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Biography: FUSTON, W.J.

Biography: FUSTON, W.J.

W. J. Fuston, farmer and miller, was born at Gath, Tenn., June 26, 1838, and is the son of Samuel and Nancy (Mullican) Fuston. The father was born near Knoxville, Tenn., November 8, 1807, and by occupation a farmer, is still living at Gath, Tenn., where he came in 1833. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and is very quiet and reserved in his habits. The mother was born in Warren County, Tenn., in 1802 and…

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Biography: CUNNINGHAM, George W.

Biography: CUNNINGHAM, George W.

George W. Cunningham, farmer and merchant of the Fifteenth Civil District of Warren County; was born in that county June 16, 1821, and is the son of John and Sarah Cunningham. The father was born in Virginia about 1792, and died in Warren County, Tenn., about 1857 He was of Scotch Irish descent. His father, our subject’s grandfather came to Tennessee in 1810), and located near the celebrated falls of Caney Fork, being among the first settlers of Warren County….

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ADCOCK, I.D. (d. 2000)

ADCOCK, I.D. (d. 2000)

Dibrell community resident and Warren County native I.D. Adcock, 83, died unexpectedly Dec. 3 at his home.  A retired nurseryman, owner and operator of I.D. Adcock & Son Nursery, he was an honorary member of the Middle Tennessee Nurseryman Association and the Tennessee Nurseryman Association. He was a member of Dibrell Church of Christ.  The son of the late Norman and Betty Harvey Cantrell Adcock, he was preceded in death by sisters, Hannah Neal and Thelma Taylor; and brothers, Luther…

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