William J. LANDESS, farmer and tanner of the Sixth District, was born
October 9, 1852, in Lincoln County, Tenn. The father of our subject, John
LANDESS was born in Kentucky, November 11, 1799, and was of Dutch
extraction. He acquired a good business education and was a tanner by
occupation. He located in the Sixth District, where he soon established a
lucrative business. April 5, 1831, he married Mary H. STONE, and became
the father of eleven children, ten of whom are living, our subject being
one of them. The father died September 11, 1876, and the mother is still
living on the old homeplace. Our subject received his education
principally at the Oak Hill School, taking quite a thorough course in the
languages. November 28, 1878, he led to the altar May BOONE, a native of
Lincoln County, born February 8, 1856, and the daughter of Capt. Nathan and
Orpha BOONE. This union resulted in the birth of three children, two of
whom are living: John B. and Alberta K. Mr. LANDESS is now residing on
the old homeplace where he was born. He is the owner of 300 acres of good
land, well cultivated, and succeeded his father in the tannery business, in
which he has been quite successful. He is a Democrat in politics, casting
his first vote for S. J. Tilden. He and wife are members of the Primitive
Baptist Church. Mrs. LANDESS was educated at the Female Institute at
Winchester.

R. W. LONG is a son of Joseph LONG, who was born in North Carolina, and
came to Tennessee and married Matilda FLACK. The mother was born in 1804
and died in 1873. Our subject received a common school education, and
after his marriage, in 1857, to Tabitha BLEDSOE, he tilled the home farm
for his mother, who was a widow. His wife was born near Petersburg,
November 10, 1836, and seven children blessed her union with Mr. LONG:
Alva M. (Mrs. J. C. MOORE), Nora I. (Mrs. C A. TALLEY), Thomas A., Fannie
E. (Mrs. O. B. TAYLOR), James B., Helen B. and Affa C. In 1872 our subject
and family moved onto their present farm of 200 acres, comprising seven
acres of all kinds of fruit trees. Mr. LONG ha given his children good
educational advantages, and is conservative in politics, voting rather for
the man than the party. He served in the late war in Company F,
Forty-first Tennessee Infantry, and took an active part in the battles of
Fort Donelson, Franklin, Nashville and several minor engagements. He was
captured at the fall of Fort Donelson, and imprisoned seven months at
LaFayette and Indianapolis. Ind. He was the wagonmaster in the
quartermaster’s department two years. He returned home in the fall of
1864. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

J. W. LLOYD, senior partner of the firm of Lloyd & Blake, proprietors and
publishers of the Fayetteville “Express”, was born October 3, 1843, in
Huntsville, Ala., son of W. B. and Martha P. (TATUM) LLOYD, born in
Virginia in 1817 and 1817, and died in 1873 and 1851, respectively. They
were married in 1838, and soon after moved to Huntsville, Ala. Our
subject’s mother died when he was quite young, and at the age of thirteen
he became an apprentice at the printer’s trade, working on the Huntsville
“Advocate” four years. He then commenced life for himself as a journeyman,
and the following thirteen years worked in most of the large cities in the
South, assisting on the leading daily and weekly papers. In April, 1873,
he came to Fayetteville and assisted in establishing the Fayetteville
“Express”, the proprietor and publisher being J. B. SMITH. In 1876 Mr.
LLOYD and F. O. McCORD purchased the press, but in 1880 Mr. J. W. GOODWIN
purchased Mr. McCORD’s interest, and for two years the firm was known as
Lloyd & Goodwin. From 1882 to August, 1883, the firm was Lloyd & Carrigan,
and in January, 1884, Mr. BLAKE took a one-half interest. The “Express” is
a newsy paper and is devoted to the interests of the people. Mr. LLOYD has
been in the newspaper business nearly thirty years and knows the needs and
wishes of his patrons. He is a Democrat in his political views, and cast
his first presidential vote for S. J. Tilden in 1876. February 23, 1881,
he married Kate JONES, daughter of Capt. Joel J. JONES, who was killed in
the battle of Perryville, Ky. Mrs. LLOYD was born in Lincoln County,
Tenn., in 1853, and has one son – Sumner.

