City: Paris YOUNKIN, Marcus W., Superintendent Paris City Water and Light Plant; born Chariton, Iowa, Oct. 3, 1874; son of Charles and Nancy (NEWCOMER) YOUNKIN; German descent; father’s occupation, merchant; graduated Chariton institutes of learning; married Azelea ADAMS Dec. 24, 1895; for seven years past secretary of Board of Public […]
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FARRAR, Lucius A., educator and farmer; born Bedford County, Tenn., May 9, 1838; Scotch-Irish descent; educated in common schools of Bedford and Lincoln counties; his early occupation was teaching school; married Tennie V. DAVIDSON, November, 1866; served four years as non-commissioned officer in army of C. S. A.; dangerously wounded […]
City: Whiteville FARLEY, Susannah E., postmaster; born May 2, 1859; daughter of John B. and Margaret (Lacy) JOHNSON; educated Jefferson Institute, Whiteville, Tenn.; graduated from Memphis Conference Institute, Jackson, Tenn.; married W. E. FARLEY, Dec. 20, 1876; appointed postmaster at Whiteville, Tenn., Aug. 26, 1876, office advanced to third class […]
City: Memphis WARING, Roane, lawyer; born in Shelby C0., Tenn., July 20, 1881; English-Scotch descent; son of Thomas Roane and Elizabeth Bell (Ashe) WARING; father’s occupation, merchant; paternal grandparents Robert P. and ___________ (Henry) WARING, maternal grandparents Sheppard M. and Martha (Rogers) ASHE; educated at Christian Bros. College, Memphis, Tenn., […]
City: Memphis WARD, Francis Watson druggist; born Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 6, 1860; Sctoch-Welsh [sic] descent; son of John James and Ellen Tyler (Young) WARD; father’s occupation, lawyer, captain in C.S. army; paternal grandparents Francis Watson and Mary (McKee) WARD, maternal grandparents Dr. William Tyler and Ellen Gordon (Stewart) YOUNG; educated […]
City: Rafter STRATTON, John Wesley, farmer and stock raiser; born in Monroe Co., Tenn., March 11, 1828; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John and Lida (Clark) STRATTON; father was a carpenter and millwright; educated in common schools and Hiwassee College; in early life was a stock raiser and was Captain of […]
City: Pulaski MASSEY, Felix Matthias, educator, co-principal Massey & Clark School, Pulaski, Tenn.; born Mulberry, Tenn., July 15, 1876; son of C. S. and Mattie (Dennis) MASSEY; Scotch-Irish descent; his father was a farmer; educated Webb School, Bell Buckle, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; married Ota BOYD, June 24, 1903; member […]
City: Paris PORTER, James Davis, attorney-at-law; born Dec. 7, 1828; son of Thomas Kennedy and Geraldine (Horton) PORTER; father physician; paternal grandparents William and Hanna (Kennedy) PORTER; maternal grandparents Josiah and Nancy (White) HORTON; educated at Paris, Tenn., graduated from Univ. of Nashville, A. B., 1846; LL.D. conferred 1880; married […]
City: Sharp’s Chapel MALONE, William M., farmer; born Hickory Valley, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1871; Irish and Dutch descent; son of James Fletcher and Sarah E. (Snoderly) MALONE; father, farmer; paternal grandparents John B. and Sally (Sharp) MALONE, maternal grandparents Daniel and Rachel (Whitten) SNODERLY; educated in the High Schools of […]
City: Sharon SHANNON, James Edward, physician and surgeon; born near Sharon, Tenn., June 23, 1864; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Henry Jefferson and Anna Eliza (Tansil) SHANNON; father, physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents James and Mary (Shannon) SHANNON, maternal grandparents Edward Albert and Caroline (Jenkins) TANSIL; educated in the country schools, […]
City: Memphis WILLINGHAM, John T., president and general manager Memphis Coffin Co.; born in Barnwell District, S.C., Aug. 30, 1861; when he was about four years old his parents moved to Columbus, Ga., where he was reared and educated; he began his business career when he was eighteen years of […]
City: Paris RYE, Thomas C., lawyer; attorney-general for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of the State of Tennessee; Democrat; residence Paris, Tenn. Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
City: Paris RYALS, William Henry, minister of the gospel; born Buckingham Co. Va., Nov. 17, 1852; son of William B. and Martha J. (Hudgins) RYALS; educated at Univ. of Lexington (Ky.) and Richmond College, Va.; attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1882-1883, Union University, Jackson, Tenn., conferred the degree of […]
City: Nashville SEARIGHT, Frank Malone; born Nashville, Tenn., September 19, 1867; Scotch-Irish descent; son of George and Fannie (Malone) SEARIGHT; father, wholesale grocer; educated at Nashville, Tenn., High School, 1886; early in life he engaged in the grocery business, also brokerage; married Annie M. SHANNON, in 1893; member Masonic Lodge, […]
City: Nashville SCHUERMAN, William Henry, educator; born Cincinnati, O., November 8, 1859; son of Christian Frederick and Henrietta (Woesten) SCHUERMAN; German descent; father, retired manufacturer; educated Cincinnati public schools, University of Cincinnati, Johns Hopkins; graduated University of Cincinnati, C.E., June 1881; began his business career as Civil Engineer; is now […]
City: Shelbyville ALLISON, Marshall Lafayette, farmer; born Marshall County, Tenn., October 30, 1860; son of Robert and Sarah (Elzie) ALLISON; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Thomas and Mildred (Whiffield) ALLISON, maternal grandparents Abraham and Jane ELZIE; Scotch descent; educated Cornersville, Marshall County, Tenn.; married Elizabeth WILMOT, September 22, 1892; […]
City: Shelbyville ARCHIBALD, William Whallon, lumberman; born Corry, Pa., October 17, 1868; son of Charles Edwin and Mary (Whallon) ARCHIBALD; paternal grandparents Varnum and Martha (Allen) ARCHIBALD, maternal grandparents Samuel Smith and Maria (Bell) WHALLON; Scotch-Dutch descent; father’s occupation, railroad conductor; educated and graduated at De Veaux College, Niagara Falls, […]
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 […]
City: Memphis WINKELMAN, Henry T., manufacturer “Staff of Life Bread;” born Memphis, Tenn., October 25, 1870; son Henry and Marie (Schlatter) WINKELMAN; German descent; educated Memphis Public Schools; married Arra Belle COWGILL October 16, 1906; was elected on the Reform ticket November, 1905, member of the Board of Public Works; […]
City: Pulaski STACY, Richard Mahlon, business man; born Pulaski, Tenn., Aug. 24, 1862; son of Jo. B. and Rebecca (Johnson) STACY; educated Webbs School, Cullioka and Pulaski, graduating from Cullioka; married Nannie HARDIN, Feb. 5, 1884; has held office of chancery clerk, and now engaged in coal business and other […]