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Goodspeed’s Biography of William A. Stewart

Goodspeed’s Biography of William A. Stewart

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 William A. Stewart, lawyer and postmaster of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., and a native of Lawrence County, of the same State, is a son of Daniel M. and Sarah F. (Evans) Stewart, natives, respectively, of Tennessee and North Carolina. The father was reared in this county, and early in life adopted the medical profession. He practiced here until 1876, when he removed to Denton County, Tex., where he…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Aaron Franklin Springer

Goodspeed’s Biography of Aaron Franklin Springer

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Aaron F. Springer, a prominent planter, and native of the county in which he resides, was born near his present residence December 3, 1836, being the fourth of eleven children of Jacob and Melinda C. (Todd) Springer, who were born in South Carolina in 1808 and 1812, respectively. The father came to Lawrence County, Tenn., when about sixteen years of age, and here married, and reared…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Henry Bascomb Sowell

Goodspeed’s Biography of Henry Bascomb Sowell

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Henry B. Sowell, attorney at law, of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., was born in Hickman County, Tenn., July 24, 1854, and is a son of Hon. Joseph M. and Mary A. (Blakely) Sowell, natives respectively of North Carolina and Maury County, Tenn., the father being reared, however, after his third year, in Maury County, where he he resided until his marriage. After a short residence in Hickman County,…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of William Robert Smith

Goodspeed’s Biography of William Robert Smith

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 William R. Smith, a prominent and energetic farmer of Lawrence County, Tenn., is a native of the county, born February 22, 1841, the second son of William and Allie (Nelson) Smith, both born in Tennessee. The father was one of the pioneer settlers, and his lived on his present farm, near Lawrenceburg, since he was eight years of age. Both parents are yet living and are…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of William Joseph Smith

Goodspeed’s Biography of William Joseph Smith

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 William Smith was born in the Hoosier State in 1810, and is the youngest of six children of James and Martha (Gilbert) Smith, and is of English descent. His parents were born in North Carolina, where they were married, but reared their family in Tennessee. Previous to this they resided a short time in Indiana, but finally moved to Mississippi, where the mother died in 1850,…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of William Robert Sexton

Goodspeed’s Biography of William Robert Sexton

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 William R. Sexton is one of six children of John J. and Elizabeth A. (Yeager) Sexton, and of English and German Descent. He was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., November 6, 1843, and attended the common schools in boyhood. He learned the tanner’s trade and followed that occupation many years. He served in the Confederate Army in the Thirty-second Regiment Tennessee Infantry, and was captured at…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of John Schade, Jr.

Goodspeed’s Biography of John Schade, Jr.

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 John Schade, Jr., editor and one of the proprietors of the Lawrence Union, of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., is a son of John Schade, Sr., a merchant of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., who was born in Germany, kingdom of Bavaria, October 24, 1838, and a grandson of George and Margaret (Rubbert) Schade, both natives of the same country. The father of our subject came to the United States in 1831…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Alfred Hicks Rose

Goodspeed’s Biography of Alfred Hicks Rose

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Alfred H. Rose, merchant of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., was born in Brunswick County, Va., November 23, 1808, and is a brother of Judge R. H. Rose, of Lawrenceburg, whose sketch appears elsewhere in these pages. Our subject’s parents, William and Elizabeth (Meredith) Rose, were natives of the “Old Dominion.” The father emigrated westward and located in Giles County, Tenn., with his family, in 1814. Here our subject…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Judge Robert Henry Rose

Goodspeed’s Biography of Judge Robert Henry Rose

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Judge Robert H. Rose, the oldest living member of the Lawrence County bar, was born in Brunswick County, Va., January 2, 1818, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Meredith) Rose. Our subject was reared in Giles County, and secured a good academical education in his youthful days. He was a soldier in the Florida war, and at its close, in 1836, he began the…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of David Thomas Quarles

Goodspeed’s Biography of David Thomas Quarles

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 David T. Quarles, sheriff of Lawrence County, was born in Giles County March 24, 1853, the son of Amon T. and Elizabeth (Vaughn) Quarles, natives of Virginia. The father lived upon a farm in Lawrence County, Tenth District, from 1868 until 1880, when his death occurred. David T. was reared upon a farm, securing during youth a limited education. At the age of eighteen years he…

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