Mrs. Irene BLAIR NEFF was born at Jonesboro, Tenn., in 1849. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. BLAIR. Her mother died when she was a small child and she spent the greater part of her girlhood in the home of her sister, who was the wife […]
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BENJAMIN JOSEPH FARRAR. One of the most extensive and successful real estate dealers of Nashville, Benjamin Joseph FARRAR has here been engaged in this business for nearly half a century, a much longer period than any other man, and during the time has been prominently identified with the highest and best interests […]
City: Big Spring HARRIS, Thomas C., farmer and stockraiser; born Rose Hill, Va.; son of Alexander and Ruth (Moore) HARRIS; father was a farmer and stockman; began his early business career as a farmer;, married Margaret A. MARTIN Feb. 25, 1864; served four years as a private soldier in C. […]
City: Nashville LOFTON, George Augustus, Baptist minister; born Panola County, Miss., December 25, 1839; Scotch, Irish, and French descent; son of James Blocker and Olivia Ann (Settle) LOFTON; graduated Mercer University, Penfield, Ga., April, 1872, A. M.; from Baylor University, Texas, 1880, D.D.; Nashville University, May, 1901, LL.D.; Carson & […]
City: Birchwood PHILLIPS, Noah J., public official; born near Taylorsville, N. C., May 13, 1887; German descent; son of Elijah and Michael (Baumgarner) PHILLIPS; father’s occupation farmer and cooper; and at Fall Branch, Tenn., Seminary; early in life engaged in farming; taught school about ten years before, during and after […]
City: Nashville HOPKINS, Robert Thompson, cashier Phillips & Buttorff Manufacturing Company; born Magnolia, Miss., September 19, 1860; English descent; son of Arthur Moseley and Eliza Pamelia (Bibb) HOPKINS; father, cotton commission merchant; paternal grandparents Arthur F. and Pamelia (Moseley) HOPKINS, maternal grandparents Thomas and Pamelia (Thompson) BIBB; educated in public […]
City: Big Spring POWELL, James Arthur, farmer; born Meigs Co., Tenn., Dec. 23, 1870; Scotch-Irish and Dutch descent; son of Robert C. and Mary (Cowan) POWELL; father’s occupation merchant and farmer; paternal grandfather Scott POWELL, paternal grandmother Mary (Womack) POWELL, maternal grandfather Joseph COWAN, maternal grandmother Susan (Chattin) COWAN; educated […]
City: Nashville DONNELL, Ridley Edward, banker; born Gallatin, Tenn., I 1873; son of Robert E. and Mattie E. (Drane) DONNELL; father, dry goods merchant; paternal grandparents … P. E. and Mary (Martin) DRANE; Scottish Rite Mason; member of Hermitage Club, Nashville Golf and Country Club; Democrat; member of Methodist Church; engaged […]
City: Milligan KERSHNER, Frederick Doyle, educator; born Clearspring, Md., Aug. 28, 1875; German and French descent; son of Andrew Jacob and Hannah (Lesher) KERSHNER; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Jacob and Susan (Spickler) KERSHNER, maternal grandparents Isaac and Elizabeth (Martin) LESHNER; graduated from Transylvania University, B. L., 1899, Princeton University, […]
City: Milan HOLT, Andrew D., Postmaster, Milan; born (near) Milan, Tenn., Nov. 7, 1866; son of J. M. and Sabina (Martin) HOLT; English descent; educated Milan, Tenn.; graduated in business course of Milan in 1887; married Bessie BROWN Feb. 15, 1889; member K. of P. and I. O. O. F.; […]
City: Memphis LAKE, Richard Henry, member R. P. Lake & Son, manager Equitable Life Assurance Society; born Grenada, Miss., Nov. 14, 1878; son of Richard Pinkney and Stella (Hoffa) LAKE; father’s occupation, manager of Equitable Life Assurance Society; paternal grandparents William and Clementine (Lake) LAKE, maternal grandparents J.M. and Elizabeth […]
City: Memphis KYLE, William Halliday, banker; born Vevay, Ind., Jan. 8, 1868; Scotch-Irish descent; son of George Harrison and Tabitha (Craig) KYLE; father, architect; paternal grandparents, George and _______ (Redfern) KYLE, maternal grandparents, Joseph and _____ (Mendenhall) CRAIG; educated at Vevay, Ind.; began career in dry goods business, later became […]
City: Memphis ELLETT, Edward C., physician; born Memphis, Tenn., December 18, 1869; son Judge H. T. and Katherine (Coleman) ELLETT; English descent; educated S. W. P. U., Clarksville, Tenn., University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.; graduated, B. A., University of the South and Medical Department University of Pennsylvania 1891; married […]
City: Memphis MARTIN, Robert E. Lee, business man; born Eufaula, Ala., Dec. 1, 1862; French descent; son of James G. L. and Anna Esther Elizabeth (Besson) MARTIN; father’s occupation, banker and insurance man; educated in High School of Eufaula, Ala.; began his career as secretary Eufaula (Ala.) Flour Mills, and […]
City: Memphis MARTIN, Joseph W., cotton factor; born Memphis, Tenn., March 17, 1871; educated in the public schools of Memphis, Tenn., and University of Virginia, graduating from the latter with honors in 1891; in early life he was in charge of the grocery department of Hill, Fontaine & Co., for […]
City: Memphis MARTIN, John Donelson, lawyer; born Memphis, Tenn., May 4, 1883; descendant of Capt. John DONELSON, Tenn. pioneer leader; son of John D. and Mary Walker (Hull) MARTIN; his paternal grandfather was Brig.-Gen. John D. MARTIN, C. S. A.; great grandson of Judge Alexander M. CLAYTON, Supreme Court of […]
City: Memphis DUNSCOMB, John S., insurance; born Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 26, 1860; of Scotch-Irish descent; son of Samuel and Marietta (Elder) DUNSCOMB; educated in private schools of Memphis, Tenn., and Southwestern Presbyterian University, Clarksville, Tenn.; graduated from Ledden’s Business College; in early life was a bookkeeper for insurance company; at […]
City: Memphis HOFFA, Charles Bell, business man; born at Anvergose Plantation, Grenada Co., Miss., July 11, 1866; son of Jacob Melchoir HOFFA of Pennsylvania and Elizabeth Donelson (Martin) HOFFA of Mississippi; father’s occupation, banker in New Orleans, planter in Mississippi, gathering stores and supplies for Confederate army; his maternal uncle […]
City: Memphis CRAIN, John Head, born Dixon Spring, Tenn., English and Irish descent; son of Hall Shelton and Frances (Brooks) CRAIN; father’s occupation, merchant; maternal grandparents, Henry and Sallie (Martin) BROOKS; educated in public schools; in early life was clerk in village store; member of Business Men’s Club, Memphis, Tenn.; […]
City: Memphis BUCHANAN, Joseph W., lawyer; born Chatham Co., N.C.; Scotch descent; son of Thomas J. and Sophie (Martin) BUCHANAN; father, planter; paternal grandparents, Joseph and Charity (Williams) BUCHANAN, maternal grandparents Dr. William and Flora Isabella (McQueen) MARTIN; his maternal grandmother was a direct descendant of Robert BRUCE; graduated University […]