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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 1 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1885. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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D. C. TIMMONS, Graves County, is a son of John H. and Ann Eliza (Alderdice) Timmons, the father a native of Weakley County, Tenn., and the mother of North Carolina. John H. Timmons is a mechanic and mill wright and lives at the present time in Weakley County, Tenn. The mother died in May, 1878. D. C. Timmons, with his father, worked at different mechanical pursuits until the age of twenty-two years, when he engaged in business for himself as a house carpenter and millwright. After following the above trades for several years, he commenced farming in Weakley County, Tenn., and in 1879 came to Graves County, Ky., locating in Lynnville Precinct, where he purchased a small farm of sixty acres, the beginning of his present home of 136 acres. He was married November 15, 1871, to Sarah C., daughter of Robert and Winny McCulloch, by whom he had five children: J. B., Arthur S., Rhoda B., Aver L. and Winnie Ann. Mrs. Timmons died in 1881, and the following year Mr. Timmons was married to Cornelia A., daughter of William and Jane Doublin; to this union have been born two children: Robert Lee and Clara May. Mr. Timmons is a member of the Masonic fraternity, filling the office of deacon at the present time in Boydsville, Tenn., Lodge, No. 121.
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This family biography is one of 91 biographies included in the Graves County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 1 published in 1885 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company. For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 1
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