J. J. MADDOX, farmer of Lincoln County, is a son of John and Elizabeth
MADDOX, who were born in 1811 and 1812, respectively. They came from the
Carolinas, and were among the early settlers of Tennessee, and were
farmers. The father died in 1880 and the mother in 1872. Our subject
received a liberal education, and December 18, 1873, led Martha A. SHERRELL
to the hymeneal altar. She was born in Lincoln County July 3, 1855, and is
the mother of six children: R. S., J. S., B. M., A. A., M. S., and L. J.
In May, 1861, Mr. MADDOX joined the company known as the “Camargo Guards,”
and was in the battle of Murfreesboro and many minor engagements. He
returned home in 1863, and three years later purchased the farm on which he
now lives. consisting of 368 acres of land. Mr. MADDOX is well respected
by his fellow-man, and takes an active interest in all institutions which
promote the advancement of the county. He is a Democrat and Mason, and he
and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

W. L. McCANN was born in Jackson, Ala., in 1827. His father was of Irish
descent, born in the “Palmetto State” in 1800, and moved to near Alabama in
1825, and after a two years’ residence came to Tennessee, where he died in
1867. The mother was born in South Carolina in 1804, and died in May,
1882. W. L. McCANN was educated in the Eighteenth District of Lincoln
County, and in 1851 married Miss M. J. RAWLS, daughter of L. H. and Sarah
RAWLS. She was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., November 3, 1832. Mr.
McCANN purchased his present farm in 1872, which consists of 386 acres of
excellent farming land, well improved with good buildings and a fine
orchard. He has been very successful, as he began business for himself
since the war with little or no means, and now owns an excellent tract of
land. He is a Democrat, and during the late war was strongly opposed to
the principles of secession. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity.

Col. C. A. McDANIEL is a son of Fielden and Lucy (BARKER) McDANIEL, and was
born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1823. The father was of Scotch-Irish
descent, born in Virginia, in 1781, but a resident of North Carolina at the
time of his marriage, which occurred about 1803. In 1808 he came to Middle
Tennessee, and was a resident of Lincoln County, Tenn., after 1810 or 1811.
He died in 1840, being one of the early residents and pioneers of the
county and suffering many privations incident to pioneer life. The mother
was born in North Carolina, in 1783, and died in 1839. Our subject is one
of their nine children, and resided with his parents until their respective
deaths, then he and his brother Charles bought the old homestead and began
tilling the soil. When the news came that gold had been discovered in
California, he, with a number of friends, started for the “Golden Gate,”
going overland, the trip taking nine months. There he remained seven years
engaged in mining. He returned home in November, 1856, and in December,
1857, was married to Margaret BUCHANAN, daughter of Andrew BUCHANAN. Mrs.
McDANIEL was born in Lincoln County in November, 1831. They have four
children: Mary Lou (Mrs. J. B. WHITAKER), Andrew C., and Fielden and Felix
(twins). In 1848 Mr. McDANIEL had purchased 100 acres of land, on which he
settled after marriage, and where he has since made his home. He now owns
375 acres of good and well improved land. In 1847, at the age of
twenty-three, he was elected to the State Legislature, being the first
native representative of Lincoln County. In 1854 he represented Calaveras
County, Cal., in the State Legislature, and has been a life-long Democrat.
He served in the Mexican war and was slightly wounded at the battle of
Monterey. He took an important part in the late war, and assisted in
organizing the Forty-fourth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, and he was chosen
colonel of the same. He was wounded in the right arm at Shiloh, but served
until the close of the war with the exception of nine months. He returned
home in May, 1865. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South.

M. L. McDOWELL, miller of the village known as McDowell’s Mill, Tenn., was
born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 14, 1843, son of James and Harriet
McDOWELL, born in 1818, in Tennessee and North Carolina, respectively. The
father is a carpenter, and he and wife are yet living. His grandfather was
born at Staten Island, N. Y., and he and his wife and family, with the
exception of three sons, were murdered by the Indians. Our subject was
educated in the Murfreesboro Academy, and in 1861 he enlisted in Company A,
Second Tennessee Infantry, commanded by W B. Bate, the present governor of
Tennessee, and participated in the battles of Bull Run, Shiloh, Richmond,
Chickamauga and Murfreesboro. He was wounded at Richmond, Ky., and was
unfitted for further service, but remained with his company in preference
to a hospital. He returned home in 1864, and in 1865 wedded Mary A.
CAWTHON, daughter of M. B. and M. J. CAWTHON, of Alabama, and seven
children were born to them: George L., E. R., H. E., M. L., S. J., M. B.
and Myrtle L. Mr. McDOWELL farmed in Alabama a number of years, but met
with reverses, and moved to Tennessee and began working at the carpenter’s
trade at Lynchburg, and erected very nearly all the fine houses in the
place. While there he was mayor, magistrate and notary public. In 1880 he
moved to Giles County, and was in the milling business two years in that
county, then came to McDowell and erected his present mill. There was no
village at the time of his location, but the place has now about 100
inhabitants, two dry goods and grocery stores, a postoffice, blacksmiths
and carpenters shops and nine dwelling houses, and a fine schoolhouse is in
process of being erected; all of which has been brought about by the energy
of Mr. McDOWELL. He belongs to the Masonic and I. O. O. F. fraternities,
and in politics is a Democrat.

