BENJAMIN JOSEPH FARRAR. One of the most extensive and successful real estate dealers of Nashville, Benjamin Joseph FARRAR has here been engaged in this business for nearly half a century, a much longer period than any other man, and during the time has been prominently identified with the highest and best interests […]
Baskette
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City: Nashville BASKETTE, Gideon H., editor; born in Rutherford County, Tenn., March 11, 1845; son of William T. and Melissa Ann (Ellis) BASKETTE; father’s occupation, physician; educated at Murfreesboro, Tenn.; married Anna E. MCFADDEN September 24, 1867; entered the C. S. A. in 1861 and served through the civil war; […]
City: Memphis BARKSDALE, William Randolph, cotton factor, hardwood lumber and grocer; born Murfreesboro, Tenn., Aug. 6, 1850; English-Scotch descent; son of William H. and Fannie (Baskette) BARKSDALE; paternal grandfather, Randolph BARKSDALE, maternal grandfather, Dr. William BASKETT; educated at Old Nottingham school near Somerville, Tenn.; began his career as clerk and […]