Pleasant HALBERT‘s birth occurred in Williamson County, Tenn., in 1811.
His parents, James and Elizabeth (SMITH) HALBERT, were born in North and
South Carolina in 1771 and 1788, and died in 1833 and 1813, respectively.
The father was a farmer, and in 1795 immigrated to Tennessee, but remained
only four years, when he return to his native State. September 9, 1801, he
returned to Tennessee. He was married in 1810, and in 1813 came to Lincoln
County, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was father of two
children, only one now living – Pleasant HALBERT – who made his home with
his father as long as he lived. He was educated in the district schools,
and October 8, 1833, married Nancy CRAWFORD, who was born in 1810, and a
daughter of John CRAWFORD, who was an early pioneer of Lincoln County. Our
subject and his wife became the parents of eight children, seven of whom
are living: Martha (wife of Dr. J. E. YOUELL), Margaret E. (Mrs. Lemuel D.
SUGG), James C., Mary J. (Mrs. Capt. J. H. GEORGE), Pleasant W. (a
physician and surgeon), Naomi E. (Mrs. S. M. CLAYTON) and William H. (a
physician and surgeon of Lebanon). Mrs. HALBERT died August 5, 1850, and
April 8, 1852, he wedded Emily Buchanan, who was born July 23, 1814, and a
daughter of John BUCHANAN. Of their three children two are living: Laura
G. (Mrs. Pleasant HOBBS) and Isaac B. This wife died February 9, 1868, and
July 1 of the same year Mr. HALBERT married Martha V. SMITH, daughter of
David SMITH. She was born in Alabama in 1826. Mr. HALBERT owns 600 acres
of land in the Eighth District, and is one of the old and highly respected
citizens of the county. He has been a life-long Democrat, and has served
as magistrate six years. He and Mrs. HALBERT are members of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.

John HAMILTON, a native of Moore County, was born April 19, 1825, and is a
son of William and Rachel HAMILTON, natives, respectively, of South
Carolina and East Tennessee. The father, when a young man, went to
Tennessee, where he was married, and soon came to this part of the State.
He was a farmer by occupation, and owned about 300 acres in what is now
Moore County. He died in 1873. The subject of this sketch was reared on
the farm, and secured a fair education in the district schools near
Lynchburg. In 1847 he married Ann, daughter of Preston and Nellie MIDKIFF.
Mrs. HAMILTON was born in Moore County, in June, 1826, and by her marriage
became the mother of four children: John, Nancy, James and Susan. Mr.
HAMILTON, after moving around for some time, bought 100 acres of land,
where he located, and where he has since resided. He now owns 738 acres of
valuable land. He has always been a hard-working, industrious man, and has
been quite successful in his occupation. In 1857 he bought a mill, and has
done considerable business, both in grinding grain and sawing lumber. He
is a Democrat in politics, and Mrs. HAMILTON is a member of the Lutheran
Church.

William HAMILTON, farmer, was born near his present residence in 1836, and
is the son of David M. and Elizabeth (MORTON) HAMILTON. The father was a
native of South Carolina, born in 1809, and was of Scotch-Irish lineage.
He came to Tennessee in 1811 with his father, John HAMILTON, who settled in
the Twelfth District, bought property, and remained until his career ended,
about 1813. While chopping a tree it suddenly split and flew back,
striking Mr. HAMILTON and killing him instantly. His wife returned to
South Carolina in a short time to look after his unsettled business, going
and returning on horseback through unbroken forests, bivouacking out of
nights along the route. David M., our subject’s father, lived in Lincoln
County at the time of his marriage, which occurred in 1831. He lived in
different parts of Lincoln County, but the last five years of his life were
passed in the Fourteenth District. He owned 160 acres of land, and may
properly be classed as one of the early settlers. He died in 1845, in the
prime of life. The mother of our subject was born in Lincoln County,
Tenn., in 1813, and was of Irish extraction. Her father, Alexander
MORTON, was a native of Ireland. He came to Lincoln County at a very early
date, and was one of the first white men in the county. Since the death of
her husband Mrs. HAMILTON has lived with her children, and for the past
eighteen years has lived with her son William. There were five children,
four of whom are living. William was reared at home, and received a
practical education in the public schools. October 22, 1857, he married
Elizabeth E. WYATT, daughter of Thomas WYATT. Mrs. HAMILTON was born in
Lincoln County in 1835, and the result of her marriage was the birth of two
children: David Knox and Mollie (wife of John MONTGOMERY). After marriage
Mr. HAMILTON resided on the old home-place until 1868. In 1870 he had the
misfortune to lose his wife, and January 8, 1878, he wedded Mrs. Anna
(TELFORD) MASSEY, daughter of William TELFORD. The second Mrs. HAMILTON
was born in 1857, in Marion County, Ill., and this marriage resulted in the birth of
one child, Cora Agnes. In 1872 Mr. HAMILTON purchased 100 acres of land in the T
welfth District, where he has since resided. He is one of the farmers of Lincoln
County who is possessed with modern ideas of cultivating the soil. He is a Republican
in politics, and he and wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church.

