City: Paris PORTER, James Davis, attorney-at-law; born Dec. 7, 1828; son of Thomas Kennedy and Geraldine (Horton) PORTER; father physician; paternal grandparents William and Hanna (Kennedy) PORTER; maternal grandparents Josiah and Nancy (White) HORTON; educated at Paris, Tenn., graduated from Univ. of Nashville, A. B., 1846; LL.D. conferred 1880; married […]
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City: Saltillo HINKLE, William F., postmaster; born Carrollton, Ky., Oct. 14, 1844; German descent; son of George D. and Lucy (Hawkins) HINKLE; father’s occupation editor; paternal grandparents Samuel and Mary (Dyers) HINKLE; maternal grandfather Thompson HAWKINS; received education at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, PA.; began his career as a school teacher; […]
City: Shelbyville EVANS, Winston Gill, Vice President People’s National Bank, Shelbyville, Tenn.; born Shelbyville, Tenn., 1867; English descent; son of Nathan Peyton and Mary (Gill) EVANS; paternal grandparents Nathan and Elizabeth (White) EVANS, maternal grandparents Winston W. and _____ (Whittaker) GILL; educated University of South, Sewanee, Tenn.; married Carrie F. […]
City: Shelbyville DEERY, James E., farmer; born Shelbyville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1852; Irish descent; son of Ross and Lou (Evans) DEERY; father’s occupation, druggist; paternal grandparents James and Betsy (Ross) DEERY, maternal grandparents Nathan and Betsy (White) EVANS; educated in Tennessee; began career as a druggist; married Betsy ROSS; Democrat; […]
Reverend Francis Preston Sanders, son of Abraham and Mary Cox Sanders, was born in Campbell County, Tennessee, on April 24th, 1874. He was married to Miss Sallie Mae Parrott on January 14th, 1897. To this union was born nine children, namely, Charles H., Knoxville, Tennessee; Mrs. Earl Reed, Maryville, Tennessee; […]
City: Nashville OVERALL, John W., farmer; U. S. Marshal; born Liberty, DeKalb County, Tenn., February 7 1855; son Wesley and Arena (White) OVERALL; paternal grandparents, Jacob and Sarah (Lawrence) OVERALL; maternal grandparents, James and Mary (English) WHITE; English-German descent; educated DeKalb Public Schools, Cumb. University; graduated Cumb. University 1877; A.B.; […]
City: Nashville OVERTON, Jesse Maxwell, born Pulaski, Tenn., July 25, 1863; English descent; son of John and Harriet Virginia (Maxwell) OVERTON; father, farmer and planter; paternal grandparents Judge John and Mary McConnell (White) OVERTON, maternal grandparents Jesse and Martha Ravenscroft (Claiborne) MAXWELL; attended district schools and Vanderbilt University; graduated from […]
City: Obion JERNIGAN, V. J., physician; born Robertson Co., Tenn., in 1868; educated in Obion Co. schools, Webb Brothers Academy, Bellbuckle, Tenn., and McTyeire Institute, McKenzie, Tenn.; graduated Vanderbilt University medical department, M. D. degree, in 1900; took post-graduate course at New York Polyclinic, 1906, and Vanderbilt University, 1908; married […]
City: Memphis STRATTON, Leslie M., merchant; born Lebanon, Tenn., Feb. 23, 1881; English descent; son of Golladay and Louisa (Norman) STRATTON; educated common schools of Lebanon, Tenn., studied at Cumberland University; began his career as a newsboy, later became clerk in wholesale grocery store; he is now president of Benedict-Warren […]
City: Nashville HARRIS, (Mrs.) L. H., author; born March 17, 1870 at “Farm Hill” near Elberton, Ga., daughter of Tinsley Rucker WHITE, and grand daughter of Hon. William WHITE; educated by her parents and a governess with the exception of a few terns at the academy in Elberton, Ga.; married […]
CITY: South Pittsburg PATTON, Robert Alexander, promoter and capitalist; born Sweederie Cove, Marion Co., Tenn., April 10, 1848; Irish and Scotch descent; son of Robert and Elizabeth (Raulston) PATTON; father’s occupation farming, teaching school and public official of Marion Co., Tenn., educated in the public schools of Marion Co., Tenn.; […]
City: Memphis FLOWERS, W. H., office manager, Bry-Block Mercantile Co.; born Covington, Tenn., Feb. 10, 1872; son of William P. and ________ (Cummins) FLOWERS; father’s occupation, steamboat master, and pilot; paternal grandparents, William and Rachel (White) FLOWERS, maternal grandparents, David Hays and Emma (Holmes) CUMMINS; educated at Covington, Tenn.; in […]
City: Memphis ERSKINE, Alexander, physician; born Huntsville, Ala., Sept. 26, 1832; Scotch-Irish (Presbyterian) descent; son of Alexander and Susan Catherine (Russel) ERSKINE; paternal grandparents, Michael and Margaret (Hanley) ERSKINE; maternal grandparents, Albert and Ann Frances (Hooe) RUSSEL; his maternal grandfather was a lieutenant-colonel in Revolutionary war; educated University of Virginia […]
City: Memphis METCALF, Charles W. Jr., insurance man; born Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 10, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Charles W. and Mary (Park) METCALF; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandfather Henry METCALF, maternal grandfather William PARK; educated Memphis and Knoxville, Tenn.; graduated from University of Tenn., B. S., June, 1895; in […]
City: Memphis MCNUTT, William C., business man; born Somerville, Tenn. Dec. 23, 1852; son of Samuel F. and Anne C. (White) MCNUTT; father’s occupation cotton factor; educated at Memphis and Covington, Tenn.; began his business career as a cotton factor and planter; member of Business Men’s Club; Democrat; original member […]
City: Memphis DREW, Charles M., wholesale grocer; born Memphis, Tenn., April 11, 1856; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Andrew W. and Rebeccah (Miller) DREW; father, employee Southern Railway, and old M. & C.; educated in the public schools of Memphis, Tenn., also Va. Military Institute, Lexington, Va.; married Lizzie WHITE, Aug. […]
City: Memphis METCALF, Charles W. Jr., insurance man; born Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 10, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Charles W. and Mary (Park) METCALF; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandfather Henry METCALF, maternal grandfather William PARK; educated Memphis and Knoxville, Tenn.; graduated from University of Tenn., B.S., June, 1895; in early […]
City: Memphis DAVANT, James Steel, commissioner of Memphis Freight Bureau; born Gillisonville, S. C., Aug. 20, 1852; French descent; son of Adrian Erwin and Margaret (White) DAVANT; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents, Charles and Isabella (Lloyd) DAVANT, maternal grandparents Charles and Eliza (Hollingshead) WHITE; in early life was employed by […]
City: Livingston WHITE, Edward Donnell, lawyer; born Monroe, Tenn., May 2, 1870; English-French descent; son of Samuel Andrew Jackson and Sarah Hassie (Forshee) WHITE; father’s occupation, minister in Cumberland Presbyterian church; paternal grandparents, William Grant and Nancy (Dennis) WHITE, maternal grandparents Joseph and Elizabeth (Parker) FORSHEE; graduated from Alpine (Tenn.) […]
City: McMinnville HOLT, James Berry, railroad agent; born at Wartrace, Tenn., July 18, 1861; English descent; son of B.D. and Lucretia (Hart) HOLT; father’s occupation, former railroad conductor, now farmer; paternal grandparents Henry and Elizabeth (McGuire) HOLT; maternal grandparents James and Sarah (Fossett) HART; graduated at Wartrace, Tenn., June 1, […]