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Benjamin F. Haller, secretary of the Hope Oil Mills of Memphis, was born in
Smyth County, A., March 4, 1836, and is the son of George W. and Anna (Johnson)
Haller, both natives of Virginia, the father being a physician of prominence.
Our subject was reared in Virginia, and given a fair education. He came to
Memphis in 1858, and was connected with mercantile houses until the war broke
out, when he entered the Confederate service as color-bearer of the Fourth
Tennessee Shelby Grays. In August, 1861, he was commissioned to raise a company,
which he promptly did, and the same was consolidated with another under the name
of the Sumter Grays. He became second lieutenant of this company, and after the
battle of Shiloh, first lieutenant. His company was transferred to the artillery
service, and was assigned to a siege battery at Corinth, and later to the light
artillery service, serving thus under Gen. Forrest until the close of the war.
He then for three years engaged it the wholesale grocery business in Memphis,
then for a time in the wholesale notion and white goods trade, and in 1874
accepted his present position. October 10, 1867, he was married to Miss Clemmie
Fisher, of this city. They have one son. Mr. Haller is a Democrat, a Knight
Templar in Masonry (being Past Grand Commander of the State and having held all
the offices in his local lodge ), a K.of H. and a member of the First
Presbyterian Church of this city. 

Andrew J. Harris, trustee of Shelby County, was born in Henry County, Tenn.,
September 5,1852, and is the son of William R. and Evelina P. (Atkins) Harris,
natives respectively of North Carolina and Tennessee. When Andrew J. was six
weeks old his father moved to Memphis, where he has since resided. Our subject,
upon reaching manhood, served a year as deputy United States marshal, when he
resigned and accepted a position in the United States internal revenue service.
His work was the dangerous task of suppressing illicit distilling in west
Tennessee. He succeeded in a highly satisfactory manner Returning to Memphis, he
was appointed deputy Sheriff, and having served two years was reappointed and
served two years longer. In 1882 he was nominated and elected county trustee,
and in 1884 was renominated and re-elected. He is one of the most popular
officials of Shelby county. He gave such satisfaction that in 1886 he was again
renominated, without opposition, for the same position and re-elected, and is
thus engaged at present. June 7, 1877, he was united in marriage with Miss Emily
S. Cummings, a native of Mississippi, and to this union there are four living
children - three sons and one daughter. Mr. Harris is a Knight Templar of the
Masonic order, and himself and wife are members of the Central Methodist
Episcopal Church of Memphis of which church he is a steward. 

Needham F. Harrison, register of Shelby County, was born in Fayette County,
Tenn., September 13, 1836, and is the son of Henry and Jerusha (Peden) Harrison,
natives respectively of North Carolina and Virginia. In March, 1844, the father
moved to Shelby County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until his
death in 1856. He was a successful planter and a useful and honorable citizen.
Needham F. was reared and educated in this county and lived upon a plantation
until the war broke out, when, in 1861, he enlisted in Company C, known as the
"Secession Guards," Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment, Confederate States Army, and
served as a non-commissioned officer and private until after the battle of
Chickamauga, when he was promoted to first lieutenant of' Company C, and as such
served honorably until near the close of the war, when he joined the Henderson
Scouts and remained with them until the surrender. At Chickamauga he was
seriously wounded in the face by a minie-ball. After the war he resumed farming
in Shelby County, continuing until August, 1886, when he was elected by the
local Democracy to the office of register, and is yet serving acceptably and,
efficiently in that responsible position. In February, 1866, he was united in
marriage with Miss Fannie E. Neely, of this county, and by her has five living
children--two sons and three daughters. Mr. Harrison previously lost a wife by
death, having by her no issue. He has reached the Royal Arch degree in Masonry,
and is the present Grand Scribe of Tennessee. He is also a member of the K. of
H.,and himself and family are Presbyterians in religious belief. 

