City: Memphis DUTRO, L. W., postmaster; born at Fayetteville, O., Oct. 23, 1857; French and Scotch descent; son of George W. and Anna M. (Armstrong) DUTRO; educated in common schools; graduated from Bryant’s Business College, Zanesville, O., 1879; began his career as clerk in grocery store; member of firm Dutro […]
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City: Memphis DUNSCOMB, John S., insurance; born Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 26, 1860; of Scotch-Irish descent; son of Samuel and Marietta (Elder) DUNSCOMB; educated in private schools of Memphis, Tenn., and Southwestern Presbyterian University, Clarksville, Tenn.; graduated from Ledden’s Business College; in early life was a bookkeeper for insurance company; at […]
City: Memphis DU BOSE, J. H., manufacturer, president Phoenix Cot. Oil Co. born Mt. Sterling, Ala. Oct. 2, 1871; French Huguenot and Scotch descent; son of Benjamin E. and Sarah Elizabeth (Horn) Du BOSE; educated High School, Furman, Ala.; married Marie TATUM, Nov. 12 1896; reared on farm; moved to […]
City: Memphis DUDLEY, Charles Brown, wholesale lumber business; born Aug. 1, 1884; English descent; son of Harlan J. and Margaret (Brown) DUDLEY; father’s occupation, wholesale lumber business; educated at Fremont, Mich.; began his career in business at Grand Rapids, Mich.; married Nov. 27, 1907; member Chickasaw, Tennessee, Business Men’s Memphis […]
City: Memphis DREW, Charles M., wholesale grocer; born Memphis, Tenn., April 11, 1856; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Andrew W. and Rebeccah (Miller) DREW; father, employee Southern Railway, and old M. & C.; educated in the public schools of Memphis, Tenn., also Va. Military Institute, Lexington, Va.; married Lizzie WHITE, Aug. […]
City: Nashville DAVIESS, Maria Thompson, author; spent several years in Paris, France, studying under the leading masters where she made a specialty of miniature painting and artistic photography, several of her miniatures being hung in the salon; upon her return home she began to write sketches and stories for magazines, […]
City: Medina DAWS, George B., minister of the gospel, publisher; born Madison Co., Tenn., May 20, 1848; English descent; son of James and Martha (ALSOP) DAWS; father’s occupation, farmer and mechanic; paternal grandparents Starky and Katie (FAIRLESS) DAWS; maternal grandparents Thomas and Martha (HICKS) ALSOP; educated at Masonic College, Henderson, […]
City: Memphis DOUGLASS, Richard R., cotton factor; born Memphis, Tenn., 1857; son of Judge A. H. and Elizabeth B. (Randolph) DOUGLASS; educated Memphis; married Nona BAILEY, 1892; Democrat; member K. of P.
City: Memphis DORION, Edward Hill, manager office of D. Canale & Co.; born Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 31, 1860; Canadian French and Scotch Irish descent; son of Charles H. and Ellen (Morrison) DORION; paternal grandparents, Charles H. and Hannah Nathalia (Sanders) DORION, maternal grandparents, John and Mary (Anderson) MORRISION; educated in […]
City: Memphis DILLARD, John W., cotton factor; born Newberry, S. C., Dec. 12, 1837; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Lemuel and Mary (Bonds) DILLARD; educated in the common schools of Cassville, Ga., and Newberry (S.C.) private schools; enlisted in Confederate army as private of 2d Miss. Regiment Co. “G” under Capt […]
City: Memphis DIES, Thomas, real estate agent; born Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 9, 1863; Irish-Italian descent; son of Andrew P. and Eliza (Doyle) DIES; educated in Memphis City Schools; engaged in retail business in Memphis, Tenn., 1885-1905 under firm name of Thomas DIES, and since that time he has been in […]
City: Memphis DICKSON, John W., lumberman; born Cincinnati, O., Dec. 29, 1851; Irish descent; son of William B. and Mary A. (Johnston) DICKSON; educated in High School of Cincinnati, O., graduated from same in 1867; began his career as lumber inspector; entered lumber business with his father under firm name […]
City: Memphis DICKSON, John S., manager Nickey & Sons Co.; born Evansville, Ind., March 7, 1863; Scotch-Irish descent; son of David and Anna (Eutt) DICKSON; father was a mechanic; educated at Princeton, N. Y., married Cora COLEMAN; member Lumberman’s Club; member Presbyterian church; interested in lumber business.
City: Memphis DeLOACH, Alfred B., physician born Livingston, Ala., July 14, 1868; French Huguenot and English descent; son of William Roby and Susan Thornton (Gibbs) DeLOACH; father, private in Rhodes Brigade 5th Ala., latter part of 1864 transferred to Forrest’s command and made Capt. of company of Independent Scouts; he […]
City: Memphis DE HAVEN, David William, lawyer; born Oxford, Miss., Oct. 26, 1872; French-English descent; son of David and Mary T. (Dobyns) DE HAVEN; father owned line steamboats between St. Louis and New Orleans; paternal grandparents, William and Sarah (McNelly) DE HAVEN, maternal grandparents, Col. Thos. and Martha (Sharpe) DOBYNS; […]
City: Memphis DAVIS, William C., chief of police, city of Memphis; born Covington, Tipton County, Tenn., March 25, 1843; son L. W. and Margaret C. (Freeman) DAVIS; educated Covington, Tipton County, Tenn.; married Nannie H. SULLIVAN, March 15, 1866; member Ancient Order United Workmen, Knights of Honor; Democrat; served four […]
City: Memphis DAVIS, Thomas L., grain dealer; born in Shelby Co., Tenn., July 10, 1863; educated in the schools of Memphis, Tenn., and after completing primary education he attended a business college, where he took a complete course; in 1883 he engaged with Hill, Fontaine & Co., cotton factors, and […]
City: Memphis DAVIS, Henry Edwards, pharmacist and teacher; born North Chelmsford, Mass., April 25, 1869; son of Joshua and Ellen (Cummings) DAVIS; English, Welsh and Scotch descent; graduate of College of Pharmacy, Boston, 1886; Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, 1897; married Grace G. CHAMBERLAIN, February 2, 1898; member K. of P., […]
City: Memphis DAVIS, Frank W., wharfmaster of Memphis; born Wheeling, W. Va., March 22, 1856; Welsh-Irish descent; son of James R. and Hester (Robison) DAVIS; father’s occupation, steamboat engineer, and captain of boat; paternal grandfather, Paul DAVIS, maternal grandparents, John and Nancy (McFadden) ROBISON; educated in the common schools of […]
City: Memphis DAVANT, James Steel, commissioner of Memphis Freight Bureau; born Gillisonville, S. C., Aug. 20, 1852; French descent; son of Adrian Erwin and Margaret (White) DAVANT; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents, Charles and Isabella (Lloyd) DAVANT, maternal grandparents Charles and Eliza (Hollingshead) WHITE; in early life was employed by […]