City: Nashville
STUBBLEFIELD, David Rankin, dentistry; born Jasper, Tenn., 1856; son of George Jeffries and Mary Ann (Rankin) STUBBLEFIELD; father, lawyer; educated Edgefield Male Academy and Emory & Henry College, Va., graduated from former in 1876, and later /sic/ 1882; received degrees A.B., M.D., A.M., DD.S.; early occupation, practicing medicine, 1878-82; Professor of Anatomy and Physiology, 1879; Chemistry, 1883; Materia Medica and Metallurgy, 1900; Metallurgy and Pathology, 1891; now Prophylaxis; began practing /sic/ Dentistry in 1883; was Dean of Dental Department Virginia, and President State Dental Association, National Institute Dental Pedagogy; married Hetty Kennedy WILKIN, 1884; President “Old Oak Club” (literary society); member Presbyterian Church and Deacon in First Church, Nashville, Tenn.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
