{"id":3268,"date":"2022-01-10T15:49:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/?p=3268"},"modified":"2022-01-10T15:49:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:49:32","slug":"myrick-w-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/2022\/01\/10\/myrick-w-t\/","title":{"rendered":"Myrick, W. T."},"content":{"rendered":"

W. T. Myrick<\/strong> a citizen of Fulton, Tenn., was born March 19, 1845, in Hardeman
\nCounty, Tenn., and is a son of William H. and Jane (Thompson) Myrick. His
\nfather was born in Virginia in 1797, and died in Tennessee in 1847, having
\ncome to Tennessee in the pioneer days of the State. His mother was born in
\nthis State in 1831. Our subject is of Scotch-Irish descent. He was raised in
\nBolivar, Tenn., until the war, and, being only seventeen years old, he did not
\nenter the Confederate service until 1862, when he enlisted in Company E,
\nSeventh Tennessee Cavalry, but was afterward put in Gen. Forrest’s command,
\nwhere he remained until the war closed. He was captured at Whiteville, Tenn.,
\nbut was released on account of his youthful appearance. May 3, 1866, he
\nmarried Miss Annie Lea, the daughter of John H. and Elizabeth Ann Lea, and
\nimmediately after his marriage he went to Hicksford, Va., and engaged in
\nmerchandising there for four years; then came to Fulton, Tenn., where he has
\nsince lived, working in the interest of J. A. Lea & Co. Mr. and Mrs. Myrick
\nhave one child, Alma Lea, born in May, 1870. Mrs. Myrick was born in
\nSeptember, 1847, in Claiborne County, La. Mr. and Mrs. Myrick and their
\ndaughter belong to the Missionary Baptist Church, and he is a Mason. In
\npolitics he is a Democrat. He has been a very energetic business man, and is
\nrespected and liked for his kindness of heart and honesty of purpose.<\/p>\n

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

W. T. Myrick a citizen of Fulton, Tenn., was born March 19, 1845, in Hardeman County, Tenn., and is a son of William H. and Jane (Thompson) Myrick. His father was born in Virginia in 1797, and died in Tennessee …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[121],"class_list":["post-3268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biographies","tag-myrick"],"modified_by":"Jim Daniel","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3272,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268\/revisions\/3272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}