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JOHN H. ELLETT, a well-known citizen of Maury County, Tenn., was born on the 29th of October. 1836, the only child of Thomas P. and Susan (Griffith) Ellett. Thomas P. Ellett was born near Richmond, Va., in 1802, and came to Maury County with his parents at an early age. He was a participant in the Seminole war, and was a strong temperance man. He died in Maury County. His wife was born in that county about 1806 and died in 1836, an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Our subject obtained the rudiments of his education in Maury County, and later attended Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tenn. He was married August 15, 1861. to Miss Ophelia Kindel, and to their union five sons and three daughters were born: John C. (deceased), James K. (deceased), William M., Wadkins B., Felix M., Anna L. (deceased), Martha W. (deceased) and Katharine. In 1862 Mr. Ellett enlisted in the Confederate Army, Company D, Third Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, and was a participant in the following bloody battles: Vicksburg, Raymond, Jackson, Miss., Port Hudson, Chicka- mauga and others. He served as first lieutenant of his company until May, 1865, when he returned home. Previous to the war Mr. Ellett was a Whig, but since that time he has been a Democrat. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
THOMAS Y. ENGLISH, farmer, was born in Giles County, Tenn., March 19. 1835, and is one of a large family of children born to John and Clara ( Willeford) English. The father was born in North Carolina in 1800, and was by occupation a farmer. He came to Tennessee with his mother in 1810, and settled on a farm in Giles County, where he . lived a long and prosperous life. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and died July 26, 1879. The mother was a native of South Carolina, born in 1810. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, and was a faithful, conscientious Christian.
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Her death occurred September 26, 1885. Our subject was reared on a farm, and educated in Giles County. He came to Maury County in 1875, and settled on a farm in the Eleventh District, where he has since resided. He enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army May 12, 1861, Company I, Third Tennessee Volunteer Regiment, commanded by Col. John C. Brown, of Tennessee. He participated in the battles of Fort Donelson. Chicka- mauga, Bayon, Raymond and several minor ones. He was taken prisoner at Fort Don- elson, and taken to Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind., where he remained untir his re- lease May 11, 1865. He was married November 8, 1881, to Lissie Spain, a native of Maury County, and the result of this union is the birth of three sons: Thomas Y., born August 8, 1882; John W., born February 25, 1884, and Robert J., born February 23. 1886. Mr. English is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a Democrat in politics, and one of Maury County's best citizens.
EPHRAIM E. ERWIN, local editor and business manager of the Columbia Herald, is a native of Maury County, Tenn., born September 18, 1848, son of William H. and Jemina A. (Voss) Erwin. The father was a native of Maury County, and was a prosper- ous farmer and stock dealer. He served as constable a few years, and died in 1858 or 1859. Ephraim E. resided under the paternal roof until his father's death, and secured a somewhat limited education in his youthful days. This he overcame in later years by his own efforts. After attaining his majority he served as deputy postmaster of Columbia four years, and was made register, and later served as clerk of the county court. In 1876 lie accepted the position of accountant in the chancery court, filling the position with credit to himself and the satisfaction of the people, until 1883. By much desultory study he had become well versed in legal lore. and in 1884 was admitted to the Maury County bar, but never entered into the practice regularly. In March, 1885, he accepted a position on the Ilerald, and it may be truthfully said that the success of the paper is in a large measure due to his untiring energy and ability. In 1872 he married Bessie R. Porter, of Maury County, who died in March, 1874, leaving one son. Mr. Erwin is a Democrat, and belongs to the Masonic, K. of P. and A. O. U. W. fraternities. He is also a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
ERVIN T. ESTES' birth occurred in Maury County, Tenn., March 16, 1855. He is a successful merchant, and was united in marriage August 5, 1877, to Miss Virginia T. Grant, daughter of Thomas U. Grant. Mr. Estes is a Democrat, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and are considered among the reliable and prominent citizens of the county. Our subject's parents were Orvin T. and Hester .J. (McBride) Estes, who were born in the State of Tennessee, and spent their lives as farm- ers. The father was an honest and upright man, and died in 1855, a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church South. The mother still survives him, and is a resident of Maury County, Tenn.
