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DR. JAMES B. MURFREE, an old and prominent physician of Murfreesboro. Tenn .. is a native of this county, born September 16, 1835, and is the son of Matthias B. and Mary A. (Roberts) Murfree, both of whom were natives of North Carolina. The father was one of the first settlers of this county, from whose family the town of Mur- freesboro derives its name. His death occurred September 15, 1856. The mother died July, 1657. The subject of our sketch was reared on the farm and received his education at Union University, Murfreesboro, and received the degree of A. M .. from that insti- tution. At the age of eighteen he was engaged in the mercantile business for two years In the summer of 1856 he commenced studying medicine with a view of making it a pro- fession; and October, 1856, entered the medical department of the University of Nashville. In 1857 Mr. Murfree entered the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, taking two courses of lectures. In March, 1859, he graduated at the above college with the degree of M. D. He then returned home and began the practice of medicine, which he con- tinued until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in Company I, First Tennessee Volunteers, and served as a private until June, when he was appointed surgeon and was afterward ordered to Knoxville, Tenn., and assigned to duty as assistant surgeon at that
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place. In September, 1861, he was commissioned assistant surgeon of the Confederate Army. At the close of the war he returned home and resumed the practice of medicine with good success up to the present date. Dr. Murfree is a Democrat in polities and served two terms as mayor of Murfreesboro during 1874-15. Himself and family are leading members of the Presbyterian Church. In 1862 Mr. Murfree was united in mar- riage to Miss Ada J. Talley, a native of this county and a daughter of Maj. P. C. Talley. To Mr. and Mrs. Murfree were born nine children: Hordy. Talley, Jane R., Ada J., James B., Fannie D., Libbie M., Mary R. and Matthias B., all of whom are living. Dr. Mur- free is classed as one of the leading physicians of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County.
JOHN M. NAYLOR, a retired merchant of Rutherford County, was born October 6, 1848, in Bedford County, Tenn., and is the son of Wade II. and Hannah (McMian) Naylor. natives, respectively, of South Carolina and Bedford County, Tenn. The father, a prom- inent farmer of this county, moved to Bedford County in 1827. and came to this county some years later, and settled on a farm where he remained until his death, which occurred November 17, 1857. Our subject was reared on a farm, and received a fair education at the common schools of the county. At the age of fifteen he was left in charge of his mother's farm, where he remained until after the war, attending school until 1872. when he engaged in merchandising in Fosterville. In 1885 he sold out and moved to the place- where he now resides. He has met with well deserved suceess, having a good farm of 120 acres. January 20, 1876. he was married to Miss Jessic Robinson, daughter of Dr. George W. Robinson, an eminent practitioner of this county. and captain of a company of cavalry under Forrest: was killed at Richmond, Ky. To Mr. and Mrs. Naylor were born three children: Eugene B., William E. and Arthur T. ; they also have an adopted child, Lavic M. Robinson, who was an orphan of his wife's brother. Mr. Naylor is a Democrat. and he and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.
MOSES A. NELSON was born in Bedford County Tenn., September 22, 1833, son of Benjamin _1. and Agnes J. (Nelson) Nelson, natives also of Bedford County, and residents of the same. Our subject's grandfather, Moses Nelson, was one of the first settlers of Middle Tennessee. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm in his native county, and received an ordinary education. In May, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Eleventh Regular Tennessee Infantry, and served in the Confederate Army until the close of the war. He was promoted during service, to first lieutenant, and paroled as such at Greensboro, N. C. He then returned home, and in 1868 removed to Murfreesboro and engaged in the liquor and restaurant business, and has continued to the present time. He keeps a strictly first-class house, and controls the leading trade in his line in the city. In July, 1855, Mr. Nelson leased the opera house in Murfreesboro, and has managed it very successfully to the present time. In 1866 he was united in marriage to Miss Kate R. Melchar. a native of Arkansas. They have six children living-three sons and three daughters. In politics Mr. Nelson is a Democrat, though he was raised a Whig and voted that ticket previous to the war.
