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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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Stephen A. Jordan, a substantial farmer of Hall’s Station, Lauderdale County, on the Newport News & Mississippi Valley Railroad, was born in Williamson County, Tenn., February 4, 1825, and was the ninth child of fifteen children born to Stephen and Anna (Dean) Jordan, and is of Irish descent. His father was born in Halifax County, Va., and came to Tennessee with his parents when a boy; he was raised and married in Williamson County, and died there in 1848, and the mother died in 1840. Our subject was raised on a farm and well educated at Hardeman academy. He entered the Confederate Army, Fifteenth Tennessee Cavalry, and served over three years; was in the battles at Columbia, Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville. September 8, 1846, he married in Williamson County, Miss Mary M. Caruthers, daughter of Robert Caruthers, a farmer. Four sons and four daughters were born to this marriage: Martha J. (Mitchell), William J. (who died October, 1884), Joseph B., Robert C., Emmerson F., Annie E. (Dunavant), Cora S. (Nunn), and Mary L. Mrs. Jordan was born in Williamson County, May 4, 1828. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan, and all but two of the children, belong to the Missionary Baptist Church. He is a Democrat, and owns 300 acres of fine land, raising stock and grain, and has lived at his present home stead since 1839. He is a liberal man, and a man of strict integrity.

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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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