Among the old and honored pioneers who paved the way for the development of Obion County and the position that it occupies socially and financially at the present time, the name of Alexander W. Smith stands preeminent. He was a native of the Emerald Isle, but when a young man […]
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City: Nashville WASHINGTON, William Hunter, lawyer; born at Springfield, Tenn.; he is a descendant of John WASHINGTON, (the uncle of Gen. George WASHINGTON, and grandson of that John WASHINGTON who came from the northern part of England in 1857, and who was the founder of the family in America) son […]
City: New Middleton CROCKETT, William M., physician; born Rockville, Tenn., Aug. 8, 1872; son of Overton Washing and Alice (Crockett) CROCKETT; father was a merchant; educated Murfreesboro, Tenn., graduated from University of Tenn., March 1898; in early life was a farmer; married Mary Catherine BARNES, Dec. 24, 1892; Royal Arch […]
City: McEwen MEADOW, Thomas R., banker; born Humphreys Co., Tenn., Oct. 22, 1865; son of Jacob E. and Susan (Crockett) MEADOW; father’s occupation, farmer; received common school education; in early life was a farmer, later was in Co. Clerk’s office as Deputy Co. Court Clerk, then Tax Assessor, then entered […]
City: Lawrenceburg FRIERSON, Horace, Jr., attorney-general Eleventh Judicial Circuit; born Columbia, Tenn., Feb. 5, 1881; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of Horace and Jeannie (Phillips) FRIERSON; father’s occupation, wholesale dry goods merchant; paternal grandparents Luther and Jane E. (Stephenson) FRIERSON; maternal grandparents Charles W. and Jane (Crockett) PHILLIPS; educated at […]
City: Graysville TAYLOR, William Hale, teacher; born Cannon Co., Tenn., April 22, 1837; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James R. and Elizabeth (Barton) TAYLOR; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Edmund and Mary (Roberts) TAYLOR; maternal grandparents Joshua and Jane (Hale) BARTON; graduated from Marion Collegiate Institute Cannon, Co., Tenn., June 13, […]
City: Franklin CROCKETT, Robert Hugh, lawyer; born Williamson Co., Tenn., Dec. 10, 1869; son of William Alonzo and Anne J. (Sayers) CROCKETT; English, Irish, Scotch, Danish, French and Italian descent; paternal grandparents Andrew and Catherine Walker (Bell) CROCKETT; maternal grandparents James Jefferson and Anne M. (Taliaferro) SAYERS; educated Montgomery Bell […]
City: Franklin COOK, Henry Howe, attorney at law; born in Williamson Co., Tenn., Nov. 23, 1843; son of Lewis and Margaret Jane (Owen) COOK; father’s occupation, carpenter and farmer; paternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Howe) COOK, maternal grandparents Nathan and Janie (Hightower) OWEN; educated at Franklin College, Davidson Co., Tenn.; […]
City: Dandridge ROBESON, James F., farmer; born Buncomb Co., N. C., March 25, 1865; Scotch-Irish-English and Dutch descent; son of Jacob C. and Clarisse Ann (Haren) ROBESON; father’s occupation, farmer; educated in schools of Cocke Co., Tenn.; married Lizzie O’BRIEN Aug. 29, 1889; married second Maud CROCKETT, Dec. 22, 1904; […]