JOSEPH G. NELSON, druggist, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and a native of the city. was born September 17, 1843, being a son of the late Joseph W. and Mary (Graves) Nel- son, natives, respectively, of Prince Edward's County, Va., and Alabama. The father was born in 1803, and came to Rutherford County, Tenn., in 1815, and was a resident of Murfreesboro for more than half a century. He was energetic, industrious and possessed the attributes that make an excellent man and citizen. His death, which occurred when he was seventy-nine years of age, was much deplored by his many relatives and friends. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery by the side of his wife, whose death preceded his several years. Joseph G. Nelson received an ordinary education, and in 1861 enlisted as private in Company C, Eighteenth Tennessee Regular Infantry, and served nutil the close of the war. After his return home he clerked in his father's store until the latter's death, in 1882, when he assumed control and management, and has since carried on his drug store with perfect success. Mr. Nelson is a Democrat and is unmarried. He is wide awake and promises to be one of the first business men of the city.
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JAMES O. OSLIN, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., September 22, 1835, a son of Lucas and Mary A. (Arnold) Oslin, who were both born in Virginia. and came to Tennessee in 1825 and settled in Rutherford County. In January. 1850, they removed to Murfreesboro, at which place his father died in 1851. and his mother in 1864. After the death of his father his mother remained a widow the balance of her life. They both died members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. James spent his early days on a farm and secured a limited education. He learned tue brick- mason and plasterer's trade, and followed that occupation until the war between the States. when he, in April. 1861. enlisted as private in Company A. Second Tennessee Infantry, and served until the battle of Chickamauga, where be lost his left leg. He was in the first battle of Manassas, Shiloh. Richmond, Ky .: Perryville, Ky., and Stone River. He never missed a battle or skirmish that his regiment engaged in until after he had lost his leg, as above stated. After he was wounded he remained with kind friends and relatives in Ala- bama and Georgia until the close of the war. He returned home in July, 1865, and en- gaged as clerk in a mercantile store, and after a year or more he accepted the position of deputy register of Rutherford County, continuing until January, 1870, when he was elected recorder of the city of Murfreesboro, serving but three months, when he resigned and became a candidate for the office of county court clerk, and was elected in Angust, 1870. under the new State constitution, and served by re-election until 1878. In March 1879. he engaged in the sale and livery stable business, and while he remained as one of the proprietors of the "City Stables" he did the leading business of the city, and has been fairly prosperous. Mr. Oslin is an own cousin of the gunner, James Oslin. of Vicks- burg, Miss .. who threw the grape-shot referred to in the history of the Mexican war at the battle of Buena Vista, where Gen. Taylor told Capt. Bragg to "give 'em a little more grape, Capt. Bragg, a little more grape." Mr. Oslin in a stanch Democrat and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He belongs to the I. O. O. F., K. of JI. and A. O. U. W. fraternities. He is the owner of the Stone River Stock Farm, near the city. and gives nearly his entire time and attention to breeding Holstein, Friesian cattle, some of which are second to none in America.
REV. WILLIAM B. OWEN was born in the "Old Dominion" June 29, 1825, and is a son of Thomas and Sallie (Stewart) Owen, who were born in the same State. They came to Rutherford County, Tenn., in 1810, and followed the lives of farmers. The father was also a minister of the Baptist Church. He died November 20, 1859, and the mother in 1935. William B. Owen was reared on the farm with his father, and secured a good common school education. He attended the Stone River Academy, and at the age of twenty-two began working for himself on his father's farm. In 1850 he purchased the place where he now lives, and March 8. 1860, he wedded Betty M. Nance, a native of the State and daughter of Elder Josiah C. Nance, a well-known farmer and minister of Davidson County. To them were born these children, all of whom are dead: Josiah W., died April 15, 1883, and Eugenia S., died April 14, 1883. Mr. Owen is classed among the successful farmers of the county in which he resides, and is a man strictly honest and fair in his business transactions.
NATHANIEL OWEN, an old and prominent farmer of Rutherford County, Tenn., was born in Virginia October 9, 1820, and is a son of Thomas and Sallie (Stewart) Owen, who were also born in the State of Virginia. Nathaniel Owen, the subject of this me- moir, remained and assisted his parents on the farm until he was twenty years of age, se- curing but a limited education. He then began tilling the soil on his own account, and has since been steadily engaged at that work, and has met with the success that bas al ways attends industry, economy and fair dealing. December 23, 1857, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. McNeil, of Rutherford County. They have six children: Mary 1. (wife of John Pitts). Thomas E., Martha L., John W .. Lillie V. and Sally C., all of whom are living. Mr. Owen is independent in his political views, and he and family are leading members of the Baptist Church.
