City: Shelbyville BEARDEN, Walter Scott, lawyer, Chancellor Fifth Chancery Division; born Petersburg, Lincoln County, Tenn., January 10, 1843; son of Benjamin Franklin and Susan Margaret (Blake) BEARDEN; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents Benj. F. and (Wright) BEARDEN, maternal grandparents John W. and Mary (Morgan) BLAKE; Scotch, Irish, French and Huguenot […]
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City: Sewanee GUTHRIE, William Norman, educator; born Dundee, Scotland, March 4, 1868; son of William Eugene and Frances S. (D’Arusmont) GUTHRIE; maternal grandparents Sylvan Thiquepal and Frances (Wright) D’ARUSMONT; graduated from University of the South, B. Litt., 1889, A. M., 1891; married Anna Norton STUART, Jan. 14, 1893; assistant prof. […]
Andrew M. ALEXANDER, born May 19, 1815, is a son of Andrew M. Sr., and Nancy (Doran) ALEXANDER, who were born in Maryland and Virginia respectively. The father was one of the pioneer settlers of the county, and was killed at New Orleans during the war of 1812, in which […]
CITY: Waverly BOWMAN, J. Bethel, lawyer; born Snow’s Creek, Tenn., Nov. 4, 1879; son of Thomas F. and Cordelia Ann (Wright) BOWMAN; father was a lawyer; educated at Waverly and Lebanon Tenn.; graduated from Waverly High School and Cumberland University LL. B. May, 1900; in early life was in the […]
City: Memphis OGILVIE, Clarence C., lawyer, born Bellbuckle, Tenn., March 20, 1974; English and Scotch descent; son of Jasper and Josephine (SMITH) OGILVIE; educated at Webb School, Bellbuckle, Tenn., Vanderbilt University and University of Chicago; in early life he was a school teacher and bank clerk; married July 26, 1899, […]
City: Nashville HENRY, Howell Meadors, instructor; born Newberry, S. C., August 18, 1879; Scotch, Irish and German descent; son of Hugh P. and Martha H. (Boozer) HENRY; father, farmer; paternal grandparents James and Annie (Wright) HENRY; maternal grandparents John and Margaret (Taylor) BOOZER; graduated from Newberry (S. C. ) College, […]
City: Nashville HARTS, William Wright, U. S. A. officer; born Springfield, Ill., August 29, 1866; Dutch-English descent; son of P. Wilde and Harriet (Bates) HARTS; father was a lawyer; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Epler) HARTS, maternal grandparents William P. and Anne (Wright) BATES; educated in public schools, Springfield, Ill., […]
CITY: Sparta COTTEN, Leon DeCasto, physician; born Pollard, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John and Sarah (Wright) COTTEN; father’s occupation teacher; paternal grandparents Thomas A. and Matilda (Britt) COTTEN; maternal grandparents James and Nellie (Hutson) WRIGHT; educated at Sparta Tenn., High School; educated in medicine, University of […]
City: Memphis STANTON, Benjamin Palmer, commission merchant; born in Memphis, Tenn., March 4, 1871; son of J.S. and Georgia R. (Gwyn) STANTON; graduated from Memphis City Public School May 29, 1888; married Julia WRIGHT May 22, 1895; member City Club and Madison Heights Methodist Episcopal Church, Memphis.
City: Memphis SMITH, Wright Hammond, Vice-President and General Manager of the Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad, present headquarters at Jonesboro, Ark.; born in Memphis, Tenn., July 21, 1871; son of James H. and Emily (Wright) SMITH; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Wharton Jones School, Memphis, and Bingham School, N.C., finishing at […]
City: Memphis WRIGHT, Luke E., lawyer; born Giles Co., Tenn., Aug. 29, 1846; Scotch descent; son of Archibald and Mary E. (Eldridge) WRIGHT; paternal grandparents John and Nancy (McIntyre) WRIGHT, maternal grandfather Elisha ELDRIDGE, maternal grandmother was a Miss DILLON prior to her marriage; educated University of Miss.; received B. […]
City: Memphis WRIGHT, E. Eldridge, lawyer; born Mobile, Ala., July 25, 1871; Scotch descent; son of Luke E. and Kate Middleton (Semmes) WRIGHT; father, lawyer, diplomatist, ex-governor general of the Philippines, former ambassador to Japan and former secretary of war; paternal grandparents Archibald and Mary E. (Eldridge) WRIGHT; received primary […]
City: Memphis SMITH, James Hammond, banker; born Shelbyville, Ky., July 6, 1835; German descent; son of Abram and Margaret (Campbell) SMITH; his father was a member of Capt. Ford’s company under Gen. Andrew Jackson, and was in the battle of New Orleans during war of 1812; his paternal grandparents were […]
City: Memphis SMITH, Horace Neely, banker; born Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 10, 1881; son of James Hammond and Emily (Wright) SMITH; father’s occupation, president People’s Savings Bank & Trust Co.; paternal grandparents Abraham and Margaret (Campbell) SMITH of Kentucky, maternal grandparents Tom T. and Eliza (Lowry) WRIGHT; educated Memphis Military Institute […]
City: Memphis HALLIDAY, William Parker, manufactures, mining and farming; born Cairo, Ill., Aug. 6, 1865; son of William Parker and Eliza (Wright) HALLIDAY; Scotch descent; graduate of Pennsylvania Military College, Chester, Pa., 1883; married Anne Pillow RIDLEY, Nov. 10, 1892; member of Tennessee and Chickasaw Clubs; member Episcopal church.
City: McKenzie BURNS, James Thomas, retail merchant; born near McLemoresville, Tenn., May 5, 1849; son of John and Margaret (Patton) BURNS; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents, Richard and ——- (Newbill) BURNS, maternal grandparents William and Mary (Wright) PATTON; educated at Bethel College, McLemoresville, Tenn., and University of Miss.; worked on […]
City: Knoxville BOIES, William Ely, retired clergyman and writer of prose and verse; born Charleston, S. C., Jan. 27, 1823; son of Artemus and Abigail (Ely) BOIES; Scotch-Irish descent; father’s occupation, clergyman; received preparatory education in Boston public Latin school; graduate of Yale, A. B. degree, in 1844; A. M. […]
City: Johnson City POWELL, Ferdinard, business man; born Columbia, Va., Aug. 16, 1880; son of J. J. A. and Annie S. (Jones) POWELL; father’s occupation lawyer; paternal grandparents Dr. Norment and Mary C. (Wright) POWELL; maternal grandparents, Ferdinand and Mildred B. (Goodwin) JONES; graduated from Va. Polytechnic Institute with degree […]
City: Knoxville BOIES, William Ely, retired clergyman and writer of prose and verse; born Charleston, S.C., Jan. 27, 1823; son of Artemus and Abigail (Ely) BOIES; Scotch-Irish descent; father’s occupation, clergyman; received preparatory education in Boston public Latin school; graduate of Yale, A.B. degree, in 1844; A.M. degree in 1847; […]
City: Jamestown WRIGHT, William L., banker, real estate dealer; born Pall Mall, Tenn., in 1879; son of John C. and Mary Frances (Williams) WRIGHT; father’s occupation, farmer, merchant, Maj. 9th Tenn. Vol. Cavalry Civil war, Federal soldier; educated University of Harriman, Tenn., and Maryville, (Tenn.) College; in early life he […]