Thomas HAMPTON is one of a large family of children born to the marriage of
Preston and Sarah HAMPTON, who were born in North Carolina and Tennessee
in 1777 and 1788, and died in 1859 and 1830, respectively. They were farmers.
Thomas was born in Lincoln County, October 29, 1815. He resided at home
until twenty-six years of age, and three years later was united in marriage to Martha
J. SMITH, who was born in 1826 and died in July, 1882. Seven children were born
to them, four of whom are living: William, E. T., Mary A. (Mrs. W. F. HAMILTON),
and Sarah (Mrs. Robert CLEGHORN). Mr. HAMPTON traveled in the West two years
before his marriage and for two years after his marriage, farmed his father-in-law’s
farm, then purchased 175 acres which he afterward increased very much, but gave to
his children until he now owns 121 acres. In 1885 Mr. HAMPTON married
his second wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (YANT) PAMPEN. She was born in Lincoln County,
September 25,  1835. Our subject suffered heavy losses by the late war, but in the main
has been more than ordinarily successful. He and wife belong to the Baptist Church.

David L. HARRIS, son of John and Susan (LEE) HARRIS, was born in Lincoln
County, Tenn., in 1830, and is one of two children, our subject only
living. The father was Scotch-Irish by birth, born in Virginia about 1804.
He came to Tennessee at an early day, where he married and afterward
resided a few years, but ended his days in Kentucky, in 1843. He was twice
married, his second wife being Jane ABERNATHY, by whom he had three
children. After his parents’ death our subject resided with his uncle,
Joel M. HARRIS, with whom he remained until twenty-one years old. He
learned the tanner’s trade of his uncle, and afterward became one of the
firm and remained such until the business was abandoned about 1879. He
owns a farm of 800 acres, upon which he located in 1860. In 1857 he
married Julia CONAWAY, by whom he had seven children: William N., Alice
B., Sarah L., Joel L., John M, David D., and Samuel S. Mrs. HARRIS died
March 24, 1870, and the August following Mr. HARRIS married Sarah BRAY, and
Thomas, Susan T., Fannie, Maud and Ira are the children born to this union.
Iron and coal have recently been discovered in almost inexhaustible
quantities on Mr. HARRIS’ farm, and when developed may prove of great value
to the county. Our subject is a wealth land owner, and was formerly a
Whig, but since the war has affiliated with the Republican party. He
belongs to the F. & A. M. AND I. O. O. F.

