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Below is a family biography included in The History of Lincoln 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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B. F. HOUSTON, oculist and aurist of Petersburg, was born in Marshall County Tenn., September 11, 1852. B. F. Houston, father of our subject, was born in Tennessee in 1807, and was a farmer by occupation. He died February 1, 1862. He was married to N. B. Usery, who was born in 1813 in Giles County, and died in November, 1878. Our subject was educated at the Mooreville Institute under Prof. Burney. September 11, 1872, M. A. Elliott, who was born in Franklin County December 9, 1850, became his wife. They kept a boarding house at Louisville two years, and then returned to the old home and he began taking charge of his mother’s farm. In 1874 he began the study of medicine, but on account of weak eyes was obliged to abandon the study for some time. In 1879 he moved to Petersburg, and after a time went to Florence, Ala., and took special instruction on the eye and ear under the well- known doctor, A. M. Parkhill, and now has an extensive practice in Lincoln, Marshall and the adjoining counties, also a number of counties in Alabama adjoining the State. He has acquired a reputation, especially in the treatment of the eye. He and wife are members of the Christian Church.
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This family biography is one of 137 biographies included in The History of Lincoln County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Lincoln County was included within The History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin & Moore Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin , Moore Counties of Tennessee
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