City: Paris YATES, Otway, banker; born Westerfield, Ky., July 11, 1885; son of John R. and Nancy (Smith) YATES; English descent; father’s occupation, flour manufacturer at Rochester, Ky.; educated Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky.; member Masons (scribe in chapter, Capt., General in commandery and Capt. Host in Council); W. O. W., […]
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City: Lea Springs IDOL, Willis, physician and surgeon; born Granger Co., Tenn., May 2, 1863; son of John and Emilia (Akin) IDOL; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Adam and Nancy (Rice) IDOL; maternal grandparents Willis and Mary (Floyd) AKIN; received academic education in Grainger county, Tenn., and medical education in […]
City: Henderson JOHNSON, Albert Sidney, railroad agent; born Cotton Plant, Mo., Feb. 7, 1865; Irish and Scotch descent; son of Albert B.S. and Nancy Malinda (Jones) JOHNSON; educated at Rutherford, Tenn., he was reared on a farm by a widowed mother, his father dying in 1866; had a struggle to […]
City: Denver RUSHING, Virgil Alonzo, banker; born Tenn., Dec. 20, 1874; son of Burhl C. and Missouri Jane (Thompson) RUSHING; father’s occupation merchant; paternal grandparents David L. and Sarah (Moore) RUSHIING; maternal grandparents David and Letha (Yates) THOMPSON; educated Camden, Tenn.; began life as a merchant; married Stella McCANN May […]