City: Paris LOVE, Charles Albert, dentist; born Conyersville, Henry Co., Tenn., July 18, 1886; son of Joseph B. and Mary (Calhoun) LOVE; paternal grandparents Albert and Myra (Jordan) LOVE; maternal grandparents James and Julia (Bradley) CALHOUN; father, farmer; educated in country schools; graduated from University of Tenn., Nashvile /sic/, 1894, […]
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City: Troy McDADE, George Roy, merchant; born Fulton, KY., June 24, 1881; Irish descent; son of James G. and Ida E. (Conner) McDADE; father’s occupation, farming; paternal grandparents John and Susan (Morris) McDADE; maternal grandparents George W. and Martha (Gordon) CONNER; educated in the public schools of Obion and Weakley […]
City: Paris MORRIS, William Darney, farmer; born Louisa Co., Va., June 3, 1847; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Tandy G. and Harriet E. (Mills) MORRIS; father was a farmer and stock raiser; educated Conyersville Academy, Henry Co., and graduated from same in 1859; served in C. S. A., from May 1864 […]
City: Obion MORRIS, Thomas Overton, lawyer; born Troy, Tenn., Sept. 28, 1879; son of George P. and Ella C. (WILSON) MORRIS, paternal grandfather Thomas O. MORRIS, paternal grandmother Bessie (BUCKLEY) MORRIS, maternal grandfather William WILSON, maternal grandmother Nancy A. (CARUTHERS) WILSON; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Obion and Glass, Tenn.; graduate of […]
City: Nashville MORRIS, Robert Lewis, lawyer; born (near) Nashville, Tenn., April 9, 1847; son Henry B. and Sarah (Willis) MORRIS; English-French-Welsh descent; educated High School, Nashville, and Cumberland University; married Lucy Napier HUDSON June 20, 1872; member Masons; entered Confederate Army April, 1864;, age 17; First Lieutenant in command Co. […]
Mrs. WILSON was Miss Sara MORRIS, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell MORRIS. The latter was, before marriage, Miss Rebecca C. HENDERSON, of the prominent family from the eastern part of the State. Mrs. WILSON traces her ancestry through her father to the Revolutionary hero,Robert MORRIS, one of the signers of the Declaration […]
City: Memphis TOWNER, H.N., merchant; born Baltimore, Md., April 3, 1851; English descent; son of D.F. and A.C. (Morris) TOWNER; educated Episcopal Academy, Cheshire, Conn., graduated June, 1867; in early life he was connected with mill supply and rubber store; married May 16, 1882; member of Unity Lodge K. of […]
City: Nashville GARRETT, John Berry, Grand Secretary F. & A. M.; born in Davidson County, Tennessee., October 7, 1854; Welsh descent; son of William Walton and Margaret (Johnson) GARRETT; paternal grandparents Jonathan R. and Sarah (Waggoner) GARRET, maternal grandparents William H. and Charity (Morris) JOHNSON; educated at University of Tennessee; […]
City: Morristown MORRIS, Daniel Carmichael, public official; born Morristown, Tenn., Jan. 19, 1856; Welsh and Irish descent; son of Drury and Susan E. (Carmichael) MORRIS; father was a merchant; paternal grandparents John and Rachel (Reese) MORRIS, maternal grandparents Daniel and Prudence (Howell) CARMICHAEL; graduated from Reagon high School, Morristown, Tenn., […]
City: Memphis MACRAE, George Wythe, born in Fauquier Co., Va., May 28, 1838; son of B. W. and S. J. MACRAE; father’s occupation farmer; educated Montgomery Masonic College, Clarksdale, Tenn.; in 1855 he went into a grocery store as a clerk, and three years later commenced business for himself as […]
City: Lebanon MACKENZIE, Mrs. Lucy Smith; born Lebanon, Tenn., in 1849; descendant of Col. Miles CARY of Jamestown, Va.; daughter of Henry F. and Mary D. (Morris) SMITH; father’s occupation merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents George and Elizabeth (Barksdale) SMITH; maternal grandparents Rev. Edward and Elizabeth Cary (Whitaker) MORRIS; graduated […]
City: Lebanon GREEN, William Edgar, wholesale grocer; born Lebanon, Tenn., May 1, 1869; English descent; direct descendant of early settlers at Jamestown, Va.; son of William E. and Amanda E. (Solomon) GREEN; father’s occupation livery business; paternal grandparents John S. and Janet (Morris) GREEN; maternal grandparents Elijah Durham and Mary […]
City: Jackson MORRIS, George, former editor and manager Jackson Whig; born Somerville, Tenn., Jan. 30, 1883; son of Walter and Mary Etta (Parker) MORRIS; Scotch-Irish descent; graduate of Union University, Jackson, B. S. degree, 1906, early business career, chief clerk to the Superintendent Southern Express Co. at Memphis; married Karen […]
City: Dover BRANDON, T. J., banker; born Dover, Tenn., Feb. 7, 1857; son of N. and Minerva (Morris) BRANDON; father’s occupation lawyer; received common school education; married Mollie HART, March 1881; member of F. & A. M.; Democrat; Clerk and Master of Chancery Court of Stewart Co., from 1881 to […]
City: Coal Creek THOMAS, DAVID R., coal mining industries; born Pendaren South Wales, G. G., Nov. 30, 1839; son of Rees and Margaret (Thomas) THOMAS; paternal grandfather David THOMAS, paternal grandmother Eleanor JINKINS, maternal grandfather John THOMAS, (Park-y-Rhos, Carmarthen, Wales) maternal grandmother Frances (Morris) THOMAS; Welsh descent; educated from a […]
City: Crossville CLINE, George Washington, lawyer; born Chillicothe, Mo., June 20, 1861; son of Samuel and Mary E. (Morris) CLINE; father was a contractor and builder; educated University of Indiana and graduated from same with degree of B. A. in 1887; in early life was a school teacher; Democrat; represented […]
City: Crab Orchard CLINE, Josiah S., educator; born near South Bend, Ind., Oct. 15, 1854; German-Irish descent; son of Samuel and Mary E. (Morris) CLINE; father was a mechanic, miller and merchant; educated in common schools of Indiana and at Valparaiso, where he graduated with degrees of B. S., B. […]
City: Cedar Hill MORRIS, Gideon Lee, farmer; born near Cedar Hill, Tenn., Feb. 25, 1866; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas E. and Elizabeth (Mathews) MORRIS, father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandfather Jesse MORRIS; paternal grandmother Mary (Nichols) MORRIS, maternal grandfather Thomas B. MATHEWS, maternal grandmother Fannie POWELL; educated common schools and […]
City: Camden MORRIS, William Thompson, cashier of Benton County Bank, Camden, Tenn.; born Camden, Tenn., Aug. 8, 18?8; Scotch-Irish descent; son of A. J. and Ann J. (Hill) MORRIS; father’s occupation merchant; educated, common schools of Benton Co.; early business occupation farming; married Inez GIBSON Dec. 30, 1902; member Knights […]