City: Dyersburg DAWSON, Charles Clark, Public Official; born Dyersburg, Tenn., Nov. 24, 1839; Irish descent; son of William A. and Amanda (Clark) DAWSON; paternal grandparents Isaac and Bettie (McCord) DAWSON, maternal grandparents Henderson and Elizabeth (Pate) CLARK; received common school education and devoted his early life to farming; married Leonora […]
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City: Fayetteville BRIGHT, John Morgan, Statesman, lawyer; born Fayetteville, Tenn., Jan. 1817; English and Welsh descent; son of James and Nancy (Morgan) BRIGHT; paternal grandparents James M. and Margaret (Smythe) BRIGHT; his paternal grandmother was a sister of Gen. Wm. HALL; maternal grandparents John and Mary (Hall) MORGAN; he was […]
City: Fairfield WALKER, William Baker, Jr., merchant; born Fairfield, Tenn., Aug. 5, 1861; son of W. B. and Patsy (Land) WALKER; father was a farmer; educated in the Public School at Fairfield Academy and took business course at Winchester Normal; worked on farm and clerked in a country store in […]
City: Clarksville CLARK, Micajah Henry, tobacconist; born Richmond, Va., Sept. 4, 1830; English descent; son of Micajah and Caroline Virginia (Harris) CLARK; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandfather, Hon. William CLARK, paternal grandmother Judith W. (Cheadle) CLARK, maternal grandfather Benjamin James HARRIS, maternal grandmother Sarah (Ellyson) HARRIS; graduated Richmond, Va., 1847; […]
Ashwood — WOODARD, John H., physician; born Springfield, Tenn., Dec. 21, 1874; son of John and Julia (Porter) WOODARD; Scotch-Irish descent; father’s occupation, capitalist; paternal grandparents Thomas and Winifred (House) WOODARD, maternal grandparents Henry and Martha (Clark) PORTER; educated Nashville, Tenn., and New York; graduated with degree of M.D. 1894; […]