City: Morristown LOTSPEICH, James Newton, real estate dealer and promoter; born in Greene Co., Tenn., Feb. 20, 1850; German and Irish descent; son of Amos Wells and Mary R. (Easterly) LOTSPEICH; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents James and Malinda (Farnsworth) LOTSPEICH, maternal grandparents Jacob and Sarah (Whittinberg) EASTERLY; graduated […]
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City: Memphis LEWIS, Thomas Wiley, minister of the gospel; born Chickasaw Co., Miss. Jan. 15, 1869; son of James Asbury and Elizabeth (Foster) LEWIS; father’s occupation planter; paternal grandfather Wiley LEWIS, paternal grandmother was a Miss SUMMERS prior to her marriage, maternal grandparents Moses D. and Nancy (Tunnell) FOSTER; educated […]
City: Memphis LEROY, Louis, physician; born Chelsea, Mass., September 15, 1874; son of Charles L.A. and Lizzie F. (Somerby) LEROY; French descent; educated public high school, Newark, N.J., University of New York, University of Nashville; graduated medicine in Medico Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, Pa.; City Bacteriologist in Nashville 1900; State Bacteriologist […]
City: Morristown KING, John Rutledge, lawyer; born Mossy Creek, Tenn., Dec. 16, 1870; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Oliver Caswell and Kate (Rutledge) KING; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents L.M. and Louise (Massengill) KING, maternal grandparents John C. and Sally (Cobb) RUTLEDGE; educated Morristown (Tenn.) public school and Sweetwater (Tenn.) College, […]
City: Memphis LEWIS, Archibald Cary, physician; born Keswick, Va., July 12, 1877; son of Thomas Walker and Jane Walker (Page) LEWIS; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Robert Walker and Sarah (Craven) LEWIS, maternal grandparents Frederick Winslow and Anne Kinlock (Meriwether) PAGE; graduated from Gen. Washington University, degree of M.D., June, […]
City: Memphis LeMASTER, Edward B., real estate agent and banker; born December 3, 1859, Shelby County, Tenn.; son W.P. and Mary B. LeMASTER; French-English descent; married Mary L. PATTERSON, October 20, 1887; member DeSoto Lodge, Masons, and 32 degree Scottish Rite Mason; member Memphis City Legislative Council from 1902-06; member […]
City: Memphis LEHMAN, Leopold, lawyer; born Cincinnati, O., March 21, 1842; Hebrew (Alsace-Lorraine) descent; son of Hart LEHMAN; father’s occupation, merchant; educated in public schools and Cincinnati (O.) Law School, graduated from latter; moved to Memphis, in 1863; in 1865 he became a member of the law firm of Herron, […]
City: Memphis LEHMAN, Eugene, lawyer; born Cincinnati, O., Feb. 16, 1840; Hebrew (Alsace-Lorraine) descent; son of Hart LEHMAN; father was a merchant; educated in the public schools of Cincinnati, O.; moved to Memphis, in 1858 and entered mercantile business; in 1869 formed law partnership with brother under firm name of […]
City: Memphis LEECH, Lewis Harper, attorney; born Charlotte, Tenn., November 19, 1885; son H.M. and Margaret (Harper) LEECH; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Vanderbilt University; graduate of same M.A. 1906; taught in North Carolina 1906-07; member Kappa Sigma Greek Letter Fraternity; member Company H, First Tennessee Infantry; admitted to bar in 1908 […]
City: Memphis LATHAM, Thomas J., born Washington, DC., Nov. 22, 1831; graduated from Western Military Institute, Georgetown, Ky., 1852; one of his instructors at this institution was James G. Blaine; he studied law at Dresden, Tenn., and was admitted to the bar in 1857; after two years of practice in […]
City: Memphis LARKIN, Michael S., contractor; born Memphis, Tenn., May 10, 1866; of Irish descent; son of John and Johanna (Murphy) LARKIN; father’s occupation general contractor; educated in common schools of Memphis, Tenn.; in early life he was a contractor, and engaged in street paving, etc.; began general contracting business […]
City: Memphis GORDON, George Washington, soldier, congressman, commander-in-chief United Confederate Veterans; born in Giles Co., Tenn., Oct. 5, 1836; son of Andrew and Eliza K. GORDON; graduated from Western Military Institute in 1859; married Ora S. PAINE, Sept. 5, 1876; in early life was practical civil engineer until outbreak of […]
City: Memphis GOODWYN, R. D., vice-president Memphis Queensware Co.; born in Shelby Co., Tenn., in 1868; educated in the public and private schools of Shelby Co., Tenn.; began his career as office boy for Porter & Macrae, he remained with this firm for ten years, working his way up to […]
City: Memphis GOODMAN, Walter, merchant, planter, manufacturer; born Huntsville, Ala., June 7, 1860; son W. A. and Corinne (Acklen) GOODMAN; English and Scotch descent; educated J. D. Stewart’s private school, Memphis, and University of Virginia; member Calvary Church (Episcopal), Memphis; vestryman for eighteen years; he is now President Dixie Electro […]
City: Memphis GOODBAR, James Monroe, wholesale shoe merchant and manufacturer; born Overton Co., Tenn., May 29, 1839; English-Irish-Scotch-Welsh descent; son of William P. and Jane (McKinney) GOODBAR; father’s occupation, merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents, Joseph and Mary (Masters) GOODBAR, maternal grandparents, Henry and Jane (McDowell) McKINNEY; educated at Sparta, Tenn.; […]
City: Memphis GOLTMAN, Max, physician; born Glasgow, Scotland, May 24, 1867; Scotch descent; son of Solomon and Cecilia (TOBIAS) GOLTMAN; paternal grandfather, Samuel GOLTMAN, maternal grandfather, Charles TOBIAS; educated Bishop’s University, Montreal, Canada, and graduated from same C. M. and M. D. degrees 1892; married Mollie STERNBERG, Dec. 12, 1895; […]
City: Memphis GODWIN, Robert Allen, real estate operator; born Memphis, Tenn., April 11, 1876; Scotch-Irish descent; son of J. R. and Mary Frances (Mullins) GODWIN; father’s occupation, cotton merchant and banker; paternal grandparents, Handy and Mary (McQueen) GODWIN, maternal grandfather, L. D. MULLINS; educate in Jones’ School for Boys, Keswick, […]
City: Memphis GODWIN, John Robert, retired banker; born Cumberland Co., N. C., Nov. 19, 1830; English-Scotch descent; son of Handy and Mary (McQueen) GODWIN; father’s occupation, farmer; educated in the local schools of Shelby Co., Tenn., and Male Academy of Raleigh, Tenn.; in early life engaged in farming, later entered […]
City: Memphis GILLILAND, Fletcher M., business man; born Mount Pleasant, Miss., July 5, 1861; educated in DeSoto Co., Miss., and Collierville Tenn.; in early life was clerk in drug store at Collierville, where he remained three years; he then went into the general store of W. H. Irby at the […]