City: Nashville GAINES, John Wesley, lawyer, ex-congressman; born Davidson Co., Tenn., Aug. 24, 1861; son of Dr. John Wesley and Maria (Wair) GAINES; educated in the country schools; graduated University of Nashville, Vanderbilt University, M. D., 1882, but instead of practicing medicine turned his attention to law, and became a […]
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City: Nashville DOUGLAS, Lee, attorney at law; born Nashville, Tenn., May 23, 1885; Scotch-English decent; son of Byrd and Adelaide W. (Gaines) DOUGLAS; father, grain and commission merchant; paternal grandparents Byrd and Martha (Bright) DOUGLAS, maternal grandparents Francis A. and Adelaide (Wharton) GAINES; educated Nashville Grammar and High School, Wallace […]
City: Mooring RILEY, Joe Edward, farmer; born Weakley Co., Tenn., June 10, 1838; Irish descent; son of Conner and ——- (Gaines) RILEY; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Edward RILEY; educated in Weakley Co., Tenn.; entered farming in early life; married Margaret TUCKER Jan. 5, 1870; Justice of the Peace; member […]
City: Knoxville BROWNLOW, John Bell, real estate; born Elizabethton, Tenn., Oct. 19, 1839; maternally he is a direct descendent of Capt. James GAINES who was a Revolutionary soldier, and a member of the Convention of N.C., from Chatham Co., which ratified the Constitution of U.S., and from Judge Edmund PENDLETON, […]
City: Cleveland STUART, Geo. Rutledge, preacher and lecturer; born Jefferson City, Tenn., Dec. 14, 1857; son of C. C. and Maria (Worley) STUART; paternal grandfather David STUART; paternal grandmother Barshie COBB, maternal grandfather Joseph WORLEY, maternal grandmother Maria GAINES; Scotch-Irish descent; father’s occupation, merchant, merchant; educated Emory & Henry College, […]