City: Nashville RODGERS, Rev. William Thomas, minister; born Wheat, Roane County, Tenn., October 8, 1861; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jacob B. and Nancy Ann (Magill) RODGERS; graduated Millikin University, A.B., 1889; Lebanon Theological Seminary, B.D., 1891; Union Theological Seminary of New York, B.D., 1892; Roane College, D.D., 1906; Cumberland University, […]
Hunter
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Superintendent of public instruction in Sumner County. Thomas W. Hunter is an educator who upholds the highest standards of efficiency in the school service of the county. To gain his own education he went in debt, and he advanced to a place of influence in relation to the public welfare […]
City: Oakley HARGROVE, John Andrew, merchant and farmer; born Overton Co., Tenn., July 20, 1872; Irish descent; son of Milton R. and Margaret M. (NELSON) HARGROVE; father’s occupation, farming and dealing in live stock; paternal grandparents William E. and Elizabeth (BAKER) HARGROVE, maternal grandparents William and Annie (HATCHER) NELSON; educated […]
City: Nunnelly TIDWELL, T. P. agent and telegraph operator for N. C. & St. L. R. R.; born near Burns, Tenn., Dec. 18, 1853; Irish and Welsh descent; son of John Benton and Winnie (RICHARDSON) TIDWELL; father was a farmer; educated at Burns, Tenn.; reared on a farm and in […]
Mrs. PIERCE is a daughter of Judge Isaac HUNTER, of New Madrid, Mo., and is related to the earliest pioneer families of Kentucky and Missouri. Her great-great-grandfather, Capt. Joseph HUNTER, who served in the Revolutionary War, came down the Ohio River with Gen. George CLARK and settled on Corn Island, opposite the present site of […]
City: Memphis HUNTER, James F., banker; born Tipton Co., Tenn., Oct. 29, 1856; English descent; son of Alfred D. and Clarinda (Weaver) HUNTER; father, farmer, educated local schools of Tipton Co., Tenn.; studied under Judge Byars in civil engineering school of Covington, Tenn., 1876; in early life was a civil […]
City: Johnson City HUNTER, Robert Crouch, real estate and insurance agent; born Boon’s Creek, Tenn., Jan. 22, 1859; Irish descent; son of Perry and Elizabeth (Crouch) HUNTER; received academic education at Boon’s Creek, Tenn.; married Jennie C. DYER Jan. 24, 1883; Democrat (Independent); former Coal Oil Inspector for Johnson City, […]
City: Jackson MCCOY, Ambrose, physician and surgeon; born Madison Co., Tenn., April 29, 1858; Scotch-Irish descent; son of N. A. and M. E. (Hunter) MCCOY; father’s occupation, physician and surgeon; educated in the public schools of Madison Co., Tenn.; graduated from University of Louisville, Ky., M. D., 1880, Jefferson College […]
City: Franklin MAYBERRY, Henry Hunter, capitalist; born Williamson Co., Tenn., Jan. 5, 1861; English descent; son of H. G. W. and Sophronia (Hunter) MAYBERRY; educated at Franklin, Tenn., and University of Tenn.; his father was a director and also assisted in actual construction of L. & N. Ry., the first […]