City: Pulaski BALLENTINE, John Goff, retired lawyer-banker; born Pulaski, Giles County, Tenn., May 20, 1825; son of Andrew Mitchell and Mary Tuttle (Goff) BALLENTINE; Scotch-Irish descent; graduated from Wurtemburg Academy, 1841; University of Nashville 1845, and Harvard 1848; married Mary Elizabeth LAIRD, November 14, 1854; member I. O. O. F.; […]
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City: Lynnville BLACKBURN, James Knox Polk, farmer and stock raiser; born Maury Co., Tenn., Feb. 20, 1837; Scotch and Dutch descent; son of Edward Rose and Hester Jane (Dickey) BLACKBURN; father was a farmer and stock raiser; educated in the common schools in Tenn., and Alma Institute, Texas; in early […]