O. R. HATCHER, M. D., was born on the 30th of August, 1846, one of five
children of Octavus and Caledonia (PILLOW) HATCHER, who were born in
Virginia and Tennessee, in 1818 and 1826, respectively. The father was
brought to Tennessee when about eight years of age, became a merchant, and
died in 1856. Our subject, O. R., was educated at College Grove, under
Profs. Wynn and Carey, and then entered the medical department of the
Nashville University and attended six months, and then went to New York to
Bellevue Medical College, where he graduated as an M. D. in 1872. In
February, 1873 he and Mary WOODARD were married. She was born in 1849 and
has born three children: John U., Nellie I., and William L. Dr. HATCHER
practiced medicine in Fayetteville about five months, and then moved to
Hazelgreen, Ala., but two years later returned to Lincoln County, where he
has since resided and practiced his profession with much success. He and
his brother, A. H., have a farm of 282 acres under the latter’s
supervision. The Doctor is a Democrat and a Mason, and he and Mrs. HATCHER
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Samuel HAYNIE, farmer, was born in Bedford County, in 1833, and remained at
home until he was twenty-five years of age. He received a fair education
in the neighboring schools, and December 20, 1856, led to the altar Anna
MOORE, a native of Lincoln County, Tenn., born June, 1832, and the daughter
of Andrew and Rachel MOORE. The union of our subject and wife resulted in
the birth of ten children, seven of whom are living: Samuel J., Robert H.,
Mary J., Hugh L., Thomas J. J., Anna L. and Emma L. Mr. HAYNIE resides on
the old home-place, which now consists of 302 acres under a good state of
cultivation. In 1863 he enlisted in Company D, Eighth Tennessee, and took
an active part in the battle of Murfreesboro. He was in the retreat toward
the south, and soon after returned home and resumed farming. Mr. HAYNIE
taught school several terms before marriage and also several after
marriage. He is a life-long Democrat in politics. Our subject’s parents,
James and Elizabeth (BAILEY) HAYNIE, were married about 1830. The father
was born May 18, 1810, and was of Scotch-Irish descent. He was a farmer by
occupation, but, being a natural genius, could manufacture or repair nearly
all kinds of machinery. He died in 1878. The mother of our subject was
born in North Carolina and died in 1882.

Henry HENDERSON, trustee of Lincoln County, was born in the Twenty-first
District of that county in 1825, and is the son of David and Elizabeth
(LEE) HENDERSON. The father was a Virginian and was of Scotch extraction.
In 1806 he came to Lincoln County, and was among the pioneer settlers of
the same. He was in the war of 1812, was wounded in the right arm, which
rendered him a cripple for life. About 1814 he was married, and afterward
located in the Twenty-first District, where he died in 1857. He was a
tiller of the soil and at the time of his death owned upward of 1,100 acres
of land. The mother of our subject was born in North Carolina in 1800 and
died November, 1871. They had ten children, only four of whom are living:
James, Sandy, Henry and Daniel W. Our subject was reared at home and
received his education in the public schools. In 1855 he was elected
surveyor of Lincoln County, and served in that capacity until 1876, with
the exception of a short interval during the Rebellion. In 1858 he married
Mrs. Sarah (BLAKE) CRAWFORD, daughter of William CRAWFORD. Mrs. HENDERSON was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1827, and by a previous marriage became the mother of four children: Delia F. (wife of Pleasant SNODDY), James E., W. B., and Annie (wife of G. D. WICKS). By her last union was born one child, Victoria May (wife of Thomas PHILLIPS). In 1861 Mr.
HENDERSON bought 285 acres in the Nineteenth District where he has since
resided. In 1876 he was elected county trustee, and at the expiration of
his term was re-elected, and so has continued for five successive terms.
He is a Democrat in politics and a member of the Masonic fraternity, being
a Royal Arch Mason. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, and his wife is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He
was major of the Second Battalion, Seventy-second Regiment of the Fourth
Division of Tennessee Militia for three or four years, being commissioned
by the governor of Tennessee, and was first lieutenant of a company in said
battalion for a number of years.

Austin HEWITT, of Boonshill, Tenn., was born in 1840 near Norwich, Conn.,
son of Elkanah and Lucy HEWITT, born in Virginia and Connecticut,
respectively. The father was born in 1808, and was a brick-mason by trade.
He was a resident of Connecticut many years, and there died. The mother’s
death occurred in 1849. Austin remained with his parents until about
sixteen years of age, and then went to Macon, Ga., and was overseer of a
brick manufactory. After a short residence in South Carolina he went to
Arkansas and while there enlisted in Company D, First Arkansas Infantry,
and took an active part in the battles of Manasses, Shiloh, Perryville,
Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and was with Thomas at the time
of the surrender. He served three years and rendered his country valuable
service. July 3, 1864, he married Martha E. REED, born in Lincoln County
in 1844, and began farming. In 1871 he purchased 172 acres of land, which
he has increased to 540 acres. He takes much interest in stock-raising,
and besides his home farm has valuable property in Pulaski, Giles County,
He is conservative in politics, and cast his first presidential vote for S.
J. Tilden. Mr. HEWITT wishes to retire from active business life and to
dispose of his farm, which is well adapted to grazing stock and raising all
kinds of grain.

