in his special work. A few years after taking his medical degree and beginning practice, his inclination and the trend of his abilities led him to specialize. His […]
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In Union City, Dahnke enterprise and energy has become so intimately intertwined with the business and civic activities within the last two decades that the most casual review of the business life of the city would be incomplete without reference to the Dahnke brothers. George Dahnke started out to make […]
Mrs. Adelia BATES DICKEY died in Los Angeles, California, January 12th, 1940. She was the widow of the Rev. John P. DICKEY, who was “admitted into the Holston Conference” in 1871, and spent the greater part of his life in preaching and teaching. Mrs. DICKEY was born August 8th, 1856, […]
City: Unaka Springs DEADERICK, Arthur V., proprietor of summer resort; born Jonesboro, Tenn., August 2, 1833; German and Scotch descent; son of James W. and Adeline (McDowel) DEADERICK; father was a lawyer; paternal grandparents David and Margaret (Anderson) DEADERICK, maternal grandparents D.E. and Sarah (Shelby) McDOWEL; educated at Jonesboro, Tenn.; […]
City: Tusculum DOAK, Hubert P., physician and surgeon; born Tusculum, Tenn., Feb. 29, 1864; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Samuel S. and Julia M. (King) DOAK; father’s occupation, professor of mathematics G. & T. College; paternal grandparents S.S.M. and Eliza D. (Snapp) DOAK, maternal grandfather Jonathan KING; educated at Greeneville and […]
City: Turnersville DUNN, John William, physician, farmer, merchant; born Turnersville, Tenn., March 30, 1858; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John R. and Emma (Menees) DUNN; father, physician; paternal grandparents Johnnie J. and Rollie (Carter) DUNN, maternal grandparents Benjamin and Elizabeth (Harrison) MENEES; educated at Bowling Green, Ky., and Clarksville, Tenn.; graduated […]
City: Turnersville DARDEN, William Henry, merchant and farmer; English-Welsh descent; son of William Henry Harrison and Mary Louiza (Hughes) DARDEN; paternal grandparents Maj. James and Lucinda Baker (Carr) DARDEN, maternal grandparents, Col. Richard Ellis and Amanda Malvina (Oursler) HUGHES; educated in Robertson Co. public schools and at Burgen, Ky.; began […]
CAPT. CHAS. SANDERS DOUGLASS, A.B., A.M. – Prominent among the educators of Tennessee is Capt. Chas. Sanders Douglass, who for twenty-five years has been superintendent of the city schools of Gallatin and in various other relations has been a prominent and influential factor in the educational affairs of this state for […]
During a practice in medicine of more than a quarter of a century, most of which has been passed in Sumner County, Dr. Dunklin has utilized many opportunities for devoted public service, and at the same time has been held in the high esteem of his fellow citizens. His home […]
Mrs. Adelia BATES DICKEY died in Los Angeles, California, January 12th, 1940. She was the widow of the Rev. John P. DICKEY, who was “admitted into the Holston Conference” in 1871, and spent the greater part of his life in preaching and teaching. Mrs. DICKEY was born August 8th, 1856, […]
It is an interesting and gratifying fact, so much has the restless, nomadic spirit grown in America, that among the representative men of Tennessee there is a remarkable percentage of native sons, men who have found in the locality of their nativity ample opportunity for successful professional, industrial and business […]
Among the immigrants to Tennessee from the state of North Carolina was Vincent S. Dabbs, who was born in the latter state in 1815, and who came with his brothers and sisters to Tennessee at an early date. They settled in Perry, Wayne and Lewis counties. Vincent S. Dabbs was […]
City: Shelbyville DEERY, James E., farmer; born Shelbyville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1852; Irish descent; son of Ross and Lou (Evans) DEERY; father’s occupation, druggist; paternal grandparents James and Betsy (Ross) DEERY, maternal grandparents Nathan and Betsy (White) EVANS; educated in Tennessee; began career as a druggist; married Betsy ROSS; Democrat; […]
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., […]
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 […]
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: Paris DIGGS, Pleasant James farmer; born Henry Co., Tenn., Nov. 10, 1833; English-Irish descent; son of Benj. H. and Mary Barly (Erwin) DIGGS; his father was a farmer; received education in the common schools of Henry Co., and Andrew College, Trenton, Tenn.; he taught school until the war; married […]
City: Port Royal DAVIS, Asa Leroy, contractor and builder; born Montgomery Co., March 20, 1847; son of Elijah and Nancie W. (Teasley) DAVIS; father farmer and blacksmith; paternal grandparents Robert and Elizabeth (Hooper) DAVIS, maternal grandparents George W. and Lucretia (Sherron) TEASLEY; received education in the common schools; married Lutitia […]