City: Whiteville FARLEY, Susannah E., postmaster; born May 2, 1859; daughter of John B. and Margaret (Lacy) JOHNSON; educated Jefferson Institute, Whiteville, Tenn.; graduated from Memphis Conference Institute, Jackson, Tenn.; married W. E. FARLEY, Dec. 20, 1876; appointed postmaster at Whiteville, Tenn., Aug. 26, 1876, office advanced to third class […]
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City: Sewanee ELLIOTT, Sarah Bull Barnwell, writer; born in Savannah, Ga.; English descent; daughter of Stephen and Charlotte Bull (Barnwell) ELLIOTT; father’s occupation, Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Georgia; paternal grandparents Stephen and Esther (Hubersham) ELLIOTT, maternal grandparents John Gibbs and Sarah (Bull) BARNWELL; member of Colonial Dames, S. […]
Mrs. Irene BLAIR NEFF was born at Jonesboro, Tenn., in 1849. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. BLAIR. Her mother died when she was a small child and she spent the greater part of her girlhood in the home of her sister, who was the wife […]
Mrs. J. M. EMERT, beloved wife of the late Rev. J. M. EMERT, born March 27, 1866, passed in holy triumph to her heavenly home July 25, 1940. She is lovingly remembered by a host of friends in Holston Conference where her husband gave many years to the work of […]
Among the old and honored pioneers who paved the way for the development of Obion County and the position that it occupies socially and financially at the present time, the name of Alexander W. Smith stands preeminent. He was a native of the Emerald Isle, but when a young man […]
On Sunday afternoon, October 15, 1939 the beautiful spirit of our beloved friend, and the wife of our faithful pastor, Rev. W. L. HART, slipped away to be with Jesus. Mrs. Hart was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 17, 1892, and was the daughter of the late R. L. […]
Minnie McGhee PAXTON was born at Wise, Va., Nov. 5, 1872. Her father, Rev. Frank P. McGHEE, was a Methodist preacher from whom she inherited a love for her church. She was married to Rev. John Moore PAXTON, at Morristown, Tenn., by Dr. R. N. Rice, Oct. 5, 1892, and, […]
City: Nashville RENO, Itti Kinney, authoress; born Nashville, Tenn., May 17, 1862; married Robert Ross RENO, May, 1885; author “Miss Breckenridge, a Daughter of Dixie,” 1889; “An Exceptional Case,” 1891, etc.; also lecturer on various topics. Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: […]
City: Nashville PAGE, (Mrs.) Elizabeth Fry, associate editor Taylor-Trotwood Magazine; born in Virginia; paternally, a lineal descendant of Sir Joshua FRY, and on her mother’s side, a descendant of Pocahontas and John ROLFE, through the BOLLINGS and FLEMINGS of Va.; her father was the late Col. George Thomson FRY, who […]
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: Obion WILSON, Nancy Ann CARUTHERS, born near Boone’s Hill, Lincoln Co., Tenn., Aug. 24, 1830; daughter of Matthew and Frances (CHILES) CARUTHERS; father’s occupation, farming; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Lincoln Co. at Boone’s Hill, settled by Daniel BOONE; married William M. WILSON; member Methodist church. Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A […]
Mrs. WILSON was Miss Sara MORRIS, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell MORRIS. The latter was, before marriage, Miss Rebecca C. HENDERSON, of the prominent family from the eastern part of the State. Mrs. WILSON traces her ancestry through her father to the Revolutionary hero,Robert MORRIS, one of the signers of the Declaration […]
Mrs. PIERCE is a daughter of Judge Isaac HUNTER, of New Madrid, Mo., and is related to the earliest pioneer families of Kentucky and Missouri. Her great-great-grandfather, Capt. Joseph HUNTER, who served in the Revolutionary War, came down the Ohio River with Gen. George CLARK and settled on Corn Island, opposite the present site of […]
Mrs. MORAN, daughter of Hon. Emerson ETHERIDGE, of Tennessee, first saw the light in the country home of her maternal grandfather, Mr. James NAILLING, a wealthy planter of the “Old Volunteer State.” The mother of the subject of this sketch was, before her marriage, Miss Fanny BELL, a queenly, gracious woman, the center and […]
Mrs. Benton McMILLIN, the lovely young wife of the Governor of Tennessee, is an ideal first lady of the State. Not only is she blessed with youth and beauty, but she has a brilliant mind and possesses rare tact and quick wit. She remembers faces and names, and has the […]
Miss Elizabeth CHILDRESS, the subject of this sketch, was the daughter of Maj. John W. CHILDRESS and the beautiful Mrs. Sarah Williams CHILDRESS, of the historic town of Murfreesboro Tenn. Her alma mater was the old Nashville Female Academy, that institution which has turned out so many noble, cultured women, with Dr. C.D. ELLIOTT as […]
Mrs. Nathaniel BAXTER, the daughter of James F. and Sarah LAVENDER of Williamson County, Tenn., comes of patriotic and illustrious ancestry. Her grandfather, Nelson LAVENDER, fought in the Mexican War under General SCOTT; enlisting at the outbreak of the war and remaining until hostilities ceased. He fought in many important battles, among the number being Chepultepec, […]
City: Nashville JOHNSON, Mary Hannah, librarian; born Nashville, Tenn.; daughter of George S. and Hannah (Payne) JOHNSON; received academic education at Nashville, Tenn.; entered the library work in 1899; took a technical course at University of Chicago; Librarian of Carnegie Library, Nashville, Tenn., since 1901; member of State Library Commission; […]
City: Nashville HARRIS, (Mrs.) L. H., author; born March 17, 1870 at “Farm Hill” near Elberton, Ga., daughter of Tinsley Rucker WHITE, and grand daughter of Hon. William WHITE; educated by her parents and a governess with the exception of a few terns at the academy in Elberton, Ga.; married […]
City: Nashville GOODLETT, Caroline Douglas Meriwether, born Woodstock Farm, Todd County, Ky., November 4, 1833; Scotch-English descent; daughter of Charles Nicholas Minor and Caroline H. (Barker) MERIWETHER; paternal grandparents Dr. Charles Nicholas and Ann Minor MERIWETHER, who were cousins to Diana MINOR, who married Richard MAURY, father of Commodore Mathew […]