City: Jefferson City JONES, Shelby Ellette, minister, teacher; born near Mandola, Scott Co., Va., Nov. 30, 1854; Welsh and English descent; son of Y. H. and Martha (Livingston) JONES; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents W. H. and Arty (Sams) JONES, maternal grandparents Peter and Katherine (Benham) LIVINGSTON; graduated from Carson […]
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City: Jackson JONES, James Taylor, physician; born Jackson, Tenn., May 3, 1846; English descent; son of Amos W. and Mary E. (Womack) JONES; father’s occupation, Methodist preacher and president of M. C. F. Institute; received academic education at West Tenn. College and at Greensboro, Ala.; graduated Washington University, Baltimore, Md., […]
City: Jackson JONES, Amos B., minister of the gospel; educator; born Boydton Va., Dec. 4, 1841; Irish-Welsh-Dutch and English-French descent; son of Amos Wesley and Caroline Matilda (Blanch) JONES; fathers’ /sic/ occupation, minister and president of Memphis Conference Female Institute; educated at Jackson, Tenn., and Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Auburn, Ala.; […]
City: Jackson BIGGS, William Hyman, lawyer; born Friendship, Crockett Co., Tenn., Sept. 4, 1850; son of W. W. and Matilda (Robertson) BIGGS; father’s occupation, farmer; educated country schools and Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; graduated with degree of L.L. B. at Lebanon, Tenn., June, 1874; in early life worked on farm […]
City: Hurricane JONES, John Grady, farmer; born Buffalo, Tenn., Feb 9, 1874; Irish descent; son of Samuel G. and Josie (Webb) JONES; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Dennis G. and Martha (Atkins) JONES; maternal grandparents William and Martha (Whitson) WEBB; graduated at Lebanon, Tenn., Jan. 13, 1895; received L.L. B., […]
City: Elizabethton GOSS, Thomas Seattle, dentist; born Creston, N.C., April 2, 1877; French descent; son of Marion and Elizabeth (Jones) GOSS; received common school education and graduated at Richmond, Va., with degree of D.D.S. May 9, 1903; member Odd Fellows: Republican; in early life farmed and taught school; at present […]
City: Edgemoor JONES, James M., farmer and lumberman; born Roane Co., Tenn., June 21, 1861; Irish and Dutch descent; son of John C. and Sarah K. (Waller) JONES; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents John and Matilda (Holt) JONES, maternal grandparents John B. and Katie (Pickel) WALLER; was educated at Roane […]
City: Hilham MURPHY, William C., merchant and farmer; born Sulphur Springs, Tenn., Sept. 5, 1854; Irish-Dutch descent; son of Joseph G. and Pyrrilla (Masters) MURPHY; father’s occupation, farmer; educated at Alpine Institute, Overton Co., Tenn.; in early life he was a farmer and secured his business education under many disadvantages; […]
City: Henderson JOHNSON, Albert Sidney, railroad agent; born Cotton Plant, Mo., Feb. 7, 1865; Irish and Scotch descent; son of Albert B.S. and Nancy Malinda (Jones) JOHNSON; educated at Rutherford, Tenn., he was reared on a farm by a widowed mother, his father dying in 1866; had a struggle to […]
City: Henderson DEMING, Madison Monroe, farmer; born Hardeman Co., Tenn., Oct. 4, 1846; Scotch descent; son of J.W. and Nancy (Jones) DEMING; father’s occupation, farmer, and sheriff of Hardeman Co., Tenn.; received common school education; served two years in the Confederate army during civil war under Gen. Forrest; was with […]
City: Franklin GENTRY, Watson Meredith, physician and surgeon; born Davidson Co., Tenn., Jan. 31, 1831; English descent; son of Theophilus Lacey and Rebecca B. (Sappington) GENTRY; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Watson and Theodocia (Poindexter) GENTRY, maternal grandparents Dr. Thomas and Elizabeth (Stockett) SAPPINGTON; educated at Triune Academy, Athlophrenic Academy, […]
City: Franklin GENTRY, Susie, patriotic worker; daughter of Watson Meredith and Martha A. (Jones) GENTRY; her father is a retired physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents Theophilus Lacy and Theodosia (Poindexter) GENTRY, maternal grandparents Dr. John Ridley and Martha (Lane) JONES; was educated by private instructors and at Battle Ground Academy, […]
City: Cronansville JONES, James N., planter; born Obion Co., Tenn., Sept. 28, 1843; Scotch descent; son of Willis and Lou Ann (Tindall) JONES; father’s occupation, farmer and merchant; received common school education and has devoted all of his life to farming; married Lillie D. WADE Dec. 23, 1897; Democrat; member […]
City: Dyer McDEARMON, Joseph Henry, banker; born Powhattan Co., Va., March 1, 1853; son of Geo. Gills and Marcella (Jones) McDEARMON; Scotch-Irish English descent; educated Gibson Co., common schools; married Ella CORNATZAR Feb. 4, 1880; member Mason, I. O. O. F., K. & L. of Honor; former R. R. Agent […]
City: Dresden JONES, Joseph Elmer, lawyer; born Huntington, Tenn., Oct. 29, 1857; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas E. and Sarah E. (Jones) JONES; father’s occupation, farmer; educated at Huntington (Tenn.) Academy; began his career as a farmer; married Ella HILL, Oct. 16, 1881; Democrat; Attorney-General of 12th Judicial Circuit of […]
City: Cornersville JONES, Alfred, physician and farmer; born Duckriver, Tenn., May 15, 1839; Welch, English, Irish and French Huguenot descent; son of John Ridley and Martha (Lane) JONES; father’s occupation, physician and planter; paternal grandfather Redding JONES, paternal grandmother Martha (Bustin) JONES, maternal grandfather John LANE, maternal grandmother Sara E. […]
City: Del Rio JONES, William V., farmer and merchant; born near Del Rio, Tenn., May 9, 1866; French English descent; son of Marvel M. and Susan E. (Woodson) JONES; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Russell and Sarah (Hays) JONES; maternal grandparents, Mathew and Mary (Pyrom) WOODSON; educated in the local […]
City: Cumberland Gap MORISON, James Henderson Stuart, lawyer; born at Cumberland Gap, Tenn., Dec. 12, 1864; Scotch-Irish descent; son of J. H. S. and Amanda (Jones) MORISON; his father was a physician; paternal grandparents, George and Mary (Woods) Morison, maternal grandparents Evan and Eveline (Boswell) JONES; educated University of Tenn., […]
City: Columbia HOLDING, Samuel, attorney at law; born Culleoka, Maury Co., Tenn., Sept. 11, 1867; son of Rufus and Margaret Ann (Jones) HOLDING; father’s occupation physician, merchant; paternal grandfather Samuel Slaughter HOLDING paternal grandmother Elvira (Gullett) HOLDING; maternal grandfather Abner JONES, maternal grandmother Mary A. (Yowell) JONES; married Susie CLOPTON […]
City: Columbia BOAZ, William Thomas, minister of the Gospel; born Graves County, Kentucky, January 7, 1875; son of Thomas F. and Virginia (Puryear) BOAZ; Irish and French descent; educated West Kentucky College, Mayfield, Ky., and Georgia Roberson Christian College of Henderson, Tenn.; married Effie JONES, January 1, 1900; one of […]