H. C. HIGGINS is a son of Owen H. HIGGINS, who was of Scotch descent, born
in Kentucky in 1802. He came to Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1806 with his
father, and eventually became the owner of 200 acres of land, about five
miles from Fayetteville. He was married about 1824 to Fannie H. STONE, and
by her was the father of eleven children, eight of whom are living: Nancy
(widow of Daniel TUCKER), Sallie (Mrs. Daniel B. SHULL), Mary (Mrs. Isaac
HOLMAN), George W., a lawyer in Fayetteville; Martha D. (Mrs. James Cato),
Fannie E. (Mrs. J. E. CARRIGAN), Virginia (widow of Prof. Peter HUNBAUGH)
and our subject H. C. Their father died in 1865, and their mother, who was
born in 1806, in Virginia, died in 1871. The subject of our sketch was
born near his present place of residence in 1846, and was educated in the
neighboring schools and at Fayetteville, and made his home with his mother
as long as he remained unmarried. December 22, 1868, he wedded Fannie
STONE, daughter of L. L. STONE. Mrs. HIGGINS was born in Lincoln County,
and has two children: Berry Owen and Julia. Mr. HIGGINS and wife own 488
acres of land, and have a beautiful and comfortable home. Mr. HIGGINS is a
man of good business qualities, and in politics is very conservative,
casting his first presidential vote for Seymour and Blair. He is a member
of the I. O. O. F., and he and wife are members of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.

J. B. HILL, jeweler of Fayetteville, Tenn., was born in Lincoln County,
Tenn., in 1832, son of Ebenezer and Mary T. (BRYAN) HILL. The father was
born in Mason, N. H., October 14, 1791, and died at the residence of his
son, in Manchester, May 16, 1875. At the age of fourteen he went to
Amherst and worked in a printing office. He then went to Troy, N. Y., and
while there enlisted in the war of 1812, and served until the close. He
went to Huntsville, Ala. in 1819 and the following year came to
Fayetteville, where he has continued to reside with the exception of two
years. In March, 1823, he began the publication of a weekly paper called
the “Village Messenger”, which he continued to issue until July 18, 1828.
In 1825, with his brother J. B. HILL, he issued the first number of “Hill’s
Almanac”, which grew into popularity until 1862, when the war prevented its
continuance. It was considered an almost indispensable article in every
household and office. In 1833 and 1834 he published the “Independent
Yeoman”, a hebdomadal journal, edited by himself. He published several
works, and established and conducted a circulating library. He possessed
more than ordinary mental ability, and was a terse and fluent writer, and
his editorials were noted for their shrewd common sense and logic. He was
married in 1824, and about four years previous to his own death his wife
died. Our immediate subject, J. B. HILL, was educated in the school of
Fayetteville. He began learning the jeweler’s trade at the age of
twenty-two, and finally wedded Maggie BEARDEN, who has borne him five
children: Charles B., Mary, Eben, Maggie B. and Emily H. Maggie is but
six years of age, but is a fine performer on the violin, playing by ear
almost any tune she ever heard with almost perfect time and expression.
Mr. HILL served in the late war in Company C, Forty-first Regiment,
Tennessee Infantry, and was afterward appointed quartermaster-sergeant.
Mr. HILL and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and he
is the leading jeweler of Fayetteville and a much respected citizen.

David F. HOBBS, a prominent citizen and farmer, is one of eleven children
born to Nathaniel and Sarah HOBBS. The father was of English descent, and
was born in North Carolina in 1789. He was married in 1812, and came to
Lincoln County in 1832, locating in the Sixteenth District. He was a
cabinet-maker by occupation, and died in 1861. The mother of our subject
was also of English origin, was born in the same State as her husband and
about the same year. She died in 1875. Our subject was born in North
Carolina July 25, 1820, and received his education in the schools near
home. In 1841 he married Sarah SHIPP, a native of Lincoln County, born
1823, and the daughter of Louis and Mary (COLE) SHIPP. To our subject and
wife was born one boy, Pleasant, now a merchant in the Thirteenth District.
After marriage Mr. HOBBS engaged with Dr. BONNER, and remained with him
nineteen years, overseeing and looking after the interest of the
plantation. In 1865 he purchased 155 acres of land in the Thirteenth
District, where he located, and has since remained. He has since bought
more land, and now he and his son own about 800 acres. He is a Democrat in
politics, and cast his first presidential vote for James K. Polk. Pleasant
HOBBS, son of our subject, was born April 4, 1844, and received his
education in Lincoln County. In 1870 he wedded Laura HALBERT, a native of
Lincoln County, born in 1854, and by this union became the father of five
children: Tula H., Sarah E., David F. Jr., B. and B. M. Pleasant HOBBS,
since he has grown to manhood, has been a partner with his father on the
farm. December, 1880, he began the mercantile business in the Thirteenth
District, where he still continues. September, 1885, J. D. SUGG entered
into partnership with them, and the firm is now known as Hobbs & Sugg.
They are doing a good business in the sale of dry goods and groceries, and
carry about $4,000 worth of stock. Pleasant is a Democrat in politics, and
a member of the Masonic fraternity. He and wife are also members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.

