City: Bethpage WOODSON, Edwin Allen, farmer and stock raiser; born at Bethpage, April 25, 1856; Welsh and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas M. and Amelin M. (Allen) WOODSON; father’s occupation physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents Rev. Lewis M. and Lucinda (Hanna) WOODSON; maternal grandparents Rev. Luke P. and Margaret (Parker) […]
Poston
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City: Memphis POSTON, John Hamil, Jr., attorney at law; born Memphis, Tenn., December 15, 1884; son of John A. and Ella (Bolling) POSTON; English and Irish descent; graduate of University of Tennessee, LL.B. 1906; married Minnie BUCKINGHAM. June 9, 1908; member Sigma Alpha Epsilon Greek letter fraternity; former member of […]
City: Nashville CANTRELL, Julian Wendel, railroad official; born Davidson County, Tennessee, January 1, 1867; English-Scotch descent; son of George Michael Deaderick and Clara (Walker) CANTRELL; father, banker; paternal grandparents Stephen and Juliet A. Deaderick (Wendel) CANTRELL, paternal grandparents Robert T. and Adeline (Poston) WALKER; educated in public schools of Nashville, Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville and Kentucky Military Institute […]
City: Memphis BOWEN, Bolivar Burns, traveling salesman; born Chulahoma, Miss., Nov. 16, 1852; Welsh-English and French descent; son of Richard P. and Jane S. (Tucker) BOWEN; father’s occupation, planter; paternal grandparents A.M. and Catherine Rent (Poston) BOWEN, maternal grandparents Jeremiah and Abagail (Clifton) TUCKER; received common school education; in early […]
POSTON, William F. — attorney at law, born Haywood Co., Tenn., May 12, 1849; Irish descent; son of William T. and Sarah E. (Felts) POSTON; his father was a farmer; received common school education; in early life engaged in clerking in the courts; married Jennie DUFFER Nov. 5, 1872; is […]