C. C. McKINNEY, attorney at law and magistrate of District No. 8 of Lincoln
County, Tenn., was born where he now resides, in 1828. His father, Dr.
Charles McKINNEY, was of Scotch-Irish extraction, and was born in Wayne
County, Ky., in 1788, and educated at Center College, Danville, Ky., where
he also read medicine. He married Mary RUSSELL in 1810, and came to
Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1812, being one of the pioneer settlers and
physicians of the county. His visits to the sick were made by following
the old Indian trails and foot-paths, and he was known far and near as a
man possessed of remarkable intelligence and honesty. He was surgeon in
the war of 1812, and died in 1864 full of years. The mother was of direct
Scotch descent, born in 1790. She died in 1863. They were the parents of
fourteen children, only three of whom are now living. Our subject’s
paternal and maternal grandparents were born in Ireland and Scotland,
respectively, and both were early emigrants to America. C. C. McKINNEY
received an academical education, and in 1850 became a disciple of
Blackstone, Hon. James FULTON being his preceptor. He was admitted to the
bar in 1851, and has since practiced his profession, and regarded as a
successful, earnest advocate and safe counselor. He was in partnership in
the practice of law two years with W. B. MARTIN, and thirteen years with F.
P. FULTON. In August, 1885, Mr. McKINNEY was elected magistrate of his
district, and yet holds that position. He has always resided in
Fayetteville, and has displayed qualities of head and heart which have
enabled him to surmount many difficulties. He is a Democrat, but previous
to the war was a Whig. He is also a Mason. In June, 1856, he married
Ellen DENNIS, born in Alabama, in July, 1837. They have two children:
James D., who is the pharmacist in W. A. GILL’s drug store, in
Fayetteville, and Charles F., who is salesman in the dry good store of J.
A. LUMPKIN. Mr. and Mrs. McKINNEY are members of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.

R. D. McMILLEN is a son of Joseph McMILLEN, who was of Irish origin, born
near Knoxville, Tenn. in 1784. He was a tailor by trade, and died in 1859.
Our subject’s mother was of Scotch descent, born in Kentucky in 1787 and
died in 1863. Our subject was born in Fayetteville August 17, 1822, and
being the youngest of twelve children, was left to look after the old home
place and care for his parents. He owns 267 acres of valuable land near
Petersburg, and has been a successful business man. In 1858 he married M.
J. MILLARD, daughter of William and Mary MILLARD. She was born in Lincoln
County in 1833 and died in 1878, having borne seven children, six of whom
are living: Margaret F. (deceased), Effie (Mrs. C. ROSBOROUGH), William
J., Sarah, Thomas, Minnie and Lucinda. They have received good educational
advantages, and have made the most of their opportunities. Mr. McMILLEN is
a conservative Democrat, but was formerly a supporter of the Whig party,
and is a man well versed on all the questions of the day. He belongs to
the Masonic fraternity.

Mrs. Charlotte MERRELL, a native of Lincoln County, Tenn., born June 1,
1813, is one of the two children born to James and Elizabeth (DAUGHERTY)
GRANT. Our subject’s father was born in Virginia, and after living there
some time, immigrated to North Carolina. He was a farmer by occupation,
came to Tennessee in 1812, and died in the Sixteenth District April 3,
1841. The mother of our subject was born in North Carolina about 1761, and
departed this life January 26, 1836. Charlotte received her education in
the schools near home, and October 14, 1838, she married William MERRELL, a
native of North Carolina, born January 26, 1815. By this union were born
nine children, five of whom are living: Robert and Thomas are living in
Lincoln County; Susan is the wife of William SOLOMAN, and she and her
husband and three children, Charley, Dewit T. and Dorinda are living with
our subject on the old home place; Charley is living in Colorado, Texas.
Mr. MERRELL died October 31, 1880, and left a fine farm of 200 acres lying
on the western portion of the Sixteenth District of Lincoln County and a
portion in Giles County.