Capt. James Harvey Mathes is of Scotch-Irish extraction and was born in
Jefferson County, Tenn., June 19, 1841, and was reared on his father's farm. He
was educated at the country schools until his sixteenth year, when he entered
Westminster Academy, East Tennessee, and remained there three years. He then
taught school in Alabama, and at the same time pursued the study of law and
prepared himself for college. But the war broke out, and on the day that Fort
Sumter fell he left his Alabama school and returned home. He immediately
espoused the cause of the South, notwithstanding that his father and many of his
relatives adopted Union views. He raised a company for the Confederate service
and was made captain, but his company was not accepted and was finally
distributed to different branches of the army, and Mr. Mathes enlisted as a
private in the Thirty-seventh Tennessee Regiment, and was elected orderly
sergeant of his company, and later was made sergeant major of his regiment. He
participated in the battle of Mill Springs, Ky., and upon the reorganization of
the army at Corinth was elected first lieutenant of his company. He participated
at Perryville, where his regiment lost nearly half its number, killed or
wounded. At Murfreesboro he was practically left in command of the regiment by
the fall of his superior regimental officers. He did considerable detached duty
and special service, and late in 1863 joined his old regiment and was soon after
appointed inspector of Tyler's brigade. In the Georgia campaign he was under
fire about seventy days out of seventy-five, and during that time wrote for the
Memphis Appeal under the nom de plume of "Harvey." July 22, 1864, he was badly
wounded in the left knee by the explosion of a shell, and his horse was killed
under him. His leg was amputated just above the knee, but he survived the
terrible ordeal, although gangrene set in and his life was despaired of in May,
1865, he returned to Memphis and was paroled. Soon after the war he secured the
position of city editor of the Memphis Daily Argus. In 1866 his leg was again
amputated, being hastened by a railroad accident. After recovery he connected
himself with the Louisville Courier, but ill health forced him to resign, and he
then acted as special correspondent from Indianapolis and Chicago. March 1,
1869, he became city editor of the Memphis Public Ledger, and in 1872 was
appointed chief editor, and has thus been engaged since. December 2, 1868, he
married Miss Mildred Spotswood Cash, daughter of Col. Benj. Cash, and to this
union the following children have been born: Mildred Overton; Lee Dandridge,
Benjamin Cash, James Harvey and Talbot Spotswood. Capt. Mathes is a member of
the Congregational Church, and belongs to the Masonic, K. of H, and the A. O. U.
W, orders. He has served several terms in the State Legislature, and has been
State elector to the national electoral college on the Cleveland and Hendricks
ticket. He owns a half interest in the Public Ledger, and continues to be the
leading editorial writer of the paper. 

David Hastings, a prominent citizen of Shelby County, was born in the south of
Scotland, October 6, 1828, and immigrated to America in 1849, settling in the
province of New Brunswick, in the British Dominion. In 1853 he moved to Holly
Springs, Miss., where he followed farming and carpentering until 1862; then
enlisted in the Confederate Army in Company C, Eighteenth Mississippi Cavalry.
He was in the battles of Harrisburg, Hurricane Creek and Franklin, and Selma,
Ala.; was taken prisoner at Selma, but escaped and soon after reported to Gen.
Armstrong at Columbus, Miss. He was granted a parole of ten days, and during the
time the general surrender took place. In 1865 he moved to Memphis, Tenn., and
engaged in the hotel business until 1884; since then he has enjoyed a quiet life
at his beautiful residence in the suburbs of the city. Mr. Hastings was married
in New Brunswick, December l0, 1850, to Margaret Murray, daughter of Joseph
Murray. Mrs. Hastings was born in New Brunswick oil the Straits of
Northumberland, April 30, 1833. One daughter, Janet, now the wife of W.H.
Landis, of Belle Buckle, Tenn., was born to this union. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings
are influential members of the Old School Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hastings is a
Democrat and takes an active interest in the success of his party. He owns the
Central Hotel at Memphis and 500 acres of land, fifty acres being in the home
place, four miles east of Memphis. Mr. Hastings is a man of strict integrity and
fine judgment.

Hatchett & Stratton, real estate agents and brokers, No. 298 Main Street, is a
strong firm, composed of Americus Hatchett and B. M. Stratton. They do a large
general real estate business, and make a specialty of collecting and paying
rents, taxes, etc. The present firm established their business in 1883, and it
has now grown to large proportions, an index of the energy and faithfulness of
the firm. Mr. Hatchett, the senior member of the firm, was born in King William
County, Va., July 4, 1822, and is the son of Rev. William Hatchett by his
marriage with Miss Hannah T. Gwathmey, both parents being natives of the Old
Dominion. Americus was reared in his native State, and removed to Alabama in his
twentieth year, where he engaged in the cotton commission business until 1852;
then went to New Orleans and followed the same business in New Orleans two
years, and then went to Shreveport, La., where he still was engaged in the same
business. From 1856 to 1882 he conducted the same business in Memphis, except a
few years during the late war, when he was connected, for a time only, with the
quartermaster's department of the Confederate Government, at Memphis. In 1883 he
engaged in his present business. He is married and has one son and one daughter.
In politics he is a Democrat. He is a Mason, an Odd Fellow, a member of the R.
A., and is a member of the Baptist Church. 

