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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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Hon. P. T. Glass. Among the most distinguished and respected citizens of Lauderdale County stands Hon. P. T. Glass, born in Halifax County, Va., October 18, 1824. He was brought to Weakley County when only four years old, and educated at Dresden Academy; then attended the law school at Lexington, Ky., and was admitted to the bar in 1847, forming a partnership with Hon. Emerson Etheridge. From youth he has held the confidence of the public and of friends. When only eighteen he was colonel of the militia, and since then has faithfully served the people as magistrate and chairman of the county court; represented his district in the Legislature, and in the Forty-ninth Congress, being elected over Emerson Etheridge by a sound Democratic majority. The interests of the people, opposition to monopolies and faith in the intelligence and virtue of the masses, have been his guide in all legislation. In 1848 he married Sarah C. Partee, who was born April 3, 1831, and two sons were born to them. She died in 1852, and in 1855 he married Maria Partee, a cousin of his first wife. Two daughters was the result of this union, and after their mother died Mr. Glass married, in 1868, Susan T. Barbee. His first two wives and himself were Missionary Baptists, his present wife a Methodist. During the war Mr. Glass served the Confederacy four years in the commissary department with rank of major. When not serving the public he has engaged in farming and the mercantile business, having been a merchant at Ripley for twenty years.

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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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