City: Memphis HOBSON, William Langhorne, wholesale grocer; born Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 16, 1877; French descent; son of Samuel and Lucy (Capers) HOBSON; father wholesale grocer; paternal grandparents William J. and Polly (Sims) HOBSON, maternal grandparents Benjamin and Rebecca (Graves) CAPERS; educated in Tennessee and Virginia; entered wholesale grocery business in […]
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City: Knoxville INGERSOLL, Henry Hulbert, lawyer; born Oberlin, O., Jan. 20, 1844; English descent; son of William and Samantha (Bassett) INGERSOLL; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents David and Sarah (Parsons) INGERSOLL; maternal grandparents Ansel and Eunice (Dimock) BASSETT; educated at Oberlin, O., and New Haven, Conn., graduated Yale College with […]