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Below is a family biography included in The History of Fayette County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. 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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Robert N. Christian was born in Mississippi August 31, 1842, and is the son of Robert N. and Caroline (Suther) Christian, natives of North Carolina. Our subject received a fair education and was engaged in steamboating until the breaking out of the war. At that time he entered the Confederate service as a private in the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Tennessee Regiment and was afterward transferred to the Thirty-fourth Mississippi Regiment, where he remained till the close of the war. He participated in all of the principal battles and was wounded five different times. At the close of the war he came to Somerville and devoted his time and attention to mercantile pursuits, being engaged in that capacity ever since. He started in life with a fair education, a pair of stout arms and a willing heart. He is now considered one of the substantial men of Somerville. August 1, 1866, he married Valeria F. Shaw, daughter of A. M. and Ann L. Shaw of Somerville. To this union were born nine children—five sons and four daughters: Annie L., Alsey B., Eddie L., Louis, Robert W., Mary E., Carrie V., Mary W. and Joe D. Mr. Christian is a Democrat in politics.
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This family biography is one of 77 biographies included in The History of Fayette County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed. The History of Fayette County was included within The History of Fayette and Hardeman Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Fayette and Hardeman Counties, Tennessee
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