Haynes, Ellis & Co., cotton factors and commission merchants, located at 260
Front Street, Memphis, Tenn., and the firm being composed of T.B. Haynes and
J.T. Ellis, established their business in 1886. Mr. Haynes, the senior member of
the firm, is a native of Henry County, Tenn., and a son of Henry G. and Matilda
(Butler) Haynes. In 1861 he enlisted in the Fifth Tennessee Regiment
(Confederate Army) and remained in service until 1862, when he was discharged on
account of ill health and returned home. In 1862 he married Docia Allen, of
Henry County, and the daughter of W.B. and Elizabeth Allen. Four children
blessed this union--two daughters and two sons. One daughter died in 1868.
Previous to this, in 1865, Mr. Haynes came to this city and engaged in the
cotton factor and commission business with J.W. Cobb. He has, since that time,
had several partners, and a portion of the time has been alone, until the
establishment of the present firm. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
J.T. Ellis, the junior member of the firm, is a native of Shelby County, Tenn.,
and a son of Robert L. and Mary (Cross) Ellis. He was engaged in business at
Bartlett, this county, for six years previous to his engaging in his present
business. November 13, 1872, he married Ida E. Crenshaw, daughter of William A.
and L. H. Crenshaw, and to this union were born seven children, only three of
whom are now living. Mr. Ellis is a Mason and he and wife are members of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. 

F. H. Heiskell is a member of the prominent law firm of Heiskell & Heiskell, his
father, J. B. Heiskell, being the senior member of the firm. In 1874 the firm of
Heiskell, Weatherford & Heiskell was formed, but in 1883 Mr. Weatherford
withdrew, leaving the firm as it is at present. F. H. Heiskell is a native of
Rogersville, Tenn., and was educated at Washington-Lee University, Lexington,
Ky., and began the study of law in this city in 1872. He was admitted to the bar
in 1874, since which date he has been associated with his father in the practice
of his profession. In 1880 he was joined in marriage to Miss Gussie L., daughter
of Secretary L. Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, and this lady has presented him
with three children, all of whom are living. Mr. Heiskell is a member of the K.
of H. His father is a native of Knoxville, Tenn., where he was educated and
admitted to the bar in about 1843. He practiced at Madisonville, Tenn., until
about 1850, and at Rogersville with Col. John Netherland until 1860. He was a
member of the Confederate Congress, and at the close of the war came to Memphis
where he has since practiced his profession. He was a member of the State
constitutional convention of 1870. In 1846 he married Miss Sarah A. McKinney,
who bore her husband seven children, of whom five are still living. The
grandparents of our subject were Frederick S. and Eliza (Brown) Heiskell.
Frederick S. Heiskell edited and published the Knoxville Register from 1816 to
1836, and was State printer from 1820 to 1836. He was a member of the State
Legislature in 1847-48. His death occurred in 1882, his wife preceding him in
1854. 

Judge C. W. Heiskell is a native of Knox County, Tenn., was educated partly in
Knoxville, but graduated at Maryville College. He studied law while teaching
school and was admitted to the bar at Rogersville, Tenn., and practiced his
profession there until the commencement of the late war, when he enlisted in the
Confederate service, and served with distinction, rising steadily in rank, until
at the close of the war he was mustered out at High Point, N. C., as colonel of
the Nineteenth Tennessee Regiment Infantry. In 1865 he went to Memphis, and has
since practiced law there with the exception of eight years (from 1870 to 1878)
when he was judge of the circuit court of Shelby County. From 1878 to 1883 he
served as city attorney, being one of the strongest advocates who ever occupied
that position. He is at present a director in the Memphis Brush Electric Light
Company, and is president of the Memphis Bethel, a charitable organization. He
was married October 31, 1861, to Miss Eliza Netherland, a native of Rogersville,
Tenn., who has born her husband nine children, of whom seven are still living.
His parents were Frederick S. and Eliza (Brown) Heiskell, for sketch of whom see
above. 

