Mrs. LURTON was the daughter of the late Dr. Benjamin Rush OWEN and Mrs. Katherine Kennedy Howard OWEN, both of Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn. Dr. OWEN was a learned and distinguished physician, who fell an early victim to his devotion to his professions, dying in early manhood from an attack of cholera, with which he […]
Finley
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City: Memphis FINLEY, Spence Lamb, real estate dealer; born Lebanon, Tenn., April 16, 1857; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John B. and Elizabeth (Lamb) FINLEY; father’s occupation physician; paternal grandfather, O. G. FINLEY; began his business career as typesetter for country newspaper, at Searcy, Ark., Jan. 4, 1870; married Emma BAILEY, […]
City: Memphis FAXON, Finley W., real estate; born Clarksville, Tenn., Sept. 12, 1874; English descent; son of George B. and Sidney (Finley) FAXON; father banker; secretary and treasurer M. C. & L. Ry.; paternal grandparents, Charles and Lucy (Steele) FINLEY, maternal grandparents, Dr. John B. and Elizabeth (Lamb) FINLEY; educated […]
City: Knoxville VAN DEVENTER, Horace, lawyer; public official; born Clinton, Iowa, July 22, 1867; Dutch-French Huguenot-Scotch-English descent; son of James Thayer and Laetitia (Flournoy) VAN DEVENTER; paternal grandparents Christopher and Sally (Birckhead) VAN DEVENTER, maternal grandparents Thomas Jefferson and Maria (Dallam) FLOURNOY; educated in the public schools of Clinton, Iowa, […]