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Below is a family biography included in The History of Lawrence 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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Joshua B. Parker, attorney at law, of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., and a native of Giles County, is a son of John A. and Nettie (Baker) Parker, both natives of Giles County, Tenn. The father removed to this county from Giles in 1882, and now follows farming in the Fourteenth District. Our subject was born December 12, 1863; received his education in his native county, and finished in Giles College, at Pulaski, in 1883. In 1878, however, he began reading law in a desultory manner, as he had to support himself and assist in supporting his family. He was a student or protégé of Hon. Noble Smithson, and also received some assistance from Col. Solon E. Rose. Our subject came to this county in 1884, and in December of that year was admitted to the bar. He has continued ever since in the practice here, having met with merited success. In November, 1885, he was sworn into practice in the Federal court in Northern Mississippi, and in December of the same year was sworn into practice in the Federal and supreme courts of Tennessee, enjoying the distinction of being not only the youngest legal practitioner of the county, but one of the youngest attorneys admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Tennessee. He is a Democrat in his political views, but of the younger and more progressive class. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is one of the promising young lawyers of the county.
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This family biography is one of 79 biographies included in The History of Lawrence County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Lawrence County was included within The History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman & Lewis Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman and Lewis Counties of Tennessee
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