City: Whiteville FARLEY, Susannah E., postmaster; born May 2, 1859; daughter of John B. and Margaret (Lacy) JOHNSON; educated Jefferson Institute, Whiteville, Tenn.; graduated from Memphis Conference Institute, Jackson, Tenn.; married W. E. FARLEY, Dec. 20, 1876; appointed postmaster at Whiteville, Tenn., Aug. 26, 1876, office advanced to third class […]
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City: Pulaski STACY, Richard Mahlon, business man; born Pulaski, Tenn., Aug. 24, 1862; son of Jo. B. and Rebecca (Johnson) STACY; educated Webbs School, Cullioka and Pulaski, graduating from Cullioka; married Nannie HARDIN, Feb. 5, 1884; has held office of chancery clerk, and now engaged in coal business and other […]
City: Tiptonville CAMPBELL, Whit, retail merchant; born Glass, Tenn., Oct. 21, 1861; Scotch-Irish descent; son of David and Elizabeth (Johnson) CAMPBELL; father, farmer; educated at Glass, Tenn., High School; began career as clerk in store at Glass, Tenn.; entered drug business at Glass, Tenn., March, 1888, and after three or […]
Rev. Ivan L. Cox was born in Wise County, Virginia, April 22, 1878. He was married to Miss Nora Almeda Elliott, November 13, 1903. They were the parents of seven children, six of whom are still living, three sons and three daughters. Brother Cox grew up in the Christian faith […]
City: Nashville JOHNSON, Mary Hannah, librarian; born Nashville, Tenn.; daughter of George S. and Hannah (Payne) JOHNSON; received academic education at Nashville, Tenn.; entered the library work in 1899; took a technical course at University of Chicago; Librarian of Carnegie Library, Nashville, Tenn., since 1901; member of State Library Commission; […]
City: Nashville JOHNSON, Edwin Lee, educator; born Mount Vernon, Ill., October 25, 1874; English-Irish descent; son of Adam Clarke and Margaret Ann (Sweeney) JOHNSON; father’s occupation, real estate dealer and abstractor; paternal grandparents John and Susannah (Brooks) JOHNSON, maternal grandparents John and Ellen (Golden) SWEENEY; educated Oxford, Miss., High School […]
City: Nashville GARRETT, John Berry, Grand Secretary F. & A. M.; born in Davidson County, Tennessee., October 7, 1854; Welsh descent; son of William Walton and Margaret (Johnson) GARRETT; paternal grandparents Jonathan R. and Sarah (Waggoner) GARRET, maternal grandparents William H. and Charity (Morris) JOHNSON; educated at University of Tennessee; […]
City: Nashville DICKINSON, Jacob McGavock, Secretary of War; born Columbus, Miss., January 30, 1851; son of Henry and Anna (McGavock) DICKINSON; paternal grandparents William R. and Mary (Johnson) DICKINSON, maternal grandparents Jacob and Louisa (Grundy) MCGAVOCK; graduated University of Nashville, A. B., 1871; A.M., 1872; studied law at Columbia University, […]
City: Memphis SMITH, J. Maddin, insurance man; born Yalobusha Co., Miss., April 18, 1865; English and Irish descent; son of E.W. and Sarah Elizabeth (Pulliam) SMITH; father’s occupation, physican [sic] and surgeon; graduated from Hiwassee College, East Tenn., A.B., 1882; began his business career in railroad office at Water Valley, […]
City: Memphis FARLEY, John William, lawyer; born Whiteville, Tenn., March 4, 1878; English-Scotch-Irish-Welsh descent; son of William Edwin and Susannah Ethridge (Johnson) FARLEY; father’s occupation traveling salesman for William R. Moore Dry Goods Co.; paternal grandparents, William Wiley and Mary Jane (Redd) FARLEY, maternal grandparents, John B. and Margret (Lacey) […]
City: Memphis MCNEES, Arthur R., merchant; born Hardeman Co., Tenn., Nov. 17, 1858; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Robert L. and Lucy F. (Arbuckle) MCNEES; father’s occupation, farmer and brick manufacturer; paternal grandparents Richard and Nancy (Johnson) MCNEES, maternal grandfather Joseph ARBUCKLE, maternal grandmother was a Miss CLARK prior to her […]
City: Memphis JOHNSON, Joseph Samuel, U.S. marshall; born near Huntingdon, Tenn., June 1, 1872; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Joseph A. and Mary Catherine (McLeod) JOHNSON; father’s occupation, farmer, teacher, sheriff of Carroll Co., Tenn. (60’s), and U.S. Deputy Collector, etc.; graduated from Southern Normal University, Huntingdon, Tenn. B.S., July, 1899; […]
City: Memphis JOHNSON, Harry P., born Eastwood, Canada, Feb. 25, 1863; Irish descent; son of Colin Campbell and Helen (Clark) JOHNSON; educated in common and high schools of Canada; after leaving school took service with the Molson’s Bank of Montreal, Canada; after serving five years was elected manager of one […]
City: Memphis JOHNSON, Edwin Lehman, consulting cottonseed specialist, inventor, chemist; born Memphis, Tenn., May 14, 1862; English-Dutch and German-Scotch-Irish descent; paternal grandparents Cyrus and Anne Alletta (Schenck) JOHNSON, maternal grandparents G.W. and Elmina (Leonard) FISHER; educated in Tennessee, Ohio, R.I., N.Y. and S.C.; graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., B.P., […]
City: Memphis ANDERSON, Piatt H., physician; born Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tenn., December 28, 1869, son Dr. H. C. and Almira A. (CHERRY) ANDERSON; educated Bingham School, N. C., and University of Tennessee; business course at Ewing College, Ill.; educated in medicine Memphis Hospital Medical College, Memphis; special course in New […]
City: Lenoir City JOHNSON, Jackson S., retired farmer; born in east Tennessee, July 7, 1833; son of Thomas and Polina (Seay) JOHNSON; father was a farmer; received common school education; began his career as an employee of a railroad, also engaged in mercantile business in early life; married Belle BIDDLE, […]
City: McKenzie JOHNSON, Philip Franklin, minister of the gospel; born Weakley county, Tenn., Jan. 20, 1852; Scotch-Irish and German descent; son of W.B. and Sarah (Groom) JOHNSON; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents John P. and Mary (Harral) JOHNSON; maternal grandparents Bright and Kate (Winders) GROOMS; educated at Bethel College and […]
City: Knoxville RAMBO, Samuel Russell, real estate dealer; born Knox Co., Tenn., April 24, 1875; French descent; son of Thomas A. and Jane (Johnson) RAMBO; father’s occupation farmer, County Judge, State Representative; paternal grandparents Alexander P. and Susan (McCarmon) RAMBO, maternal grandparents Laban and Anna (Brown) JOHNSON; educated Knox Co. […]
City: Knoxville JOHNSON, Curtis Boyd, business man; born Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 10, 1875; son of Jackson S. and Belle (Biddle) JOHNSON; educated in Public schools, and Draughon’s Business College, Nashville, Tenn., graduating from the latter in 1893; in early life he taught bookkeeping and penmanship in Business College; now has […]
City: Knoxville HALL, HARRY SAMUEL, lawyer; born Knoxville, Tenn., July 4, 1884; son of Isaac and Mary Ella (Alexander) HALL; Scotch-Irish, English descent; graduated University of Tenn., L.L.B., degree in 1906; married Bessie G. JOHNSON April 2, 1908; member K. of P., (234 Knoxville) Theta Lambda Phi Green Letter Frat; […]