City: Gassaway MELTON, Luke Lee, farmer, merchant and miller; born in Cannon Co., Tenn., April 20, 1845; son of John and Catharine (Elkins) MELTON; received common school education; in 1875 entered the mercantile business at Daylight, Warren Co., Tenn., one year later returned to Cannon Co., and has been in […]
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City: Dresden ELKINS, Robert Asa, lawyer; born Dyer, Tenn., Aug. 29, 1880; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Charles Emerson and Nancy Caroline (Strother) ELKINS; the father being a farmer and trader; paternal grandparents Woodson and Susana (DeLoach) ELKINS; maternal grandparents, Christopher and Susan (Daughtry) STROTHER; educated in the public schools of […]