GEN. JOSEPH B. PALMER. a well-known and prominent member of the Ruth-
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erford County bar, was born in this county November 1. 1825. He is a son of William H. and Mildred C. (Johns) Palmer, who were natives, respectively, of Halifax County, Va .. and Rutherford County, Tenn. William H. Palmer secured a liberal education in his early days, attending not only literary but medical institutions of learning in his native State. About the year 1820, having attained his majority, he immigrated to this county, where he married soon after, and locating on a farm followed agricultural pursuits until 1830, when his wife died and he removed to Illinois and followed the practice of medicine until his death in that State, when JJoseph B. was still quite young. After his mother's death and his father's departure for Illinois, our subject, Joseph B., was taken to raise by his maternal grandparents, Joseph B. and Elizabeth Johns. He received a good collegiate education early in life. attending the old Union University of Murfreesboro. After com- pleting his literary education he followed school teaching in the county one year, in order to secure means enough to enable him to begin the study of law. Later he entered the office of Hardy M. Burton, of this city, with whom he read law until March. 1848, when he had so far mastered his profession as to be admitted to the Rutherford County bar, and opening an office in this city he engaged in the practice, gradually increasing his repu- tation as a lawyer until the breaking out of the late war, when he renounced a large and lucrative practice, and in May, 1861, organized a company of infantry from here, of which he was elected captain, but immediately proceeded to organize the Eighteenth Regiment of Tennessee Infantry, and was elected colonel of the same. He served with this 1e- nowned and gallant regiment in the capacity of colonel, and later in command of a brigade until Jnly, 1864, when he was commissioned a brigadier-general. The history of this well- known regiment will give evidence of the gallant and soldierly bearing of our subject dur- ing its many and repeated engagements throughout the entire war. As an instance of the same we might mention the capture of the General with nearly his entire regiment and Floyd's entire command at the battle of Fort Donelson. He was imprisoned by the Fed- erals at Fort Warren eight months, when he was exchanged and soon after returned to his command. In the engagement at Stone River the General was three times wounded while leading his regiment in the famous and fatal Breckinridge charge, but, notwith- standing his wounds were severe. he did not leave the field until the close of the battle, when he lay disabled from his wounds until April, 1863. He then resumed his command - at Tullahoma, and was again seriously wounded at Chickamauga while leading a charge. it being thought at the time that his wound was mortal; but he so far recovered as to par- ticipate in the Dalton-Atlanta campaign: then returned with Hood's campaign to Tennessee. and in company with other brigades covered Hood's retreat from Nashville to across the Tennessee River. The General was a participant in the closing battle of the war, at Ben- tonville, N. C., having his horse shot from under him and himself receiving a slight flesh wound. As is well known, shortly before the close of the war Gen. Palmer was placed in charge of all the Confederate Tennessee soldiers, and he surrendered and disbanded them, as brave a body of men and officers as ever raised a weapon in defense of their property. wives and families. At the close of the war the General returned home and resumed his legal practice, in which he has remained continuously to the present time, meeting with more than ordinary and well-deserved success, the law firm of Palmer & Palmer, of which he is the senior member, ranking among the first at the Rutherford County bar. In Feb- ruary, 1854, the General was united in matrimony to Miss Ophelia M. Burrus, who died July 8, 1856, leaving one son, Horace E. June 10. 1869, he married his present wife, who was Mrs. Margaret J. Mason, of Pulaski, Tenn. There are no children of this union. The General was originally an old-line Whig, and was the acknowledged leader of the party in this county a number of years prior to the war. He represented this District in the State Legislature in the session of 1849-50, also 1851-52. Gen. Palmer was a firm sup- porter of the Union before and up to the firing upon Fort Sumter, being decidedly averse to secession of the Southern States. But when the unfortunate crisis was attained and the Union was virtually broken and out of existence, he took up the cause of his people, solely from a strict sense of duty and his conscientious convictions of honor and right, and
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so conducted his course through the entire war as to emphasize and verify this fact beyond a doubt. Since the war he has been an uncompromising Democrat in his political views. The General is a Mason of high standing. having attained the Knight Templar and Scot- tish Rite degrees, and is Past. Grand Commander. also Knight Templar of Tennessee. He is a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of this city. His entire military, official and legal career has been such as to command the love and esteem of his friends and the respect of his enemies, if any there be of the latter, and he is justly recog- nized as an enterprising and reliable business man, an able and experienced jurist and practitioner and a consistent Christian citizen, to whom the citizens of "old Rutherford" may refer with pride and esteem.
