City: Tiptonville DONALDSON, Laughlan, Sr., lawyer and banker (retired); born Hickman, Fulton Co., Ky., Jan. 4, 1844; Scotch-Welsh descent; son of Willington and Elizabeth (Merriwether) DONALDSON; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Lauchlan and Sophia (Gilbert) DONALDSON, maternal grandparents Richard T. and Elizabeth (Rivers) MERRIWETHER; educated in private schools of Obion Co., […]
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City: McKenzie COLLIER, Harris Taylor, physician and surgeon; born McKenzie, Tenn., in 1875; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Zachary Taylor and Ada (Harris) COLLIER; father’s occupation, commission merchant and planter; paternal grandparents Harvey and Elizabeth (Hartsfield) COLLIER, maternal grandparents Albert and Lucy P. (Gilbert) HARRIS; educated at Memphis, McKenzie, Tenn., University […]
City: Jackson BYNUM, Robert Lee, educator; born Union City, Tenn., Sept. 28, 1867; Scotch- Irish and English descent; son of William J. and Theresa Ann (Gilbert) BYNUM; father’s occupation, merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents Green Horton and Lizzie (Day) BYNUM, maternal grandparents Washington M. and Eliza (Cole) GILBERT; educated Vanderbilt […]
City: Erwin GILBERT, Robert William Henry, lawyer; born Madison Co., N. C., June 4, 1867; English and Irish descent; son of B. F. and Sarah A. (Arrawood) GILBERT; paternal grandparents Isaiah and Carrie (Woody) GILBERT; maternal grandparents T. J. and Sarah A (Howard) ARRAWOOD; received common school education; married Serene […]
PEARSON, Thomas C. — farmer; born Madison Co., Tenn., Oct 3, 1855; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John E. and Mary D. (Wilkes) PEARSON; paternal grandparents Henry J. and Mary (Matthews) PEARSON; maternal grandfather William WILKES, his maternal grandmother was Miss WIN prior to her marriage; in early life engaged in […]