Col. J. H. HOLMAN attorney, at law at Fayetteville, Tenn., is a son of
James W. HOLMAN, who was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1812. He was a
farmer and Primitive Baptist minister. In 1830 he married Jean FLACK, who
was born in Lincoln County in 1812, and in 1881 came to Fayetteville, and
has since resided with his children. He owns 800 acres of land, and has
been a minister of the gospel since 1845. His father, Rev. Hardy HOLMAN,
was a Virginian, and moved to Kentucky previous to 1800. He was among the
very early pioneers of Lincoln County, and surveyed the town plot of
Fayetteville. Our subject is one of eight children, four now living: Dr.
Thomas P.*, a resident of Lincoln County; Sue M. (Mrs. Dr. W. A.
MILLHOUSE), Jennie P. (Mrs. John G. TOLLEY), and J. H., our subject, who
was born in Lincoln County in 1836, and received an academic education in
the school of his county. In 1856 he entered Union University, at
Murfreesboro, but in the spring of 1857 was appointed lieutenant in the
regular army by President Pierce, and held the position until the breaking
out of the war between the North and the South, when he was appointed
lieutenant-colonel of the First Regiment Tennessee Volunteers. In 1863 he
was promoted to the rank of colonel, which position he held until the close
of the war. He was at Cumberland Gap, Perryville, Lawrenceburg, and in
many skirmishes, and was wounded on three different occasions, but not
seriously. He was paroled May 24, 1865, at Houston, Tex. He was taken
prisoner at Winchester, Tenn., in 1863, and retained at Camp Chase, Ohio,
and Johnson’s Island for thirteen months. After returning home he began
the study of law, and in 1867 was admitted to the Lincoln County bar and
began practicing with his brother, D. W. HOLMAN. November 23, 1865, he and
Lizzie C. KIMBROUGH were united in marriage. Mrs. HOLMAN was born in 1840,
and was a daughter of Rev. Bradley KIMBROUGH, a Baptist minister. In 1870
Mr. HOLMAN was elected attorney-general of the Sixth Judicial Circuit,
holding the office until 1877, and has since devoted his attention to his
profession. In 1878 he was appointed commissioner to the Paris Exposition
by Gov. Porter, and during his absence traveled in various portions of
Europe. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, Union Chapter.

Thomas P. HOLMAN, M. D., an influential farmer of Lincoln County, Tenn., is
a son of James W. and Jean (FLACK) HOLMAN, and was born March 3, 1834. At
the age of sixteen he began teaching school, and followed that occupation
at irregular intervals for upward of six sessions. He entered Union
University, Murfreesboro, Tenn., and graduated at the age of twenty-four
years. He then became a follower of Aesculapius, and continued his studies
to the time of the late civil war. In 1862 he joined Company C, Eleventh
Tennessee Cavalry, and participated in the battles of Murfreesboro, Massy
Creek, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Dalton, Resaca, and numerous other
engagements of less note. He was captured at Fayetteville in 1864, and
taken to Camp Chase, Ohio, but was exchanged at the end of six weeks, and
immediately rejoined his command. He returned home in 1865 and taught
school one session, and then kept a hotel in Shelbyville for about one year
and a half. In 1867 he entered the medical department at Washington
University at Baltimore, Md., and graduated as an M. D. in 1869. He was
appointed resident physician of Bay View Asylum at Baltimore, but the
following year returned to Tennessee and began his practice at Mulberry.
January 5, 1875, he wedded Silena MOORE, daughter of Capt. Lewis MOORE, who
was killed at Jonesboro in 1864. Mrs. HOLMAN was born in 1850, and has
borne her husband the following children: Burke, Wayne, Leon, Fannie
Lynne, Ross and Moore. Dr. HOLMAN owns 300 acres of land near
Fayetteville, to which he gives the most of his time and attention. He met
with good success in his practice, but owing to his enfeebled constitution
was compelled to abandon it. In politics he is a Prohibitionist in
principle and practice. He belongs to the Freemasons, and his wife is a
member of the Christian Church.

