City: Lafayette WEST, Perry Bunyan, traveling salesman; born Walnut Shade, Tenn., Dec. 22, 1872; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jessee and Sarah F. (Huddleston) WEST; father’s occupation farmer; trustee and clerk and master of Chancery Court, Macon county; educated at Lafayette, Tenn., and Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn.; in early life taught […]
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City: Knoxville WHITE, William Thomas, educator; born near Walhalla, S. C., May 12, 1859; son of Thomas and Margaret (Keogh) WHITE; father’s occupation real estate; Irish-English descent; paternal grandparents James and Hannah (Ryan) WHITE; maternal grandparents Edward and Margaret (McDonald) KEOGH; educated University of Tenn., and graduated from same June, […]
City: Knoxville WHITTLE, Charles Anderson, editor; born Trundle’s Cross Roads, Tenn., Feb. 29, 1872; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of James Madison and Mary (McCallie) WHITTLE; father’s occupation farmer and mill operator; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Keener) WHITTLE; maternal grandparents Andrew and Harietta (Cunningham) MCCALLIE; educated Harrison Seminary, Sevier […]
City: Knoxville WHITAKER, Walter Claiborne, clergyman; born Lenoir, N. C., Jan. 28, 1867; English and Scotch descent; son of Lucius Fletcher and Rowena (Oates) WHITAKER; father’s occupation teacher; paternal grandparents Wesley and Sally (Langley) WHITAKER; maternal grandparents Claiborne OATES; educated at Marion and Auburn, Ala.; graduated from Ala. Polytechnic Institute, […]
City: Knoxville WELLER, Charles Ashburn, mining and manufacturing; born Augusta Co., Va., Feb. 6, 1858; Scotch-Irish and German descent; son of Addison and Sarah Elizabeth (Keeran) WELLER; father minister of the gospel; paternal grandparents Benjamin and Catharine (Bish) WELLER; maternal grandparents Eli and Mary Elizabeth (Rinker) KEERAN; educated at Randolph-Macon […]
City: Knoxville WELCKER, William Louis, lawyer; born at Poplar Creek, Roane county, Tenn., Feb. 17, 1849; German and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Charles F. and Caroline Virginia WELCKER; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents were John Henry and Elizabeth (Inman) WELCKER; maternal grandparents James Coffield and Margaret (Lewis) MITCHELL; received […]
City: Knoxville WELCKER, James Henry, lawyer; born Roane county, Tenn., Aug. 28, 1854; German and Scotch descent; son of Charles Freeling and Caroline (Mitchell) WELCKER; father’s occupation farmer; educated East Tenn. University (now University of Tenn.), and Columbian University, Washington, D. C.; graduated East Tenn. University with degree A. B., […]
City: Knoxville WEBB, Eugene Mitchell, Public Official; born Dandridge, Tenn., Oct. 1, 1874; English descent; son of Andrew and Jane (Walker) WEBB; father’s occupation, Sheriff Jefferson Co., Tenn., member of General Assembly of Tenn., farmer; paternal grandparents Thomas and Annie (Martin) WEBB, maternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Bettis) WALKER; educated […]
City: Knoxville WALLER, Calvin Bernard, minister of the gospel; born Jearoldstown, Tenn., July 30, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William A. and Sarah C. (Wilcox) WALLER; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Andrew and Ellem (Kennedy) WALLER, maternal grandparents Joseph and Anna (Lair) WILCOX; educated Jonesboro (Tenn.) High school and Carson […]
City: Jonesboro WEEKS, James W., farmer, carpenter; born McLean Co., Ill., Aug. 22, 1859; English and Scotch descent; son of S. E. and Margaret (Stevenson) WEEKS; father’s occupation brickmaker, contractor and builder; educated in public schools of Ill.; served 11 years and five months in 6th U. S. Infantry, 4 […]
City: Johnsons Grove WINBURN, Henry Clay, farmer; born Haywood Co., Tenn., April 12, 1845; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Henry G. and Nancy A. (Wood) WINBURN; father’s occupation farmer and teacher; paternal grandparents Henry and Sarah E. (Eason) WINBURN; maternal grandparents Francis I. and Nancy E. (Milbourn) WOOD; received common school […]
City: Johnson City WILLIAM, Samuel Cole, lawyer, and banker; born Gibson, Co., Tenn., Jan. 15, 1864; Welsh and Irish descent; son of Thomas J. and Martha R. (Cole) WILLIAMS; father’s occupation public official; paternal grandparents Eli and Chloe (Collins) WILLIAMS, maternal grandparents Samuel and Olive (Walker) COLE; graduated from law […]
City: Johnson City WEBB, Hugh Francis, business man; born in Sullivan Co., Tenn., June 16, 1859; son of Ben F. and Susannah (Jones) WEBB; father’s occupation carpenter; paternal grandparents, David and Sallie (Jones) WEBB, maternal grandparents, John R. and Katy (Morrell) JONES; educated Poplar Ridge, Sullivan Co. Tenn.; began his […]
City: Jamestown WRIGHT, William L., banker, real estate dealer; born Pall Mall, Tenn., in 1879; son of John C. and Mary Frances (Williams) WRIGHT; father’s occupation, farmer, merchant, Maj. 9th Tenn. Vol. Cavalry Civil war, Federal soldier; educated University of Harriman, Tenn., and Maryville, (Tenn.) College; in early life he […]
City: Jackson WITHERSPOON, Mrs. Ross, born at Jackson, Tenn., Jan. 3, 1850; daughter of Richard Jackson and Sarah (Ballow) HAYS; married Ross WITHERSPOON Oct. 28, 1879; member of U. D. C.; worker in Home Mission Society; organized Young Woman’s Boarding Home, and is identified with every charitable organization in the […]
City: Jackson WITHERSPOON, Ross, born near Jackson in 1850; son of William and Vira (Bumpas) WITHERSPOON; educated Jackson, Tenn.; married Angie HAYS, Oct. 28, 1879; president Southern Seating and Cabinet Factory; interested in various manufacturing interests of the city of Jackson; descended from John WITHERSPOON, who signed the Declaration of […]
WEBER, John Langdon, clergyman; born Union S. C., Sept. 25, 1862; English-Dutch descent; son of S. A. and Sarah Alston (Langdon) WEBER; father’s occupation, Doctor of Divinity; paternal grandparents Adam and Margaret (Lander) WEBER, maternal grandparents William J. and Charity Dawson (Alston) LANGDON; educated private schools of S. C., and […]
WARNER, Frank G., Secretary Y. M. C. A.; born Pittsburg /sic/, Pa., Feb. 13, 1872; son of Geo. W. and Sara H. (Taylor) WARNER; educated at Pittsburg /sic/, (Pa.) High School; former Secetary Y. M. C. A., department penn., R. R.; married Mabel PRESTON, of Selmer, Ala., April 27, 1902; […]
City: Jackson WALKER, Josef Clay, teacher; born Wartrace, Tenn., May, 1880; Scotch-Irish-Spanish-German descent; son of William B. and Pattie (Lane) WALKER; father’s occupation, planter; educated Cumberland University and Heidleberg /sic/, Germany; graduated from Cumberland University June, 1904, with degrees A. B., A. M., and LL. B., 1907; in early life […]
City: Eagleville WILLIAMS, R. E., retired banker; Eagleville, Tenn., Oct. 8, 1859; son of Chesley and Elizabeth (Jordan) WILLIAMS; father’s occupation, merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents James and Martha (Allison) WILLIAMS, maternal grandparents Thomas and Mary (Hyde) JORDAN; educated at Jackson, Tenn., Southwestern Baptist University; in early life engaged in […]