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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 Harrison Martin, a farmer residing at Double Bridges, in the northern part of Lauderdale County, was born in Calloway County, Ky., October 14, 1858, and was the third child of six sons and one daughter born to E. R. and Elizabeth (Powell) Martin. The parents were both natives of Williamson County, where they were raised and married August 5, 1855, and in the following November they moved to near Shiloh, Calloway County, Ky., but in 1860 they moved to West Tennessee, and settled at Double Bridges. The father was a Mason, and a member of the Baptist Church, and engaged in farming until his death, which occurred April 15, 1867. The mother is still living and makes her home with our subject. John H. Martin was raised and educated on the farm, and has followed farming as his occupation. He was married in Lauderdale County January 29, 1885, to Miss Emma Ada Lee, daughter of Thomas F. Lee, a farmer. She was born near Gates, Lauderdale County, October 9, 1862. Mr. Lee, her father, was a native of North Carolina, came to Tennessee when a young man and married Susan C. Williamson, and died March 7, 1881. Our subject is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Hancock, and with his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church South. They have one child—Alice Lee. Mr. Martin has a farm of eighty acres of fine land ten miles and a half north of Ripley and their residence is pleasant. He stands well in his community, and is regarded as a correct business man and a good citizen.
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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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