City: Memphis FRANCIS, Elmer Ellsworth, physician; born Madison, Ind., July 18, 1863; Scotch-English descent; son of Walter S. and Amy (Firth) FRANCIS; father’s occupation, steamboat captain and real estate dealer; paternal grandfather, Jno. FRANCIS, maternal grandparents, Vincent and Emily (Briggs) FIRTH; educated in public schools of Madison, Ind., and in […]
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City: Memphis LINDSAY, Ebenezer Pressly, minister; born Fayetteville, Tenn., Oct. 16, 1877; Irish descent; son of John and Mary (Francis) LINDSAY; father, farmer; paternal grandparents John and Martha (Pressly) LINDSAY; maternal grandparents Archie S. and Jane (Stewart) SLOAN; educated Erskine, S.C., graduating from the Erskine Theological Seminary, A.B., June, 1899; […]
City: Elizabethton BRUMIT, David, merchant; born Washington Co. Tenn. Feb. 28, 1851; German-Scotch descent; son of Philip and Nancy (Scott) BRUMIT; paternal grandparents David and Annie (Moreland) BRUMIT, maternal grandparents Absalom and Margaret (Huffine) SCOTT; received common school education; married Letitia FRANCIS April 3, 1872; in early youth worked on […]