City: Nashville FRANK, Sadie A., teacher; born Nashville, Tenn., November 19, 1883; German descent; daughter of Morris and Carrie (Hexter) FRANK; father, merchant, member of firm D. Weil & Company; educated in High School and University of Nashville; graduated from latter with L.I. degree in 1902, B.A. in 1908; member […]
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City: Nashville EASTMAN, Corinne Gleaves, teacher; born Nashville, Tenn., May 23, 1853; Scotch-English descent; father, merchant; daughter of Henry Albert and Eliza Jane (Tannehill) GLEAVES; paternal grandparents Thomas and Mary (Dean) GLEAVES, maternal grandparents Wilkins and Eliza (Dewees) TANNEHILL; graduated Nashville high school, June 1870; married Elbridge Gerry EASTMAN February […]
City: Nashville DROMGOOLE, Will Allen (Miss), author and newspaper staff writer; born Murfreesboro, Tenn; daughter John E. and Rebecca (Blanche) DROMGOOLE; Irish-English-French-Danish descent; educated Clarksville and Murfreesboro; author “Heart of Old Hickory,” “Cinch and Other Stories,” “Rare Old Chums,” “Hero Chums,” “A Boy’s Battle,” “The Valley Path,” “The Farrier’s Dog,” […]
City: Nashville ARMSTRONG, Charlotte Morgan, teacher; born Shelbyville, Tenn., May 16, 1880; Scotch-Irish descent; daughter of Archibald S. and Virginia Belle (Matthews) ARMSTRONG; paternal grandparents Archibald and Isabella (Davison) ARMSTRONG, maternal grandparents Robert and Mary (Blackwell) MATHEWS; father, merchant; educated Nashville public schools, Peabody College, University of Chicago, Teachers’ College, […]
City: Memphis KENNEDY, Sara Beaumont, author, editor; born Somerville, Tenn.; daughter of Robert and Nora (Devereux) CANNON; father’s occupation, physician; graduated St. Mary’s Protestant Episcopal School, Raleigh, N.C.; married Walker KENNEDY, Jan. 10, 1888; member Colonial Danes, [sic] D.A.R., Nineteenth Century Club, Memphis, Tenn.; author of stories Ladies’ Home Journal, […]
City: Memphis KANE, Elizabeth C., physician; born Alleghany, Pa., in the home of her uncle, Justice George Shiras; daughter of Margaretta (Kennedy) KANE; descendant of the explorer, Dr. KANE; educated Woman’s Medical College, Baltimore, Md., and University of Nashville, graduated from the latter in 1898; was the first woman to […]
City: Memphis MCCORMACK, Eleanor C., author, musician; born Chillicothe, O.; daughter of David and Mary (Reed) O’DONNELL; English and Irish descent; paternal grandparents, James and Mary (Hayes) O’DONNELL, maternal grandparents, John and Mary (Gates) REED; educated at St. Agnes Academy for Young Ladies, Memphis, Tenn., and studied at other institutions; […]
City: Memphis ASHE, Cora Henry, educator; born Brownsville, Tenn.; English-Irish descent and a direct descendant of the house of Heytesbury, Wilts, England; daughter of Sheppard Montfort and Martha S. (ROGERS) ASHE; paternal grandparents Samuel Porter and Mary (SHEPPARD) ASHE, maternal grandparents John and Martha S. (ROGERS) ROGERS; her paternal grandfather […]
City: Nashville DAVIESS, Maria Thompson, author; spent several years in Paris, France, studying under the leading masters where she made a specialty of miniature painting and artistic photography, several of her miniatures being hung in the salon; upon her return home she began to write sketches and stories for magazines, […]
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 BOYLE, Virginia Frazer, author; born near Chattanooga, Tenn.; daughter of Charles Wesley and Letitia S. (Austin) FRAZER; paternal grandparents, John A. and Frances Ann (Jones) FRAZER, maternal grandparents, Hugh Rice and Eliza Ann (Ragan) AUSTIN; graduated from Higbee School, Memphis, Tenn.; married Thomas R. BOYLE; member of Colonial […]
City: Lebanon STRATTON, Mrs. Lelia Owen, Evangelist and W. C. T. U. lecturer; born Talbot county, Ga., Aug. 16, 1862; Welsh and Irish descent; daughter of Sidney Bruce and Mary Elizabeth (German) OWEN; father’s occupation planter; educated in Talbot county and Forsythe, Ga.; married Samuel Golladay STRATTON, Dec. 1, 1881; […]
City: Lebanon MACKENZIE, Mrs. Lucy Smith; born Lebanon, Tenn., in 1849; descendant of Col. Miles CARY of Jamestown, Va.; daughter of Henry F. and Mary D. (Morris) SMITH; father’s occupation merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents George and Elizabeth (Barksdale) SMITH; maternal grandparents Rev. Edward and Elizabeth Cary (Whitaker) MORRIS; graduated […]
City: Lynnville DICKERSON, Mary Jane Stone, born Shelbyville, Tenn., Jan. 23, 1826; daughter of Capt. William and Nancy Allen (Daniel) STONE; father was a stockman, farmer, capitalist and soldier in War of 1812; direct descendant of old Va. families; paternal grandparents William Richard and Sallie (Winnegam) STONE, maternal grandparents John […]
City: Knoxville PERKINS, Angie Villette Warren; born Davidson, Conn., Nov. 6, 1858; daughter of Lysander and Marcia (Mason) WARREN; graduated from Wesleyan University of Conn. A. B., 1876, A. M., 1879; married Charles Albert PERKINS, Sept. 19, 1883; Regent Knoxville Chapter D. A. R., 1898-1900; Pres. Union Presbytery Missionary Societies; […]
City: Knoxville MCKINNEY, Annie Valentine Booth; authoress; born Warren Co., Miss., daughter of Col. S. S. and Anne (Valentine) BOOTH; graduated from Hillman College, Clinton, Miss.; married Samuel MCKINNEY, of Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 14, 1879; Pres of Tenn. Woman’s Press and Authors Club; Pres. Knoxville Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy; […]
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 DRAKE, Alice Louise, librarian; born at Jackson, Tenn.; daughter of Thomas H. and Louise (Miller) DRAKE; paternal grandparents James and Martha (Wood) DRAKE, maternal grandparents, John M. and Sarah (Phipps) MILLER; educated at Jackson, Tenn.; has engaged in library work for six years; librarian since March, 1910, of […]
City: Jackson COLLINS, Emma Pauline, librarian; born Jackson, Tenn.; daughter Oscar F. and Elizabeth (Thompson) COLLINS; educated public schools of Jackson; member U. D. C.; took charge of Carnegie library, Jackson, Tenn., at its opening 1903 and has held the position since that time.
City: Franklin HORTON, Lucy Henderson, born Williamson Co., Tenn., Jan. 14, 1851; daughter of Dr. Samuel and Rachel Jane Martin (Hughes) HENDERSON; she is a lineal descendant on the maternal side of Gen. Joseph MARTIN, and Col. Arch HUGHES, both of revolutionary fame; she is also a lineal descendant of […]