City: Rogersville PIERCE, Will., general insurance; born Rogersville, Tenn., March 1, 1879; French and Scotch-Irish decent; son of John M. and Helen L. (Caldwell) PIERCE; father, retired druggist; paternal grandparents Ezra Smith and Mary Eleanor (Sneed) PIERCE, maternal grandparents, Abel Pearson and Margaret (Dick) CALDWELL; educated at McMinn Academy; entered […]
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The honored subject of this review is numbered among the progressive and representative agriculturists of Obion County, where he is the owner of a finely improved landed estate of five hundred acres, situated near the boundary line between Tennessee and Kentucky, Pierce Station being his post office address. He is […]
City: Sevierville RULE, Caleb, farmer; born Knox Co., Tenn., July 2, 1840; German descent; son of John and Nancy (Hood) RULE; father, farmer; received common school education; entered the ministry of the Baptist church in 1872 with a limited education, and has served as pastor of 12 churches; married Eliza […]
Mrs. PIERCE is a daughter of Judge Isaac HUNTER, of New Madrid, Mo., and is related to the earliest pioneer families of Kentucky and Missouri. Her great-great-grandfather, Capt. Joseph HUNTER, who served in the Revolutionary War, came down the Ohio River with Gen. George CLARK and settled on Corn Island, opposite the present site of […]
City: Big Sandy DOWDY, Earl H., farmer; born in Henry Co., Tenn., July 2, 1878; English descent; son of Henry and Angeline (Marbry) DOWDY; father’s occupation, farming; received common school education; in early life clerked in a confectionery store, later took up farming, in which business he is now engaged […]
City: Nashville DAVIES, Olney David, Vice-President O. K. Houck Piano Company; born Ludington, Mich., February 2, 1871; son David and Ruth E. (Pierce) DAVIES; Welsh descent; educated Public Schools of Tullahoma, Tenn.; married Florence THOMPSON May 2, 1894; member (32d degree) Masons, K. of P., Elks, T. P. A., Watauga […]
City: Livingston GUTHRIE, Walker D., merchant; born Albany, Ky., Dec. 27, 1876; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William S. and Mary (Pierce) GUTHRIE; father’s occupation, minister of the gospel; educated at Albany (Ky.) High School and Overton Co. (Tenn.) Academy; in early life was a farmer, later taught school in Arkansas […]
City: Knoxville WELLER, Charles Ashburn, mining and manufacturing; born Augusta Co., Va., Feb. 6, 1858; Scotch-Irish and German descent; son of Addison and Sarah Elizabeth (Keeran) WELLER; father minister of the gospel; paternal grandparents Benjamin and Catharine (Bish) WELLER; maternal grandparents Eli and Mary Elizabeth (Rinker) KEERAN; educated at Randolph-Macon […]
City: Gallatin PURYEAR, David Burford, lawyer; born at Hendersonville, Tenn., April 7, 1882; French and Scotch-Irish descent; son of William P. and Fannie M. (Wright) PURYEAR; paternal grandparents, William P. and Mary Anne (Pierce) PURYEAR, maternal grandparents, Romulus C. and Bettie (Burford) WRIGHT; educated public schools of Sumner Co., Tenn., […]
City: Hartsville PURYEAR, Romulus C. Wright, banker; born at Dixon Springs, Tenn., Nov. 28, 1874; French descent; son of William P., and Fannie M. (Wright) PURYEAR; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents William and Mary (Pierce) PURYEAR; maternal grandparents Romulus C. and Bettie (Burford) WRIGHT; educated at Sumner High School, Hendersonville, […]
City: Elizabethton WILCOX, David Powell, minister of the gospel; born Unicoi Co., Tenn., June 8, 1830; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John and Letitia (Silson) WILCOX; paternal grandparents James and Mary (Doan) WILCOX, maternal grandparents Steven and Mary (Pierce) SILSON; received common school education and in early youth was a saddler […]
City: Decatur GRUBB, Peter Jasper, farmer; born McMinn Co., Tenn., Nov. 28, 1843; German descent; son of William and Mahalla (Anderson) GRUBB; received common school education; married M. L. PIERCE May 2, 1867; Mason; Republican; was Justice of the Peace Meigs Co., Tenn., 1872-1882; served in the civil war as […]
City: Camden GREER, Green B., farmer; born Benton Co., Tenn., Jan. 21, 1840; Scotch, Irish and German descent; son of Hezekiah and Mary (Wyatt) GREER; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather James GREER, paternal grandmother Elizabeth (Pierce) GREER; maternal grandfather William WYATT, his maternal grandmother was a Miss RAINWATERS prior to […]