City: Whiteville RUSSELL, Robert Sidney, dentist; born Danceyville, Fayette Co., Tenn., Oct. 23, 1867; son of John A. and Sophia (Davis) RUSSELL; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Danceyville Academy; graduate in Dentistry at Baltimore, Md.; married Mary L. ATKINS Dec. 18, 1896; moved to Whiteville, Tenn., from Fulton, Ky., in 1904; engaged […]
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City: Neptune STONE, Robert James, farmer, and livestock dealer; born Cumberland Furnace, Tenn., March 15, 1878; Scotch-German descent; son of R. B. and Sarah (Jackson) STONE; father’s occupation, 25 years general manager of Drouillard Iron Co., Cumberland Furnace, Tenn., and for past 12 years has been dealing in real estate […]
City: Murfreesboro RICHARDSON, John E., lawyer; born in Rutherford Co., Tenn., Jan. 7, 1857; English descent; son of John W. and Augusta M (Starnes) RICHARDSON; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents, James and Mary (Watkins) RICHARDSON; maternal grandparents Daniel and Harriet (Russell) ; educated at Princeton, N, J.; graduated Princeton, N. […]
City: Murfreesboro RICHARDSON, James Daniel, Sr., Sovereign Grand Commander Scottish Rite Masons, Southern Jurisdiction; born Rutherford County, Tenn., March 10, 1843; son of John W. and Augusta (Starnes) RICHARDSON; paternal grandfather James RICHARDSON, paternal grandmother Mary (Watkins) RICHARDSON, maternal grandfather Daniel STARNES, maternal grandmother Harriet (Russell) STARNES; English descent; father’s […]
City: Loudon CARMICHAEL, James H., hardware merchant; born Loudon, Tenn., Oct. 1, 1874; Irish descent; son of James H. and Mary J. (Barksdale) CARMICHAEL; father’s occupation, trader and farmer; educated at Loudon and Henderson, Tenn.; entered farming and trading in early life; married Laura May RUSSELL, Feb. 15, 1905; member […]
City: Laurelburg RUSSELL, Richard, farmer, stock raiser; born Van Buren county, Tenn., March 9, 1852; English descent; son of Thomas and Frances (Dyre) RUSSELL; educated at Burrett College, Van Buren county, Tenn.; married three times; Democrat; judged of the County Court of Van Buren county, Tenn., 1906-1907-1909; president of the […]
City: Friendship HARWELL, LORENZO Burr, merchant; born Prospect, Tenn., Sept. 29, 1854; son of Thomas D. and Anna B. (Russell) HARWELL; father’s occupation, minister of the gospel (M. E. church, South); educated in the rural schools of Tenn.; began his business career as a farmer, later engaged in the mercantile […]
City: Difficult RUSSELL, Gen. Francis Marion, merchant and manufacturer; born Smith Co., Tenn., Sept. 11, 1865; Irish descent; son of J. F. and Sarah E. (Austin) RUSSELL; father’s occupation, blacksmith and wheelwright; educated local public schools; began life in his father’s shop, and later, engaged in mercantile and tobacco trade […]
City: Culleoka GRAHAM, John Patton, educator; born Pennington Gap, Va., Oct. 26, 1869; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of John Patton and America (Pennington) GRAHAM; father’s occupation physician; paternal grandparents Henry and Mary (Russell) GRAHAM; maternal grandparents Thomas and Mary (Smith) PENNINGTON; educated in the public schools of Va., and […]
City: Columbia ASTON, John Butler, miller; born Columbia, Tenn., Sept. 5, 1849; English-Irish descent; son of James Hilton and Julia Ann (Butler) ASHTON; father’s occupation miller and wool carder; paternal grandfather Thomas ASHTON, paternal grandmother Ann (Hilton) ASHTON, maternal grandfather John BUTLER; maternal grandmother Ann (Hayes) BUTLER; married Rebecca RUSSELL […]
Town: Columbia PORTER, Otey James, physician; born Williamsport, Tenn., Sept. 11, 1867; English-Irish descent; son of William T. and Mary J. (Russell) PORTER; father’s occupation, farmer and merchant; paternal grandparents, S. S. and Catharine (Todd) PORTER, maternal grandparents M. M. and Rachel (Jones) RUSSELL; received common school education; graduated University […]
Town: Centerville WALKER, James Buchanan, banker; born Whitfield, Tenn., June 25, 1857; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James and Emeline (Cooper) WALKER; father’s occupation farmer; received common school education; began life on a farm and earned first $100 on own account as teacher in the public schools; began mercantile business at […]