John L. Henderson (deceased) was born in Georgia in 1804 and when young moved
with his parents to Lincoln County, afterward to Alabama and finally to Jackson,
Tenn., where he married Letitia E. Reynolds, who was born September 3, 1807, and
the daughter of William and Mary (Exum) Reynolds. Her father was a native of
North Carolina and the mother a native of Virginia. When young they moved to
Sumner County where they were married and after moving around considerably he
went to Mississippi and here the mother died. He then married Frances Cooper and
settled in Shelby County where he died in 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson lived for
many years in Madison County and later moved to Mississippi. In 1846 he
volunteered as a soldier in the Mexican war, but died at Vicksburg ere he
reached the scenes of the field. In their family were seven children, all
daughters. In 1848 his widow and children moved to Shelby County, Tenn. She has
been very successful as a financier, not only paying off all debts against her
husband but has arisen to the ownership of 200 acres of splendid land. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Henderson were church members, he of the Presbyterian and she of the
Methodist. In the days of militia he held the positions of captain, major and
colonel. 

Dr. W. L. Henderson, superintendent of public instruction of Shelby County, was
born in Panola, Miss., June 2, 1838, and is the son of John F. and Irene M.
(Shelton) Henderson, natives respectively of Tennessee and Kentucky. Our subject
was reared in Missouri, and after attaining his majority began the study of
medicine with the view of making it a profession. In 1864 he graduated from the
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and from the Long Island Hospital the
same year. He then attended Bellevue and Blackwell Island Medical Hospitals to
study oscultation and diseases of the heart, and secured a certificate from
Prof. Austin Flint, Sr. He served in his professional capacity in the
Confederate service about two years, but was not regularly commissioned. After
the war he practiced medicine in Memphis three years, when he removed to his
present residence twelve miles north of the city, and has there conducted his
plantation and practiced his profession since, with the exception of two years,
when he served as county superintendent from 1881 to 1883. In January, 1887, he
was again elected to this position for a term of two years. September 2, 1864,
he was married to Miss Margaret J. Steele, of this county, daughter of John
Steele, of this city. They have living two sons and one daughter. Mr. Henderson
is a Democrat, and a member of the Masonic and K. of H. orders, and of the
Episcopal Church. 

Dr. B. G. Henning, a finely educated physician of Memphis, and professor of
materia medica, and also of the chair of clinical diseases of the rectum, in the
Memphis Hospital Medical College, was born in Lauderdale County, Tenn., in 1849,
and was one of nine children, only two now living, the parents being Dr. D. M.
and Ann B. Henning. The father was born in Georgia in 1813, and received his
literary education at Athens, Ga., and graduated in medicine at the Jefferson
Medical College at Philadelphia; he then located in Lauderdale County and began
the practice of medicine, meeting with marked success. Dr. Henning, Sr., was a
man of fine business qualifications, and amassed a large estate; he was
prominently connected with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, and was vice-
president of it for awhile. He died in May, 1886. The mother was a native of
South Carolina; she moved to Brownsville, Tenn., when young, and was educated
there. She died in 1879. Dr. B. G. Henning was educated at Covington, Tenn.,
under Prof. Byars; in 1868 he entered the Jefferson Medical College, and
afterward attended the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York, where he
graduated in 1870; then spent some time in the hospitals of that city
practicing, and after this he moved to Memphis and was connected with the
Memphis Medical College until l872, when he went to Europe and spent some time
practicing and studying in the hospitals of London, France and Germany. He was
one of the founders of the Memphis Hospital Medical College, and the first to
fill the chair of principles and practice of surgery, continuing to hold it for
four years, when he resigned on account of ill health, and in October, 1886, he
was elected to fill his present position. Dr. Henning has always been a zealous
worker in the interests of this institution, and has devoted the best energies
of his nature to the study of medicine, and justly deserves his position in the
front ranks of the profession. In 1874 he married Miss C. L., daughter of Dr.
J.R. Frayser, and they have three children living. He is a man of culture, and
stands without a peer in his profession in the State. 

