City: Newbern McCORKLE, John Edwin, farmer, surveyor, and banker; born in Dyer Co., Tenn., May 17, 1839; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Edwin A. and Jane Maxwell (Thomas) McCORKLE; father’s occupation farming; paternal grandparents Robert and Margaret (Morrison) McCORKLE, maternal grandparents, William and Elizabeth (Purviance) THOMAS; graduated at Bluff Springs, Tenn., […]
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City: Morristown CONVERSE, James Booth, clergyman; born Philadelphia, Pa., April 8, 1844; son of A. and Flavia (Booth) CONVERSE; father’s occupation, minister of the Gospel; paternal grandparents Joel and Elizabeth (Bixby) CONVERSE, maternal grandparents David and Margaret (Cotton) BOOTH; graduated from Princeton, N.J., A.B., 1865, A.M., 1868, Union Theological Seminary, […]
City: Carthage COTTON, James Thomas, minister of the Gospel; born Brentwood, Tenn., June 27, 1867; son of John A. and Rachel P. (TUKCER) COTTON; educated common schools, Wall & Mooney’s Academy, Culleoka, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; graduated from Wall & Mooney’s Academy June, 1890; converted to Christianity 1883; licensed to […]