B. F. HOUSTON, oculist and aurist of Petersburg, was born in Marshall
County, Tenn., September 11, 1852. B. F. HOUSTON, father of our subject,
was born in Tennessee in 1807, and was a farmer by occupation. He died
February 1, 1862. He was married to N. B. USERY, who was born in 1813 in
Giles County, and died in November, 1878. Our subject was educated at the
Mooreville Institute under Prof. Burney. September 11, 1872, M. A.
ELLIOTT, who was born in Franklin County December 9, 1850, became his wife.
They kept a boarding house at Louisville two years, and then returned to
the old home and he began taking charge of his mother’s farm. In 1874 he
began the study of medicine, but on account of weak eyes was obliged to
abandon the study for some time. In 1879 he moved to Petersburg, and after
a time went to Florence, Ala., and took special instruction on the eye and
ear under the well known doctor, A. M. Parkhill, and now has an extensive
practice in Lincoln, Marshall and the adjoining counties, also a number of
counties in Alabama adjoining the State. He has acquired a reputation,
especially in the treatment of the eye. He and wife are members of the
Christian Church.

Capt. William W. JAMES, farmer of the Fifth District, was born in 1828, in
Lincoln County, Tenn., and was one of eleven children born to Thomas and
Martha (DUKE) JAMES. The father was born in Norfolk, Va., in 1790 and was
of English lineage. His education was fair, and when about twenty years of
age, he, in company with an elder brother, immigrated to Lincoln County,
but soon went to Alabama, and engaged in the war of 1812, under Gen.
Coffee. They were in the battle of New Orleans, and at the close of the
war immigrated to Lincoln County and located near Mulberry, where he
purchased a farm. In 1825 he was married, and at the time of his death,
which occurred in 1866, he owned several good farms. The mother died about
1874. Our subject received his education in the neighboring schools, and
at the age of nineteen entered as clerk in a mercantile establishment at
Fayetteville. In 1849, he, in company with about thirty-five others,
started to cross the plains for the “El Dorado”. He engaged in mining
while there, and at the end of two years returned home and engaged in the
mercantile business at Mulberry Village, where he continued until 1861. In
1859 he wedded Susan V. FREEMAN, and to them were born eight children, five
of whom are living: Thomas D., Sarah A., William W., Alice P., and John M.
In 1861 Mr. JAMES was made captain of Company A, Forty-first Tennessee
Infantry, and taken prisoner at Fort Donelson. He was exchanged at
Vicksburg, and soon after was discharged on account of poor health. In
1869 he purchased 300 acres of land at Mulberry, where he now resides. In
politics he is a life-long Democrat, casting his first vote for Franklin
Pierce. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the I. O. O. F.,
and he and Mrs. JAMES are among the most substantial members of the
Missionary Baptist Church.

George A. JARVIS, postmaster and merchant, of Petersburg, Tenn., was born
on the 13th of June, 1840, at Richmond, Va., son of Gus and Rebecca (SMITH)
JARVIS. He was educated and reared in his native town, and May 20, 1869,
married Lula GREEN, who was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., August 12, 1847,
and two children are the result of their union: George A. and Minnie E.
In 1857 Mr. JARVIS became salesman for Joseph AKIN, of Maury County, and
remained with him until the breaking out of the war, after which he acted
as traveling salesman for Louisville houses for seven years, and in 1872
came to Petersburg. Since 1874 he has been in the mercantile business, and
has also had the post office at Petersburg. Mr. JARVIS is a Democrat, and
belongs to the I. O. O. F. and K. of H. fraternities. April 27, 1861, he
entered the Confederate Army, serving in Company B, Second Tennessee
Infantry, commanded by William B. Bate, the present governor of Tennessee.
He served as lieutenant. He afterward became a member of another company,
and served in the quartermaster’s department. He participated in many
battles, and May 1, 1863, was captured and taken to Johnson’s Island, where
he remained a prisoner twenty-two months. He returned home in May, 1865

