City: Nashville MORRIS, Robert Lewis, lawyer; born (near) Nashville, Tenn., April 9, 1847; son Henry B. and Sarah (Willis) MORRIS; English-French-Welsh descent; educated High School, Nashville, and Cumberland University; married Lucy Napier HUDSON June 20, 1872; member Masons; entered Confederate Army April, 1864;, age 17; First Lieutenant in command Co. […]
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City: Naillon FORD, John, farmer; born Cocke Co., Tenn., March 12, 1837; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Benjamin FORD; father was a farmer; received common school education; was elected justice of the peace in 1861, and served thirty-three years; married twice, first Rhoda RAINS, in 1855, second, Eliza WILLIS, in 1892; […]
City: Lee Valley ROGERS, James Wilson, farmer, miller and merchant; born Lee Valley, Tenn., Aug. 26, 1869; Irish descent; son of H. S. and Cornelia T. (Willis) ROGERS; paternal grandparents David and Patsy (Mitchell) ROGERS; maternal grandparents Maj. W. W. and Nancy (Mitchell) WILLIS; educated Oak Hill, Overton Co., and […]
City: McMinnville WILLIS, John L., lawyer; born Pelham, Tenn., Aug. 17, 1870; English-German descent; son of William H. and Mary Sue (Van Zandt) WILLIS; father’s occupation, farmer and stock dealer; paternal grandparents Peter and Mary (Bostick) WILLIS; maternal grandparents Isaac and Susan (Lee) VAN ZANDT; received literary education in public […]
City: Jefferson City BIBLE, Jonathon David, farmer; born Warrensburg, Tenn., Oct. 9, 1863; German and English descent; son of Elbert and Mary Jane (Reed) BIBLE; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Jonathan and Drusilla (McGinnis) BIBLE, maternal grandparents David and Mary (Wisecarver) REED; educated Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn.; began teaching […]
City: Greeneville WILLIS, James William, banker and manufacturer; born Greene Co., Tenn., March 7, 1854; English and Irish descent; son of John H. and Elizabeth J. (McCord) WILLIS; father’s occupation farmer and contractor; paternal grandparents James and ______ (Hall) WILLIS, maternal grandparents, James and Margaret R. (Bell) MCCORD; received common […]
City: Camden THOMAS, Dorsey B., farmer and live stock dealer; born Denver, Tenn., Jan. 9, 1870; English descent; son of Dorsey B. and Lucy (Robertson) THOMAS; father’s occupation, lawyer and farmer; paternal grandparents William and Eliza (Bass) THOMAS, maternal grandparents John and Mary (Willis) ROBERTSON; educated at Edgewood and Franklin, […]
WOODLEE, Levi Vernon, lawyer; born in Grundy Co., Tenn., Feb. 8, 1861; Irish descent; son of Enoch and Mary (Reed) WOODLEE; educated in the local schools of Grundy Co., Tenn.; began life as a farmer; studied law, and was admitted to the bar; back tax attorney of Grundy Co., Tenn., […]