City: Big Sandy DOWDY, James Franklin, merchant and farmer; born near Big Sandy Oct. 13, 1858; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James Wiley and Henrietta (Bachus) DOWDY; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Upton) DOWDY; maternal grandparents John and Jane (Vaughn) BACHUS; received common school education; began his business […]
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City: Obion DARNALL, James F., physician; born Stantonville, Tenn., Sept. 1866; son of Thomas M. and Eliza DARNALL; Scotch-Irish descent; educated in the public schools of McNairy Co., Tenn.; won scholarship to the University of Tenn. and voluntarily relinquished it; graduated Ohio Normal University, Ada, O.; B. S., 1890; received […]
City: Trenton DENNISON, F. L., teacher, farmer; born, Lone Elm, Tenn., Jan. 12, 1872; English and Irish descent; son of Henry P. and Laura (McCall) DENNISON; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Robert R. and Nancy D. (Walker) DENNISON, maternal grandparents Calvin and Canseda M. (Ingram) MCCALL; educated Southwestern Baptist University, Jackson, […]
City: Townsend DUNN, Samuel Houston, lawyer; born Tuckaluchee Cove, Dec. 17, 1876; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William H. and Dorothy C. (Snider) DUNN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Greene and Rachel (Henry) DUNN, maternal grandparents George and Susannah (Handley) SNIDER; educated at Porter Academy; began career as a teacher; admitted […]
City: Nashville DUNLAP, William A., Internal Revenue Collector; born Friendsville, Tenn., March 21, 1867; Scotch-Irish descent; son of E. H. and Fannie (Rose) DUNLAP; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Ephraim and Sarah (Devine) DUNLAP, maternal grandparents Andrew and Susan (Tuck) ROSE; educated at Friendsville Academy and Maryville (Tenn.) College; […]
City: Nashville DUKE, Buford, court stenographer; born Maysville, Mason County, Ky., August 18, 1871; son Charles B. and Nannie Turner (Lewis) DUKE; married Laura B. ANDERSON April 27, 1889; educated Maysville, Mason County, Ky., and All Hallows College, Salt Lake City, Utah; member K. of P., Nashville Lodge; Cumberland Park […]
City: Nashville DUDLEY, William Lofland, Professor of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University; born Covington, Ky., April 16, 1859; English descent; son of George Reed and Emma (Lofland) DUDLEY; father, steamboat owner and manufacturer; educated public schools of Covington; graduated University of Cincinnati 1880, with degree of B.S.; Miami Medical College, 1880-5, M.D. […]
City: Nashville DUBOSE, Horace Mellard, clergyman; born Choctaw County, Ala., November 7, 1858; Huguenot descent; son of Hezekiah and Amanda (Hawkins) DUBOSE; paternal grandparents Joel DUBOSE and Anna (Lee) DUBOSE, maternal grandparents William HAWKINS and Mary (Hill) HAWKINS; educated Waynesboro (Miss.) Academy; studied languages and classics under tutors; received D.D. […]
City: Nashville DROMGOOLE, Will Allen (Miss), author and newspaper staff writer; born Murfreesboro, Tenn; daughter John E. and Rebecca (Blanche) DROMGOOLE; Irish-English-French-Danish descent; educated Clarksville and Murfreesboro; author “Heart of Old Hickory,” “Cinch and Other Stories,” “Rare Old Chums,” “Hero Chums,” “A Boy’s Battle,” “The Valley Path,” “The Farrier’s Dog,” […]
City: Big Sandy DOWDY, Earl H., farmer; born in Henry Co., Tenn., July 2, 1878; English descent; son of Henry and Angeline (Marbry) DOWDY; father’s occupation, farming; received common school education; in early life clerked in a confectionery store, later took up farming, in which business he is now engaged […]
