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Below is a family biography included in The History of Giles County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. 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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JOSEPH B. McCAUL, merchant, was born in Williamson County, Tenn., May 27, 1845, son of John A. and Elizabeth (Boon) McCaul, and is of Scotch-Irish lineage. John A. McCaul was born in Rutherford County, and died in Marshall County, Tenn., about 1858. The mother was born in the same county as her husband, and died about 1855. Joseph B. is the third of their ten children, and when about thirteen years of age began learning the saddler’s trade, at which he worked until 1861, when he enlisted in the Twentieth Tennessee Infantry, but was discharged the same year on account of physical disability. He re-enlisted in the Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry in 1862, and served until the close of the war. From 1865 to 1867 he farmed and then engaged in the mercantile business at Bethesda, Tenn., remaining two years, and then came to Lynnville and began keeping a saddle and harness shop. At the end of eight years he engaged in the grocery business, and is the leading merchant in his line in the town. He also deals in grain. In 1868 he married Elizabeth V. Beatty, of Williamson County. He is a Democrat and Mason, and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
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This family biography is one of 95 biographies included in The History of Giles County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Giles County was included within The History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin & Moore Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin , Moore Counties of Tennessee
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