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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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William B. Granbery, M. D., a retired physician residing at Somerville, Tenn., was born in Hertford County, N. C., November 23, 1835, and is the son of John and Jane (Frasier) Granbery, both natives of North Carolina. They moved to Fayette County with our subject in 1835. Dr. Granbery was raised on a farm, and educated chiefly at Macon Masonic College, in Fayette County. In 1855 he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. E. A. Donoho, of Fayette County, and in the fall of 1856 he entered the Medical University at New Orleans, La., and attended one course of lectures, and in 1857 he entered the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, and graduated from that institution in the spring of 1858. He then commenced the practice of medicine in Fayette County, being constantly engaged with professional duties until 1882, when he retired and moved to Somerville, where he has since been speculating and loaning money, also giving some time to farming. He owns 1,100 acres of valuable and well improved land in Fayette County. Dr. Granbery was very successful as a physician, and has been so in business matters. October 16, 1858, he married Emma J., daughter of Thomas G. and Ann L. Neal, of Fayette County, and they have six children: Anna Cossie, Kate O., Thomas N., William E., Ruby E. and Roy. Mrs. Emma J. Granbery died December 21, 1884, and December 22, 1886, Dr. Granbery married Love O., daughter of N. E. and Elizabeth J. Cartwright, of Fayette County. He is a member of the F. & A. M. and K. of H. In politics he is a Democrat. He is one of the influential and leading citizens of Fayette County.

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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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