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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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MRS. E. R. PATTERSON, is a daughter of James and Rebecca Cheatham, and is one of the two surviving members of their family of four children. She was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1819, and her parents were born in Virginia, and came to Tennessee at a very early date. The subject of our sketch was reared at home, and in 1844 was married to D. S. Patterson, who was born in Sumner County about 1821, and came to Lincoln County, when a boy. He owned about 800 acres of land at the time of his death, which occurred April 4, 1862. Their family consisted of eight children: Maria S. (Mrs. Dr. H. L. Patterson), James S. (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased), Dr. William A. (deceased), Davidson H., who conducts the home-place, Cornelia R. (Mrs. W. B. Stevenson), Belle V. (Mrs. W. S. Patterson), and Emma J. (Mrs. J. E. Reeves). They were all given good educations and two of them were graduates of colleges. Davidson H. and his brother are well-to-do in worldly goods. His early education was obtained in the common schools, which he completed at Bethany College.
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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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