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 […]
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City: Nashville LATTIN, John Thomas, assistant postmaster; born Somerville, Tenn., March 12, 1851; English and German descent; son of John Thomas and Margaret H. (Zellner) LATTIN; father, postmaster and merchant; paternal grandparents Thomas A. and Lucy (Davison) LATTIN, maternal grandparents Arnold and Margaret (Holmes) ZELLNER; educated Somerville (Tenn.) Male Academy; […]
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 ARMSTRONG, Charlotte Morgan, teacher; born Shelbyville, Tenn., May 16, 1880; Scotch-Irish descent; daughter of Archibald S. and Virginia Belle (Matthews) ARMSTRONG; paternal grandparents Archibald and Isabella (Davison) ARMSTRONG, maternal grandparents Robert and Mary (Blackwell) MATHEWS; father, merchant; educated Nashville public schools, Peabody College, University of Chicago, Teachers’ College, […]
City: Emmett RHEA, John Preston, physician; born Bluff City, Tenn., Feb. 6, 1872; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John Preston and Matilda (Longacre) RHEA, the father was a physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents, Robert and Nancy (Davison) RHEA, maternal grandparents, Joseph H. and Mary (Edwards) LONGACRE; educated in local schools Sullivan […]