George H. Herbers, senior member of the firm of G.H. Herbers & Co., wholesale
grocers and liquor dealers, 338 and 340 Front Street, was born in this city in
1851. He was reared and educated here, and first began by clerking for Cloth &
Kettmann, July 1, 1866, and became a partner of this firm September 1, 1874, and
in 1886 the present firm was formed, consisting of Louis Kettmann, son of H.
Kettmann, deceased, of the late firm of Cloth & Kettmann, and our subject. The
firm of Cloth & Kettmann existed from 1860 to 1883. The present firm does an
annual business of about $500,000. They do a wholesale business exclusively. In
1875 Mr. Herbers was joined in marriage to Miss Christina Mette, a native of
this city, who has borne four children: Christina, Lizzie, Clara and George H.,
all living. The parents of Mr. Herbers were natives of Germany and came to this
country about 1845. The father, a retail grocer, died in 1861, and the mother in
1874. 

F. B. Herron, a member of the firm of Fly, Herron & Hobson, wholesale grocers,
cotton factors and commission merchants, 322 and 324 Front Street, is a native
of Panola County, Miss., but was reared in Tallahatchie County, of the same
State, and educated in the common schools. He was born in 1848, and passed his
youth without noteworthy event. Beginning in 1866 he spent several years in a
store as a clerk at Coffeeville, Miss., and then embarked in the mercantile
business for himself at the same place, and so continued until the present
partnership was formed. He still continued to reside at Coffeeville, however,
until April, 1886, when he moved to this city to take charge of his interests
here. For the year 1886 the firm had a trade of about $800,000. The firm is one
of the strongest and most reliable in the city. Mr. Herron's father died in
1861, but the mother is yet living at Milan, Tenn. 

A. Bruce Hill, secretary of the board of education of Memphis, is a son of John
S. and Henrietta (Dewese) Hill, natives of North Carolina, born in 1808 and 1813
respectively. They were married in 1835, and the same year came to Tipton
County, where they engaged in agricultural pursuits. For about eighteen years he
was a magistrate, and in politics a Whig till 1836, being from that time up to
the time of his death a Democrat. Their family consisted of nine children--seven
sons and two daughters. Four of the boys, A. Bruce, James M., J. Sloan, and E,
W. Thomas fought nobly for the Southern cause during the late war. The last
named died in service. In 1863 while waiting on the sick and the wounded of the
battle of Chickamauga the father contracted a fever of which he died ere
reaching home. The mother still lives. Our subject was born December 12, 1837,
in Tipton County, was reared on a farm and received a thorough academic
education. At the age of eighteen he began teaching but soon after engaged in
the mercantile business. In 1861 he volunteered in Company G, of the Fifty-first
Tennessee Infantry, Confederate Army. He was successively promoted to first
lieutenant and captain of his company, holding the latter till the close of the
war. During nearly four years of service he was neither wounded nor captured,
and at the close of the war returned to Tipton County, where he engaged in
merchandising. In 1865 he married Hattie E. Thompson who was born in 1843. The
fruits of this union are three children, two sons and one daughter, the eldest
son being dead. In 1868 Mr. Hill moved to Memphis and the following year his
wife died. In 1872 he married Isabelle R. Vanse, born in 1848, and to this union
were born seven children--three sons and four daughters. He and both wives are
Presbyterians. Having been engaged in the mercantile business till 1881, he was
elected secretary of the board of education. He is a Mason, an Odd Fellow; a
member of the A. O. U. W., being recorder; a member of the Order of K. of H.,
being financial reporter, and a member of the K. & L. of H., being treasurer. He
is a Democrat in politics. 

Dr. J. T. B. Hillhouse, superintendent of the roadway of the L. N. O. & T. R.
R., is a son of John and Catherine M. (Van Vranken) Hillhouse. The father was
born in New York, and educated at West Point Military School. He held the
position of lieutenant in the regular army and that of assistant adjutant-
general on the staff of Gen. Martindale during the late war. The mother was born
in Schenectady, N. Y. In the family were three sons. The other two are lawyers.
In 1880 the mother died and the following year the father, too, passed away. Our
subject was born October 24, 1848, near Albany, N. Y., and was educated at Yale
College, graduating in 1869. Subsequently he was employed as civil engineer by
the Southern Pacific & Elizabethtown, Lexington & Big Sandy Railroad. In 1876 he
graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at New York, and for three
years practiced in New York City. Not liking the profession he returned to his
former calling. From 1881 to 1884 he was chief engineer of the Chesapeake, Ohio
& Southwestern, also the Louisville Short Route, and in 1885 he was called to
his present position. In 1877 he married Mary L. Dickinson, of New York City, by
whom he has one daughter, Adelaide. The Doctor is a first-class engineer. 

