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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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Samuel O. Higgason, dealer in lumber, furniture, building material, etc., at Trenton, Tenn., was born in Sumner County, of the same State, in 1827; son of John O. and Lucretia Higgason, native Tennesseans. Samuel O. was educated in the common schools, and in 1846 enlisted in the Mexican war under Col. B. F. Cheatham, in the Third Tennessee Regiment. After its close he returned to Sumner County, Tenn., and began coopering at Cairo, but afterward purchased a tract of land, and followed farming until 1860. He then moved to Union City, in Obion County, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits for a short time. He was clerk of the court at Union City for four years, and was and is a stockholder in the bank at that place. In 1884 he moved to Trenton and engaged in his present business. He has been very successful, financially, as he started in life with little or nothing. In 1850 he married Octava B. Jackson, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Jackson, and by her became the father of two sons and five daughters: Mary V., Fannie M., Willie B., Kate, Charles M., Dena and Joseph B. Mr. Higgason is a Democrat, and is of Irish descent.
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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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