HORACE E. PALMER, attorney at law, and mayor of the city of Murfreesboro, Tenn., a native of the city, and only son of Gen. Joseph B. Palmer, was born Septem- ber 26, 1855. Horace was educated in the Union University, his father's old alma mater, and would have graduated there. but for the suspension of the institution in September 1873. He then attended the University of Virginia at Charlottsville, taking an eclectic course. In the fall of 1815 he began the study of law in his father's office, and the fol- lowing year attended the Lebanon (Tenn.) Law School, from which he graduated June ?, 1877. He was admitted to the Rutherford County bar the following month and began the practice alone, continuing successfully until January 1879. when he formed his present partnership with his father, in which he has shared equally the success of this well-known legal firm. May 15, 1879, he married Willie T. Mason, of Giles County, Tenn. They have three children by this union, named William M., Joseph B., and Horace E. Mr. Palmer is a Democrat of the active, progressive and younger class. He was elected November 10, 1885, to the office of mayor, and is now discharging the duties of the office in a zealous and efficient manner. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and he is known as an active and rising attorney, a reliable citizen and justly popular official of the city and county.
COL. WILLIAM K. PATTERSON, an influential farmer of Rutherford County, Tenn., and a native of this State, was born October 22, 1823. He is the son of Hugh K. and Cynthia (Murray) Patterson, both natives of North Carolina. The father was one of the early settlers of Sumner County, Tenn., coming here in 1800 and engaging in farming and milling, conducting the latter business for sixty-five years. He was a Democrat in polities, of the old Andrew Jackson type; himself and family are members of the Presby terian church, and in 1872, at the unusual age of ninety-two he passed from this earth. The mother died in 1866. Our subject was reared on the farm and secured a good education. attending the Wirt College of Sumner County; at the early age of seventeen he com- menced teaching school and studying law in Sumner County. He studied law for eight years, and in 1853 removed to Arkansas where he purchased a farm and commenced the practice of his profession. He was soon afterward appointed presiding judge of the cav- elry court of Arkansas, under Gen. Kirby Smith, with the rank of colonel, remaining as such until the close of the war, when he resumed the practice of law. In 1876 he removed to Tennessee, purchasing the farm on which he now resides; and has since been engaged successfully in farming and stock raising, having 600 acres of excellent land. On Novenr. ber 27, 1849, he was united in marriage to Miss S. J. Ridley, a native of this State and a daughter of Moses Ridley, a prominent farmer of this county, whose sketch appears in this volume. To Mr. and Mrs. Patterson were born four children, only two of whom are living: Thomas R., deceased: Mary J., deceased: William K. and Ella M. Col. Patterson is a Democrat in politics, a member of the Masons (a Knight Templar), and I. O. O. F., and himself and family are leading members of the Presbyterian Church.
BURR F. PATY, the leading and senior member of the firm B. F. Paty & Co., is a native of Smith County, Tenn., born August 28, 1839. His early life was spent upon the farm in that county with his parents, John W. and Frances (Parker) Paty, who were both natives of Middle Tennessee. At about the age of fourteen years our subject left home and began life for himself as a clerk in a mercantile business at Alexandria, and later in
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Lebanon, Tenn. At the breaking out of the war, he enlisted from the latter place in 1861 as private in Company A, of Gen. Hadden's regiment, and seven months later was trans- ferred to the commissary department and promoted to the rank of captain, but never re- ceived his commission, as he was honorably discharged at the time on account of ill health, caused by exposure during his service. After the war Mr. Paty engaged in a mer- cantile business for himself at Viola, Warren Co., Tenn., where he continued success- fully until his removal to this city in 1878. In 1879, he engaged in his present business as above stated, and it may be truthfully said that he has contributed largely to the success of this enterprising firm, by his energy, industry and practical business tact and experi- ence. In 1812 Mr. Paty married Miss Flora Lillard, of this city, who died five years later. In 1879, he married Mary Lillard. his present wife. They have no chil- dren of their own. but have an adopted daughter named Mattie G. Mr. Paty is a Demo- crat in politics, although be was formerly an old-line Whig, having cast his first vote for John Beli. He has never aspired to any official position. having been too wholly engrossed with his business matters to give any time to such matters even were he so inclined. He has been a life long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and he is popu- Jarly conceded to be one of Rutherford County's most energetic and successful business men. and is held in high esteem by his fellow citizens for his many excellent qualities as a consistent Christian gentleman.
