EDWARD ALBRIGHT, lawyer and editor of the Sumner County News at Gallatin, represents two of the old and respected family connections of Sumner County, Tennessee, the Albrights and the Gutheries, both of which have been established here well toward a century and have given to Tennessee men and women of […]
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City: Memphis PRATT, Henry M., manufacture; born Prattville, Ala., May 20, 1877; English descent; son of Merrill E. and Julia A. (Smith) PRATT; paternal grandparents Edward and Dorcas (Peavey) PRATT; maternal grandparents Samuel P. and Adelaide (Allen) SMITH; educated University of Ala., finished four years special course in 1896; began […]
City: Nashville FRANKLIN, James C., President of Tennessee Life Insurance Company; born Winchester, Tenn., in 1853; English descent; son of Moses C. and Nancy (Silvertooth) FRANKLIN; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Joseph and Mahala (Griffin) FRANKLIN, maternal grandparents John and Elizabeth (Tolley) SILVERTOOTH; received education in country schools of Moore and […]
City: Columbia GORDON, William Bradshaw, lawyer; born near Columbia, Tenn., July 23, 1839; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Geo. W. and Elizabeth (Bradshaw) GORDON; paternal grandparents Chapman and Charity (King) GORDON; maternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Stubblefield) BRADSHAW; educated in local schools; graduated from Old Jackson college as valedictorian June, 1858; […]
City: Byrdstown FRANKLIN, Jesse, farmer and banker; born Fentress Co., Tenn., July 21, 1856; English descent; son of Geo. W. and Dicy C. (Smith) FRANKLIN; received common school education; lost both parents during the Civil war and went to work on a farm in early life, later entered the mercantile […]