Tennesseans with Resource Links

Robert Church

David Crockett
His Life
From American West
Free Dictionary
 
Al Gore, Jr.
Biography
http://al-gore.biography.ms/
BioGuide
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000321
From USA Pedia
http://usapedia.com/a/al-gore.html
Brainy Encyclopedia
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/a/al/al_gore.html
His life from wiki.tatet.com
http://wiki.tatet.com/Albert_Gore%2C_Jr.html

Andrew Jackson
From the White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/aj7.html
From Who 2?
http://www.who2.com/andrewjackson.html
From FactMonster - click on each link when you get to the page
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0825803.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0760592.html
http://www.factmonster.com/birthday/March-15
Free Dictionary - SCROLL down to read
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Andrew+Jackson

Grace Moore
From GraceMoore.com
http://www.gracemoore.net/biography.php
From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Moore
Biography
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601254/bio


Dolly Parton
Free Dictionary - scroll down to read

Minnie Pearl
Free Dictionary - scroll down to read
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Minnie+Pearl
From CMT - Biography
http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/pearl_minnie/bio.jhtml
Click on Browse all Minnie Pearl Photos from CMT
http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/pearl_minnie/flipbooks.jhtml
NNDB Biographical Information
http://www.nndb.com/people/493/000043364/
Her Obituary and Life
http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/misc/9603/pearl_obit/index.html
Her Life from LookSmart
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200941
From Her Home, Grinders Switch
http://www.grindersswitch.com/

Austin Peay, IV
Political Graveyard - short biography - SCROLL down to find him.....
http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peaslee-pechous.html
From Answers.com
http://www.answers.com/topic/austin-peay-iv
Tennessee History for Kids
http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/people/austin_peay

Elvis
Brainy Encyclopedia - Be sure to read each thing in the Table of Contents
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/e/el/elvis_presley.html
Elvis-Presley-Forever - You may read ONLY Childhood & Family, Elvis Early Fame, Becoming the King, Elvis Picture Gallery
http://www.elvis-presley-forever.com/index.html
His Life from wiki.tatet.com
http://wiki.tatet.com/Elvis_Presley.html

His Complete Life

Bessie Smith
From Who 2?
http://www.who2.com/bessiesmith.html
Biography
http://www.redhotjazz.com/bessie.html
Biography and Pictures
http://mathrisc1.lunet.edu/blues/Bessie_Smith.html
History of her life
http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351/hypertext98/hankins/african/Smith.html
Brainy Encyclopedia
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/b/be/bessie_smith.html
Free Dictionary - SCROLL down to read
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Bessie+Smith

Perry Wallace
From the Nashville Scene
http://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/News/2004/02/19/Perry_Wallace/index.shtml
From the Tennessee Encyclopedia
http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=W010
Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame
http://tshf.net/inductees/2003Wallace.htm
Wallace's Jersey Retired
http://www.blackathlete.com/College_basketball/022604.shtml

Darrell Waltrip
Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame
http://www.tshf.net/inductees/d-waltrip.html
Waltrip’s Career
http://www.waltripracinginc.com/DW/darrell.htm
Waltrip’s Biography
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~angove1/dwbio.html
His Retirement
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCH/is_1_29/ai_67327416
He eats at Cracker Barrel!
http://www.crackerbarrel.com/about-newsandhappenings.cfm?doc_id=491
Free Dictionary - scroll down to read
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Darrell+Waltrip

Nancy Ward
From Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0921275.html
Woman Spirit
http://www.meyna.com/cherokee.html
Sunshine for Women
http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/whm2002/ward.html
Becky Hobbs’ Page on Nancy Ward
http://www.beckyhobbs.com/nancyward.htm
From a 4th grader
http://www.pocanticohills.org/womenenc/ward.htm
From Virtual American Biographies
http://www.famousamericans.net/nancyward/
From PowerSource
http://www.powersource.com/gallery/womansp/cherokee.html
Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=W017

Ida Wells
Pictures and her story - scroll down to read
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWwells.htm
From Women in History
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/barn-ida.htm
Good History of Ida Wells
http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/features/feature13/ida_wells.html
Her Life
http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351/hypertext98/hankins/african/Wells.html
Her Life Facts
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/015.html
Information from FactMonster
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0800629.html
From Scholastic
http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/womhst/ida.htm

   
Alvin York
Early Life & Marriage
http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9277850
Alvin York Website
http://www.alvincyork.org/
From HyperHistory
http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b4yorka.htm
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_York
From FactMonster
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0853105.html
USA Pedia
http://usapedia.com/a/alvin-york.html
Brainy Encyclopedia
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/a/al/alvin_york.html
World War I History
http://www.worldwar1-history.com/Alvin-York.aspx
His Life from wiki.tatet.com

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