City: Monteagle HOLCOMBE, Egbert W., merchant; born Bainbridge, N. Y., April 6, 1847; English descent; son of Edwin and Priscilla (Lyon) HOLCOMBE; father’s occupation, carpenter; educated at Oswego, N. Y.; boyhood days spent in Michigan during pioneer days; at North Platte, Neb., when that town was a frontier post and […]
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City: Memphis CONNOLLY, Michael W., journalist; born Quebec, Canada, March 2, 1853 Irish descent; son of John and Eleanor (Cahill) CONNOLLY; educated Jesuit College, Montreal, Canada; in early life he was a telegraph operator, and in 1883 when the great telegraph strike occurred he was chief night operator of the […]