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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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Goodspeed’s Biography of William J. Price

Goodspeed’s Biography of William J. Price

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 William J. Price, a leading citizen of Lawrence County, Tenn., is of Scotch-Irish descent, and was born in the States in 1849, son of Ezekiel and Martha Price, who were natives of North Carolina and settlers of Tennessee in 1821. The father was teacher and merchant in early life, but retired to the farm after marriage. He was member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and died…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Dr. James Buchanan Powell

Goodspeed’s Biography of Dr. James Buchanan Powell

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 J. B. Powell, M. D., was born June 12, 1857, in Lawrence County, Tenn. His parents, Andrew and Malinda (Welch) Powell were born in Marshall and Lawrence Counties, Tenn., in 1830 and 1836, respectively. Both are living and are residents of Lawrence County. Dr. Powell was reared in his native county, and received good early education advantages. He attended Jackson Academy at Lawrenceburg about two years,…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Moses M. Powell

Goodspeed’s Biography of Moses M. Powell

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 M. M. Powell was born in Lawrence County, Tenn., December 5, 1843, son of J. M. and Sarah L. (Pullen) Powell, who were born in South Carolina and Tennessee, in 1819 and 1824, respectively. The former died May 26, 1876, but the latter is still living in Lawrence County. Our subject’s grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812, under Gen. Jackson. M.M. was reared…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Aaron A. Pierce

Goodspeed’s Biography of Aaron A. Pierce

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Pierce, Aaron A. Pierce, merchant of Wayland Springs, Tenn., and native of the State, was born in 1850, son of Samuel and Jemima (Carter) Pierce. The father was a farmer and a Democrat, and a participant in the late war. He belonged to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and died in March 1883. His wife died in 1880. The subject of our sketch spent his juvenile days…

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