City: Winchester ESTILL, Floyd, lawyer; born Winchester, Tenn., Nov. 18, 1858; Scotch descent; son of Francis Thomas and Kathryn (Garner) ESTILL; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents, Wallace and Elinor (Crabb) ESTILL, maternal grandparents, Calaway and Beulah (Wadlington) GARNER; educated Carrick Academy; in early life taught school; read law one year […]
Landis
City: Nashville LANDIS, JOHN T., banker and broker; born Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., August 4, 1866; Swiss-English descent; son of Absalom L. and Nancy (Carter) LANDIS; father, banker, farmer and manufacturer; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Lowe) LANDIS, maternal grandparents William and Keziah (Tannehill) CARTER; educated by private tutor; began […]
City: Nashville LANDIS, Abb Lowe, actuary and counselor; born Bedford County, Tenn., August 9, 1856; son of Absalom L. and Nancy (Carter) LANDIS; descended from the Landis family of North Carolina and the Carters of Virginia; graduated University of Nashville 1875, Vanderbilt University 1876, Lebanon Law School 1879; he engaged […]
City: Haley SHOFNER, Joseph T., farmer; born at Haley, Tenn., Feb. 3, 1863; German descent; son of Albert J. and Eran (Landis) SHOFNER; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Frederick and Julia (Coble) SHOFNER; maternal grandparents John and Polly (Loe) LANDIS; educated at National Normal University, Lebanon, O., and graduated from […]