FLAVIUS J. EWING, a well-known business man of Columbia. Tenn., and partner in the firm of Elam & Ewing, was born in Marshall County, Tenn., August 19, 1831, son of James V. and Elizabeth Ewing, who were born in Virginia and Georgia, respectively. The father was one of the pioneer farmers of Tennessee, and suffered all the privations incident to early life in Tennessee. He died in Marshall County in 1881. Our subject was reared and educated in his native county and finished his education in Jackson Col- Jege, of Columbia, and several of the best Colleges of Virginia. In 1860 he came to Maury County and located on a farm in the Twenty-first District, where he followed farming and stock raising until 1882, when he removed to near Columbia, and in 1883 engaged in his present business in the city, and has by his many good business qualities contributed largely to the success of the firm. Mary L. Akin became his wife in 1859, and their union resulted in the birth of two sons and four danghters. Robert L., the eldest son. is in business with his father. Mr. Ewing was originally a Whig in politics, but since the war has voted the Democratic ticket. He served two years in the quartermaster's do- partment of the Confederate Army, Gen. Hardee's corps. Mr. and Mrs. Ewing are mem bers of the Presbyterian Church.
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H. F. FARISS, postmaster of Columbia. Tenn., son of Hugh W. and grandson of James Fariss, who came to Maury County. Tenn .. from the Carolinas in 1806. H. F. was born November 19. 1839, and at the age of thirteen removed with his parents to West Tennessee, and secured a common school education. At the age of twenty-two he re- turned to Maury County and tilled the soil until 1865, when he engaged in the mercantile business in Hampshire, in which he still retains an interest. In 1866 he was appointed postmaster of Hampshire, and served almost continuously until 1882, when he was elected county trustee, serving until 1984. then resigned and was appointed to the post- mastership at Columbia, by President Arthur. As evidence of Mr. Fariss' popularity it need only be stated that he has successfully held varions publie offices notwithstanding the fact that he is a Republican in politics. He is the father of seven children by Mary E. Brooks, whom he married April 15, 1866. Mr. Fariss and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and he is a Mason and a member of the K. of H.
FRANK L. FITZGERALD. merchant. was born September 23, 1861, and is a son of Francis M. and Caroline (Chandler) Fitzgerald, both natives of this county. The father was born October S. 1833, and received his education in the common schools. He came to this county at an early date and followed the occupations of farming and stock raising. . in which he has been moderately successful. He was married in 1857 and is the father of five children: Margaret L., Frank L., Willie L., George V. and one who died in infancy. Mr. Fitzgerald is a Democrat in politics and he and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army, Company A, Forty- eighth Tennessee Regiment, and served as first lientenant in that company for three years. He was the son of Maston and Margaret (Harder) Fitzgerald, hoth born in Vir- ginia. Maston was one of the early settlers of this county and a soldier in the war of 1812. He died in 1879. and his wife in 1868. Our subject's father and mother are still living and are residing on the old Chandler homestead. Onr subject was reared on the farm and received a good education in the district schools. At the age of twenty-two he engaged in his present business, in which he has been very successful. He is a Democrat in politics and an enterprising and successful business man.
WILLIAM STUART FLEMING, chancellor of the Eighth Chancery Division of Tennessee, was born in Manry County, April 23, 1816, eldest son of Thomas F. and Mar- garet E. (Armstrong) Fleming, who were members of a colony that came from South Carolina to Tennessee in 1805. They were of Scotch-Irish descent. and strict Presbyter- ians. William S. Fleming was taught the English branches by his father, and his pre- paratory Greek and Latin was expounded to him by John Barland, a teacher of New York City who visited him two years. He entered the Sophomore class of Yale College, and graduated in 1838. He taught school in Maury County a short time, and then began his legal studies, being admitted to practice in 1842. He immediately opened a law office in Columbia and soon commanded a large practice, which he retained as long as he re- mained in the practice of his profession. In 1860 he removed 10 his elegant country seat, which was destroyed by fire. during Hood's raid in Tennessee, by the Federal commander as a military necessity, entailing a loss of $22,000. He also had fifty slaves emancipated, and thirty head of horses and mules impressed. In 1870 he was elected chancellor, and has held the position by re-election to the present time. He is quite an eloquent orator. and for a period was editor of a literary paper, and later of a political paper, but at the same time continued his practice. He was a Whig, and although a Southern sympa- thizer, was not a participant in the war. He is now a Democrat, and had been a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church for twenty-three years. He has been thrice married. having lost two wives by death. September 5. 1839, he wedded Frances M. Stephen-on. who died in 1849, having borne six children, three of whom died in infancy, and only two now living: Thomas F. Fleming and Mrs. A. N. Dobbins. January 12, 1854, he mar- ried Mary Witherspoon Frierson, who died in 1858, having borne three children, all of whom died in infancy. February S. 1860, he took for his third and present wife Ruth A. .(Johnson) Booker. To them were born three children, one now living. William Stuart. .also a member of the legal profession.
