Background
Macrae, George Wythe was born on May 28, 1838 in Warrenton, Virginia, United States. Son of Bailey Washington and Sarah Jane (Stuart) Macrae.
Macrae, George Wythe was born on May 28, 1838 in Warrenton, Virginia, United States. Son of Bailey Washington and Sarah Jane (Stuart) Macrae.
Educated Montgomery Masonic College (now Southwestern Presbyterian U.) Clarksville, Tennessee, 1855.
Entered grocery business at Memphis, Tennessee, 1859. Served in C.S.A. as private and clerk in subsistence department. Partner Porter & Macrae, wholesale grocers and cotton factors, 1859-1896.
President Chickasaw Cooperage Company For many years prominently indentified with educational and charitable enterprises. Home: 628 Adams Avenue Office: Tennessee Trust Building, Memphis, Tennessee.
Married Blanche L. Avent, of Memphis, March 2, 1881.