Genealogy and History
Robert A. Drewry, a substantial merchant of Mason, Tipton County, carrying a general stock of goods, was born in Carroll County, Tenn., March 29, 1854, and is the son of Thomas J. and Nancy (Gibson) Drewry, natives of Virginia. Life Our subject was raised on the farm and received his education in McKenzie, Tenn. In…
Parents Thomas P Eddins , an enterprising merchant of Tipton, Tipton Co., Tenn., is a native of Wilson County, born September 20, 1833, and the son of John and Nancy (Hooker) Eddins. The father was born in South Carolina in 1792, and died in January 1858. The mother was born in Wilson County, in 1792,…
Parents Joseph J Elcan , M.D., a practicing physician of Mason, Tipton Co., Tenn., was born in Haywood County, December 27, 1841, and is a son of George H. and Elizabeth H. Elcan, natives of Virginia and North Carolina. Life Our subject was raised on a farm and received his education at Covington, Tenn., and…
Parents William Carter Exum , of the firm of Boyd, Exum & Wimbish, was born in Davidson County, Tenn., May 6, 1848, son of Dr. E. S. and Sallie (Carter) Exum, natives of Halifax County, N. C. The former was born about 1810 and came to Tennessee when a young man, where he practiced medicine…
Banyon Vernon Dickson | Physician; born Tipton Co., Tenn., Oct. 30, 1877; son of James Fentress and Rachel (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 for six insurance Co.’s; member state…
James F Dickson , one of the substantial citizens of Covington, is a son of Michael M. and Mary (Fentress) Dickson, and was born in Tipton County, in 1841, and is one of eight children, two sons and three daughters living. Parents The father was of Irish ancestry, born in Dickson County, Tenn., in 1811….
STERLING HICKS BASS SR. | Banker and attorney at law; born Halls, Tenn., Dec. 18, 1876; English descent; son of P.H. and Fredonia F. (Abernathy) Bass; father’s occupation farming; paternal grandparents Stephen and Eliza (Cook) Bass; maternal grandparents Sterling and Martha (Owen) Abernathy; educated in public schools of Tenn., and Webb School, Bellbuckle, Tenn., graduating…
Richard S Barret, Esq., son of James and Nancy (Sanford) Barret was born in Sumner County, Tennessee on January 8, 1821, and is one of a family of eight children, six of whom are living. Life Our subject received his education in the district schools of his neighborhood. In 1846 united his fortunes with those…
Parents Dr. William L Barret, surgeon and physician of Center, Tenn., is a son of James and Nancy (Sanford) Barret, and was born in Cumberland County, Ky., in 1832, being the sixth child of a family of six sons and two daughters; one son has died. The father was of Anglo-Irish extraction, and was born…
CHARLES WHITFIELD “WHIT” BEASLEY | Register of Deeds and a Farmer. Born in Lawrence County, Alabama, on Oct 14, 1872, of Scotch-Irish descent. The son of Charles David and Maggie (Misenheimer) Beasley. His paternal grandparents are David Beasley and Susan (Berger). His maternal grandparents are Jacob Misenheimer and Hettie (Slough). He finished the public schools…