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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Lauderdale 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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J. T. Newton Cusick was born in Haywood County, Tenn., May 16, 1847, and is the oldest of five sons and three daughters born to Newton M. and Sarah A. (Lawrence) Cusick, being of Irish-English descent. His father was born in Guilford County, N. C., and came with his parents to Tennessee, in 1824, and settled near Wellwood, Haywood County, when the country was a wilderness, and married in that county, living there until 1856, when he moved to Lauderdale County, settling near Double Bridges, where he continued to reside until his death, December 1, 1873. He served his district as magistrate for six years, and was a useful, influential citizen of the county. Our subject’s mother was born in Granville County, N. C., and is still living on the old homestead. Mr. Cusick was raised and educated on the farm. Most of his time has been given to mechanical work, until the last few years he has been a clerk and book-keeper in a general merchandise store at Double Bridges, and has held the office of magistrate for four years, discharging the duties in a most satisfactory way. Mr. Cusick is a Democrat and a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and gives freely of his means to all charitable and religious enterprises.
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This family biography is one of 116 biographies included in the book, The History of Lauderdale County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed. The History of Lauderdale County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee
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