City: Nashville NOEL, Oscar Fitzallen, capitalist; born Trigg County, Ky., April 11, 1821; son of Edwin and Jennie Miller (Patterson) NOEL; father was a farmer; educated at Blue Spring Creek and Hopkinsville, Ky.; in early life he was a farmer and merchant at Nashville, Tenn.; married three times; first Sarah […]
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City: Nashville NEWMAN, Willie Betty, artist, portrait painter; born Murfreesboro, Tenn.; French, Scotch and German descent; daughter of Col. W.F.M. and Sophie (Rucker) BETTY; father, lawyer; paternal grandparents William Randolph and Mary (Holland) BETTY; maternal grandparents Benjamin R. and Elizabeth (Wharton) RUCKER; educated Lebanon, Murfreesboro, Cincinnati and Paris, France; graduated […]
City: Nashville NEWMAN, James Bryan, lawyer; born Grove Hill, Clark County, Ala., December 19, 1870; son James A. and Annie Elizabeth (Boroughs) NEWMAN; English descent; educated Grove Hill Academy, Newtown Academy and University of Alabama, 1889, LL.B.; married Lilah MCDANIEL of Livingston, Ala., November 19, 1901; Past Chancellor of Highland […]
City: Nashville NEIL, A. B., lawyer; Judge of the Criminal Court of Davidson County, Tennessee; Democrat; residence, Nashville, Tenn. Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
City: Memphis NELSON, Robert Bailey, specialist; born Kerrville, Tenn., in 1880; English descent; son of William Thomas and Rebecca (HURT) NELSON; father, banker; paternal grandparents Mathew and Martha (HENDERSON) NELSON, maternal grandparents Robert Bailey and Susan (DeBERRY) HURT; educated Union University, Jackson, Tenn., and government hospital, Vienna, Austria; graduated from […]
City: Memphis NEELY, Sidney M., lawyer; born in Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 8, 1869; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James C. and Frances (BLOCKER) NEELY; educated at University of Va., graduated from same, B. L. degree, 1895; married Theodora TREZEVANT, Nov. 8, 1899; member of Business Men’s Club (Pres.), Country Club, Tennessee […]
City: Memphis NEWSOM, David Blair, attorney at law; born Memphis, Tenn., May 10, 1877; English descent; son of Allison Woodville and Emma Cordelia (BLAIR) NEWSOM; father’s occupation, produce and grocery merchant (retired); paternal grandparents John and Margaret (AIKEN) NEWSOM, maternal grandparents David and Nannie (WILKERSON) BLAIR; educated Webb School, Bellbuckle, […]
City: Memphis NAILL, Millard, real estate; born Brownsville, Tenn., December 3, 1873; son John and Katherine B. (WILLIAMS) NAILL; educated country schools in Haywood County and Cumberland University at Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn.; married Sara Tyler SHEPHERD, July 29, Memphis; formerly Stamp Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue. Fifth District, Tennessee. […]
City: Memphis NEELY, Hugh McDowell, retired merchant; born Madison Co., Tenn., Nov. 7, 1833; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Moses and Jane Parks (McDOWELL) NEELY; father was a planter; paternal grandparents Moses and Jane (CAMPBELL) NEELY, maternal grandparents Hugh and ____ (IRVING) McDOWELL; received academic education; was a planter in early […]
City: Memphis NORFLEET, Frank M., born Holly Springs, Miss., April, 1846; son Jesse P. and Jane H. (CARLOCK) NORFLEET; English descent; educated Holly Springs, Miss., Chalmer’s Institute and St. Thomas Hall; married Octavia STINSON, November 14, 1867; member Chickasaw City and Country Clubs; member Mississippi Legislature, session 1884; member Company […]
City: Memphis NEWTON, Daniel C., building commissioner; born Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1868; English-Irish descent; son of John and Mary (O’CONNOR) NEWTON; father’s occupation, farmer; educated in common schools and city public schools of Buffalo, N. Y.; in early life was a brick contractor and superintendent of buildings; married […]
City: Middleton NEELY, Alex Walker, farmer; born Middleton, Tenn., Oct. 17, 1878; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John Steele and Elen A. (Park) NEELY; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Steele) NEELY; maternal grandfather Thomas P. PARK; educated at Middleton, Tenn.; in early life was engaged in stock raising; […]
City: Loudon NICHOLAS, James L., lawyer; born Maries Co., Mo., March 24, 1866; son of Lincoln and Jane (Brown) NICHOLAS; educated in the common schools of Mo., High School at West Plains, Mo., and State University of Mo.; graduated from State University of Mo., Columbia, Mo., with degree of Bachelor […]
City: Lebanon NORRIS, Archibald Debow, surveyor; born Smith county, Tenn., Dec. 29, 1838; Irish and French Huguenot descent; son of John Blackmore and Margaret (Debow) NORRIS; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents George and Jane (Scobey) NORRIS; maternal grandparents Archibald and Susan (Balou) DEBOW; educated Taylorsville, Tenn., and Meadville, Pa.; graduated […]
City: McMinnville NORTHCUTT, Eugene Ebon, physician; born McMinnville, Tenn., May 6, 1880; English descent; son of James A. and Susie Jane (Newman) NORTHCUTT; father’s occupation, farmer and miller; paternal grandparents John A. and Rebecca (Thaxton) NORTHCUTT; maternal grandparents Andrew J. and Elizabeth (Kimbrow) NEWMAN; educated in McMinnville city schools, and […]
City: McGhee NILES, Sinclair, David Gervais, physician and farmer; born Washington, Republic of Texas, Feb. 1, 1840; Scotch-Irish and Welsh-French descent; son of Joseph Warren Jenkins and Eliza Amelia (Gervais) NILES; father published first newspaper in Republic of Texas, merchant, banker and planter; paternal grandparents Rev. Asa and Susan (Jenkins) […]
City: Knoxville NEWMAN, Charles Sheridan, banker born Orange Co., Va., Jan. 30, 1839; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of James and Mary (Scott) NEWMAN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather, Reuben NEWMAN; maternal grandfather, John SCOTT; educated in Orange Co., Va., Schools and University of Virginia; served as 1st Lieutenant and […]
City: Knoxville NELSON, T. A. R., lawyer; judge of the criminal court of Knox County, Tenn.; Democrat; residence, Knoxville, Tenn.
City: Knoxville NASH, Walter Starnes, surgeon; born Chicago, Ill., Dec. 15, 1865; Scotch-English descent; son of Jeff A. and Mareta E. (Starnes); father’s occupation farmer; educated in public schools of Ky.; graduated from University of Mich with degree M. D. June 27, 1889; in early life he was a farmer […]
City: Dyersburg NEAL, Tom W., born in Nashville, Tenn., April 11, 1835; was educated at Irvin College, McMinnville, Tenn., but regards printing office as Alma Mater; edited daily papers in Nashville and in Memphis, and at one time was engaged in weekly journalism in Ky. and Ark., prior to the […]