Who's Who at Chattanooga Meeting Room, TN

Chattanooga Meeting Room, TN (TW-Lowe EB) +1896-1905+/1914?

Families

Barnwell family

See Who's Who at Rome Meeting Room, GA for more on the Barnwell ancestry.

• John Gibbes Barnwell V 1901-1905+(/1914+?) (b. 1869 GA - d. 1940 Rome, GA), son of John Gibbes Barnwell IV (b. 1839 Beaufort, SC - d. 1918) & Catherine McIntosh Shanklin Barnwell (b. 1848 SC). Barnwell actually lived in Chattanooga until 1914, and was correspondent prior to and after Chattanooga at Rome Meeting Room.
• Lilla Neyle Colquitt Barnwell (b. 1874 Savannah, GA - d. 1956 Rome, GA), daughter of Walter Welborn Colquitt (b. 1847 Macon, Bibb, GA - d. 1913 Mulberry, Polk, FL) & Lilla Neyle Habersham Colquitt (b. 1853 Savannah, GA - d. 1906 Atlanta, GA). No children.

Zbinden family

• Clement Louis Zbinden I +1896-1903 (b. 1859 Greenville, IL - d. 1912 Birmingham, AL), son of Louis (1821-1888) & Louise DeBonneville (1823-1884) Zbinden, both born in Switzerland. Clement was raised at Greenville Meeting Room in the St. Louis region of Illinois. He served as a correspondent for the Knoxville Meeting Room, TN by 1889, and by 1896 had moved to farm in Chattanooga. He relocated in 1903 to Birmingham until his death. Worked at the Railway Express Co., Hamilton National Bank & the Lewis Mitchell Auto Co. In 1932, he owned the Citizens Motor Co. in Chattanooga, partnered with E.E. Farris. He was later a deacon @ Central Presbyterian Church (1881-2000) which is now the current site of ICCM Bible Institute (1932-present).
• Martha Church Lockstand Zbinden +1896-1903 (1860-1925). Married in Indianapolis, Indiana. Memorial by Dr. Frank McDonald of the Fifty-Sixth St. Baptist Church of Birmingham.
  • Sylvan Francis Zbinden +1896-1900+ (b. 1881 Indianapolis, IN - d. 1947 Chattanooga, TN). Wife: Abbie Belle Henderson Zbinden (b. 1882 Hamilton Co., TN - d. 1946 Chattanooga, TN), daughter of Joseph Richard Henderson (b. 1852 Hamilton Co., TN - d. 1924 Chattanooga, TN) & Emma Bush Henderson (b. 1861 Hamilton Co., TN - d. 1953 Chattanooga, TN).
    • Abbie Frances Zbinden Lynch-McSpadden (b. 1905 Hamilton Co., TN - d. 1973 Rome, GA). +1947-1973 @ Rome, GA.
    • Catherine Elise Zbinden Hale (b. 1907 Chattanooga, TN - 1992 Dalton, Whitfield, GA).
    • Louis Henderson Zbinden (b. 1909 Chattanooga, TN - d. 2001 Signal Mountain, Hamilton, TN).
  • Nettie M. Zbinden Ramseur +1896-1903 (b. 1885 Knoxville, TN - d. 1953 Caruthersville, Pemiscot, MO). Husband (1917 @ Birmingham, AL): Harvey Mayfield Ramseur, Jr. (b. 1884 NC - d. 1963 Butler, MO), son of Capt. Harvey Mayfield Ramseur, Sr. (b. 1852 Lincolnton, Lincoln, NC - d. 1918 Butler, MO) & Mary Cosby Badham Ramseur (b. 1854 Helena, Phillips, AR - d. 1924 Charleston, SC). Harvey Jr. served in WWI with the Seventh Regt. of U.S. Engineers. Mary Ramseur's memorial conducted by Dr. Henry M. Edmonds of the Ind. Presby. Ch.
  • Corp. Clement Louis Zbinden II +1896-1903 (b. 1887 Knoxville, TN - d. 1949). Served WWI 1918-1919 with the HQ Co., 321st Infantry. Wife: Cheatie Frances Strange Zbinden (b. 1898 East Lake, Jefferson, AL - d. 1982 Palm Beach, FL), daughter of Howell Marshall Strange (b. 1853 Branchville, St. Clair, AL - d. 1932 Birmingham, AL) & Pernina "Penelope" Coker Strange (b. 1858 Alexandria, Calhoun, AL - d. 1918 Birmingham, AL).
  • Arthur David Zbinden +1896-1903 (b. 1889 Knoxville, TN - d. 1953 Dothan, Houston, AL). Wife (1918 @ Rome, GA): Margaret "Maggie" Witt Wilkinson Zbinden (b. 1893 Spring Creek, Prince Edward, VA - d. 1972 Dothan, AL), daughter of Samuel A. Wilkinson (b. 1857 Appomattox, VA - d. 1940 Farmville, Prince Edward, VA) & Mary Wilkinson.
  • Martha "Martie" Cole Zbinden Godwin +1896-1903 (b. 1891 Knoxville, TN - d. 1929 Anniston, Calhoun, AL). Husband (1914 @ Birmingham, AL): John Rexford Godwin (b. 1891 Rehoboth, Wilcox, AL - d. 1968 Anniston, AL), son of Hardy Rufus Godwin (b. 1842 AL - d. 1897 Rehoboth, AL) & Mary Ann Moring Godwin (b. 1850 Tallahassee, Leon, FL - d. 1928 Rehoboth, AL).
  • William John Zbinden +1896-1903 (b. 1894 Knoxville, TN - d. 1970 Lakewood, Jefferson, CO). 1st wife (1913 @ Coosa, AL): Nina LaVerne Webb Zbinden-Nix-Krebs (b. 1897 Socapatoy, Coosa, AL - d. 1940 Tulsa, OK), daughter of Mitchell Carlisle Webb (b. 1874 Socapatoy, AL - d. 1960 Redington Beach, Pinellas, FL) & Florence H. Ward Webb (b. 1875 Crews, Coosa, AL - d. 1957 Houston, Harris, TX). 2nd wife: Susan Bottsford Zbinden (d. 1941 Lakewood Estates, St. Petersburg, FL). 1920 @ Chattanooga, TN.

Sources

• EB AB's 1900-1905
• Ancestry.com