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Goodspeed’s Biography of James W. Locke

Goodspeed’s Biography of James W. Locke

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 James W. Locke, farmer of Lawrence County, Tenn., is a son of Walter Locke, of North Carolina, who was one of the pioneer settlers of Giles County, Tenn. He was farmer and married Rachel Ross, of Kentucky. He died about 1852, and the mother six years later. James W. Locke was born in Giles County September 13, 1813, and attended the primitive log schoolhouse of his…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of David Coffman Legg

Goodspeed’s Biography of David Coffman Legg

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 David C. Legg was born in East Tennessee January 4, 1814, and is a son of William Legg, who was also born in East Tennessee, in 1798. After attaining his majority he married Nancy Coffman, and soon moved to Jackson, Ala. where he remained about five years. He then moved to Limestone County, and there resided until his death in 1880. The mother was born in…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of William K. Lackey

Goodspeed’s Biography of William K. Lackey

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 William K. Lackey, an influential citizen of Lawrence County, Tenn., is a native of Giles County, born in 1844. His father was a native Tennessean and reared on a farm, but followed teaching the greater portion of his life. The mother, whose maiden name was Flora McCollum, was born in North Carolina, and came to Tennessee with her parents when quite young. Mr. and Mrs. Lackey…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Allen Hill Kidd

Goodspeed’s Biography of Allen Hill Kidd

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Allen H. Kidd is a son of George and Nancy N. Kidd, who were born respectively, in North Carolina and Tennessee. George Kidd was one of the early immigrants to Tennessee, and followed the vocation of farming in Giles and Lawrence Counties. He died 1843, and the mother in 1876. Allen H. was born in Lawrence County March 18, 1843, and his early days were spent…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of John B. Kennedy

Goodspeed’s Biography of John B. Kennedy

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 John B. Kennedy, clerk of the circuit and criminal courts of Lawrence County, Tenn., and a native of Giles County, of the same State, was born November 6, 1843, son of John and Patsy Kennedy, both natives of Kentucky. The father came to Tennessee in the twenties and located on a farm in Giles County, where he followed agricultural pursuits and stock raising successfully, being the…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of William Catesby Cocke

Goodspeed’s Biography of William Catesby Cocke

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 William C. Cocke is a son of Peter P. and Alice (Hooe) Cocke. The father was born in Westmoreland County, Va., and died in Ohio in 1850. Mrs. Cocke was born in Prince William County, Va., and also died in the Buckeye State in 1872. William C., our subject, was born June 18, 1814, and was reared in his native State, Virginia. When eighteen years of…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Columbus Marion Joiner

Goodspeed’s Biography of Columbus Marion Joiner

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Columbus M. Joiner was born in Lauderdale County, Ala., March 12, 1860, the son of James and Lucy (Rust) Joiner, natives of Alabama. The father died at Jackson, Miss., in 1863, of sickness contracted in the Confederate service. Columbus M. was reared by his mother, and in 1868 was taken by her to Shawneetown, Ill. Here she died, in December, 1870. In 1871 Columbus went to…

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Bonnertown Community

Bonnertown Community

Bonnertown is a small community located in southern Lawrence County, very near the Tennessee/Alabama border.   Click here to view the Bonnertown Cemetery listings at FindaGrave.  [Note that TNGenWeb is not responsible for content or availability of off-site links.]  

Goodspeed’s Biography of Josephus Sumter Johnson

Goodspeed’s Biography of Josephus Sumter Johnson

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Josephus S. Johnson, a native of Lawrence County, Tenn., was born in 1832, and was reared to manhood on a farm. When about twenty-five years of age he removed to Arkansas and was engaged in teaching school, farming and clerking in a general merchandise establishment, remaining in the State two years. At that time he entered the Confederate service and remained until 1863, being a participant…

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