Hirsch & Gronauer, general insurance agents, is a prominent Memphis firm
composed of Samuel Hirsch and Herman Gronauer, whose office is at 289 Main
Street. This business was started in 1869 by A. Loeb, who conducted it until
1873, when he removed to Chicago. He was succeeded by Sturm & Hirsch, who
continued until 1880, when Mr. Gronauer took Mr. Storm's place, and Hirsch &
Gronauer has been the style of the firm since. They are now doing a very large
general insurance business and represent the following well known and reliable
companies: London, Assurance, of London; British America Assurance, of Toronto;
Niagara, of New York; American Central, of St. Louis; Boylston, of Boston, and
Howard, of New York. Mr. Hirsch was born in Germany, June 25,1837, and came to
the United States in 1853 and to Memphis in 1863. He was engaged in the dry
goods trade until he entered his present business. He is married and has four
sons and three daughters living. He is a E. of H. and since 1873 has been a
member of the Memphis board of underwriters, of which he was vice president six
years and president two years. He is now a member and secretary of the Jewish
congregation. Mr. Gronauer is also a native of Germany and was born August 5,
1832. He came to the United States in 1856 and to Memphis in 1858, and followed
mercantile pursuits until 1870, when he engaged in his present business. He is
married and has four sons and one daughter living. He is a Republican and is
vice president of the Jewish congregation. He belongs to the A. O. U. W. and the
I. O. O. F., of which last order he is Past Grand of Schiller Lodge, No. 140, of
this city. 

Tom Holeman, justice of the peace for the Twelfth District, is a native of
Person County, N. C., and was born June 12, 1830, and is the son of James and
Mary (Van Hook) Holeman, both parents being natives of North Carolina. Tom was
reared and educated in his native State, where he read law, and in 1856 he came
to Tennessee and located on a plantation in Shelby County, where he has ever
since resided. When the war broke out in 1861, he enlisted in Company C,
Thirteenth Tennessee Confederate Infantry, under Col. John V. Wright, and,
serving through the grades of private, became lieutenant. He was severely
wounded at Shiloh, and was then detailed on lighter duties, continuing thus
until the close of the war. He has never fully recovered from the wound in his
ankle. After the war he resumed agricultural pursuits, and in 1870 was elected
magistrate, which position he has occupied ever since. In 1874 he was elected
chairman of the county court, serving thus until 1882, when he declined to act
further in that office. In politics he is a liberal Democrat, believing in the
principles of governmental aid to education, protection to American industries,
etc. February 14, 1866, he married his present and second wife, who was Miss
Lizzie Daniel, a native of Halifax County, N.C., daughter of William Daniel, and
niece of John Jones Reeves, the latter a noted congressman of that State. By
this union there is one living son -Tom, Jr., born December 25, 1868. Mr.
Holeman and family are members of the Episcopal Church. 

W. D. Horne, M. D., is a native of Shelby County and a son of J. B. and Martha
(Griffin) Horne. The father came from North Carolina to this county, where he
has resided for more than fifty years. The mother is a native of Virginia. In
their family were six children, five of whom died in infancy. J.B.'s second wife
was Mary J. Berry, of Shelby County. This marriage resulted in the birth. of
five children four of whom are living. Dr. Horne received his literary education
in this county and at Cave City, Ky. In February, 1876, he began reading
medicine under the well known physician, S.C. Maddox, and in October 1876, he
entered the Vanderbilt University at Nashville, where he graduated in February,
1878. He then came to Brunswick and has been engaged in the practice of his
profession at this place ever since with evident success, his practice being
large and remunerative. In 1879 he married Rosa L. Pearson, of this county, and
the daughter of James L. and Emily Pearson. Four children blessed our subject's
union. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and a Knight of Honor.

