City: Franklin FOWLKES, Henry Pleasant, lawyer; born Hickman Co., Tenn., Oct. 22, 1843; English-Scotch-Irish and German descent; son of Henry R. and Susan A. (Bussell) FOWLKES; father’s occupation farmer and merchant; paternal grandparents Gabriel and Jeney (Hyde) FOWLES; maternal grandparents Pleasant and Docie (Mayberry) BUSSELL; educated at Franklin, Tenn., and […]
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City: Franklin FAW, Walter Wagner, lawyer; born at Johnson City, Tenn., July 3, 1867; German-English and French descent; son of Thomas Ambrose and Carrie E. (Wagner) FAW; father’s occupation, merchant; paternal grandparents Jonathan and Sarah (Parks) FAW, maternal grandparents Matthias Miller and Matilda (Fyffe) Wagner; educated at Ky. Military Institute, […]
City: Franklin DOZIER, Tennie Pinkerton, born near Franklin, Tenn., Aug. 8, 1861; English and Scotch-Irish descent; her paternal ancestors took active part in the War of the Roses on the side of the House of Lancaster, or the red rose; daughter of James and Sarah Caroline (Anderson) PINKERTON; father’s occupation, […]
City: Franklin CROCKETT, Robert Hugh, lawyer; born Williamson Co., Tenn., Dec. 10, 1869; son of William Alonzo and Anne J. (Sayers) CROCKETT; English, Irish, Scotch, Danish, French and Italian descent; paternal grandparents Andrew and Catherine Walker (Bell) CROCKETT; maternal grandparents James Jefferson and Anne M. (Taliaferro) SAYERS; educated Montgomery Bell […]
City: Franklin COX, Nicholas Nicols, ex-Congressman; born in Bedford Co., Tenn., Jan. 6, 1837; educated in the common schools of Sequin, Texas; graduated from Lebanon Law School, L.L.B., 1858; removed to Texas in boyhood and was reared at Sequin, Tex.; admitted to bar in 1858; in practice at Franklin, Tenn., […]
City: Franklin COWAN, George I., farmer and insurance agent; born Derry Co., Ireland, Oct. 15, 1842; son of Robert W. and Hannah (Limerick) COWAN; educated in the local schools of Shelbyville, Bedford Co., Tenn.; after leaving school enlisted in the Confederate army under Gen. N. B. FORREST, with rank of […]
City: Franklin COOK, Henry Howe, attorney at law; born in Williamson Co., Tenn., Nov. 23, 1843; son of Lewis and Margaret Jane (Owen) COOK; father’s occupation, carpenter and farmer; paternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Howe) COOK, maternal grandparents Nathan and Janie (Hightower) OWEN; educated at Franklin College, Davidson Co., Tenn.; […]
City: Franklin COCHRANE, Hardin Perkins, physician; born Tuscaloosa, Ala., Oct. 1, 1843; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William and Sophia S. Louisa (Perkins) COCHRANE; father was a lawyer; paternal grandparents William and ______ (Duke) COCHRANE, maternal grandparents Hardin and Sophia (Holland) PERKINS; educated at Tuscaloosa, Ala., and University of Ala.; graduated […]
City: Franklin CLIFF, Daniel Bonaparte, physician; born Wooster, Ohio, Jan. 15, 1823; son of Joseph and Isabella (McPhail) CLIFFE, father’s occupation, physician; Scotch-English descent; received academic education at Wooster, Ohio, and Franklin, Tenn., graduated Louisville, Ky., March 1842; began his business career as clerk in drug store; married Virginia WHITFIELD […]
City: Franklin CLAY, Thomas Eakin, educator, born in Shelbyville, Tenn., May 21, 1855; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Silas Webb and Ellen (Nevins) CLAY; received common school education Athens, Ala., and graduated in academic course from Edgefield Male Academy June 15, 1879; in early life engaged in farming, later became a […]
City: Franklin CANNON, Newton, farmer and merchant; born near Franklin, Tenn., June 14, 1846; son of William PERKINS and Agatha Susan (Perkins) CANNON; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Newton and Leah Letitia (Perkins) CANNON; maternal grandparents Samuel and Sarah (Perkins) PERKINS; educated in the country schools in Williamson Co., Tenn.; […]
City: Franklin BRADLEY, Robert Henry, retired merchant and planter; born in Scott Co., Ky., Jan. 23, 1819; English descent ; son of William and Sarah (Jenkins) BRADLEY; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Thomas and Philadelphi (Ficklin) BRADLEY, maternal grandparents Henry and Martha (Stapp) JENKINS; received common school education; began his […]
City: Franklin BAILEY, Robert Albert, farmer and banker; born Franklin Tenn., Sept. 11, 1849; Scotch-Irish descent ; son of Albert H. and Louisa Ann (Figuers) BAILEY; paternal grandparents John and Sallie (Reese) BAILEY, maternal grandparents Thomas and Ann (Faircloth) FIGUERS; educated in the public schools of Williamson and Maury Co., […]
City: Franklin AMMERMAN, Wesley, physician (osteopathic); born Sherman, Texas, April 19, 1861; son of Coleman R. and Elizabeth (Perkins) AMMERMAN; German, English, Scotch descent; educated Christian University, Canton, Mo., later graduated at American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo. (1896); in early life engaged in fine stock raising; opened in Franklin, […]
City: Forked Deer HUMPHREYS, Samuel T., merchant, born Brownsville, Tenn., Nov. 17, 1862; son of Samuel L. and Roberta (Hood) HUMPHREYS; Scotch descent; paternal grandparents Wiley J. and Luvisa (Link) HUMPHREYS, maternal grandparents Anthony and Sarah (Mann) HOOD; received common school education; entered business 1887, at Forked Deer, where he […]
City: Flat Creek PEARSON, Charles, farmer; born Bedford Co., Tenn., April 5, 1880; Scotch descent; son of C. N. and Kate (Campbell) PEARSON; father was a farmer and lumberman; paternal grandparents Kin J. and Sidney (Watson) PEARSON, maternal grandparents Alfred and Sarah (Reaves) CAMPBELL; educated in the local schools of […]
City: Flat Creek ENOCHS, Maze Alexander LaFayette, physician and surgeon; born in Moore Co., Tenn., Dec. 19, 1843; Scotch-Irish descent; entered Confederate army when seventeen years of age in 1st Tenn. Regiment (Peter TURNEY’s), wounded at Gaines Mill, wounded again in PICKETT’s charge, Gettysburg, captured and carried to David’s Island, […]
City: Finley BUNNELL, Isaac Newton, farmer; born in Gibson Co., Tenn., 1849; Irish descent; son of Isaac Newton and Lavinia (O’Neil) BUNNELL; received common school education; married Miller WEIDMAN in 1892; second wife Jennie SKIPPER 1909; Democrat; delegate to State Democratic Gubernatorial Convention when Robert L. TAYLOR was first nominated […]
City: Finger WOMBLE, Marcus A., farmer; born Chester Co., Tenn., Aug. 11, 1870; son of Joe and Terry A. (Deaton) WOMBLE; educated in local schools of Chester Co., Tenn.; his father died when he was quite young and taking himself the task of supporting his father’s family he was prevented […]
City: Finger WEAVER, L. A., merchant; born McNairy Co., Tenn., March 24, 1869; son of R. M. and Mary A. WEAVER; began life as a farmer; educated in McNairy Co., Tenn.; has been engaged in general merchandise for several years; married Davie KERBY Sept. 5, 1897; is president of the […]