B. F. PATY & CO., of Murfreesboro, Tenn., dealers in dry goods and general mer- chandise. The firm is composed of the following named persons: Burr F. Paty, M. F. Leatherman and E. C. Cannon. This business was established in 1879 by Messrs. Paty & Leatherman, who conducted it in a successful manner up to August, 1884, when Mr. Can- non, who had been their book-keeper up to this time, was admitted as a partner. These gentlemen carry a large and well selected general stock, consisting of dry goods, gents' clothing and furnishing, hats, boots and shoes, making a specialty of the latter. and con- trol probably the leading trade in this combined line in the city and county.
DANIEL P. PERKINS was born in Hinds County, Miss., June 27, 1839, son of Peter and Sarah P. (Camp) Perkins, who were born in Tennessee and Virginia, respectively. When Daniel P. was but one year old his father died in Mississippi. and he and his mother came to Tennessee and located in his father's native county (Williamson). Here Daniel was reared and secured a fair literary education. At the age of eighteen he began his business career as clerk in a mercantile store, where he continued until the breaking out of the war. In 1861 he enlisted from Nashville, in Company I, Forty-fourth Regiment Tennessee Infantry, and served in the Confederate Army until April 2, 1865, when he was captured at Hatcher's Run, near Petersburg, Va., and held a prisoner at Fort Delaware until after the close of the war. He returned home much impaired in health, and until 1870 was engaged in farming. At that date he began keeping a retail boot and shoe store in Nashville, and continued until 1873, when he came to Rutherford County and located on a farm near the city. In 1883 he engaged in the lumber business with George W. Ran- som. Mr. Perkins was married in 1861 to Mis, Kate Morgan, who died in 1872, leaving five children, all now living: Mary M. (wife of J. B. Ransom), Morgan, Charles F., Jennie and Kate. In 1873 Mr. Perkins wedded Mrs. Florence (Ewing) Fletcher, daughter of Hon. E. H. Ewing. To them were born three children, two now living: Rebecca W. and Sarah L. Mr. Perkins is a Democrat, and is.a member of the Presbyterian Church and K. of H.
HENRY CLAY PIERCE, proprietor of the Pierce Grist and Saw-mills of Rutherford County, Tenn., was born in this county March 3, 1845, and is the son of Granville S. and Elizabeth (Abbott) Pierce, both of whom were natives of this State. The father engaged in milling and farming, and was also one of the leading physicians of the county. He was a Democrat in politics, and his death occurred April 22. 1879. The mother died Jan- nary 19, 1883. The milling business at Walter Hill postoffice was established by Maj. Abbott, grandfather of Henry C., and he was succeeded by Granville S., father of Henry C. After the death of Granville S., his son, Henry C., took control of the mill and oper-
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ated it with success one year, after which he rented it to his cousin, Lee Pierce. Our sub- ject was never married. He is a Democrat in politics, and also a member of the Old School Presbyterian Church. He resides on the oid homestead with his two sisters, Tennie and Annie Pierce. Mr. Pierce is well known in the county and is respected by all.
WILLIAM P. PRATER, a prominent and well-to-do farmer of Rutherford County, Tenn., was born November 28, 1850. His parents, Monroe and Caroline (Knox) Prater, were natives of Rutherford and Bedford Counties, respectively, and the father was a well- known farmer and Democrat. and he and wife were members of the Missionary Baptist Church. Our subject's early days were spent on a farm, and his educational advantages were limited, only attending the common schools of the county a short time. At the age of twenty years he began working for himself, and farmed two years on the old home place. He then rented land in the Twenty-fourth District, and farmed one year. He . then returned to the paternal roof, and there resided until 1875, when he moved on his present property. Mr. Prater has met with good and well deserved success, and now has a well improved farm of 100 acres. In 1871 he was united in marriage to Lethie Pruiett. and their union has been blessed with four children: Sallie C., D. J., Fannie P. and Mary L. Mr. Prater is a stanch Democrat, and he and Mrs. Prater are members of the Mis- sionary Baptist Church.
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