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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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John Davis Roberson, a farmer of the Eleventh District of Lauderdale County, was born in the county September 2, 1830, and is a son of Isham and Rhodie (Stames) Roberson, both natives of South Carolina; the father was born in 1799, and came to Lauderdale (then Tipton County) in 1828, and died in 1861; the mother was born in 1801, and died in 1859. Our subject was raised on a farm and worked for his father until eighteen years of age, then commenced farming for himself. In 1858 Mr. Roberson was elected constable, and served a term; was elected magistrate in 1860, and served until 1870, when he was elected State and county tax collector, and served a term, and was then elected railroad tax collector, and served a term, and in 1876 was re-elected magistrate, and held the office until 1882. Mr. Roberson was first married January 14, 1848, to Elizabeth Braden, daughter of William and Sarah Braden, and had five children: Sarah Ann, wife of J. C. Whitson; William Thomas, who died in 1858; Elizabeth Mansfield, the wife of S. D. Jenkins; Robert, David and William Francis. Mrs. Roberson died in April, 1883, and in November, 1883, he married Mrs. Amanda A. Keller (nee Paul) a widow with ten children, eight girls and ten boys. Mr. Roberson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and of the Masonic lodge at Ripley, Tenn. He is a Democrat and a Prohibitionist, and a most worthy citizen of Lauderdale County, the number of offices he has held by choice of the people, testifying to their esteem and confidence in him as a man.
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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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