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N. P. MOSS was born February 15, 1835, in Wilson County, Tenn. He is a son of John and Susan (Murray) Moss, both natives of Halifax County, Va. The father was born in May, 1798; he died January 8, 1867. The mother was born December 3, 1802; she died June 18, 1873. They were married in July, 1822, and in 1843 came to Hickman County, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Our subject was reared on his father’s farm, and attended the Clinton Seminary, after which he completed his literary course at Bethel College, Tennessee. In 1856 he took up the study of law with Col. E. Crossland, was admitted to the bar in 1858, then went to Texas and engaged in practice till 1861, when he enlisted in Company C, Fifth Texas Infantry, and served till the battle of Gettysburg, when he was taken prisoner and confined at Fort Donelson till the close of the war. He then came to Clinton, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his chosen profession. Mr. Moss was married in November, 1871, to Miss Ada M. Semple, of Clinton. This union has been blessed with three children—two daughters and one son. Mr. Moss owns a farm of 300 acres, on which he resides, and which joins Clinton on the west. This farm is in as fine a state of cultivation as any in the county.