City: Pulaski GRIGSBY, H. M., druggist and banker; born Spring Hill, Tenn., March 20, 1850; son of William and C. M. F. (Hatcher) GRIGSBY; English descent; educated Col. Thomas H. Peebles’ School of Spring Hill, Tenn.; married Florence WITT, October, 1880; early business career, farming; Chairman of the Democratic Executive […]
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City: Mayland COOPER, William, merchant, real estate and lumber dealer; born Scranton, Pa., March 2, 1843; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of William and Margaret (MOAT) COOPER; educated in Belfast, Ireland; returned to American in 1853; enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, May, 1861, and served until surrender of Lee, […]
Town: Charleston PALMER, Joseph Campbell, Businessman, owner and operator of pork packing establishment at Charleston, Tenn.; born McPherson, Tenn., Dec. 17, 1867; English descent; son of William Pinkney and Alzira (Witt) PALMER; father’s occupation, farmer; married Sarah Louise MAGILL Jan. 15, 1899; member of Masonic Lodge at Charleston, Tenn., began […]
City: Benton WITT, Benjamin B.C., lawyer; born Polk Co., Tenn, Sept. 11, 1858; Irish and Scotch descent; son of John H. and Malisa (Presswood) WITT; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Burges and Delphia (Carpenter) WITT; maternal grandparents Austin and Mary (Harper) PRESSWOOD; received common school education; taught school early in […]