S. M. Roy, a merchant of Henning, Tenn., is the son of Jerome and Mary
(Davenport) Roy. The father was born in Georgia, February 15, 1818, and the
mother in Newbern District, S. C., January 15, 1820. They were married in
1839, and soon afterward moved to Lauderdale County, Tenn. They had three
sons and two daughters; one of each is dead. They are both living in
Lauderdale County, where Mr. Roy, Sr., is engaged in farming. In politics he
is a Democrat. Neither of them is connected with any church. Our subject is
of French descent on the father’s side, and Scotch-Irish on the mother’s. He
was born in Choctaw County, Miss., June 1, 1845, and was raised on a farm with
few educational advantages. In 1863 he enlisted in Company A., Fifteenth
Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers, afterward known as Nixon’s Cavalry, and served
until the close of the war, when he returned to Lauderdale County and engaged
in farming and merchandising. January 14, 1868, he was married to Amanda
Cobb, who was born in the county September 24, 1850. A son and three
daughters were born to this marriage; the son died. Mrs. Roy died September
24, 1874, and December 14, 1876, Mr. Roy married Ellen Pipkin, who was born in
Mississippi, September 29, 1854, and by this marriage he had six children —
two boys and four girls; one of them died. Mr. and Mrs. Roy are members of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is a Mason and belongs, also, to the
K. of H. In politics he is a Democrat. As a merchant Mr. Roy has been quite
successful, and as a man is liked and trusted by all who know him.

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN