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The German Migration, Their Churches, and Their Legacy

The German Migration, Their Churches, and Their Legacy

compiled by Kathy Niedergeses Author’s note:  The information is being made available for researchers to see what life was like and to find the names of the families who migrated to Lawrence Co. For further details you may contact the author. Many of the German families that came to the United States were not satisfied with the conditions where they were living. The large cities bustling with activity were too crowded and the economy with its deflated job market since…

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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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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 Dr. Snowden B. Herbert

Goodspeed’s Biography of Dr. Snowden B. Herbert

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Snowden B. Herbert, M.D., of Wayland Springs, Tenn., is a native of Madison County, Ala., born 1828. He sided with his mother until seventeen years of age, and then came to Wayland Springs and read medicine under his brother, Dr. C. L. Herbert, for two years. Owing to ill health he was compelled to abandon the study of medicine, and for two years in government surveying,…

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Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence County

Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence County

Transcribed by Reita Jones Burress from the original publication. Note: some contemporary spellings were retained.  Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Lawrence County belongs to the natural division known as the Highland Rim, the higher lands lying from the northeast to the southwest. From the general level there rises occasional bluffs 300 feet in height. The elevation above the sea level is about 70 0 or 800 feet. The general surface, however,…

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