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Below is a family biography included in The History of Hickman 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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Horatio Clagett, president of the First National Bank of Centreville, Tenn., is the fifth child born to the marriage of Horatio Clagett and Rebecca Gantt, who were born in Prince George County, Md., in 1779 and 1786, respectively. In 1816 they came in a wagon from Maryland to Hickman County, Tenn. Here they spent the remainder of their lives in agricultural pursuits. The father died in 1866, and the mother in 1876. Our subject was born January 17, 1819, and at the age of sixteen years went to Franklin, Tenn., and for two years was engaged as a clerk in the store of Robert Charter. He then came to Centreville, and became a partner with his brother, Wm. G. Clagett, in the mercantile business, and has continued up to the present, they, probably, constituting one of the oldest business firms in Tennessee. Upon the organization of the First National Bank, in 1885, he was chosen its president. Previous to the war he was a Whig in politics; since that time he has voted the Democratic ticket. November 1, 1846, he was married to Miss Elizabeth J. Montgomery, of Hickman County, born October 5, 1826, and to them were born the following children: Matilda T., Mary J., Laura E., Anna S., John H., Robert M. and William G. Mr. Clagett is a Mason, and he and Mrs. Clagett are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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This family biography is one of 20 biographies included in The History of Hickman County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Hickman County was included within The History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman & Lewis Counties of Tennessee. View the complete description here: History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman and Lewis Counties of Tennessee
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