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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 P. Rhodes, of the law firm of Rankin & Rhodes, of Milan, Tenn., is a native of Carroll County, born September 11, 1853, son of James W. and Jane H. (Alger) Rhodes, born respectively in North Carolina and Tennessee. The father, who was a well-to-do farmer of Carroll County, located there about 1830. Here our subject was reared. At the age of eighteen he entered the Union University, of Murfreesboro, and later attended the East Tennessee University, at Knoxville, completing his sophomore year there. He then taught school in his native county six months, and also entered upon the study of law. He entered Cumberland University, at Lebanon, and in 1876 graduated from the law department of that institution. He began practicing at Milan the same year, in partnership with S. F. Rankin, and they are one of the well-known and successful legal firms of Gibson County. April 27, 1882, Mr. Rhodes wedded Nina P. Hutcherson, and by her is the father of one child—Essie. Mr. Rhodes is a Democrat, and a member of the K. of P., and he and wife belong to the Baptist Church.

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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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