City: Nashville DRAKE, Boyd F., Principal of School; born (near) Nashville June 3, 1861; English descent; son B. F. and Julina (Green) DRAKE; educated District Schools of Davidson County, Cloverdale, Tenn.; Vanderbilt University; graduated 1887, M. E. L.; married Effie L. HYDE December 29, 1892; member K. of P., Royal […]
City: Nashville DOUGLAS, Lee, attorney at law; born Nashville, Tenn., May 23, 1885; Scotch-English decent; son of Byrd and Adelaide W. (Gaines) DOUGLAS; father, grain and commission merchant; paternal grandparents Byrd and Martha (Bright) DOUGLAS, maternal grandparents Francis A. and Adelaide (Wharton) GAINES; educated Nashville Grammar and High School, Wallace […]
City: Nashville DONNELL, Ridley Edward, banker; born Gallatin, Tenn., I 1873; son of Robert E. and Mattie E. (Drane) DONNELL; father, dry goods merchant; paternal grandparents … P. E. and Mary (Martin) DRANE; Scottish Rite Mason; member of Hermitage Club, Nashville Golf and Country Club; Democrat; member of Methodist Church; engaged […]
City: Nashville DICKINSON, Jacob McGavock, Secretary of War; born Columbus, Miss., January 30, 1851; son of Henry and Anna (McGavock) DICKINSON; paternal grandparents William R. and Mary (Johnson) DICKINSON, maternal grandparents Jacob and Louisa (Grundy) MCGAVOCK; graduated University of Nashville, A. B., 1871; A.M., 1872; studied law at Columbia University, […]
City: Nashville DIBRELL, Frank, Comptroller of Treasury, State of Tennessee; born Sparta, Tenn., August 6, 1858; son George Gibbs and Mary E. (Leftwich) DIBRELL; French descent; educated Public Schools White County, Emery & Henry College, Va., and Vanderbilt University; married Mary Lou RHEA March 25, 1879; member Knights Templar, Elks […]
City: Nashville DEZEVALLOS, Charles Hector, sales manager and buyer Phillips-Buttorff Manufacturing Company; born New York City, May 2, 1868; Spanish, French, Irish and English descent; son of Edouard Phillips and Mary (Hagen) DEZAVALLOS; his father was a planter on the island of Gaudeloupe /sic/; paternal grandparents Joseph Dominique and Annie […]
City: Nashville DEWITT, John H., attorney at law; born in Summer /sic/ Co., Tenn., September 21, 1872; son Rev. Marcus B. and Mary Hibbett DEWITT; Holland Dutch and Scotch-Irish descent; paternal grandfather, Dr. W. J. DEWITT; paternal grandmother, Mary (Beardin) DEWITT; maternal grandfather, John J. HIBBETT; maternal grandmother, Nancy (Parker) HIBBETT; […]
City: Nashville DENNY, Collins, Bishop M. E. Church, South; born Winchester, Va., May 28, 1854; son of William R. and Margaret A. (Collins) DENNY; English descent; father, merchant and manufacturer; paternal grandparents William and Margaret (Hotsenpiller) DENNY, maternal grandparents Joseph S. and Rebecca (Brown) COLLINS; educated Shenandoah Valley Academy, Winchester, […]
City: Nashville DAVIES, Olney David, Vice-President O. K. Houck Piano Company; born Ludington, Mich., February 2, 1871; son David and Ruth E. (Pierce) DAVIES; Welsh descent; educated Public Schools of Tullahoma, Tenn.; married Florence THOMPSON May 2, 1894; member (32d degree) Masons, K. of P., Elks, T. P. A., Watauga […]
City: Nashville DANLEY, William L., General Passenger Agent N., C. & St. L. railway; born Carthage, Tenn.; son of Rowland and Darthula C. (McDonald) DANLEY; paternal grandfather Edward Hardaway DANLEY, maternal grandparents Colonel Henry Brown and Mary (Crowder) MCDONALD; Scotch-Irish descent; educated in private schools of Carthage, Granville and Nashville, […]