City: Sewanee BROOKS, Preston Smith, merchant; born Fairfield, S. C., July 1, 1854; English and Irish descent; son of Preston Smith and Martha Caroline (Means) BROOKS; father’s occupation, lawyer and congressman; educated University of the South; entered mercantile business in early life, and has continued in same since; married Maria […]
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City: Pinhook Landing GUINN, Joel Franklin, preacher, farmer; born Decatur, Tenn., Oct. 19, 1842; English descent; son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Brooks) GUINN; his father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Bat and Susan (Huff) GUINN, maternal grandparents Leonard and Mary (Fuller) BROOKS; educated at Decatur and Oak Grove Academies; married […]
City: Nashville JOHNSON, Edwin Lee, educator; born Mount Vernon, Ill., October 25, 1874; English-Irish descent; son of Adam Clarke and Margaret Ann (Sweeney) JOHNSON; father’s occupation, real estate dealer and abstractor; paternal grandparents John and Susannah (Brooks) JOHNSON, maternal grandparents John and Ellen (Golden) SWEENEY; educated Oxford, Miss., High School […]
City: Mayland KEITH, Alfred Shook, lumberman; born Flat Creek, Tenn., March 7, 1883; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Anthony Meek and Mary (BROOKS) KEITH; father’s occupation, merchant; educated in Owenton College, Birmingham, Ala., and Castle Heights, Lebanon, Tenn.; entered the lumber business in early life; married Anabel WALLING, Nov. 19, 1908; […]
City: Memphis CRAIN, John Head, born Dixon Spring, Tenn., English and Irish descent; son of Hall Shelton and Frances (Brooks) CRAIN; father’s occupation, merchant; maternal grandparents, Henry and Sallie (Martin) BROOKS; educated in public schools; in early life was clerk in village store; member of Business Men’s Club, Memphis, Tenn.; […]
City: Linden PEARSON, George W., lawyer; born Linden, Tenn., Oct. 26, 1866; English descent; son of C. Leslie and P. (Brooks) PEARSON; father held public office in Perry Co., Tenn., last 24 years of his life; graduated Cumberland University … life; Member K. P. and M. W. A., P. C. […]
City: Elizabethton HYDER, Daniel L., farmer; born Elizabethton, Tenn., Feb. 2, 1864; Dutch and Irish descent; son of Jonathan H. and Elizabeth (Fletcher) HYDER; father’s occupation, minister; paternal grandparents J. H. and Pauline (Edens) HYDER , maternal grandparents John and Leah (Brooks) FLETCHER; educated at Milligan and Washington Colleges and […]
City: Difficult DONOHO, Charles Hayden, physician and surgeon; born Willette, Macon Co., Tenn., July 1, 1874; son of John H. and Arilla (Hudson) DONOHO; father’s occupation farmer, tobacco dealer, merchant and live stock trader; paternal grandparents Rody and Juda (Brooks) DONOHO; maternal grandparents Obediah and Nancy (Coonse) HUDSON; educated at […]
City: Collierville BROOKS, Cleauth, minister of the gospel; born Denmark, Tenn., Jan. 11, 1873; son Rev. Geo. K. and Elizabeth BROOKS; English-American descent; educated Vanderbilt Univ.; married Bessie WITHERSPOON; member Masons.
City: Coal Creek BROOKS, Charles R., business man; born Coal Creek, Tenn., June 23, 1879; English descent; son of Abner K. and Lucinda L. (Thomas) BROOKS; paternal grandfather Tom BROOKS, paternal grandmother Louraney (Freeman) BROOKS, maternal grandfather Samuel W. THOMAS, maternal grandmother Anna (Dabney) THOMAS; in early life was a […]
City: Cleveland GATES, Benj. Franklin, physician; born Mountain Town, Ga., Feb. 26, 1862; son of Peter Austin and Sarah E. (Brooks) GATES; father’s occupation, farmer; descent, Dutch; educated Ellijoy Seminary, Ellijoy, Ga.; graduated Chattanooga, Tenn., March 21, 1898, from Grant University with degree of M.D.; in early life engaged in […]
City: Chattanooga CLIFT, Moses H., attorney; born at Soddy, Hamilton County Tenn., Aug. 25, 1836; son of William and Nancy (Brooks) CLIFT; English, Scotch and Irish descent; married Florence PARROTT Jun 27, 1883; is a Mason (Knight Templar); was a major in the Confederate Army, serving first on the staff […]
City: Chattanooga CALDWELL, James Adelbert, lawyer; born Walker County, Ga., September 1st, 1844; son O. H. P. and Jane L. (Johnston) CALDWELL.; Scotch-Irish and English descent; educated, Hiwassee College, Stewart College and University of Virginia; married Elizabeth S. GILLLESPIE, November 25, 1873; President Chattanooga Gas company, 1873-1907; Clerk and Master […]