City: Pinhook Landing PEAK, Mellville Cox, merchant; born Pin Hook Landing, 1870; son of W.C. and Nancy (Matlock) PEAK; Irish descent; father, merchant and planter; paternal grandparents Jacob and Kesiah (Prigmore) PEAK, maternal grandparents William and Sallie (Dodson) MATLOCK; educated in Decatur High School; married Iva SHERMAN, April 10, 1901; […]
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City: Lenoir City BROWDER, Joe Rowan, farmer; born near Kingston, Roane county, Tenn., Aug. 28, 1863; German and Irish descent; son of John F. and Sarah J. (Gollaher) BROWDER; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents John and Manerva (Matlock) BROWDER; maternal grandparents George and Lucinda (King) GOLLOHER; educated in Roane College, […]
City: Knoxville THORNBURGH, John Minnis, lawyer; born Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 10, 1881; son of ex-Congressman Col. Jacob M. and Laura Emma (Pettibone) THORNBURGH; educated University of Tenn. and Columbia University, N. Y., graduated from University of Tenn. with degree B. A. 1901, LL. B., 1902, valedictorian; member Phi Gamma Delta […]