City: Johnson City ESTES, Charles Nathaniel, manufacturer, dealer in patents; born Jonesboro, Tenn., July 15, 1857; Scotch descent; son of James A. and Elizabeth (Wills) ESTES; educated Jonesboro, Tenn.; married twice, first Laura YOUNG, March, 1879, second Nannie PATTY, Dec. 31, 1890; member of Band of Gideons; Prohibitionist; in early […]
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City: Johnson City ESTES, Samuel Albert, teacher; born Jonesboro, Tenn., Nov. 11, 1869; French and Dutch descent; son of Joseph L. and Catharine (Garber) ESTES; father, shoemaker, saddler and harnessmaker; educated Jonesboro, Tenn., and University of Tenn., graduated from latter, Normal course, with degree L. I. in 1893; married Etta […]
City: Johnson City ESTES, Charles Nathaniel, manufacturer, dealer in patents; born Jonesboro, Tenn., July 15, 1857; Scotch descent; son of James A. and Elizabeth (Wills) ESTES; educated Jonesboro, Tenn.; married twice, first Laura YOUNG, March, 1879, second Nannie PATTY, Dec. 31, 1890; member of Band of Gideons; Prohibitionist; in early […]
City: Johnson City ELLSWORTH, Elmer Ellis, public official; born Williamsburg, Pa., Sept. 18, 1860; Scotch-Irish and German descent; son of Josiah F. and Mary (Irwin) ELLSWORTH; father’s occupation, flour and paper mill contractor; educated at Williamsburg and Hollidaysburg, Pa.; married Carrie S. KENNEDY, Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 29, 1892; Republican; […]
City: Flat Creek ENOCHS, Maze Alexander LaFayette, physician and surgeon; born in Moore Co., Tenn., Dec. 19, 1843; Scotch-Irish descent; entered Confederate army when seventeen years of age in 1st Tenn. Regiment (Peter TURNEY’s), wounded at Gaines Mill, wounded again in PICKETT’s charge, Gettysburg, captured and carried to David’s Island, […]
City: Dyersburg EWELL, M. Watson, Businessman, mayor of Dyersburg, Tenn., born Madison Co., Tenn., Dec. 6, 1867; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Wm B. and Mary M. (Brown) EWELL; paternal grandparents Joshua and Mary Bryan (Blount) EWELL; maternal grandparents Anthony and Nancy (Carlyle) BROWN; educated at public schools of Madison Co.; […]
City: Dresden ELKINS, Robert Asa, lawyer; born Dyer, Tenn., Aug. 29, 1880; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Charles Emerson and Nancy Caroline (Strother) ELKINS; the father being a farmer and trader; paternal grandparents Woodson and Susana (DeLoach) ELKINS; maternal grandparents, Christopher and Susan (Daughtry) STROTHER; educated in the public schools of […]
City: Evensville EVENS Thomas Haws, farmer; born Evensville, Tenn., March 17 ,1856; Welsh descent; son of Joseph Smith and Sarah J. (Haws) EVENS; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Evens and Mary (Smith) EVENS, maternal grandparents Thomas and Jane (Haws) HAWS; has been engaged in farming all of his life; married […]
City: Copperhill EMMONS, Nathaniel Henry, 2d, mining engineer; born St. Louis, Mo., May 12, 1870; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of George B. and Martha (Davis) EMMONS; father’s occupation, literature; paternal grandfather, Nathaniel H. EMMONS, paternal grandmother Elizabeth (Wales) EMMONS, maternal grandfather Horatio Nelson DAVIS, maternal grandmother Margaret (Johnson) DAVIS; […]
City: Erwin EDWARDS, Charles Pender, physician; born North Carolina July 5, 1875; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Samuel V. and Nancy (Brigman) EDWARDS; paternal grandparents H. N. and Katherine (Carter) EDWARDS, maternal grandparents Solomon and Nancy (Keith) BRIGMAN; received common school education; graduated Tenn. Medical College April, 1900; married Valeria BALEY […]
City Denver EASLEY, Ernest, banker; born Dickson, Tenn., July 26, 1882; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William J. and Lula Helen (Hicks) EASLEY; educated in the local schools and Dickson College of Dickson, Tenn.; first occupation, was teaching, later, stenographer for the Cassety Oil Co., Nashville, Tenn., now cashier of the […]
City: Columbia EMBRY, Watts F., business man, secretary and treasurer Columbia, Tenn., Cotton Mill Co.; born near Columbia, Tenn., Jan 17, 1850; son of Willis B. and Emily S. (Frierson) EMBRY; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Wiley S. EMBRY; paternal grandmother Miss BRIDGES prior to marriage; maternal grandfather James FRIERSON, […]
City: Columbia ELAM, James J., insurance agent; born Halifax Co., Va., March 2, 1844; English descent; son of John R. and Margaret (Lawson) ELAM; father’s occupation, farmer; received common school education; was private in the 18th Va. regiment, C. S. A., during the Civil war, and served during the entire […]
City: Columbia EDGERTON, John Emmett, educator; born near Kenly, N. C., Oct. 2, 1879; English descent; son of Gabriel and Harriet (Copeland) EDGERTON; educated public schools of North Carolina and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., graduating from latter B.A., 1902, and M. A., 1903; married Harriet Figuers Dec. 15, 1909; member […]
City: Chestnut Mound ELROD, James Paschal, merchant; born Chestnut Mound, Tenn., Nov. 14, 1878; son of Ridley and Emma (Halleman) ELROD; father’s occupation, real estate; paternal grandfather E. ELROD, paternal grandmother Eliza (McDonald) ELROD, maternal grandfather George HALLEMAN, maternal grandmother Liza (Apple) HALLEMAN; educated Granville High School, entered mercantile business […]
City: Chuckey EARNEST, Nicholas Peter, farmer; born Chuckey, Tenn., April 15, 1871; German, French Hugenot and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Benjamin Franklin and Mary Martha (Rhea) EARNEST; graduated Sweetwater College, Sweetwater (Tenn.) with degree of B. S. June 3, 1891; married Lida Beatrice DOGGETT Sept. 23, 1896; member Nolachuckey Lodge […]
City: Decaturville ENGLAND, James A., lawyer; born Sardis, Tenn., Feb. 6, 1850; Irish descent; son of John M. and Rebecca (Hanna) ENGLAND; father, was a physician; paternal grandparents A. R. and Martha (Middleton) ENGLAND; maternal grandparents , James A. and Ellen (Courtney) HANNA; educated in the local district schools of […]
City: Decatur EAVES, J. B., farming; born in Meigs Co., Tenn., 1858; English descent; son of P. L. and Elizabeth (Bean) EAVES; received common school education; entered farming as a business in early life; member Masons; Republican; County Surveyor of Meigs County from 1900 till 1908.
City: Dayton ELLIS, Joseph Desha, Jr., farmer; born Covington, Ky., 1852; Irish-Scotch-French-Holland Dutch descent; son of Joseph Desha and Mary (Longmoor) ELLIS; father’s occupation, printer; received common school education; began business life as a newsboy at 9 years of age, later became errand boy for Cincinnati business firm, then a […]
City: Clarksville EWING, Thomas Polk, farmer; born Hampton, Tenn., April 19, 1884; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Finis and Danglus (Polk) EWING; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Thomas EWING, paternal grandmother Prity (Fort) EWING, maternal grandfather Irvin POLK, maternal grandmother Faneris (Wilson) POLK; educated Cumberland City Academy and graduated from same […]