City: Tullahoma LEIPER, James Armstrong, editor “Tullahoma Guardian;” born Murfreesboro, Tenn., Feb. 12, 1848; English and Irish descent; son of John and Elizabeth (Rucker) LEIPER; father, wholesale grain merchant; graduated from Washington & Lee University, B.S. and A. B., 1868; began career as a lawyer; married Alice KIMBRO, March 13, […]
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City: Nashville NEWMAN, Willie Betty, artist, portrait painter; born Murfreesboro, Tenn.; French, Scotch and German descent; daughter of Col. W.F.M. and Sophie (Rucker) BETTY; father, lawyer; paternal grandparents William Randolph and Mary (Holland) BETTY; maternal grandparents Benjamin R. and Elizabeth (Wharton) RUCKER; educated Lebanon, Murfreesboro, Cincinnati and Paris, France; graduated […]
City: Murfreesboro SINGLETON, William Rufus, bookkeeper; born Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jan. 21, 1859; English descent; son of Stephen H. and Sarah M. (Tompkins) SINGLETON; father was a merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents, Hazeal and Lavinia (Hope) SINGLETON, maternal grandparents, James M. and Kitty G. (Rucker) TOMPKINS; educated at Murfreesboro, Tenn.; in […]
City: Murfreesboro RUCKER, James Joshua, physician and farmer; born (near) Murfreesboro, Tenn., November 15, 1846; son of Robert Bedford and Mary (Harrison) RUCKER; paternal grandfather James RUCKER, paternal grandmother Lucy (Bedford) RUCKER, maternal grandfather Joshua HARRISON, maternal grandmother Sophia (Shapard) HARRISON; English descent; father’s occupation, physician; educated common schools of […]
City: Cleveland BENNETT, James M., merchant; born Bradley Co., Tenn., April 28, 1857; son of G.W. and Mary (Shannon) BENNETT; English, German and Irish descent; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Jesse Bennett, paternal grandmother Sarah (Killian) BENNETT, maternal grandfather Dr. William SHANNON, maternal grandmother Miss KILE prior to marriage; married […]