City: Memphis BOYLE, Thomas R., lawyer; born Hardeman County, Tenn., April 5, 1855; son Thomas and Margaret J. (Owen) BOYLE; Irish-English descent; educated Memphis; graduated Christian Brothers’ College and Washington and Lee University; married Virginia A. FRAZER, April 22, 1884; member Business Men’s Club; Democrat.
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City: Memphis CANADA, J.W., lawyer; born Shelby County, Tenn., December 27, 1876; son W.W. and Sallie T. CANADA; married Emma BERRY, December 31, 1903; served as Captain Fourth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry in Cuba, Spanish-American War; General Attorney St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern R.R. Co.; General Attorney Union Railway Co.; […]
City: Memphis CAMPBELL, Willis C., physician; born Jackson, Miss., Dec. 18, 1880; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Charles C. and ———— (Cohoon) CAMPBELL; father’s occupation, clerical; paternal grandparents J.A.P. and Eugenia (Nash) CAMPBELL, maternal grandparents Willis E. and Cornelia (Smith) COHOON; educated University of Va. and Hampden-Sidney College; graduated from University […]
City: Memphis CALKINS, Sidney Pratt, wholesale broker; born Owego, Tioga Co., N.Y., Jan. 14, 1852; Scotch descent; son of Sidney and Martha (Pratt) CALKINS; father’s occupation timberman, owner of extensive saw mills and wholesale lumberman; paternal grandfather, Judge Seth CALKINS, maternal grandfather, Abija PRATT; educated in public schools and Owego […]
City: Memphis CALDWELL, Thomas B., real estate dealer; born in Shelby county, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1862; Scotch descent; son of Edward W. and Lucy Harriet (Crenshaw) CALDWELL; father’s occupation, farmer and justice of the peace; maternal grandfather, Thomas B. CRENSHAW; educated in the Shelby County, Tenn. Schools; in early life […]
City: Memphis CALDWELL, Alrebt S., investment banker; born Washington, D.C., Sept. 3, 1854; son of John M. and Augusta (Tyler) CALDWELL; father’s occupation merchant; paternal grandparents, James and Achsah (Leech) CALDWELL, maternal grandparents, Henry B. and Elizabeth B. (Tyler) TYLER; graduated from Racine College, Wis., A.B., June 1874; entered practice […]
City: Memphis CAIN, Walter, journalist; son John S. and Mattie (Wooshaw) CAIN; Scotch-Irish descent; graduate University of Mississippi 1881, Vanderbilt 1883; married Adelaide DOUGLAS, December 17, 1901; editor Nashville American 1892; for several years editor Nashville Sun; associate editor Memphis News Scimitar.
City: Memphis CAGE, Harry Hays, general southern agent Erie Railroad; born Canton, Miss., May 23 1864; son of Albert Hunley and Amanda (Garrett) CAGE; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents, Robert H. and Lucy (Hunley) CAGE, maternal grandparents, Lewis W. and Sarah (Singleton) GARRETT; educated in common schools and Tulane University, […]
City: Memphis BURNS, William Britt, physician and surgeon; born Shangaloo, La., February 26, 1869; son T.F. and Mary A. (Thomas) BURNS; Scotch-Welsh descent; educated Prescott, Ark., Tom Allen High School, Kentucky School of Medicine; graduate Kentucky School of Medicine M.D. 1892; post-graduate Polyclinic New York 1898; married Georgia May VALLANDIGHAM, […]
City: Memphis BULLINGTON, Richard Edward, dentist; born Hernando, Miss., Sept. 2, 1847; son of Edward and Caroline (Stubblefield) BULLINGTON; fathers’ [sic] occupation dentist; paternal grandfather, Robert BULLINGTON, maternal grandfather, Peter B. STUBBLEFIELD; educated Kentucky Military Institute, graduated from New Orleans (La.) Dental College, D.D.S., April 1872; married Sallie A. PEETE, […]
City: Memphis BUFORD, George Gillespie, physician; born Oxford, Miss., Dec. 5 1853; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William C. and Nancy (Gillespie) BUFORD; father’s occupation, planter; paternal grandfather, Spencer BUFORD, maternal grandfather, George GILLESPIE; educated University of Miss., and Vanderbilt University, graduated from later [sic] Medical Department, degree of M.D. in […]
City: Memphis BUCKINGHAM, Miles S., banker; born Shelby Co., Tenn., May 16, 1846; son of Henry G. and Eliza (McIntosh) BUCKINGHAM; English and Scotch descent; educated in public and private schools of Memphis, Tenn.; entered banking in early life as postoffice boy, and has filled every position; at present he […]
City: Memphis BUCHANAN, Joseph W., lawyer; born Chatham Co., N.C.; Scotch descent; son of Thomas J. and Sophie (Martin) BUCHANAN; father, planter; paternal grandparents, Joseph and Charity (Williams) BUCHANAN, maternal grandparents Dr. William and Flora Isabella (McQueen) MARTIN; his maternal grandmother was a direct descendant of Robert BRUCE; graduated University […]
City: Memphis BUCHANAN, Arthur S., public official; born DeSoto Co., Miss., Aug. 14, 1856; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of B.B. and Eliza (Smith) BUCHANAN; father, planter; paternal grandfather, B.B. BUCHANAN, maternal grandfather, Daniel SMITH; educated in the common schools; graduated in law from University of Miss., June, 1879; entered […]
City: Memphis BRYAN, Elwood R., dealer in stone and gravel; born Franklin, Ky., Aug. 28, 1873; son of William Robert and Lou (Bell) BRYAN; father, physician; paternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Clarke) BRYAN, maternal grandparents George and Mary (Paden) BELL; educated Franklin, Ky.; in early life he was manager of […]
City: Memphis BRUCE, Horatio Thomas, mule dealer; born Cumberland, Allegheny County, Md., April 9, 1854; Scotch-Irish descent; son Henry and Lavinia (Thistle) BRUCE; married Valeria HUTT, November 22, 1890; member Masons, I.O.O.F., B.P.O.E. No. 27, K. of P., Ladies and Knights of Honor, Royal Arcanum, Beavers; Democrat; Fire and Police […]
City: Memphis BROWNE, Harris L., president of Browne & Borum Co.; born Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1872; son of J.W.X. and Emma A. (Mallory) BROWNE; father’s occupation, president The Browne Co., plumbing, gas and steam fitting; educated in Tenn. and Ind., graduated from Purdue University Lafayette, Ind., B.M.E., electrical engineer, […]
City: Memphis BRODE, Frederick William, cotton seed products dealer; born Delitseh, Prussia, Germany, Aug. 14, 1843; son of John Frederick and Fredericka (Ritter) BRODE; father, merchant; German descent; educated in the schools of Prussia, Germany, and public and private schools of St. Louis, Mo.; began his career as a clerk, […]
City: Memphis BRINKLEY, James Mhoon, real estate dealer; born Colbert Co., Ala., Aug. 30, 1855; English and Scotch descent; son of Robert C. and Elizabeth (Mhoon) BRINKLEY; father’s occupation, lawyer and real estate; educated at Huntsville, Ala., and University of the South; entered the real estate business in early life; […]
City: Memphis BRIDGER, James Dick, physician and surgeon; born Sardis, Miss., September 2, 1871; son J.E. and Nancy J. (Hill) BRIDGER; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Panola County, Miss., High School; graduated Columbian University, Washington, D.C., with degree of M.D.; married Eugenia MARTIN, November 5, 1907; member National No. 12, A.F. & […]