City: Bethpage WOODSON, Edwin Allen, farmer and stock raiser; born at Bethpage, April 25, 1856; Welsh and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas M. and Amelin M. (Allen) WOODSON; father’s occupation physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents Rev. Lewis M. and Lucinda (Hanna) WOODSON; maternal grandparents Rev. Luke P. and Margaret (Parker) […]
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City: Memphis CRAWFORD, West J., publisher; born Madison Co. Miss., Nov. 1, 1844; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of E. S. and E. A. (West) CRAWFORD; father’s occupation, merchant; paternal grandfather, Col. James CRAWFORD, veteran of war of 1812, paternal grandmother, Mary T. (Stribling) CRAWFORD; maternal grandparents, William and Elizabeth […]
City: Memphis COOPER, Samuel H., public official; born Lexington, Ky., Sept. 25, 1854; German-Irish descent; son of John H. and Margaret S. (Haggin) COOPER; father’s occupation, farmer; maternal grandparents, Samuel and Jane (Patterson) HAGGIN; graduated from Georgetown (Ky.) College B. S. 1875; in early life was a farmer; married Emma […]
City: Knoxville CHAPMAN, David Carpenter, Vice-President and General Manager Chapman Drug Co.; born Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 9, 1876; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of John Ellis and Charlotte Alice (Young) CHAPMAN; father’s occupation President Chapman, White Lyons Co., Wholesale Druggists; paternal grandparents Isaac and Elizabeth (Ellis) CHAPMAN; maternal grandparents Judge […]
City: Del Rio JONES, William V., farmer and merchant; born near Del Rio, Tenn., May 9, 1866; French English descent; son of Marvel M. and Susan E. (Woodson) JONES; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Russell and Sarah (Hays) JONES; maternal grandparents, Mathew and Mary (Pyrom) WOODSON; educated in the local […]