City: Nashville RUTHERFORD, Alfred G., lawyer; born Sumner County, Tenn., March 28, 1865; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jas. W. and Amanda (Edwards) RUTHERFORD; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Benjamin and Nancy (Pearce) RUTERFORD; maternal grandparents Drew and Catharine (Dorris) EDWARDS; educated Sumner County High School; graduated Vanderbilt University, LL.B., […]
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Death came to Mrs. Sarah Anne Reneau CLENDENNEN April 17, 1940 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert OGLE, Knoxville, Tennessee. She was the wife of the late Rev. George W. CLENDENNEN who for many years was a beloved and honored minister in the Methodist Church, having been admitted […]
City: Trenton CALDWELL, Waller Cochran, lawyer; born Obion Co., Tenn., May 14, 1849; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Isaac Willis and Sarah E. (Whipple) CALDWELL; father, farmer; educated at Union City and Lebanon, Tenn.; graduated at Lebanon Law School, LL.B. degree, 1872, and later received LL.D. degree; reared on a farm; […]
City: Obion GREEN, E. J., lawyer; born Gibson Co., Tenn., in 1873; educated Mason Hall Academy and Southern Normal University and Lebanon Law School; began his career as a school teacher; admitted to bar in 1899; married Annie ARNOLD in 1899; member of Masons, I. O. O. F. and K. […]
City: Memphis TAYLOE, George Green, wholesale paper business; born St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 17, 1874; English descent; son of James Wynns and Eliza Bell (Green) TAYLOE; father’s occupation, merchant; educated at Miltonvale, Kansas, graduating from same; in early life he was clerk in a bank; married Nellie KREIDER, Jan. 20, […]
City: Memphis TAYLOE, Alfred D., wholesale paper business; born in St. Joseph, Mo., August 29, 1882; son of James W. and Elizabeth (Green) TAYLOE; English descent; educated at Omaha, Neb.; member Chickasaw Club; Secretary and Treasurer Tayloe Paper Company. Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable […]
City: Nashville JONES, Robert L., former State Superintendent Schools; born White County, Tenn., 1867; son Zacchariah and Mary (Bennett) JONES; Welsh descent; educated in common schools; graduated Burritt College; married Mary GREEN July, 1888; lodge affiliations, Mason and Odd Fellow; elected County Superintendent White County at the age of 23; […]
City: Nashville HINDS, John I. D., Professor of Chemistry; born Guilford County, N. C., December 13, 1847; Scotch, Irish and English descent; son of John and Rhoda (Webb) HINDS; father was a physician and Cumberland Presbyterian minister; paternal grandparents Simeon and Elizabeth (Stone) HINDS, maternal grandparents Meredith and Rachel (Green) […]
City: Sevierville ISHAM, Andrew Johnson, practicing physician; born Kingston, Tenn., Nov. 12, 1862; Irish descent; son of William F. and Mary A. (Green) ISHAM; father, farmer; educated at Knoxville, Tenn., graduated from University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., M. D., Dec. 20, 1900; in early life was a merchant; married […]
City: Nashville GREEN, Grafton, lawyer; born Lebanon, Tenn., August 25, 1872; son Nathan and Bettie (McClain) GREEN; English-Scotch-Irish descent; graduated Cumberland University, A. A., 1891; LL. B., 1893; married Pauline DINGES, December 10, 1898; admitted to bar 1893; elected Judge of Supreme Court of Tennessee August 4, 1910. Source: Who’s […]
City: Nashville FITE, Robert Hunter, general insurance; born Nashville, Tenn., July 14, 1876; German, English and French descent; son of Thomas D. and Laura E. (Green) FITE; father’s occupation, wholesale dry goods merchant; educated Asheville, N. C., Bingham’s Military School and graduated from same in 1895; entered insurance business in […]
City: Nashville FITE, Frank Green, insurance; born Nashville, Tenn., September 2, 1864; Scotch, Irish and English descent; son of Thomas Duncan and Laura (Green) FITE; father, merchant; paternal grandparents Lemuel and Martha (Duncan) FITE, maternal grandparents A. L. P. and Mary (Elliston) GREEN; educated Vanderbilt University; married Lundy PAINE October, […]
City: Nashville DRAKE, Boyd F., Principal of School; born (near) Nashville June 3, 1861; English descent; son B. F. and Julina (Green) DRAKE; educated District Schools of Davidson County, Cloverdale, Tenn.; Vanderbilt University; graduated 1887, M. E. L.; married Effie L. HYDE December 29, 1892; member K. of P., Royal […]
City: Nashville GREEN, Grafton, lawyer; born Lebanon, Tenn., August 25, 1872; son Nathan and Bettie (McClain) GREEN; English-Scotch-Irish descent; graduated Cumberland University, A. B., 1891; LL.B., 1893; married Pauline DINGES, December 10, 1898; admitted to bar 1893; elected Judge of Supreme Court of Tennessee, August 4, 1910.
City: Lebanon GREEN, William Edgar, wholesale grocer; born Lebanon, Tenn., May 1, 1869; English descent; direct descendant of early settlers at Jamestown, Va.; son of William E. and Amanda E. (Solomon) GREEN; father’s occupation livery business; paternal grandparents John S. and Janet (Morris) GREEN; maternal grandparents Elijah Durham and Mary […]
City: Lebanon GREEN, Nathan, teacher of law; born Winchester, Tenn., Feb. 19, 1827; son of Nathan and Mary (Field) GREEN; father’s occupation lawyer, public official; educated at Lebanon, Tenn.; graduated from Cumberland University A. B., 1845; A. M., 1848; L.L.B., 1849; later received the L.L.D. degree; in early life he […]
City: Martin PENICK, Isaac Newton, minister of the gospel, editor; born in Carroll Co., Tenn., Oct. 9, 1859; French-English descent; son of Elijah Warren and Mary Jane (Rowland) PENICK; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Henry and Mattie (McGehee) PENICK; maternal grandparents Thomas and Bettie (Green) ROWLAND; educated in public schools […]
City: Manchester GREEN, Robert Wilson, lawyer; born in Bedford Co., Tenn.; Scotch-Irish-English and French-Welsh descent; son of William M. and Sarah E. (Casey) GREEN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents James and Mary (Smith) GREEN; maternal grandparents R. W. and Jane Finch (Daniel) CASEY; his education was acquired by reading and […]
City: Knoxville CARSON, William Waller, civil engineer; born near Natchez, Miss., June 2, 1845; English, Scotch-Irish and Huguenot descent; son of James Green and Catherine (Waller) CARSON of Louisiana; father’s occupation cotton planter; paternal grandparents, Col. Joseph and Caroline C. (Green) CARSON of Alabama, maternal grandparents, William SMITH, and Catherine […]
City: Hillsdale MEYERS, Arthur A., philanthropist; born Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 23, 1838; German descent; son of John and Sarah (Foulk) MYERS /sic/; father, miller and real estate business; paternal grandfather, Dr. Valentine MEYERS, of Harrisburg, Pa.; educated Mendota Collegiate Iinstitute/sic/, Ill., and Hillsdale Collegiate Institute; in early life was a […]