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Before 1852, the land where Bristol is located was owned by Reverend James King. His son-in-law, Joseph R. Anderson of Blountville, Tennessee, bought 100 acres (40 ha) of the plantation and named it Bristol. [9] The G.W. Blackley House, one of the oldest houses in Bristol, was constructed in 1869.
Sky Church, a glass building also completed in 1956, was destroyed by the Whittier Narrows earthquake of 1987. Memorial Chapel has three tall white spires. It was completed in 1964 as a memorial to John D. Gregg, President of Rose Hills from 1950 to 1959 and son of Rose Hills founder Augustus Gregg. Memorial Chapel seats approximately 192 people.
Location of Sullivan County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sullivan County, Tennessee.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States.
The Porter House is a historic home located at 407 South Dunlap Street, Paris, Henry County, Tennessee. It was built by Thomas Crawford about 1850 [2] and added to the National Register in 1973. [1] It is most notable for being the residence of Tennessee Governor James Davis Porter between 1887 and his death in 1912. [2]
Miah Dennehy, 73, Irish footballer (Walsall, Bristol Rovers, national team). [258] Henry Dunay, 88, American goldsmith and jewelry designer. [259] Spiros Focás, 86, Greek actor (Rocco and His Brothers, The Jewel of the Nile, A Man for Burning). [260] Ewan Fordyce, 70, New Zealand palaeontologist, fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand ...
Burrall was born on September 18, 1806, in Canaan, Conn. to Hon. William Morgan Burrall (1779–1856) and Abigail Porter Stoddard (1783–1813), [1] who had married November 4, 1803. [2] His siblings were Elizabeth Burrall (b. 1804), who married Edmond S. Belden, Edward Burrall (1809-1814), and Abigail S. Burrall (1811–1813), who both died young.
James Davis Porter (December 7, 1828 – May 18, 1912) was an American attorney, politician, educator, and officer of the Confederate Army. He served as the 20th Governor of Tennessee from 1875 to 1879.