Cynthia Sanborn Smith Ware Obituary, 2002

Cynthia Sanborn Ware, a firebrand for civil and women’s rights and a Democratic Party activist, died Wednesday at Poydras Home. She was 90. An Uptown woman who spoke fluent French, never wore trousers and never left her house without her … Continue reading

Wiley C. Denson (1844 – )

”Denson, Wiley C., minister, Warrensburg, Mo. 1861, Montevallo; s. J. M. Denson and L. A. Mann; b. Nov. 24, 1844. j. D., Cumberland Univ., 1870; Sgt., Co. B, 2nd Ala. Cav., C. S. A.; Pastor Cumberland Pres. Church, Nashville, 1870-71; … Continue reading

Jesse Allen (1840 – )

”Jesse Allen. While Tennessee may well be proud of her statesmen and her soldiers, and freely acknowledge her indebtedness to them, yet she is equally indebted to those captains of industry who have been contributors in advancing her commercial prestige. … Continue reading