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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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DAVID L. HARRIS, son of John and Susan (Lee) Harris, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1830, and is one of two children, our subject only living. The father was Scotch-Irish by birth, born in Virginia about 1804. He came to Tennessee at an early day, where he married and afterward resided a few years, but ended his days in Kentucky, in 1843. He was twice married, his second wife being Jane Abernathy, by whom he had three children. After his parents’ death our subject resided with his uncle, Joel M. Harris, with whom he remained until twenty-one years old. He learned the tanner’s trade of his uncle, and afterward became one of the firm and remained such until the business was abandoned about 1879. He owns a farm of 800 acres, upon which he located in 1860. In 1857 he married Julia Conaway, by whom he had seven children: William N., Alice B., Sarah L., Joel L., John M., David D., and Samuel S. Mrs. Harris died March 24, 1870, and the August following Mr. Harris married Sarah Bray, and Thomas, Susan T., Fannie, Maud and Ira are the children born to this union. Iron and coal have recently been discovered in almost inexhaustible quantities on Mr. Harris’ farm, and when developed may prove of great value to the county. Our subject is a wealthy land owner, and was formerly a Whig, but since the war has affiliated with the Republican party. He belongs to the F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F.

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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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