City: Nashville HOSS, Elijah Embree, Bishop M. E. Church, South; born Jonesboro, Tenn., April 14, 1849; son of Henry and Anna (Sevier) HOSS; English, French, German descent; father was a merchant; Chancery Clerk, etc.; paternal grandparents Isaac and Hannah (Bayless) HOSS, maternal grandparents John and Sophia (Garrette) SEVIER; graduated from […]
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City: Morristown FRENCH, George Decatur, minister of the Gospel; born in Tazewell Co., Va., Dec. 11, 1846; Scotch-Irish and German descent; his paternal great grandfather and grandfather were soldiers in the Revolutionary War, and served in the same company; his paternal grandmother was the daughter of Mitchell CLAY, whose family […]
City: Lenoir City VARNER, Carroll Harper, minister of the gospel; born Senatobia, Miss., Sept. 9, 1881; Scotch-French descent; son of Capers Perry and Julia (Clark) VARNER; father’s occupation, farmer; educated at Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C., and Vanderbilt University; graduated from Wofford College with A. B. degree, June, 1902; after […]
City: Jonesboro KIRKPATRICK, Samuel Sevier, lawyer; born Jonesboro, Tenn., April 30, 1871; Scotch-Irish and French descent; son of Samuel Jacob and Dora (HOSS) Sevier; father’s occupation lawyer; paternal grandparents Hugh LAWSON and Mary (Chestnut) KIRKPATRICK; maternal grandparents Henry and Mariah (Sevier) HOSS; educated Jonesboro (Tenn.) High School, and University of […]