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Goodspeed’s Biography of Matthew Franklin Carrell

Goodspeed’s Biography of Matthew Franklin Carrell

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Matthew F. Carrell is the sixth of twelve children born to the marriage of Stephen A. and Mary Frances (Stribling) Carrell, and is of Irish descent. He was born at Lawrenceburg October 3, 1853, and there acquired his education in Jackson Academy. In early life he was a school-teacher, but has followed farming as his chief occupation. He was married, March 4, 1879, to Julia A….

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Dr. Hugh Allison Campbell

Goodspeed’s Biography of Dr. Hugh Allison Campbell

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Hugh A. Campbell was born in Maury Co., Tenn., in 1850, and is the son of Richard and Adelia (McMackin) Campbell, who were Tennesseans by birth. The father was a fairly successful tiller of the soil, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church south, and at resent are residing in the village of Chinnabee. Our subject was united in marriage, in 1870,…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Demosthenes Buchanan

Goodspeed’s Biography of Demosthenes Buchanan

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Demosthenes Buchanan is a native of Giles County, Tenn., born February 23, 1840, son of Samuel G. and Sarah E. (Bodenhammer) Buchanan, both of whom were born in Tennessee. The father was one of the family of John Buchanan, who was one of the early settlers of Lawrence County, and a member of the State Legislature a number of terms. The father was prosperous farmer and…

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Goodspeed’s Biography of James Madden Alford

Goodspeed’s Biography of James Madden Alford

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 James M. Alford was born in Tennessee in 1822. Son of Isaac W. and Mary P. (Edminston) Alford. The father was a North Carolinian by birth, and was an early immigrant of Tennessee. He was a farmer and merchant, and held the office of trustee for ten years. He was a follower of the Democratic party and died in Lawrence County in 1859. His wife died…

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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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