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L. G. FLEMING was born on the 14th of February, 1847, in Maury County, Tenn. His parents, William O. and Winnie (Richardson) Fleming, were natives of Maury County, the father born in 1808. He was a farmer, and succeeded well in his business un- dertakings, and became the father of eight sons and six daughters. He was a member of the I. O. O. F., and a Democrat in politics. . He was a man of strict integrity of char- acter, and a successful farmer. His wife died in 1879 and he in 1860. Our subject is a well-to-do farmer and stock raiser, and was married December 1, 1874, to Manda Dodson, a daughter of W. W. Dodson. To them was born one son, George W., August 29, 1875. Mrs. Fleming died October 30, 1875. December 30, 1879, Mr. Fleming married Sammie E. (Evans) Fleming, born in 1855, a daughter of John Evans. She was first married to Nathaniel Fleming. brother of our subject, and by him became the mother of two daugh- ters: Winnie, born in 1873, and Mattie, born in 1875. To her last marriage has been born one son and one daughter: Ella E., born in 1881, and John O., born in 1883. Mrs. Fleming belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. and her husband to the Chris- tian Church. He is a Democrat and a member of the I. O. O. F.
ARCHIBALD C. FLOYD was born in Granville County, N. C., November 16, 1857, son of John W. and Margaret J. (Campbell) Floyd, of North Carolina, where the father lived and died and the mother now resides. Our subject resided with his parents and was educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1882. Dur- ing this time he had taught school at intervals to secure means to enable him to complete his collegiate course. The year following his graduation he became a disciple of Black- stone, and entered the law department of his old alma mater, and graduated October 1, 1883. He then taught school a short time, and obtained a license to practice from the su- preme court of that State. In February, 1884, he came to Columbia, and has since prac- ticed his profession with good results. He is a partner of George W. Hayes. Since Feb- ruary, 1886, Mr. Floyd has been principal of the Andrews Public School of Columbia, and is giving good satisfaction. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church South.
LUNSFORD B. FORGEY, M. D., a successful practitioner and farmer of Maury County, Tenn., was born September 18, 1825, and is a son of Hugh and Salina (Shorter) Forgey, natives, respectively, of Tennessee and Georgia. The father was a wealthy farm- er and died about 1879. His widow is still living and is a resident of the "Lone Star State" Dr. Forgey, our subject, began reading medicine under Dr. W. W. Dabner, and - graduated at the university of Louisville, Ky., one of the class of 1851. He began the- practice of his profession in Maury, his native county, and has met with the success his knowledge of medicine and his skill deserves. In October, 1856, he led to Hymen's altar, Miss Sarah D. Adkin, who has borne him eight children, seven of whom are living: Will- iam S., Charles A., James H., Addison H. and Anna Lee (twins), Walter E. and Thomas. B. Dr. Forgey is a Democrat and Mason and his wife is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
JAMES M. FRIERSON, an influential farmer of Maury County, Tenn., was born in that county October 18, 1818, son of Thomas J. and M. A. E. (Blakely) Frierson. The father was a native of Williamsburg District, S. C., born October 17, 1784, and was a til- ler of the soil. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and noted for his many acts of charity. He died in Maury County, November 16, 1846. The mother was also a native of South Carolina, born in 1797, and was for many years a faithful servant to the cause of Christianity. She died in December, 1865. Our subject's early life was passed in mer- chandising in Columbia. After five years of successful business transactions, be retired to the farm where he has since remained. In 1819 he wedded Martha G. H. Dawson, a native of North Carolina, and to this union were born nine children: John D., Anna E. Martha G. (who died in 1880), Ella T., Sallie R., Lillie A., Narcissa A., who died in 1883, Irene H. and Nettie. Mr. Frierson is a well-to do fariner, having a fine farm of 250 acres, all well cultivated except fifteen acres of good lumber. He is a Democrat, a member of the I. O. O. F. and also a member of the Presbyterian Church.
