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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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James A. McKenzie, M. D., is a son of James M. and Martha (Coleman) McKenzie, [See sketch of J. D. McKenzie] and was born in Carroll County, Tenn., July 6, 1846. His early days were spent mostly on the farm. He was educated at McKenzie College (now known as McTyeire Institute,) and afterward engaged in the drug business at that place. He studied medicine at the same time, under the direction of S. W. Johnson and A. P. Waterfield. He then kept hotel for about three years and took his first course of lectures at Vanderbilt in 1876-77. He practiced two years with T. J. Dill, and in 1879 graduated from Vanderbilt University, and became a partner of his brother, J. D. McKenzie, continuing until the present. In 1882 he married Kate Alexander, by whom he has one daughter. Neither the Doctor nor his wife belong to any church, though both are believers in the Methodist Episcopal doctrine. The doctor is a Mason and stanch Democrat, and as a physician he has no superior 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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