City: Woodbury
HAWES, Robert Rush, merchant, farmer; born Cookeville, Tenn., Aug. 14, 1861; son of James Oscar and Harriet N. (Cooke) HAWES; father, merchant; paternal grandparents, William and Tabitha (Quarles) HAWES, maternal grandparents, Richard F. and Margaret (Cox) COOKE; educated at Hughes and Mims Male Academy, Edgefield, Tenn.; in early life was a traveling salesman; at present he is secretary and treasurer of Overall-Hawes Hat Co., Nashville, Tenn. member of Cason & Hawes, merchants, Woodbury, Tenn., and vice-pres. of the Bank of Woodbury, Tenn., and proprietor of Riverside Farm; married Tina Mae FISHER, June 1, 1892; member Cannon lodge of K. of P., Woodbury Tenn., ex-Commercial Travelers’ Club, Nashville, Tenn.; is now serving second term as Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court of Cannon Co., Tenn.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
