City: Memphis SILVERTOOTH, George W., lawyer; born Munford, Tipton County, Tenn., March 16, 1872; son of Jacob and Caroline (McFadden) SILVERTOOTH; paternal grandfather Judge George W. SILVERTOOTH (at one time) Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky; maternal grandfather Candour McFADDEN, formerly a prominent merchant of Covington, Tenn.; Scotch-Irish descent; educated public and […]
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City: Nashville BASKETTE, Gideon H., editor; born in Rutherford County, Tenn., March 11, 1845; son of William T. and Melissa Ann (Ellis) BASKETTE; father’s occupation, physician; educated at Murfreesboro, Tenn.; married Anna E. MCFADDEN September 24, 1867; entered the C. S. A. in 1861 and served through the civil war; […]
City: Memphis MCFADDEN, John E., chief of fire department; born Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 19, 1861; Irish descent; son of Michael and Ellen (Kenaley) MCFADDEN; father, was chief of Memphis Fire Department; educated in Memphis city public schools, also Christian Brothers’ College; entered Memphis fire department in 1879 as fireman, later […]
City: Memphis DAVIS, Frank W., wharfmaster of Memphis; born Wheeling, W. Va., March 22, 1856; Welsh-Irish descent; son of James R. and Hester (Robison) DAVIS; father’s occupation, steamboat engineer, and captain of boat; paternal grandfather, Paul DAVIS, maternal grandparents, John and Nancy (McFadden) ROBISON; educated in the common schools of […]
City: Covington OWEN, William A., attorney at law; born near Covington, Tenn., March 6, 1869; son of Richard B. and Sarah F. (Walton) OWEN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Alexander H. OWEN, paternal grandmother Sarah (Smith) OWEN, maternal grandfather mother Sarah (Cox) WALTON; educated Covington Male Academy, Covington (Tenn.) and […]