City: Woodbury HAWES, Robert Rush, merchant, farmer; born Cookeville, Tenn., Aug. 14, 1861; son of James Oscar and Harriet N. (Cooke) HAWES; father, merchant; paternal grandparents, William and Tabitha (Quarles) HAWES, maternal grandparents, Richard F. and Margaret (Cox) COOKE; educated at Hughes and Mims Male Academy, Edgefield, Tenn.; in early […]
Cox
Rev. Ivan L. Cox was born in Wise County, Virginia, April 22, 1878. He was married to Miss Nora Almeda Elliott, November 13, 1903. They were the parents of seven children, six of whom are still living, three sons and three daughters. Brother Cox grew up in the Christian faith […]
City: Prospect Station REED, John D., merchant; born Prospect Station, Tenn., Oct. 6, 1856; Irish descent; son of W.W. and Mary (Pittman) REED; father farmer; paternal grandparents Thomas and Amy (Cox) REED; maternal grandparents David H. and Penelope (Waldren) PITTMAN; received education in the county schools; married Mattie EZELL, Oct. […]
City: Tracy City FULTS, Jefferson D., lawyer; German and English descent; son of Smith and Timie Ellen (Sanders) FULTS; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Daniel and Philadelphia (Thompson) FULTS, maternal grandparents Thomas and Polly Mary (Cox) SANDERS; educated common schools, Shook College, Tracy City, Tenn., University of Tenn., at Knoxville, and […]
City: Memphis LONG, Guy Pomeroy, lawyer; born Ottawa, Ohio, Feb. 3, 1873; son of Jacob L. HOMMEDIEU and Kate M. (Cox) LONG; father’s occupation, lawyer; educated Ottawa, Ohio, and graduated June, 1891; married Leona C. HACKETT, June 30, 1896; member of Continental Lodge No. 570 F. & A.M., Ottawa Chapter […]
City: Memphis COX, Wiley Jones, druggist; born Canaan, Miss., March 6, 1862; Scotch descent; son of Charles Jones and Charlotte Temple (Horn) COX; father’s occupation farmer; educated Woodlawn Academy, Saulsbury, Tenn.; entered drug business in early life and has continued in same 25 years; Democrat; chairman of County Court, Hardeman […]
City: Livingston SPECK, Burr L., real estate agent; born Henard, Tenn., Nov. 22, 1867; Dutch descent; son of James H. and Rebecca (Lea) SPECK; father’s occupation, farmer, merchant; paternal grandparents John and Nancy (Ashburn) SPECK, maternal grandparents Malichi and Annie (Cox) LEA; educated at Alpine and Oak Hill, Tenn.; in […]
City: Louisville COX, Richard Layfaette, miller and farmer; born Louisville, Tenn., Oct. 31, 1856; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Willister Madison and Mary Jane (King) Cox; father’s occupation, merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Talbot) COX, maternal grandparents James and Isabella (McNeil) KING; graduated from University of […]
City: Knoxville FOWLER, JAMES ALEXANDER, lawyer; born Heiskell, Knox Co., Tenn., Feb. 22, 1863; English and Irish descent; son of Joseph Wesley and Mary (Connor) FOWLER; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents John and Elizabeth (Dorsey) FOWLER; maternal grandparents William and Sarah (Cox) CONNOR; educated public schools of Knox Co., Tenn., […]
City: Knoxville COX, WILLISTON MADISON, lawyer; born Louisville, Tenn., Oct. 10, 1877; English descent; son of Richard Lafayette and Linda (Williams) COX; father’s occupation flour manufacturer; graduated from University of Tenn., with degree of L.L.B., in 1901; admitted to bar in all State and Federal Court in 1901; in 1901-1905 […]
City: Johnson City SLACK, Embree Munsey, editor; born at Bristol, Tenn., Dec. 10, 1877; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John and Julia (Holston) SLACK; father’s occupation editor of Bristol Courier; former member of upper and lower houses Tenn. Legislature; Trustee of Sullivan Co., Tenn.; educated in public schools, King College, Bristol, […]
City: Johnson City COX, John Worley., physician and surgeon; born Blountville, Tenn., Dec. 8, 1847; Scotch-German descent; son of A. J. and Harriet A. (Worley) COX; father’s occupation, Clerk of the Co. and Circuit Courts of Sullivan Co., Tenn., 20 years; paternal grandfather John W. COX, paternal grandmother was a […]
City: Johnson City COX, James B., attorney at law; born at Blountville, Sullivan Co., Tenn., March 4, 1861; English and Scotch descent; son of Abram J. and Harriet (Worley) COX; father’s occupation, public official, educator; paternal grandparents John W. and Elizabeth (Barnstetter) COX, maternal grandparents James B. and Mary (Shell) […]
City: Jefferson City GALBRAITH, Frank W., civil engineer, farmer, postmaster; born New Market, Tenn., Sept. 25, 1859; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William and Louisa Catherine (Cobb) GALBRAITH; paternal grandparents Andrew and Sarah (Anderson GALBRAITH); .maternal grandparents Jesse Leanah (Cox) COBB; educated public schools of Jefferson Co., University of Tenn. and […]
City: Friendsville LAWRENCE, Daniel Windslow, teacher and minister; born Grant Co., Ind., Aug. 27, 1851; son of Thomas H. and Anna Maria (Cox) LAWRENCE; paternal grandfather Peter LAWRENCE, paternal grandmother Sarah (Hinshaw) LAWRENCE, maternal grandfather William COX, maternal grandmother Miriam (Winslow) COX; English, Scotch, Irish and Welsh descent; educated Earlham […]
City: Franklin COX, Nicholas Nicols, ex-Congressman; born in Bedford Co., Tenn., Jan. 6, 1837; educated in the common schools of Sequin, Texas; graduated from Lebanon Law School, L.L.B., 1858; removed to Texas in boyhood and was reared at Sequin, Tex.; admitted to bar in 1858; in practice at Franklin, Tenn., […]
City: Cornersville HAYWOOD, Egbert Presley Cullen, physician and farmer; born Giles Co. Tenn., 1845; English descent; son of George W. and Sallie (Dabney) HAYWOOD; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandfather Judge John HAYWOOD, paternal grandmother was a Miss EDWARDS prior to her marriage, maternal grandfather John DABNEY, maternal grandmother was a […]
City: Crossville SNODGRASS, Charles Edward, lawyer and jurist; born in White Co., Tenn., Dec. 28, 1866; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas and Eliza Jane (Evans) SNODGRASS; father’s occupation, physician and lawyer; paternal grandparents, David and Mary (Johnson) SNODGRASS, maternal grandparents Sevier and Nancy (Rotan) EVANS; received common school education; studied […]
City: Covington OWEN, William A., attorney at law; born near Covington, Tenn., March 6, 1869; son of Richard B. and Sarah F. (Walton) OWEN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Alexander H. OWEN, paternal grandmother Sarah (Smith) OWEN, maternal grandfather mother Sarah (Cox) WALTON; educated Covington Male Academy, Covington (Tenn.) and […]
City: Dayton TALLENT, Noah J., Postmaster Dayton, Tenn.; born Marshall, Co., Ala., Feb. 5, 1875; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Robert F. and Margaret (Cox) TALLENT; father’s occupation machinist; received common school education; married Maggie Z. MOORE June 28, 1896; Past Grand I. O. O. B., Past Chancellor of K. of […]