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R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has operated continuously in downtown Memphis, Tennessee since 1914. The home has held services for many prominent African-Americans, including Benjamin Hooks and Martin Luther King Jr. The Lewis family was known for its civic leadership.
Winchester was created as the seat of justice for Franklin County by act of the Tennessee Legislature on November 22, 1809, and was laid out the following year. [1] The town is named for James Winchester, a soldier in the American Revolution, first Speaker of the Tennessee Legislature, and a brigadier general in the War of 1812, though he never lived in Winchester. [9]
Cowan is drained by Boiling Fork Creek, a tributary of the Elk River. US 41A (Cumberland Street) is the primary road in Cowan, connecting the city with Winchester and the Tims Ford Lake area to the west. To the east of Cowan, US 41A ascends nearly 1,000 feet (300 m) to the top of the Cumberland Plateau, where it passes through Sewanee and ...
Elmwood Cemetery. There were several outbreaks of yellow fever in Memphis during the 1870s, the worst outbreak occurring in 1878, with over 5,000 fatalities in the city itself and 20,000 along the whole of the Mississippi River Valley. [11]
Location of Franklin County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Tennessee. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
See the article History of Memphis, Tennessee for more information. Walker L. Clapp: 1895–1898 Joseph John "JJ" Williams: 1898–1906 James H. Malone: 1906–1910 E. H. "Boss" Crump: 1910–1915 George C. Love: 1915–1916 Thomas C. Ashcroft: 1916–1917 Harry H. Litty: 1917–1918 Frank L. Monteverde: 1918–1919 Rowlett Paine 1920–1927 ...
The Genealogy Collection includes microfilmed and indexed Memphis and Shelby County records. [70] The Tennessee Genealogical Society maintains a Regional History and Genealogy Center Library in suburban Germantown, TN. [71] The Shelby County Register of Deeds website has many important records available on-line, including real estate ...
Joe Ford (1954-), who was a Shelby County Commissioner and served as interim mayor of Shelby County in 2009 and 2010. Justin Ford, who was a Shelby County Commissioner from 2009 to 2014. James W. Ford (1949-2001), was a Shelby County commissioner. Edmund Ford (1955- ), who served two terms on the Memphis City Council, elected in October 1999.