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Goodspeed’s Biography of Dr. Robert H. Harvey

Goodspeed’s Biography of Dr. Robert H. Harvey

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Dr. Robert H. Harvey, an influential citizen of Lawrence County, Tenn., was born in Williamson County, of the same State, August 31, 1841, and is a son of John W. and Mildred (Bailey) Harvey, both native Virginians. The subject’s grandfather, Isom Harvey, came to Williamson County, Tenn., about 1830, and resided there until his death. John W. was born February 15, 1811, and came to Williamson…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Charles Joel Herrin

Goodspeed’s Biography of Charles Joel Herrin

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Charles J. Herrin is a North Carolinan by birth, born in 1804, and immigrated to Tennessee when a young man. He has been a farmer and merchant all his life, and has held the office of magistrate for many years. He also served as constable, county surveyor, notary public and register. He first married a Miss Allen, who bore him one child, named Mary, who died…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Eli F. Hannah

Goodspeed’s Biography of Eli F. Hannah

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Eli F. Hannah was born in Lincoln County, N.C., June 30, 1829, the son of John and Mary (Wells) Hannah, both natives of the same State. In 1830 the father came to Rutherford County, Tenn., but soon moved to Giles County. His occupation was blacksmithing. He died in 1879, and his wife in 1882. Eli F. was reared on his father’s farm, securing in youth a…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of George Willis Hammonds

Goodspeed’s Biography of George Willis Hammonds

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 George W. Hammonds is a son of Willis and Ursley (Newton) Hammonds, born in North Carolina and Tennessee in 1800 and 1805, respectively. He was an early pioneer of Tennessee and 250 acres of land. His wife died in Giles County July 14, 1869. George W. was educated in the common schools of his native county and at Lexington, Ala. He became salesman in a country…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of James Monroe Gilmore

Goodspeed’s Biography of James Monroe Gilmore

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 James M. Gilmore, clerk of the Lawrence County Court, was born in Giles County, Tenn., February 17, 1843, son of John S. and Elizabeth (Simms) Gilmore, both natives of Tennessee. The parents died when James M. was a small lad, consequently he knows but little of his ancestral history. He worked as a farm hand, after his father’s death, in Giles County, and in 1861 enlisted…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of James W. Garrett

Goodspeed’s Biography of James W. Garrett

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 James W. Garrett, register of Lawrence County, is a native of Washington County, Ark., and born January 20, 1859, the son of Joseph and Millie E. (Rice) Garrett, natives of Tennessee. The parents moved from Hickman County, Tenn., to Arkansas, in 1858. When the late war broke out the father enlisted in the Confederate service as a lieutenant, and afterward became a wagon master. He contracted…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Daniel Mack Foster

Goodspeed’s Biography of Daniel Mack Foster

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Daniel M. Foster, merchant and native of Wayne Station, Lawrence Co., Tenn., was born May 12, 1840, son of George W. and Celia (McGrew) Foster, born respectively in Kentucky and Tennessee. The father was one of the pioneer settlers of Lawrence County, coming here in 1830. He was a successful farmer, and is yet living at the advanced age of seventy-six years. The mother died in…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of James William Fleeman

Goodspeed’s Biography of James William Fleeman

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 J. W. Fleeman is a Giles County, Tennessean, born in 1836, son of William and Nancy (Leath) Fleeman, who were Tennesseans by birth and among the early settlers of Giles County. Our subject was reared in his native county and received quite a limited early education. This, however, he greatly improved in later years. When about twenty-one he began farming for himself, and had followed that…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Jonas Crews

Goodspeed’s Biography of Jonas Crews

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Jonas Crews, who was born on the 22nd of September, 1821, in Person County, N.C., is a son of Arthur and Louvisa (Hicks) Crews, both of whom were born in the same State and county as our subject, in 1799 and 1801, respectively. The father immigrated to Lawrence County, Tenn., on Christmas Eve, 1831, and died in that county 1862, his wife dying March of 1882….

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Goodspeed’s Biography of John Absolum Couch

Goodspeed’s Biography of John Absolum Couch

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 John A. Couch, son of Thomas and Charity Couch, was born in Lauderdale County, Ala., December 19, 1848. The father came to Tennessee in 1865, and settled on a farm. He died in 1875, and his wife in 1883. John A. resided with his father on the farm until twenty years of age, when he became the architect of his own fortunes and chose the free…

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