It is an interesting and gratifying fact, so much has the restless, nomadic spirit grown in America, that among the representative men of Tennessee there is a remarkable percentage of native sons, men who have found in the locality of their nativity ample opportunity for successful professional, industrial and business […]
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City: Nashville RANKIN, Leland, underwriter, bonds and casualty; born Nashville, Tenn., January 16, 1867; son David P. and Leonora Jane (Daniel) RANKIN; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Webb’s School, Bell Buckle, Tenn.; early business occupation, newspaper reporter, editor, manager; married Anne PORTERFIELD September 15, 1893; member Hermitage Club, Country Club; First Lieutenant […]
City: Nashville MOORE, John Trotwood, author; born Marion, Ala., August 26, 1858; son of Judge John and Emily (Billingslea) MOORE; father, lawyer and judge; paternal grandparents Wooten and Elizabeth (Tooley) MOORE, maternal grandparents Clement C. and Rachel (Lane) BILLINGSLEA; graduated from Howard College, Marion, Ala., 1878, with A.B. degree; taught […]
City: Memphis GRAHAM, Frank Daniel, merchant; born Shelby Co., Tenn., Nov. 3, 1877; Scotch-Irish descent; son of George C. and Maria (Daniel) GRAHAM; father’s occupation, planter; paternal grandparents, Joseph and Sarah (Kimbrough) GRAHAM; maternal grandparents, William W. and Dolly (Austin) DANIEL; educated in the public schools of Shelby Co., Tenn.; […]
City: Memphis DANIEL, Robert W., commercial agent Seaboard Air Line; born Columbus, Ga., Oct. 5, 1875; son of James T. and Alice M. (Gray) DANIEL; father’s occupation, wholesale groceryman; educated at Columbus, Ga., and graduated from public school in 1891; entered the railroad business in early life; member of Memphis […]
City: Lynnville DICKERSON, Mary Jane Stone, born Shelbyville, Tenn., Jan. 23, 1826; daughter of Capt. William and Nancy Allen (Daniel) STONE; father was a stockman, farmer, capitalist and soldier in War of 1812; direct descendant of old Va. families; paternal grandparents William Richard and Sallie (Winnegam) STONE, maternal grandparents John […]
City: Manchester GREEN, Robert Wilson, lawyer; born in Bedford Co., Tenn.; Scotch-Irish-English and French-Welsh descent; son of William M. and Sarah E. (Casey) GREEN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents James and Mary (Smith) GREEN; maternal grandparents R. W. and Jane Finch (Daniel) CASEY; his education was acquired by reading and […]
City: Hohenwald DANIEL William T., Jr., lumberman; born Perry Co., Tenn., March 31, 1855; German and Irish descent; son of William T. and Margaret A. (O‘Guin) DANIEL; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents John W. and Elizabeth (Taylor) DANIEL; maternal grandparents Tyler and Margaret (Young) O’GUIN; educated in the local schools […]
City: Daniel’s Landing DANIEL, John Newton, farmer; born Yellow Creek, Dickson Co., Tenn. Aug. 2, 1837; Irish descent; son of Woodson and Mary (Smith) DANIEL; father’s occupation, farmer; educated in Perry Co., Tenn.; graduated as a teacher and engaged in school teaching in early life; married Martha YOUNG Oct. 23, […]
City: Celina DONALDSON, Jno. Thomas, farmer; born Fox Springs, Tenn., Aug. 2, 1865; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Robert DANIEL and Hannah E. (Colson) DONALDSON; father’s occupation, farmer and trader; paternal grandparents Wm B. and Mary (Howard) DONALDSON; maternal grandfather Allen COLSON, maternal grandmother’s maiden name was CLARY; educated Mont Vale […]