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Erle P. Halliburton, the founder of Halliburton Company (the world's second largest oil field service company), was born in Henning. Alex Haley, author, best known for Roots, winner of Pulitzer Prize in 1976 and acclaimed television miniseries; Henning was his boyhood home; Jim Hickman, Major League Baseball outfielder, 1962–74
The following are people born in or otherwise closely associated with the town of Henning, Tennessee. Pages in category "People from Henning, Tennessee" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Halliburton was born on September 22, 1892, near Henning, Tennessee, the son of Lou Emma (Cothran) and Edwin Graves Halliburton. [1] When Halliburton was 12 years old, his father died. At 14, Halliburton left home to support the family. As a youth, he learned how to operate heavy machinery such as a locomotive, a steam crane, and a steam shovel.
Alex Haley House and Museum State Historic Site is one of the Tennessee Historical Commission's state-owned historic sites and is located in Henning, Tennessee, United States. It is open to the public and partially funded by an agreement with the Tennessee Historical Commission.
State flag of Tennessee Location of Tennessee on the U.S. map The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of Tennessee , live (or lived) in Tennessee, or for whom Tennessee is significant part of their identity:
John Henry Barbee (November 14, 1905 – November 3, 1964) [1] was an American blues singer and guitarist.He was born in Henning, Tennessee. [1] He claimed that he was born William George Tucker [2] and that he changed his name with the commencement of his recording career, in tribute to his favorite folk song, "The Ballad of John Henry", but this claim is not supported by census records, in ...
Haley's boyhood home at Henning, Tennessee, in 2007. Alex Haley was born in Ithaca, New York, on August 11, 1921, and was the eldest of three brothers (the other two being George and Julius) and a half-sister (from his father's second marriage). Haley lived with his family in Henning, Tennessee, before returning to Ithaca with his
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