Professor ALONZO C. WEBB. Inheriting from his mother artistic tastes and talent, and from is father an ardent love of nature in all her varied forms, Professor Alonzo C. WEBB, supervisor of drawing in the public schools of Nashville, is widely and favorably known as an artist, an ornithologist, and as a lecturer on birds, their […]
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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: Nashville LAMAR, Abner W., minister of the gospel; born Edgefield, S. C., March 30, 1847; Huguenot descent; son of Thomas G. and Mary (Whatley) LAMAR; father’s occupation, planter, slave owner, and soldier in Confederate service, Colonel of First Regiment South Carolina Volunteer infantry; paternal grandparents Thomas G. and Martha […]
City: Nashville HINDS, John I. D., Professor of Chemistry; born Guilford County, N. C., December 13, 1847; Scotch, Irish and English descent; son of John and Rhoda (Webb) HINDS; father was a physician and Cumberland Presbyterian minister; paternal grandparents Simeon and Elizabeth (Stone) HINDS, maternal grandparents Meredith and Rachel (Green) […]
City: Murfreesboro OVERALL, Asburry M., born Rutherford Co., Tenn., April 20, 1844; English descent; son of James G. OVERALL; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Robert and Mary (Espey) OVERALL; maternal grandparents Baxter and Mary (Webb) DAVIS; married Hudie M. LOWE, May 1878; member B. P. O. E., Lodge No. […]
City: Milan WEBB, Henry P., banker; born near Milan, Tenn., July 11, 1869; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Richard and Sarah (Patton) WEBB; married Mattie KEETON May 16, 1889; member Masons, I. O. O F., W. O. W., M. W. of A. and F. U. of A.; in early life was […]
City: Memphis MAURY, Henry Hancock, merchant; born Memphis, Tenn., June 19, 1860; son of Abraham and Mary J. (Hancock) MAURY; paternal grandparents Dr. William H. and Martha (Worsham) MAURY, maternal grandparents A. S. and Sarah (Ball) HANCOCK; French Huguenot descent; educated Memphis; married Lizzie S. WEBB October 20, 1885; member […]
City: Lebanon BOUTON, William Paisley, planter; born Benton county, Miss., Nov. 26, 1848; French-Scotch descent; son of Ralph Leonard and Anna Jane (Gibson) BOUTON; father’s occupation physician and merchant; paternal grandparents Jared and Polly (Webb) BOUTON; maternal grandparents Moses and Elizabeth (Paisley) GIBSON; educated High School, Canaan, Miss.; graduated from […]
City: Knoxville WEBB, Eugene Mitchell, Public Official; born Dandridge, Tenn., Oct. 1, 1874; English descent; son of Andrew and Jane (Walker) WEBB; father’s occupation, Sheriff Jefferson Co., Tenn., member of General Assembly of Tenn., farmer; paternal grandparents Thomas and Annie (Martin) WEBB, maternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Bettis) WALKER; educated […]
City: Johnson City WEBB, Hugh Francis, business man; born in Sullivan Co., Tenn., June 16, 1859; son of Ben F. and Susannah (Jones) WEBB; father’s occupation carpenter; paternal grandparents, David and Sallie (Jones) WEBB, maternal grandparents, John R. and Katy (Morrell) JONES; educated Poplar Ridge, Sullivan Co. Tenn.; began his […]
City: Hurricane JONES, John Grady, farmer; born Buffalo, Tenn., Feb 9, 1874; Irish descent; son of Samuel G. and Josie (Webb) JONES; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Dennis G. and Martha (Atkins) JONES; maternal grandparents William and Martha (Whitson) WEBB; graduated at Lebanon, Tenn., Jan. 13, 1895; received L.L. B., […]
City: Henderson REID, Samuel Eli, farmer and stock raiser; born near Lexington, Tenn., April 22, 1856; English and Irish descent; son of James R. and Elizabeth T. (Webb) REID; father’s occupation, farmer and minister of the gospel; educated in the common schools of Tenn., and at home; began his business […]
City: Dresden WEBB, Wm. King, attorney at law; born at Dukedom, Tenn., Sept. 10, 1876; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Clark Hardy and Mary Elizabeth (McWherter) WEBB; educated Dixon Normal College, at Dixon, Tenn., and University of Valparaiso, Ind.; graduated from U. V. Aug. 16, 1892, with degree of L. B. […]
City: Halls PATTON, Wiley Compton, lawyer; born Watertown, Tenn., May 16, 1874; son of Charley Compton and Mary (Oakley) PATTON; paternal grandfather Sam PATTON, paternal grandmother Nellie (Compton) PATTON, maternal grandfather Nathan OAKLEY, maternal grandmother Ann (Webb) OAKLEY; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Cumberland University; graduated from same, LL.B. 1902; married Lucy […]
City: Clareville WEBB, Nathan Henry, physician and merchant; born in Gibson Co., Tenn., Nov. 3, 1848; Welsh and Scotch descent; son of Albert J. WEBB; his mother’s maiden name was SANDFORD; father was a farmer; educated in common schools of Gibson Co., Tenn., and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., graduating from […]
City: Clarksville GLENN, James Lyle, retired banker; born Elkton, Todd Co., Ky., Dec. 14, 1828; Scotch-English descent; son of James Lyle and Jane Meriwether (Gray) GLENN; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandfather James GLENN, paternal grandmother Rachel (Finley) GLENN, maternal grandfather James GRAY, maternal grandmother Lucy (Webb) GRAY; received common school […]
Bellbuckle — WEBB, John Maurice, educator; born Alamance Co., NC, Nov. 27, 1847; son of Alexander Smith and Cornelia Adeline (Stanford) WEBB; father’s occupation, merchant; educated University of North Carolina, and by courtesy graduated from same in 1869; in 1897 University of Nashville conferred upon him degree of LL.D; began […]