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WILLIS R. FRIERSON, a widely known and prominent citizen of Maury County, Tenn., was born in that county April 24, 1827, son of Thomas J. and M. A. E. (Blakely) Frierson. (For further particulars of parents see sketch of James M. Frierson.) Our subject received a good English education in the schools of Maury County, and Septem- ber 29, 1851, he was united in marriage to Mary A Goodloe, a native of Maury County, Tenn. The result of this union was the birth of five children: Goodloe M., Willie T., Hin- ton S., Eustatia (who died May 14, 1853) and Ada V. Mr. Frierson is considered one of the successful farmers of Maury County. He has a good farm of 700 acres on the Colum- bia & Hampshire Pike, about nine and a half miles west of Columbia. This farm be manages in an admirable manner. Besides farming, he is engaged in merchandising and has a new business room on the pike near his elegant residence. He is a Democrat in pol- itics and a member of the Presbyterian Church.
THEODORE FRIERSON, M. D., a well-known medical practitioner of Columbia, Tenn., and native of the county, was born April 6, 1827, son of John Witherspoon Frier- son, who died at the age of twenty-one, while preparing for the Presbyterian ministry, and while our subject was an infant. He was a brother of the eminent Dr. J. W. S. Fri- . erson, and was married to Grace Stephenson. Theodore Frierson was reared to manhood in Maury County, and graduated from Center College at Danville, Ky. He then began studying medicine with the uncle mentioned above, and later attended the medical depart- ment of the University of New York City, and graduated in 1850. He practiced in Shel - byville, Tenn., a few months, then moved to Arkansas, but owing to ill-health returned to Tennessee. He served as private parts of two years in the Confederate Army, and resided in Mississippi until the close of the conflict. He returned to Tennessee in January, 1868, and after residing on a farm in Maury County until 1880, he returned to Columbia, where he has since practiced. In 1860 the Doctor wedded Harriett A. Frierson, a distant relative of his. Their children are Grace, Walter B. and Ida. The Doctor is independ- ent in his political views, but was formerly a Whig. He is an able practitioner. He and family are members of the Presbyterian Church.
REV. JOHN STEPHENSON FRIERSON was born in Maury County, Tenn., December 27, 1829, and is one of eleven children born to the marriage of Robert L. Frierson and Jane Eliza Stephenson, born in 1803 and 1807, respectively. The father died March 13, 1857; both he and wife were members of the Presbyterian Church. Our sub- ject was reared on a farm and attended the Stephenson Academy, where he received a good education. In 1848 he entered Center College at Danville, Ky., and graduated in 1851. He then entered the Princeton, N. J., Theological Seminary, where he remained two years. January 11, 1855, he was married to Martha M. Jordan, daughter of S. P. Jor- dan, and three children were born to their union: Luther L., Mary J. (wife of J. W. How- ard) and Ida J. September 10, 1866, Mrs. Frierson died, and February 8, 1870, our subject married Martha L. (Granberry) Duncan. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Granberry, were born in North Carolina in 1798 and 1804, respectively. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Frierson: John and Donna Maria. Our subject is a member of the F. & A. M., and has attained the degree of Royal Arch Mason He is a member of the " Beta- Theta Pi," a well-known literary; society of the East. Rev. Frierson was formerly a Whig, but is now a stanch Democrat, and for many years has been president of the board of trustees of the Mount Pleasant Female Academy, and for several years has been a member of the board of trustees of the Columbia "Atheneum." He has been pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Mount Pleasant for the last thirty years.
