City: Nashville LAMAR, Abner W., minister of the gospel; born Edgefield, S. C., March 30, 1847; Huguenot descent; son of Thomas G. and Mary (Whatley) LAMAR; father’s occupation, planter, slave owner, and soldier in Confederate service, Colonel of First Regiment South Carolina Volunteer infantry; paternal grandparents Thomas G. and Martha […]
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City: Memphis GAGE, William A., Cotton factor; born Schohanie, N. Y., July 19, 1838; English descent; son of William and Martha M. (Carey) GAGE; educated Schohanie (N.Y.) Academy, and graduated from same; began business as a cotton factor with Charles G. FISHER, Memphis, Tenn., 1865; in 1878 the firm was […]