John McK. Dunscomb

    John McK. Dunscomb, manager of the telephone office at Chattanooga, is a native of New York City, born November 15, 1860. He was educated at St. Aloysius' Academy and at Xavier College. At the age of fourteen he engaged in the harness business with his father. Having taken a trip to the Northwest, he returned and kept books. He organized the United States Disinfectant Company, becoming vice-president of the same. In 1884 he engaged with the East Tennessee Telephone Company, and in 1886 took his present position, in which he has proved very efficient. Our subject was the eldest of four sons born to Alexander H. and Anna M. (Shelley) Dunscomb, both natives of Now York City, where they passed their days. The father followed the occupation of a harness manufacturer. He died in 1880, and the mother previous to this, in 1871.
Goodspeed's History of Tennessee 1887