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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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George S. Glenn, M. D., first saw the light of day in Madison County, Tenn. His parents, Dr. James R. and Emily (Yarbrough) Glenn, were North Carolinians The father came to Tennessee in 1833, and located in Madison County, where he practiced medicine until his death m 1882. He was an able and experienced physician, and a citizen of high standing. He was reared and educated in his native county, and secured his literary instruction from his father, who was a fine classical scholar. George S. also began his medical studies under the tutorship of his father, and in 1873 entered Bellevue Hospital Medical College, of New York City, from which celebrated institution he graduated in 1874. He then practiced in his native county, and February 1, 1884, after settling his father’s estate, and relinquishing a good practice, he came to Trenton, where he has since resided. Dr. Glenn is a Democrat, and is a member of the Masonic and K. of P. fraternities; and, although he has lived but a short time in Gibson County, yet he is recognized as one of the foremost practitioners of medicine and surgery in the county.

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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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