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Below is a family biography included in The History of Gibson 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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Andrew B. Hooper, druggist, of Trenton, Tenn., and native of Haywood County, was born on the 4th of July, 1854, son of Dr. George and Mary A. (Wood) Hooper, who were born in Maryland and Virginia respectively. The father came to Tennessee about 1835 or 1836, and located in Weakley County, where he first began the practice of medicine. Later he removed to Haywood County, where he practiced and resided until his death, in 1861. In 1862 Andrew B. and his mother took up their abode in Weakley County, and here he was reared and educated. He taught school in Weakley, Obion, Carroll and Gibson Counties until 1884, when he came to Trenton, and began selling drugs, having owned an interest in the store two years previous to his coming. Since January, 1886, he has conducted the business alone, and keeps a fine line of goods pertaining to his business, and makes a specialty of compounding and preparing physician’s prescriptions. He is a Democrat in politics, and is one of the reliable business men of the town.
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This family biography is one of 242 biographies included in The History of Gibson County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Gibson County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee
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