City: Cosby MCGAHA, Francis G., merchant; born at Cosby, Tenn., March 26, 1865; English and Irish descent; son of Francis G. and Milly (Murrell) MCGAHA; father’s occupation, farmer; educated Pigeon Forge Academy, Sevier Co., Tenn., and Newport High school, Newport, Tenn.; in early life was a school teacher; taught eighteen […]
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City: Cottage Grove BRIZENDINE, Henry Williamson, merchant; born near Paris, Henry Co., Tenn., Sept. 24, 1848; German-English descent; son of John Asher and Edith Ann (Walker) BRIZENDINE; father’s occupation, farmer; received common school education; married Grizzie Anna BOWDEN Nov. 19, 1874; in early life was a farmer boy; in 1892-3 […]
City: Covington BOYD, William Townes, (T. BOYD); born Mecklenburg Co., Va., Jan. 20, 1844; Scotch descent; son of Francis Walker and Isabella (Townes) BOYD; paternal grandparents Robert and Tabitha (Walker) BOYD, maternal grandparents William and Lucy R. (Maclin) TOWNES; educated Hampden Sidney College (Va.) graduated from same with B.A. degree […]
City: Covington DICKSON, B. V., physician; born Tipton Co. Tenn., Oct, 30, 1877; son of James Fentress and Rachael (Payne) DICKSON; educated public schools and Central University, Ky.; graduate of Memphis Hospital Med. College; married March, 1903; member Masons, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Fra.; president and secretary Co. Med. Soc.; examiner […]
City: Covington DOWNING, Richard Vaughan, farmer; born near Covington, Tenn., May 29, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Elijah McMahon and Elizabeth Anne (Vaughan) DOWNING; educated common schools of Tipton Co., Tenn., graduated Dickson, Tenn., with degree of B.S. in 1895; in early life was a merchant, later took up farming; […]
City: Henderson FREED, Arvy Glenn, educator; born in Lawrence Co., Ind., Aug. 3, 1862; Dutch-Irish descent; son of Joseph and Eliza (Hayes) FREED; educated at Mitchell, Ind., Lebanon, O., and Valparaiso, Ind., graduated at Lebanon, O., and Valparaiso, Ind. and the following degrees were conferred upon him; L.I., B.S., and […]
City: Gallatin HARRIS, Russell Curtis, physician; born Bethpage, Sumner Co., Tenn., July 22, 1853; Anglo-Saxon descent; son of Greenberry B. and Mary (Gillespie) BRYSON; fathers’ occupation, stonemason and miller; paternal grandparents Overton and Martha (Brown) HARRIS, maternal grandparents Peter and Jennie (Gillespie) BRYSON; educated Co. schools Gallatin (Tenn.) High School […]
City: Henderson HARDEMAN, Nicholas Brodie, educator and minister of the gospel; born in McNairy Co., Tenn., May 18, 1874; Anglo-Saxon descent; son of J.B. and Nannie (Smith) HARDEMAN; father’s occupation, physician; graduated at Henderson, Tenn., with degree of M.A. June, 1897; in early life was a farmer boy and later […]
City: Gallatin HOSKINS, Isaac Crittenden, evangelist; born in Jefferson Co., Ky., Nov. 29, 1860; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William Crittenden and Mary Elizabeth (Woods) HOSKINS; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Alfred Crittenden and Nancy (Monroe) HOSKINS, maternal grandparents David and Elizabeth (Martin) WOODS; educated in the public schools of Louisville, […]
City: Henderson BALDY, William Hamilton, assistant Postmaster; born near Clarendon, Ark., Aug. 17, 1877; Irish and English descent; son of William Hugh and Rosa Virginia (Rawlings) BALDY; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Paul Hamilton and Elizabeth T. (Watkins) BALDY; maternal grandparents William A. and Nancy M. (May) RAWLINGS; educated at […]
City: Henderson HARWELL, John T., banker; born near Guntown, Miss., Aug. 2, 1872; English descent; son of Len L. and Nancy (Humphreys) HARWELL; his father was a planter; paternal grandparents Grief and Evelyn (Pullen) HARWELL, maternal grandparents, John T. and Jane (Verner) HUMPHREYS; educated in the common schools and Memphis […]
City: Henderson DAY, Isaac Butler, retired educator and minister of the Gospel; born at Spring Creek, Madison Co., Tenn., Jan. 18, 1837; son of Lemuel and Mary (Senter) DAY; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandfather John DAY; his paternal grandmother was a Miss HOWARD prior to her marriage; maternal grandparents William […]
City: Cookeville SISK, Thirmie K., teacher; born Burke Co., N. C., Feb. 7, 1878; English and German descent; son of John and Mary (Spainhous) SISK; father’s occupation, farmer; educated Patton High school, Morganton, N. C., and Peabody College, and University of Nashville, graduated from Peabody College and University of Nashville […]
City: Cottage Grove MCREE, Allen P., physician and druggist; born Adamsville, Tenn., Aug. 13, 1863; Scotch descent; son of N. H. and Agnes (Davis) MCREE; father’s occupation, farmer; educated at Cottage Grove, (Tenn.) and University of Tenn.; graduated from U. of T., M. D. 1894; married Mary Emma ALDRIDGE 1888; […]
City: Elizabethton JENKINS, James D., insurance solicitor; born at Elizabethton, Tenn., Sept. 2, 1870; Welsh-German ancestors; son of Capt. David B. and Evelyn (Stover) JENKINS; father was a farmer who enlisted in the Federal army and after the civil war became internal revenue collector, later, trustee of Carter Co., Tenn.; […]
City: Elizabethton JOHNSON, William Thomas, real estate dealer; born Elizabethton, Tenn., Feb. 25, 1856; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas C. and Nancy J. (Tipton) JOHNSON; received common schood /sic/ education; married Jennie CAMERON Oct. 2, 1901; Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner; began life as a farmer, but later engaged in […]
City: Elizabethton PEPPER, George Henry, farmer; born Bristol, Va., Sept. 17, 1869; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jesse H. and Mary (Taylor) PEPPER; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Robinson) PEPPER, maternal grandparents Alfred W. and Bessie (Brewer) TAYLOR; educated Virginia Military Institute, University of Tenn. and Cumberland University, […]
City: Elkton BAUGH, John Edward, physician; born Elkmont, Ala., Dec. 6, 1858; son of William Aaron and Sarah (Grigsby) BAUGH; paternal grandparents John and Martha Elizabeth (Trotter) BAUGH, maternal grandparents Edward W. and Parmelia Littleberry (Adams) GRIGSBY; educated at preparatory schools Mulberry, Pulaski and Gallatin, Tenn.; graduated from University of […]
City: Elizabethton WILCOX, David Powell, minister of the gospel; born Unicoi Co., Tenn., June 8, 1830; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John and Letitia (Silson) WILCOX; paternal grandparents James and Mary (Doan) WILCOX, maternal grandparents Steven and Mary (Pierce) SILSON; received common school education and in early youth was a saddler […]
City: Embreeville TAYLOR, Alfred Alexander, farmer and lecturer; born Happy Valley, Tenn., Aug. 6, 1848; English-Scotch-Irish and German descent; son of Nathaniel G. and Emaline (Haynes) TAYLOR; father’s occupation, Methodist minister and farmer; paternal grandparents James P. and Mary (Carter) TAYLOR, maternal grandparents David and Rhoda (Haynes) HAYNES; received academic […]