City: Pulaski BASS, Jacob Miller, farmer; born Giles Co., Tenn., Sept. 28, 1825; his paternal grandmother Martha (Hix) BASS was a direct descendant of Pocahontas; son of Nathan and Martha (Beaty) BASS; father farmer; educated in the common schools which were taught in log cabins, never graduated but obtained a […]
Brownlow
City: Johnson City BROWNLOW, Frank Barr, musician; born Abingdon, Washington Co., Va., Sept. 11, 1853; English descent; son of Joseph A. and Mary R. (Barr) BROWNLOW; father’s occupation, carpenter; educated in Abingdon, Va.; began his business career as contractor and builder; married Ella V. CRAWFORD Aug. 25, 1875; bandmaster National […]
City: Knoxville BROWNLOW, John Bell, real estate; born Elizabethton, Tenn., Oct. 19, 1839; maternally he is a direct descendent of Capt. James GAINES who was a Revolutionary soldier, and a member of the Convention of N.C., from Chatham Co., which ratified the Constitution of U.S., and from Judge Edmund PENDLETON, […]
City: Greeneville MILBURN, William Elbert Franklin, lawyer; born at Milburnton, Tenn., Nov. 15, 1842; English descent; son of William and Martha (Frame) MILBURN; father’s occupation Methodist Minister graduated from East Tenn., Wesleyan University with degree of A. B., in 1871, and from University of Michigan with degree of Master of […]