City: Mint JONES, Joshua Rhett, farmer and stock raiser; born Abbeville Co., S. C., Sept. 10, 1850; Welsh descent; son of Joshua Whetmore and Ophelia Susanna (Pastlow) JONES; father’s occupation, cotton planter, educator; paternal grandparents Charles and Eliza (Floyd) JONES; educated in S. C.; in early life he was a […]
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City: Memphis FLOYD, Archibald C., journalist; born Granville County, N. C.,1857; son of John W. and Margaret (Campbell) FLOYD; Scotch-Irish descent; educated University North Carolina, Chapel Hill; graduated University North Carolina, in law, 1884; married Florence IRVINE, November 8, 1894; Democrat; City Judge of Memphis, Tenn., from April, 1905, to […]
City: Lynchburg PEARSON, Thomas Kindred, mechanic; born Flat Creek, Tenn., Oct. 11, 1884; son of Kindred Jackson and Eliza (Farrar) PEARSON; father’s occupation, farmer and manufacturer of lumber; paternal grandparents Kindred and Sidney (Bobo) PEARSON, maternal grandfather James FARRAR, maternal grandmother was a Miss FLOYD prior to her marriage; educated […]
City: Lea Springs IDOL, Willis, physician and surgeon; born Granger Co., Tenn., May 2, 1863; son of John and Emilia (Akin) IDOL; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Adam and Nancy (Rice) IDOL; maternal grandparents Willis and Mary (Floyd) AKIN; received academic education in Grainger county, Tenn., and medical education in […]