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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 H. Hefley was born in the Palmetto State in 1846, and came with his parents, William and Margaret S. (Boyd) Hefley, to Gibson County, Tenn., in 1847. William Hefley was a farmer and accumulated considerable property, and after his first two years’ residence in the State moved to Madison County, where he lived until his death, in 1853. His widow returned to Gibson County, where she died in 1886. They were members of the Old School Presbyterian Church, and the father was a Democrat in politics. In 1882 James H. Hefley led to the hymeneal altar Miss Fannie Flowers, daughter of Allen and Elizabeth (Sims) Flowers. She was born in Tennessee in 1864, and is the mother of two daughters. In 1880 Mr. Hefley was elected county sheriff and was re-elected two years later. In September, 1884, he moved to Rutherford and purchased an interest in the mercantile establishment of F. W. E. Flowers. They have a well assorted and good stock of general merchandise and have a fair share of trade in town and county. He held the office of constable fourteen months and was deputy sheriff under J. B. Arnold for two years. He is a Democrat, and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and his wife belongs to the Baptist Church. In 1864 he enlisted in the Confederate service, Seventh Tennessee Cavalry, under Gen. Forrest, and served ten months.
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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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