City: Trousdale McGEE, Jesse Clendenon, merchant; born Forest, Tenn., Nov. 8, 1859; Irish descent; son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Jennings) McGEE; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Clendenon and Martha (England) McGEE, maternal grandparents Jesse and Lucinda (Shell) JENNINGS; educated at Forest, Tenn.; early occupation, Sheriff of Rhea Co., Tenn., […]
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City: Paris JANES, E. W., farmer; born Henry Co., Tenn., in 1863; son of E. M. and Rebecca (Shell) JANES; received his education in the common schools; married twice, first to A. E. BUSBY, 1881; second L. P. WESCOTT, 1894; he began farming early in life and has always lived […]
City: Piney Flats WOLFE, John Bunyan, furniture manufacturer; born near Piney Flats, Tenn., Oct 18, 1857; German descent; son of F.M. and Winifred (Shell) WOLFE; father, farmer; paternal grandparents John and Priscilla (Webb) WOLFE, maternal grandparents Andrew and Winifred (Boyd) SHELL; received education in the district schools; married Nora E. […]
City: Memphis EDRINGTON, John Price, investments and insurance; born Osceola, Ark., Jan. 15, 1862; English descent; son of James Hancock and Nancy Ann (Bowen) EDRINGTON; father, a planter and merchant; paternal grandparents, John Price and Sarah (Beeler) EDRINGTON; maternal grandparents, Charles Gillespie and Susan (Shell) BOWEN; educated at Memphis, Tenn.; […]
City: Johnson City COX, John Worley., physician and surgeon; born Blountville, Tenn., Dec. 8, 1847; Scotch-German descent; son of A. J. and Harriet A. (Worley) COX; father’s occupation, Clerk of the Co. and Circuit Courts of Sullivan Co., Tenn., 20 years; paternal grandfather John W. COX, paternal grandmother was a […]
City: Johnson City COX, James B., attorney at law; born at Blountville, Sullivan Co., Tenn., March 4, 1861; English and Scotch descent; son of Abram J. and Harriet (Worley) COX; father’s occupation, public official, educator; paternal grandparents John W. and Elizabeth (Barnstetter) COX, maternal grandparents James B. and Mary (Shell) […]