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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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Wallace Lusk, proprietor of the Palace Saloon, of Milan, was born in Carroll County, on the 10th of March, 1865, and is a son of Giles and Harriett (Putman) Bryant. The mother died when Wallace was an infant, and he was taken to raise by John D. Lusk, present chief of police of Milan, and whose surname he now legally bears. Wallace was reared in the retail liquor business, having first engaged in it here, nine years ago. In 1883 he began business for himself, and has continued to the present time conducting the largest and best paying business of the kind in Milan. September 15, 1885, he married Miss Etta Ing, of Gibson County. They have one child named Wallace. Mr. Lusk is a Democrat and an enterprising young business man of the town.
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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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