City: Nashville LATTIN, John Thomas, assistant postmaster; born Somerville, Tenn., March 12, 1851; English and German descent; son of John Thomas and Margaret H. (Zellner) LATTIN; father, postmaster and merchant; paternal grandparents Thomas A. and Lucy (Davison) LATTIN, maternal grandparents Arnold and Margaret (Holmes) ZELLNER; educated Somerville (Tenn.) Male Academy; […]
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City: Nashville HOLMES, William Newton, physician and surgeon; born Holmes, Tenn., January 27, 1854; son John Randolph and Eliza (McAlexander) HOLMES; Danish-Scotch-Irish-English descent; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Hood) and Anna (Kidd) MCALEXANDER; educated Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Ohio; graduated Cincinnati, Ohio, June 5, 1888; Doctor of Medicine; married Margaret Esther […]
City: Newport BLACK, James Stedman, minister of the gospel; born Wilmington, N.C., Feb. 1, 1848; Scotch descent; son of D.B. and Ann Clinton (Holmes) BLACK; father’s occupation, minister of the gospel; paternal grandparents, John and Ellie (Blue) BLACK; maternal grandparents James and Sallie (Normant) HOLMES; educated Clinton, N.C., graduated Theological […]
City: McMinnville HOLMES, George Whitney, hotel proprietor; born Fayetteville, N.C., Oct. 3, 1867; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Archie and Hepcy Martin (Royal) HOLMES; educated at Fayetteville, N.C.; in early life was a traveling salesman; married Mary E. PLUMMER; member of Masons, Eagles, and Post C., T.P.A., Knoxville, Tenn.
City: Chattanooga PATTEN, John A., manufacturer; born Delaven, Ill., Sept. 27, 1867, his parents being at the time of his birth citizens of Alabama; son Major George W. and Charlotte (HOLMES) PATTEN; paternal grandfather John A. PATTEN, paternal grandmother Betsy (CARTTER) PATTEN, maternal grandfather John HOLMES; maternal grandmother Isabel (GASH) […]