City: Memphis GATES, Elias, lawyer; born Des Arc. Ark., Aug. 19, 1873; Hebrew (German) descent; son of Ferdinand and Sallie (Mayer) GATES; father, merchant; educated in Central High School of Philadelphia, Pa., University of Pa., and Harvard Law School; graduated University of Pa. Ph.B., 1894, Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1897; […]
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City: Memphis GASTON, John, business man; born near Bordeau, in South France, in 1828; at age of twelve years he left the farm and went to Paris, where an uncle kept a small hotel and restaurant; later he became steward on an ocean steamer and crossed the Atlantic many times; […]
City: Memphis GARNSEY, Cyrus Jr., general manager and treasurer Galloway Coal Company, General Manager and Treasurer Patterson Transfer Company, Active Vice-President of the State National Bank and the United States Trust and Savings Bank; born Seneca Falls, N. Y., April 10, 1861; son Cyrus and Eliza Goodwin (Hoskins) GAINSEY; educated […]
City: Memphis GALLOWAY, R., coal operator; born London, Eng., November 6, 1843; son of R. and Mary (Whittington) GALLOWAY; Scotch descent; educated St. Louis and Keokuk, Iowa; married twice, 1865 and 1908; member Masonic order; 1864 clerk on Memphis boats; 1865 clerk M. & C. Railway; in 1879 he was […]
City: Memphis GARDNER, William Montgomery, civil engineer; born Augusta, Ga., August 14, 1869; son Gen. W. M. and Helen (Long) GARDNER; graduated Rome, Ga.; member Chickasaw Club, B. M. C., member and Director of the American Society of Civil Engineers, New York National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C.; member of […]
City: Memphis GALLOWAY, Jacob Scudder, lawyer; born near Morristown, N. J., Feb. 14, 1838; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of Samuel and Rebecca (Scudder) GALLOWAY; father’s occupation, Presbyterian minister; paternal grandparents, Joseph and Mary (Bowman) GALLOWAY, maternal grandparents, Dr. Jacob and Hester Rule (McClain) SCUDDER; graduated from Princeton University, N. […]
City: Memphis GALLOWAY, Alexander Brodnax, lawyer; born Somerville, Tenn., December 26, 1884; son of Thomas S. and Miverva Allison (Greenlee) GALLOWAY; Scotch-Irish descent; educated high school Somerville, Cumberland University; graduate of Cumberland University LL. B. June, 1908; married Miss Jim COMBS, November 11, 1908; Episcopalian.
City: Memphis GAISFORD, John, architect; born Warminster, Wilts, England, Oct. 6, 1875; English descent; son of Joseph and Sarah Ann (Annetts) GAISFORD; educated Warminster National School and Birkbeck Institute, London, successfully passed all examinations; married Waneta RALPH, of Oil City, Pa., June 1, 1904; member of all Masonic orders; came […]
City: Memphis GAILOR, Thomas Frank, P. E. bishop, of the diocese of Tenn.; born Jackson, Miss., Sept. 17, 1856; son of Major Frank M. and Charlotte (Moffett) GAILOR; Scotch-Irish descent; his father was born Western New York, Nov. 17, 1833, moved to Mississippi when a boy and became editor of […]
City: Memphis GAGE, William A., Cotton factor; born Schohanie, N. Y., July 19, 1838; English descent; son of William and Martha M. (Carey) GAGE; educated Schohanie (N.Y.) Academy, and graduated from same; began business as a cotton factor with Charles G. FISHER, Memphis, Tenn., 1865; in 1878 the firm was […]
City: Memphis GUNTHER, M.H., cotton buyer; born in King William Co., Va., in 1852; educated at Hamburg and Altona, Germany, and after returning to his native land he attended the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, and James P. Holcombe School at Belleview, near Lynchburg, Va.; after completing his education he […]
City: Memphis GREER, James M., lawyer; born Holly Springs, Miss., October 27, 1847; son James M. and Mary E. (Autry) GREER; Irish and English descent; educated Holly Springs, Miss., and Virginia Military Institute; married Betty Buckner ALLEN, September 27, 1877; member B.M.C. and Menasha Outing Club; appointed Judge of the […]
City: Memphis GROSVENOR, (Mrs.) Olivia Polk Hill, born Memphis, Tenn.; daughter of Napoleon and Mary Morton (Wood) HILL; father, banker, merchant and miner; paternal grandparents, Duncan and Olivia L. (Bills) HILL; maternal grandparents, William H. and B. (Polk) WOOD; educated in Memphis, Tenn., and New York, N.Y., graduated from Presbyterian […]
City: Memphis GREER, Rowan Adam, lawyer; born Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 9, 1881; of Scotch-Irish descent; son of James M. and Betty (Allen) GREER; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents, James M. and Mary (Autry) GREER, maternal grandparents, Dr. John R. and Elizabeth (Buckner) ALLEN; educated in Memphis and Knoxville, Tenn; graduated […]
City: Memphis GRAHAM, Frank Daniel, merchant; born Shelby Co., Tenn., Nov. 3, 1877; Scotch-Irish descent; son of George C. and Maria (Daniel) GRAHAM; father’s occupation, planter; paternal grandparents, Joseph and Sarah (Kimbrough) GRAHAM; maternal grandparents, William W. and Dolly (Austin) DANIEL; educated in the public schools of Shelby Co., Tenn.; […]
City: Gallatin GUTHRIE, George Nuckols, lawyer; born in Shelby Co., Ky., Feb. 18, 1850; Scotch and English descent; son of Isaac Newton and Martha Ann (Montgomery) GUTHRIE; educated at Crocker’s School, Davidson Co., Tenn., and graduated from same June, 1870; in early life he was a school teacher, being at […]
City: Loudon GREER, James A., lawyer, born Knox Co., Tenn., Jan. 16, 1846; son of John and Annis GREER; Scotch-Irish and English descent; father’s occupation farmer; educated State University Bloomington, Ind., and Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn.; early business farmer, County Court Clerk of Blount Co., from 1872-1880; chief Deputy Collector […]
City: Livingston GUTHRIE, Walker D., merchant; born Albany, Ky., Dec. 27, 1876; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William S. and Mary (Pierce) GUTHRIE; father’s occupation, minister of the gospel; educated at Albany (Ky.) High School and Overton Co. (Tenn.) Academy; in early life was a farmer, later taught school in Arkansas […]
City: Livingston GORE, Charles Claborn, attorney at law; born Smith Co., Tenn., Dec. 13, 1887; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Claborn Charles and Elizabeth (Robinson) GORE; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Mounce and Rebecca (Simcoe) GORE, maternal grandparents Allen and Martha (Stanford) ROBINSON; educated at Peabody College and Cumberland University, graduated […]
City: Lebanon GREEN, William Edgar, wholesale grocer; born Lebanon, Tenn., May 1, 1869; English descent; direct descendant of early settlers at Jamestown, Va.; son of William E. and Amanda E. (Solomon) GREEN; father’s occupation livery business; paternal grandparents John S. and Janet (Morris) GREEN; maternal grandparents Elijah Durham and Mary […]