City: Oakley
HARGROVE, John Andrew, merchant and farmer; born Overton Co., Tenn., July 20, 1872; Irish descent; son of Milton R. and Margaret M. (NELSON) HARGROVE; father’s occupation, farming and dealing in live stock; paternal grandparents William E. and Elizabeth (BAKER) HARGROVE, maternal grandparents William and Annie (HATCHER) NELSON; educated at Alpine Academy, Overton Co., Tenn., and graduated from same with common school diploma in 1890; began the mercantile business in 1891 and has been interested in same since; Preside of J. A. Hargrove Drug Co., a Tenn. Corporation, Livingston, Tenn.; owns two farms, one in Clay Co., and one in Pickett Co., Tenn., also owna a large tract of timbered land in Clay Co.; married Eunice HUNTER, Sept. 25, 1892; member of masons, 32nd degree, Trinity Consistory No. 2, Nashville, Tenn.; Democrat; former Notary Public; at present Deputy Court Clerk for Overton Co., Tenn.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