J. S. MERRELL’s birth occurred in Giles County, Tenn., in March, 1839. His
father was born in North Carolina, in 1798, and came to Tennessee when a
lad, and afterward became a farmer. He died in December 1866. His wife
was born in Tennessee, and died in 1852. Our subject’s early education and
raising was like the average boy of his period. To his marriage with Josie
REED in December, 1860, were born the following family: Martha (deceased
wife of A. J. SMITH), Cynthia (Mrs. P. A. HALL), Susan, Cora G., Hugh F.,
Mollie B. and James E. Since 1866 Mr. MERRELL has farmed in the
Seventeenth District of Lincoln County, where he owns 145 acres of fertile
land, well improved. In connection with overseeing his farm he carries on
blacksmithing, and is a skillful wood-workman. He takes much interest in
educational affairs, and has given his children good educations. He is a
Democrat and a Mason, and he and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist
Church. In 1861 he enlisted in Company F, Forty-fourth Tennessee Infantry,
and was in the battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Siege of Knoxville,
besides many smaller engagements. He was a brave and faithful soldier, and
returned home in December 1863.

James A. D. MIDDLETON, lumberman and prominent citizen, and a son of
Alexander D. and Jane Smith (BRODIE) MIDDLETON, was born July 24, 1842, in
New York City. The father of our subject was born in Scotland, about 1815,
and was a descendant of Scotch ancestors. He was a marble-cutter by
occupation, learning this trade in New York City. The mother of our
subject was also born in New York City about 1817. After the death of the
father, which occurred July 26, 1849, the family went to Virginia, and soon
after to ________ County, Mo., where they remained two years. They then
removed to St. Louis in 1851, where they remained till after the death of
the mother, which occurred in 1865. Our subject remained at home until
nineteen years of age, and received his education principally in the free
schools of St. Louis, Mo. On the 31st of July, 1868, he wedded Mrs.
Cordelia J. HAGUE, daughter of G. W. ALEXANDER, of Lincoln county. They
have two interesting children: C. Jennie and Walter P. J. Previous to his
marriage he went into the army with Lieut. Col. Mortimer Okean as a
hostler, and there he remained until 1865, when he landed at Tullahoma.
After staying there two years he received an appointment in the internal
revenue service, where he remained until April 30, 1884, with the exception
of about two years, 1868 and 1870, when he was postmaster at Mulberry. May
1, 1884, Mr. MIDDLETON commenced his present occupation. He is a
Republican in politics, and a Prohibitionist, and cast his first vote for
Abraham Lincoln. He is an Odd Fellow, Knight of Honor, a Good Templar and
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, as are also the two
children. Mrs. MIDDLETON is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.

Dr. W. L. MOORES, a physician of the Thirteenth District, was born in
Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1842, and was one of two children born to William
H. and Elizabeth (SUGG) MOORES. The father was of Welsh origin and was
born in Lincoln County, Tenn., about 1820. He was a tiller of the soil,
and died in 1845. The mother of our subject was of English origin, born in
Robertson County, Tenn., in 1801, and died in 1874. Our subject received a
good literary education in the counties of Lincoln and Giles. In 1862, he
enlisted in Freeman’s battery, and took part in the battle of Parker’s
Cross-roads, and other minor engagements. He was captured while sick at
home, July, 1863, and taken to Camp Chase, where he remained seven months,
after which he was conveyed to Fort Delaware and remained there a year. In
June, 1865, he began the study of medicine and at the end of a year and a
half entered the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, where it
required three years to complete the course, but owing to his rapid
progress was allowed by the faculty to take all his examinations at the end
of the second year, and received his diploma in 1867. In the same year he
married Sarah J., daughter of Mill and Lucretia (FOX) McCOLLUM, her mother
being a cousin of Gen. B. F. BUTLER. Mrs. MOORES was born in Giles County,
July 5, 1844, and by her marriage became the mother of six children: Cyrus
L., James A., Ira, Edna, Matt W., and William C. Dr. MOORES has always
been an active energetic man, and has a large and increasing practice. He
has met with commendable success and is continually laboring for the good
of the people. He is postmaster at Cyruston, and this office has been in
the hands of the family for fifty years. He is a Mason, a K. of H., and a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is secretary of the same.
Mrs. MOORES is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. MOORES has a small
farm where he resides, and has a fine young orchard. He is making a
specialty of the study of horticulture, and he also has on his place a
fish-pond and is a pisciculturist to some extent.

