City: Palmyra O’NEAL, Wm. Arthur, farmer and stock dealer; born Montgomery Co. Tenn. July 30, 1853; Irish descent; son of John and Elizabeth (Britten) O’NEAL; father was a farmer; was educated at Oak Grove, Ky.; he began farming at an early age, and is at present engaged Alice OGBURN, Nov. […]
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City: Nashville OVERALL, John W., farmer; U. S. Marshal; born Liberty, DeKalb County, Tenn., February 7 1855; son Wesley and Arena (White) OVERALL; paternal grandparents, Jacob and Sarah (Lawrence) OVERALL; maternal grandparents, James and Mary (English) WHITE; English-German descent; educated DeKalb Public Schools, Cumb. University; graduated Cumb. University 1877; A.B.; […]
City: Nashville OVERTON, Jesse Maxwell, born Pulaski, Tenn., July 25, 1863; English descent; son of John and Harriet Virginia (Maxwell) OVERTON; father, farmer and planter; paternal grandparents Judge John and Mary McConnell (White) OVERTON, maternal grandparents Jesse and Martha Ravenscroft (Claiborne) MAXWELL; attended district schools and Vanderbilt University; graduated from […]
City: Memphis OMBERG, Frank Sim, city treasurer; born Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 18, 1880; son of James A. and Eliza (GRAHAM) OMBERG; Scotch descent; began his career as bank clerk; was connected with bank for 14 years; married Nell BUTLER of Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 22, 1907; member of Royal Arcanum, […]
City: Memphis OVERTON, William Thompson, real estate; born Memphis, Tenn., December 31, 1885; son John and Matilda (WATKINS) OVERTON; educated M. U. S. (Memphis); member of Angerona Lodge No. 168, F. & A. M., and Progress Lodge No. 39, Knights of Pythias; W.O.W., Business Men’s Club, Tennessee Club, Memphis Tennis […]
City: Memphis OMBERG Jr., James Adolphus, civil engineer; born Memphis, Tenn., May 1, 1877; Norwegian-Scotch descent; son of James A. and Eliza (GRAHAM) OMBERG; father’s occupation, banker; graduated from Vanderbilt University B. E. and M. E. in 1899; in early life was an engineer; member of Chickasaw Guards Club, Tennessee […]
City: Memphis OLIVER, Joseph N., business man; born Newark, N. J., Aug. 14, 1828; received primary education in the schools of Newark, N. J.; he left home and went to New York at an early age where he engaged as an apprentice in a hat manufactory, at which business he […]
City: Memphis O’HAVER, George T., principal O’Haver’s Detective Agency; born Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 22, 1849; son of Ben and Sarah O’HAVER; father’s occupation, captain of police; after a preliminary course in the public schools of Memphis, Tenn., he attended Franklin Academy, at Columbus, Miss., from 1865 to 1870; after leaving […]
City: Memphis OGILVIE, Clarence C., lawyer, born Bellbuckle, Tenn., March 20, 1974; English and Scotch descent; son of Jasper and Josephine (SMITH) OGILVIE; educated at Webb School, Bellbuckle, Tenn., Vanderbilt University and University of Chicago; in early life he was a school teacher and bank clerk; married July 26, 1899, […]
City: Memphis OLIVER, Alonzo B., physician and surgeon; born in Louisiana, Jan. 7, 1863; English and French descent; son of Benjamin L. and Narcissa (TUCKER) OLIVER; father’s occupation, merchant and planter; educated Memphis, Tenn., and University of Ark., Fayetteville, graduated Memphis, Tenn. M. D., 1893; in early life was merchant, […]
City: Murfreesboro OVERALL, Asburry M., born Rutherford Co., Tenn., April 20, 1844; English descent; son of James G. OVERALL; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Robert and Mary (Espey) OVERALL; maternal grandparents Baxter and Mary (Webb) DAVIS; married Hudie M. LOWE, May 1878; member B. P. O. E., Lodge No. […]
City: Livingston OFFICER, William Robinson, lawyer; born Clay Co., Tenn., June 18, 1872; English-Irish and Welsh descent; son of John Holford and Ida (Chowing) OFFICER; paternal grandparents, William A. and Cynthia (Holoford) OFFICER maternal grandparents Dr. Z. R. and Rebecca (McMillin) CHOWNING; educated in the common schools of Clay and […]
City: McMinnville OWEN, Samuel Alexander, minister of the gospel; born near Covington, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1865; Welsh-German descent; son of Isaac W. and Eveline (Burkhardt) OWEN; father’s occupation, farmer, public official; educated Covington (Tenn.) High School, Union University, Jackson, Tenn., and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.; graduated from Union […]
City: LaFollette OTEY, Charles H., Baptist minister; born Cumberland Gap, Tenn., Aug. 20, 1852; English descent; son of Frazier M. and _____ (Newly) OTLEY; father’s occupation minister of the gospel; paternal grandparents Col. John and Mary (Lane) OTEY; maternal grandparents Wm. H. and Mary (Glenn) NEWLY; in early life he […]
City: Knoxville OGDEN, Robert Morris, educator; born Binghampton, N. Y., July 6, 1877; English and Dutch descent; son of James Sherman and Beulah Maria (Carter) OGDEN; father’s occupation, manufacturer; paternal grandparents, William and Angeline (Abbott) OGDEN, maternal grandparents, John and Alida (Groesbeck) CARTER; educated in private and public Schools, Binghampton, […]
City: Knoxville OATES, Edward G., banker; born Duckton, Tenn., July 23, 1858; English descent; son of Edward T. and Elizabeth (Tregea) OATES; father’s occupation, merchant; paternal grandparents, Phillip and Susannah (Tregonning) OATES, maternal grandfather, William TREGEA; graduated from University of Tenn. B. S., June, 1877; in early life was traveling […]
City: Jackson OAKLEY, Joseph Benjamin, minister of the gospel; born at Mineral Springs, Ark., graduated Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., June, 1896; married Carrie CALHOUN Sept. 9, 1896; entered the ministry at the age of seventeen years, pastor of Cumberland Presbyterian church four years at Columbus, Miss., one and one-half years […]
City: Hilham OWNSBY, William Andrew, druggist; born near Hilham, Tenn., Aug. 13, 1867; English descent; son of James Francis and Thursy Evaline (Warthen) OWNSBY; father’s occupation, farmer and minister of the gospel; educated in the public schools of Overton Co., Tenn., and at Bowling Green and Lexington, Ky.; graduated from […]
City: Henderson OZIER, Millard F., lawyer; born in Madison Co., Tenn., Sept. 15, 1853; French descent; son of William and Mary (Smith) OZIER; educated at Henderson and Lebanon, Tenn., graduated at Lebanon, Tenn., LL. B. June 8, 1876; married Bettie MASON Feb. 26, 1878; member Knights of Pythias; reared on […]
City: Henderson O’NEAL, John F., banker; born at Henderson, Tenn.; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John Francis and Mary Cornelia (Purdy) O’NEAL; father’s occupation, merchant; paternal grandparents, Christopher and Margaret (Deaton) O’Neal, maternal grandparents Robert and Rebecca (Chainey) PURDY; educated at Henderson and McKenzie, Tenn., graduated at Henderson, Tenn., June, 1895, […]