T. A. JEAN, farmer and mechanic, is a native of Lincoln County, Tenn., born
in 1836, and is one of eleven children of John and Ann (SHAW) JEAN. The
father was of Irish lineage, born in North Carolina in 1797, a merchant and
farmer by occupation. He came to Tennessee in 1815, and two years later
married. He died in 1883, at the advanced age of eighty-six years. He was
twice married, his second wife being Patsey TAYLOR. The mother was born in
1801, in North Carolina, and died in 1845. At the age of ten years our
subject became the architect of his own fortunes, and for about eight years
was a farm laborer, and for his first year’s labor received $3 per month
for his services. January 27, 1856, he married Martha E. RUTLEDGE, who was
born in 1829, in Lincoln County. The following are their children:
William McHenry, John Alex, Elizabeth A., Thomas M., Mary C., Martha L. and
George W. In 1882 Mr. JEAN purchased 141 acres of land near Fayetteville,
on which he located and has since resided. He is very skillful with the
use of tools, and does his own blacksmithing and repairing in general. He
is a Democrat in politics, and his first presidential vote was cast for
Breckinridge, in 1860. He served in the late war in Forrest’s escort, and
was in many severe skirmishes. His principal duty was scouting, and during
his entire service he was neither wounded nor captured. He returned home
in 1865, after an absence of three years. He and Mrs. Jean are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Dr. George W. JONES, physician and surgeon of Mulberry, and a son of C. G.
and Nancy (MOORE) JONES, was born in Maury County in 1835. The father was
born near Lynchburg, Va., in 1803, and was of English lineage. At the age
of twenty-six, he, in company with an elder brother, immigrated to Maury
County, Tenn., making the entire journey on foot. In 1831 he was married
and became the father of nine children, of whom our subject is one. He
died January 2, 1874. The mother was born in North Carolina in 1805, and
is now living on the old farm in Maury County. Our subject remained at
home until he was twenty-one years of age, and received his early education
at Rock Springs. In 1865* he entered the medical department of the
University of Nashville, where he graduated in 1858. He immediately
located in Mulberry and began practicing his profession. In 1858 he wedded
Lizzie WHITAKER (daughter of Newton and Fannie WHITAKER) and to this union
were born eight children, five of whom are living: Charley N., Clarence
G., Lelia W., George M. and Jennie M. In 1859 he removed to Mississippi,
where he remained till 1861, after which he returned to Mulberry, and has
since resided there. During the war he was elected sergeant of Company C,
Fifth Kentucky, and was soon afterward made lieutenant of his regiment, but
was discharged after the battle of Murfreesboro, on account of disability.
Since that time he has continued the practice of his profession, in which
he has made a complete success. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and K.
of H. He and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.

W. L. KILPATRIC, merchant of Fayetteville, and farmer, living two miles
south of that village was born in south Alabama, October 20, 1857, son of
I. T. and M. V. KILPATRIC. The father was born in South Carolina in 1818,
and was of Irish lineage. He moved to Georgia when a youth, and was
married there, and moved to Alabama; thence to Lincoln County, Tenn., in
1883 where he located and now resides. The mother was born in Georgia in
1827 and died in January, 1884. Our subject received his education in the
various schools of Alabama. In 1879 he married Mary WILSON, a native of
Lincoln County, born May 1, 1865, and the daughter of Matthew T. and Jane
C. WILSON. By this union our subject became the father of one child – Alva
W. After marriage our subject located on the farm, where they have since
resided. He now owns over 500 acres of excellent land, well improved. In
1882 he and his brother, T. B., engaged in the mercantile business at
Fayetteville. In 1886 he purchased his brother’s interest, and took
another partner, T. I. McCOWAN, and now do business under the name of
Kilpatric & Co. They have been very successful in the sale of dry good,
clothing, etc. Mr. KILPATRIC is a Democrat in politics, and cast his first
presidential vote for Grover Cleveland. J. E. KILPATRIC, brother of W. L.,
was in the late war, enlisting in 1864 when but seventeen years of age, and
remaining until the surrender. Our subject and wife are members of the
Presbyterian Church.