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Hensley Motor Service: Early Fountain City meeting place

Dr. Jim TumblinNovember 17, 2020Fountain City, Our Town Stories

Staley Hensley (1905-1950) along with his brother, Bearl, ran the Hensley Motor Service across from the Fountain City Bank (now First Horizon) on North Broadway. Few families have a longer …

Mary Frances Housley: Carnegie Hero Fund recipient

Dr. Jim TumblinOctober 20, 2020Fountain City, Our Town Stories

Central High School health science teacher Chris Hammond worked for three years to accomplish the installation of a state historical marker dedicated to Mary Frances Housley, a former Central High …

John I. Copeland: Fountain City’s eccentric genius

Dr. Jim TumblinSeptember 15, 2020Fountain City, Our Town Stories

Franklin D. Roosevelt had his eccentric genius, a man named Louis M. Howe. Downtown Knoxville had its John R. Neal. And Fountain City’s eccentric genius was John Isaac Copeland. Probably …

John T. Roos: Mid-century leader in Fountain City

Dr. Jim TumblinAugust 18, 2020Fountain City, Our Town Stories

John T. Roos was born on March 2, 1909, in Knoxville, TN, the son of John J. and Maude Thompson Roos. He bought Fountain City Hardware (5320 North Broadway) from …

Fountain City Hardware was FC landmark

Dr. Jim TumblinJuly 21, 2020Fountain City, Our Town Stories

Cliff White founded and managed the Fountain City Hardware in the 5300 block of Broadway across from “The Station.” He sold the store to John T. Roos in 1949. Cliff …

Lillian McMillan Stuart goes onstage as Dorothy South

Dr. Jim TumblinJune 23, 2020Fountain City, Our Town Stories

Lillian McMillan was born in the Beverly section of Fountain City on June 20, 1884, the daughter of Thomas T. (1857-1925) and Mamie Heavener McMillan (1861-1923). Thomas was a wholesale …

Judge Grimm was worthy custodian of Jackson-Grimm House

Dr. Jim TumblinMay 19, 2020Fountain City, Our Town Stories

Albert Calhoun Grimm was born of German ancestry on Dec. 30, 1868, in Dauphin County, Penn., north of the state Capitol of Harrisburg. Those were hard times in the largely …

The Jackson-Grimm House (1885)

Dr. Jim TumblinApril 21, 2020Fountain City, Our Town Stories

Richard Cardwell Jackson (1809-1892) was born in Knoxville on Sept. 27, 1809, one of the sons of Capt. Joseph Jackson. He married Miss Julia Brazleton, a daughter of Gen. and …

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