City: Nashville FLOWERS, William Valentine, Treasurer Draughon’s Business College; born Cable, Hickman County, Tenn., April 1st, 1870; Irish descent; son of David Douglas and Mary (Curl) FLOWERS; father was a physician; educated Haynes & McLean High School, Lewisburg, Tenn., graduating from this school June, 1891; married Mrs. Lista COONEY, November […]
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City: Nashville FITZGERALD, Oscar Penn, minister of the Gospel; Bishop; born Caswell County, N. C., August 24, 1829; Irish-English descent; educated in county schools; early occupation, school teacher; married Sarah BANKS in 1855; elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of California from 1866 to 1870; church connection, Methodist Episcopal Church (South); […]
City: Nashville FITE, Robert Hunter, general insurance; born Nashville, Tenn., July 14, 1876; German, English and French descent; son of Thomas D. and Laura E. (Green) FITE; father’s occupation, wholesale dry goods merchant; educated Asheville, N. C., Bingham’s Military School and graduated from same in 1895; entered insurance business in […]
City: Nashville FITE, Leonard Beard, dry goods commission merchant; born Nashville, Tenn., December 21, 1856; German and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Leonard Beard and Virginia G. L. (Randall) FITE; father’s occupation, wholesale dry goods merchant; educated Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; interested in the wholesale dry goods business in early life; […]
City: Nashville FITE, Frank Green, insurance; born Nashville, Tenn., September 2, 1864; Scotch, Irish and English descent; son of Thomas Duncan and Laura (Green) FITE; father, merchant; paternal grandparents Lemuel and Martha (Duncan) FITE, maternal grandparents A. L. P. and Mary (Elliston) GREEN; educated Vanderbilt University; married Lundy PAINE October, […]
City: Nashville FARRAR, Frederic Emerson, composer and teacher of voice, piano and composition; born Haverhill, Mass., June 25, 1864; English, Scotch and Welsh descent; son of Joseph Emerson and Emily Linsay (Pond) FARRAR; father, retired shoe manufacturer; paternal grandparents Kimball and Almira (Emerson) FARRAR, maternal grandparents James Sullivan and Hannah […]
City: Naillon FORD, John, farmer; born Cocke Co., Tenn., March 12, 1837; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Benjamin FORD; father was a farmer; received common school education; was elected justice of the peace in 1861, and served thirty-three years; married twice, first Rhoda RAINS, in 1855, second, Eliza WILLIS, in 1892; […]
City: Monterey FISHER, Oscar Bell, lumberman; born Fayetteville, Tenn., March 8, 1873; Scotch-Irish descent; son of J. C. and Mattie (Bell) FISHER; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather G. W. FISHER, maternal grandfather G. W. BELL; educated at Shelbyville and Farmington, Tenn.; in early life he was a farmer; married Estelle […]
City: Morristown FISHER, Jacob Nelson, banker; born Union Co., Pa., Dec. 12, 1859; Dutch descent; son of Daniel and Amelia (Laudenslager) FISHER; father was a farmer; educated in public schools, High School, and University of Tenn., Knoxville, Tenn.; graduated from University of Tenn., B.S., 1885; early business occupation, merchant and […]
City: Morristown FRENCH, George Decatur, minister of the Gospel; born in Tazewell Co., Va., Dec. 11, 1846; Scotch-Irish and German descent; his paternal great grandfather and grandfather were soldiers in the Revolutionary War, and served in the same company; his paternal grandmother was the daughter of Mitchell CLAY, whose family […]
City: Memphis FROST, John T., retired banker and manufacturer; born City of Limerick, Ireland, Jan. 6, 1845; son of Thomas and Honore (Quain) FROST, who located in Chicago in 1848; was educated in the public and private schools of Chicago and was for three years a student at University St. […]
City: Memphis FREIRSON, GORDON, attorney; born Forrest City, Ark., Nov. 18, 1872; son of J. G. and Emma (Dorris) FRIERSON; Scotch-Irish-English descent; graduate of University of Arkansas LL. B. degree in 1896; early occupation, mercantile line and student; member Elks, Kappa Sigma, A. O. U. W., City Court Judge at […]
City: Memphis FRIEDEL, P. R., lumber dealer; born near Copenhagen, Denmark, March 3, 1845; when he was eleven years of age he came with his father and two of his brothers to the United States, landing in Philadelphia Pa., April 13, 1856, going from there to New York; in 1860 […]
City: Memphis FRAZER, Ceylon B., real estate; born Houston, Texas, in 1864; son Geo. W. and Louisa Virginia (Nelson) FRAZER; educated St. Louis, Mo.; married Ada K. HODGES, April 14, 1897; associated with Orgill Bros. & Co. from 1881-89; 1889-04 with Mallory, Crawford & Co.; 1904-06 Director in the firm […]
City: Memphis FRANK, Abe H., cotton factor; born Memphis, Tenn., February 12, 1869; son Henry and Rosa (Karlich) FRANK; educated Memphis and Sewanee, Tenn.; married Celia NATHAN, Dec. 20, 1892; member Business Men’s Club; member Legislative Council of city of Memphis 1906-10; member firm Godfrey Frank & Co., Memphis, Tenn.
City: Memphis FRANCIS, Elmer Ellsworth, physician; born Madison, Ind., July 18, 1863; Scotch-English descent; son of Walter S. and Amy (Firth) FRANCIS; father’s occupation, steamboat captain and real estate dealer; paternal grandfather, Jno. FRANCIS, maternal grandparents, Vincent and Emily (Briggs) FIRTH; educated in public schools of Madison, Ind., and in […]
City: Memphis FOWLKES, Jeptha M., business man; born Shelby Co., Tenn., March 4, 1847; English descent; son of Jeptha and Maria (Baker) FOWLKES; educated in private schools of Memphis, Tenn.; began his career as bookkeeper, later cotton factor, and since 1889 he has been secretary and treasurer of Merchants Cotton […]
City: Memphis FORREST, Nathan Bedford, Adjutant-General Chief of Staff United Sons of Confederate Veterans; born Oxford, Miss., April 6, 1872; son of William Montgomery and Taylor (Cook) FORREST; father was Capt. in C. S. A. and was contractor and planter after the civil war; paternal grandfather Gen. N. B. FORREST, […]
City: Memphis FOOSHE, George Waddell, futures broker, representing Stephen W. Weld & Company, New York City; born Coronaca, S. C., November 17, 1873; son of James D. and Mary Ann (Fuller) FOOOSHE; French Huguenot and Scotch descent; educated and graduated from Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C.; A. B. and A. […]
City: Memphis FLY, D. Wilson, merchant; born Gibson County, Tenn., January 4, 1851; son of William D. and Sarah S. (Lyles) FLY; educated Gibson College; married Miss B. M. SCOTT, January 12, 1895; member Tennessee Club; merchant and capitalist; member Methodist Church.