City: Nashville
WILLIAMS, John Phillip, manufacturer; President Bon Air Coal Company; born Montgomery County, Tenn., February 22, 1848; son J. P. and Mildred (Hopson) WILLIAMS; paternal grandfather, Henry WILLIAMS; paternal grandmother, Mary WILSON; maternal grandfather, George Boyd HOPSON; maternal grandmother, Eliza READ; English descent; educated Miama /sic/ University, Oxford Ohio; Union College, Lewisburg, Pa., 1862-66; married Elizabeth CHENEY December 1, 1870; member Hermitage Cub, Nashville Golf and Country Club, Sons of American Revolution; great grandfather on maternal side was Col. Joseph HOPSON of the Seventh Virginia Regiment in the American Revolution; attends Episcopal Church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