JOE H. FUSSELL, of Columbia, Tenn., and attorney-general of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, was born in Maury County on the 12th of January, 1836, and is a son of Heury B. and Eliza C. (Kincaid) Fussell. who were born in North Carolina and Tennessee, re- spectively. Both of our subject's grandfathers, John Fussell and Joseph Kincaid were among the very early and prominent pioneers of Maury County. Henry B. was reared in Maury County and removed to Columbia when our subject was six years of age, and died here December 16, 1876. He was a carpenter by trade and was an old-line Whig in
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politics as long as that party existed. He was one of the founders of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Columbia. Joe H. was educated in Columbia and graduated from Jackson College in 1855. He taught school in the preparatory department one year and then took the chair of mathematics and languages in his old alma mater. He after- ward had charge of the mathematical department of the old Ravenscroft School, but had been a reader of Blackstone in the meantime, and also worked at the carpenter's trade, which he had learned of his father, and taught school alternately, in order to secure means to enable him to complete his law studies. He read under Col. A. N. Loouey, and Judges William Martin and A. O. P. Nicholson, and in August, 1860, was admitted to the Maury County bar, and practiced his profession until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted as a private in Company E, First Battalion Tennessee, Cavalry, afterward First Tennessee Regiment, and was made first lieutenant of his company, and the last two years of the war commanded a squadron of the regiment, ranking as captain. He served four years and was with his company in 318 engagements. After the surrender of the South he was not allowed to remain in Columbia by the Federals, owing to his refusal to take the oath of allegiance and was compelled to repair to the Barrens, where he re- mained a year. In 1866 he resumed his law practice in Columbia, continuing until 1870. when he was elected attorney-general, and has served by re-election up to the present time. In 1882 he was nominated by what was known as the State Credit Democratic Con- vention for governor of Tennessee, but was defeated by the low tax element. In 1885 he was elected president of the Tennessee State Temperance Alliance. He is now the cham- pion of the prohibition element in the State in the fight against the whisky ring. He is making the race for judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit. subject to the August, 1886, election. Margaret Roberts became his wife in January, 1873. Mr. Fussell is a Mason, Knight Tem- plar degree, and is Post and Past Commander of De Molay Commandery, No. 3, of Columbia, and is Grand Commander of the State. He and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of which he has been ruling elder since 1856.
JAMES A. GALLAWAY, a native of Maury County, Tenn., was born in the Third District of that county September 1, 1832, son of James E. and Marion Gallaway, who were married December 14, 1824. The father was born August 27, 1798, and came to Ten- nessee soon after his marriage, locating in Maury County, where he engaged in merchan- dising and farming. He was a graduate of the Chapel Hill College in North Carolina and was widely known in that State and in Tennessee. His parents were James and Elizabeth - Gallaway. Our subject's mother was born July 18, 1804, in North Carolina, and was the daughter of Robert and Mary Gallaway. Robert Gallaway was a member of the Old School Presbyteriar Church and filled the office of county clerk for a period of forty years. James Gallaway, our subject's paternal grandfather, was born in Scotland, and was also a member of the Old School Presbyterian Church. His wife was a " Hardshell" Baptist. Our subject received a good education at Gourd Vine Chapel and Salem Acad- emy, and began business for himself at the age of eighteen as a farmer and stock raiser. November 20, 1856, he married Prucilla J. Baird, a native of Rutherford County, born May 27, 1837, and the daughter of James W. and Sarah J. (McLane) Baird. By this union our subject became the father of five children: Sarah C., born in 1857; James L., born in 1861; William R., born in 1866; Charles R., born in 1870 and Marion V., born in August, 1874. During the late war Mr. Gallaway enlisted in Company G, Ninth Tennessee Cavalry, and was stationed at different points until 1863, when he joined Joseph Johnson's company. He then left that command and was detailed to Gen. Cherry, taking an active part in the fight from Dalton to Atlanta. He was known as one of the immortal thirteen in Forrest's old brigade. He was paroled at Greenboro, N. C., with Johnson's command, and came home August, 1865. He is a Democrat in politics.
MATTHEW J. GALLOWAY an old and influential farmer of Maury County, Tenn., and a native of this county, was born May 6, 1813. He grew to manhood on the farm, secured a limited education in the rude and primitive log schoolhouse of his boy- hood days, and began tilling the soil on the farin where he is now residing. In 1837 he
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was united in matrimony to Susan Williamson, a native of Giles County; they had six children, only four of whom are living: Enoch W., Samuel W., Irvin T. and Julia. George B., was killed at Franklin, November 30, 1864, and Pattison J .. died in 1876. In 1852 our subject purchased a farm in Perry County on which he moved. He remained there fif- teen years, and then returned to this county and has ever since remained here. His par- ents were Enoch and Anna (Beal) Galloway, both natives of North Carolina. The father immigrated to this county about 1809, and followed agricultural pursuits. He died in 1867. The mother preceded him in 1835. Our subject is a Democrat, and himself and family are worthy members of the Christian Church.
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