J. K. MOORES, farmer, was born in the Thirteenth District, where he now
resides, and is one of nine children born to his parents, Daniel and
Elizabeth MOORES. The father was born in New Jersey in 1789, and came to
Lincoln County with his parents when but nineteen years of age. He
followed agricultural pursuits and was married in 1816. He was a soldier
in the war of 1812, and died in 1849. The mother of our subject was born
in the southern part of Pennsylvania in 1796, and died in October, 1876.
Our subject was reared at home, received his early education in the country
schools and afterward completed at Viny Grove Academy. In 1856 he wedded
Louisa SMITH, a native of Lincoln County, born in 1839, and a daughter of
the well known Constant and Margaret SMITH. By this union our subject
became the father of four sons: John, now living in Obion County, Tenn.;
Knox and Cyrus, in Texas; and Ross, who still remains with his father. Mr.
MOORES taught school for some time, and after marriage located on the old
homeplace, where he has since resided. In 1868 his wife died, and in 1872
he wedded Mrs. D. J. WILSON, who was born in Lincoln County in 1837, and
who is the daughter of Maj. and Elizabeth RUTH. The result of our
subject’s marriage was the birth of two children: Astor and Bessie. He is
a Democrat in politics, a Mason, and he and wife are members of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

William T. MOYERS, carpenter, is a son of Samuel H. and Sarah (PHELPS)
MOYERS and was born in Fayetteville, Tenn., in September, 1827, and at the
early age of twelve years left home and became the architect of his own
fortune, working at the tinner’s and coppersmith’s trade for three years.
At the age of sixteen he began working at the carpenter’s trade, and has
followed that calling through life. In October, 1853, he was united in
marriage to Martha G. ROWE, who was born in Lincoln County in 1837, and
daughter of William ROWE. Mr. and Mrs. MOYERS became the parents of
fourteen children, nine of whom are living: Edna (Mrs. Ephraim PITTS),
Thomas, Robert, Hardy, Fannie, Nama, Curtis, Jesse and Jacob. Mr. MOYER is
a Democrat in politics, and cast his first presidential vote for Lewis
Cass. He is the oldest native inhabitant of Fayetteville, and is a member
of the F. & A. M., I. O. O. F. and K. of H. fraternities. His father was
of German descent, born in Virginia in 1791, a shoe-maker by trade. The
grandfather, Peter MOYER, was a native German, and came to America previous
to the Revolutionary war, and to Tennessee in the early part of the present
century. He assisted in leveling the canebrakes where Fayetteville now
stands, and took up his abode in the village. He lived to be one hundred
and one years of age, and was a man of powerful physique. When eighty-four
years old he felled a large oak tree, and split 100 rails in order to reach
home by 1 o’clock to see a game fight. He served through the entire
Revolutionary war. Samuel MOYER was an 1812 soldier, and was married about
1820. He kept a boot and shoe store in Fayetteville a number of years, and
in 1843 moved to the country, where he resided until his death, December
24, 1869. The mother was born in Tennessee in 1810, and died in October,
1871. Nine of their thirteen children are now living.

Hon. David J. NOBLITT, physician and surgeon, and a son of Abraham and
Sarah Ann (RAZAR) NOBLITT, was born in Bedford County, March 16, 1836. He
worked at home until he was eighteen years of age, paying $50 a year for
the remainder of his time. He received his early education at the free
schools, and when he first left home entered the Charity School, taking an
English and Latin course there for two years. He taught two years, and in
1857 entered the medical department of the University of Nashville, where
he graduated in 1860, In 1861 he enlisted in Company F, Forty-fourth
Tennessee, and was appointed assistant surgeon of the regiment in which
capacity he remained till after the battle of Murfreesboro, when his health
failed, and he was compelled to resign his position. November 22, 1860, he
wedded Sylvania C. BOONE, daughter of Samuel and Cynthia BOONE, and this
union resulted in the birth of two children: Leona N. and Boone E. In
1866 our subject purchased 190 acres of land at Booneville, where he
located and still resides, and where he continues to practice his
profession, and is now one of the leading physicians of this county. He
owns 185 acres of land under a good state of cultivation and good
improvements. In 1872 he was elected to represent Lincoln and Giles
Counties in the lower house of the State Legislature, and re-elected in
1874. He is a Democrat and a Mason. Mrs. NOBLITT is a member of the
Primitive Baptist Church. Our subject’s father was born in North Carolina
July 4, 1812, and was of Anglo-Polish descent. He was of noted ancestry,
his great-grandfather being connected with the English Navy in the days of
William Penn, and came with him to the new world to aid and assist him in
his colonization. Abraham, our subject’s father, was a farmer, and died in
1845. The mother of our subject is still living, and is making her home
with our subject. Her father was a cousin to Patrick HENRY, of
Revolutionary times.