BEVERLY WALTER LANDSTREET. A man of good business capacity, great intelligence and enterprise, Beverly Walter LANDSTREET is actively identified with the mercantile and social affairs of Nashville, as manager of a large department store being well known throughout the city. A son of the late Rev. John LANDSTREET, he was born May 23, […]
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City: Nashville WASHBURN, Charles Campbell, professional singer; born Quincy, Ill., December 15, 1868; English descent; son of Cornelius and Isora E. (Blades) WASHBURN; paternal grandparents Vincent Robinson and Elizabeth (Collins) WASHBURN, maternal grandparents William and Amanda (Gates) BLADES; attended Covington (Ky.) High School; graduated from Vanderbilt University, B.D., in 1892, […]
City: Memphis PENTECOST, Richard Henry, contractor; born Charlotte Co., Va., Oct. 29, 1855; English descent; son of Richard J. and Mary Jane (DAVISON) PENTECOST; educated in local schools of Campbell and Pittsylvania Counties, Va.; in early life was connected with a railroad in maintenance department; prior to 1881 he was […]
Mrs. Nathaniel BAXTER, the daughter of James F. and Sarah LAVENDER of Williamson County, Tenn., comes of patriotic and illustrious ancestry. Her grandfather, Nelson LAVENDER, fought in the Mexican War under General SCOTT; enlisting at the outbreak of the war and remaining until hostilities ceased. He fought in many important battles, among the number being Chepultepec, […]
City: Memphis PENTECOST, Richard Henry, contractor; born Charlotte Co., Va., Oct. 29, 1855; English descent; son of Richard J. and Mary Jane (Davison) PENTECOST; educated in local schools of Campbell and Pittsylvania Counties, Va.; in early life was connected with a railroad in maintenance department; prior to 1881 he was […]
City: Nashville DENNY, Collins, Bishop M. E. Church, South; born Winchester, Va., May 28, 1854; son of William R. and Margaret A. (Collins) DENNY; English descent; father, merchant and manufacturer; paternal grandparents William and Margaret (Hotsenpiller) DENNY, maternal grandparents Joseph S. and Rebecca (Brown) COLLINS; educated Shenandoah Valley Academy, Winchester, […]
City: Memphis LOVE, George C., public official; born Aurora, Ind., July 28, 1845; English descent; son of John and Ann (Collins) LOVE; educated in public schools of Switzerland Co., Ind.; in early life was a dealer in pipe stoves; married Mary GRAHAM, Sept., 1883; member of Business Men’s Club; Democrat; […]
City: Memphis HARRIS, Cummings, physician; born Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 7, 1878; Scotch-Irish and Huguenot descent; son of Andrew J. and Emily S. (Cummings) HARRIS; father’s occupation, real estate; paternal grandparents Judge William R. and Eveline Parsons (Atkins) HARRIS, maternal grandparents Dr. J.Y. and Mary E. (Collins) CUMMINGS; educated Webb’s School, […]
City: Kenton COLLINS, William Flowers, retired farmer, banker; born Marshall Co., Tenn., Oct. 8, 1834; Irish and Scotch descent; son of Elisha and Elizabeth (McGregor) Collins; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents James and Martha (Vinson) Collins; maternal grandparents William and Sarah (Flowers) McGregor; received common school education; enlisted as private […]
City: Kenton COLLINS, William Flowers, retired farmer, banker; born Marshall Co., Tenn., Oct. 8, 1834; Irish and Scotch descent; son of Elisha and Elizabeth (McGregor) COLLINS; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents James and Martha (Vinson) COLLINS; maternal grandparents William and Sarah (Flowers) McGREGOR; received common school education; enlisted as private […]
City: Johnson City WILLIAM, Samuel Cole, lawyer, and banker; born Gibson, Co., Tenn., Jan. 15, 1864; Welsh and Irish descent; son of Thomas J. and Martha R. (Cole) WILLIAMS; father’s occupation public official; paternal grandparents Eli and Chloe (Collins) WILLIAMS, maternal grandparents Samuel and Olive (Walker) COLE; graduated from law […]
City: Jackson TAYLOR, Mark Henry, real estate and insurance business; born Jackson, Tenn., Aug. 5, 1864; son of Wyatt A. and Tennessee (Collins) TAYLOR; father’s occupation, farmer and real estate dealer; graduated from 9th grade public school, Jackson, Tenn., in 1882; in early life was in the mercantile business; married […]
City: Jackson COLLINS, Emma Pauline, librarian; born Jackson, Tenn.; daughter Oscar F. and Elizabeth (Thompson) COLLINS; educated public schools of Jackson; member U. D. C.; took charge of Carnegie library, Jackson, Tenn., at its opening 1903 and has held the position since that time.
City: Elizabethton COLLINS, Christ C., born Carter Co., Tenn.; Scotch-Irish descent; his father. G O. COLLINS, was a farmer; educated Lookout Mountain Institution and graduated in law at National Law School, Washington, D.C., with degrees in L.L.B. and M.L. in 1883; married Sadie M. LUTTRELL March 30, 1875; member of […]
City: Fayetteville DALE, William Calvin, merchant; born Molino, Lincoln Co., Tenn., April 9, 1874; son of J. H. and Mary E. (Marshall) DALE; father’s occupation furniture dealer and undertaker; paternal grandparents John and Polly (Phagan) DALE; maternal grandparents Quintin and Eliza (Hill) MARSHALL; received common school education at Molino, Tenn.; […]
City: Dickson HARPER, Thomas Munsey, physician; born South Side, Tenn., June 27, 1868; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas T. and Mary E. (Collins) HARPER; educated Montgomery Co., High School; graduated in medicine University of Tenn., Feb. 24, 1891; married Nellie BROCK Jan. 6, 1904; Scottish Rite Mason; Democrat; member of […]
City: Columbia COLLINS, Edward E., physician; born in Bedford Co., Tenn., Oct. 24, 1860; Irish and English descent; (Direct descendant of David Williams of the Revolution); son of W. Jefferson and Ida (Williams) COLLINS; father’s occupation merchant; paternal grandparents William and Hester (Perry) COLLINS; maternal grandparents David and Sarah (Harris) […]
City: Dayton ALLEN, Valentine Collins, lawyer; born in Tippah Co., Miss., Sept. 2, 1842; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Valentine and Ann (Frazier) ALLEN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Valentine ALLEN; paternal grandmother Frances (Collins) ALLEN, maternal grandfather Beriah FRAIZER, maternal grandmother Barbara (Gibbs) FRAZIER; received an academic education; married Emily […]