Lawrence County TNGenWeb

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 John W. Welch, M. D., was born in Tennessee in 1829, son of John L. and Rachel (Archer) Welch, born in South Carolina and Georgia, respectively. John L. Welch came to Tennessee with his parents in 1806. He was a farmer and lived in Lawrence County until his death in 1876. His wife died in 1873. After residing on the farm for some time John W….

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Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Theodore D. Vaughn, farmer and native of the county in which he resides, was born 1840, son of Thomas and Mary A. Vaughn, who were Tennesseans by birth and died in 1863 and 1862, respectively. Our subject was reared in his parent’s farm, and resided with then until 1861, when he entered the Confederate service and participated in the battle of Fort Donelson. He was the…

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Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 T. K. True is a son of David H. and Ellen (Glasscock) True, and was born in Maury County, Tenn., June 16, 1839. The father was a Virginian and came to Tennessee when quite young with his father, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. David H. was a farmer and followed merchandising and stock trading for many years. He died in 1871, and his…

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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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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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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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