Mrs. W. H. Horton, superintendent of public instruction of Shelby County, is a
daughter of Judge P.T. and Minerva (Rivers) Scruggs, both natives of Middle
Tennessee, the father born in 1806 and the mother in 1808. When young they came
to Fayette County, where their marriage rites were duly solemnized. In their
family were five children three of whom are living. One of the boys was killed
in the late war. Of the living one son is a lawyer. The father also followed
that profession, and, though a self-made man, became prominent in his
profession. Having moved to Holly Springs, Miss., he there practiced for a
period of about ten years, holding for a time the office of circuit judge. After
his return to Memphis he was chosen judge of the criminal court, and was holding
that office at the time of his death. Both parents and children are Methodists.
In 1860 the mother died, and eighteen years later the father died of yellow
fever. The subject is a native of Fayette County and received her education at
Franklin Female College, Miss. In 1861 she married W. H. Horton, a commissioner,
of Memphis. The same year of his marriage be entered the Confederate service
under Forrest, and, after serving some two years, lost a leg while scouting
around Memphis. His constitution having been ruined by the hardships of war, he
became an invalid. To support the family of one son and three daughters Mrs.
Horton began teaching, which she continued till 1882 when she was elected
superintendent of public instruction and has held the position since. Under her
skillful management the schools of Shelby County have attained a standard of
excellence second to none in the State. 

Henry Hotter, secretary of the Memphis Cotton Exchange and Cotton Exchange
Building Company, was born May 22, 1857. His father died in 1865, and he was
thrown upon his own resources. He attended the public schools of the city in
1864-65, and was employed in December, 1873, as a messenger for the Cotton
Exchange. In 1874 he was appointed clerk and in 1878 was promoted to assistant
secretary, and served as such under John S. Toof, secretary, and S.M. Gates,
secretary, until the death of Mr. Gates in April, 1881. He was then elected
secretary, and has been reelected to the same office every year since. The
history of the cotton Exchange is his own history. He began with it at its
birth, when he was a boy, and is now one of its most trusted and faithful
servants. He has been with it over thirteen years, and is the only one of the
original employees still with it. He was married September 25, 1880, to Miss
Emma E. Bollinger, Memphis, Tenn., and by her has two living daughters. Mr.
Hotter is a Democrat. 

Bernard Hughes, contracting freight and ticket agent for the Memphis &
Charleston Railroad Company, is a son of Edward and Mary (Fife) Hughes, natives
of "the Ever Green Isle."  He was born in County Armagh, and she in County
Tyrone. Having married in their native country they came to Louisville, Ky.,
where they passed the remainder of their days. Both lived and died in the
Catholic faith. Our subject was born February 5, 1839, in Louisville, Ky., and
while growing up received a limited education. In 1858 he became identified with
the Memphis & Charleston Road, and save a short intermission during the war he
has been with them since. Few, if any, have been in the employ of one line as
long. Having started as a passenger agent he arose by close application to his
present responsible position. In 1861 he went out with a division of heavy
artillery but was soon called to headquarters to keep up telegraphic
communication, serving throughout the war. At its close he spent two years on
the plains. He has the honor of having opened the first telegraphic
communication between Montana and States. In 1871 he married W.E. Ellis, of
Henderson, Ky., by whom he had five children. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are
members of the catholic church. Our subject has gained some distinction as a
humorist He delivers lectures to the public on the following unique subjects:
"The Mule", "Sunday Laws",  "How men could be taught to cook," etc. 

Emmett Howard. As head manager of the Western Union Telegraph officers of
Memphis stands Emmett Howard, the son of John and Julia (Duncan) Howard, natives
of Davis County, Ky., where they reared a being telegraphist. The father, a
contractor and builder by profession, died in 1853, but the mother still lives
in the grand old State of Kentucky. Emmett Howard was born in Kentucky and while
growing up learned the useful art of telegraphy and soon took charge of an
office. During the war he was on post duty at Meridian, Miss. From 1866 to 1877
he had charge of the office at Humboldt, Tenn., and at the same time was also
interested in the mercantile business; from there he went to Columbia, S.C., and
had charge of the Western Union office about three years. He then became
contracting agent for the company with headquarters at Nashville and in 1881 was
transferred to Memphis. In 1873 he married Annie E. Gilbert, of Logan County,
Ky., who after a happy wedded life of nine years passed to "that undiscovered
country from whose born no traveler returns." Mr. Howard has proved an able and
trustworthy officer from the fact that he is interested with a position that is
of so much moment to the commercial world.