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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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HON. ISHAM P. DISMUKES (deceased), one of the leading members of the Fayetteville bar, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., April 19, 1832, son of Marcus L. and Delia (Wadkins) Dismukes. He received a thorough literary education in the Fayetteville Academy, his preceptor being Prof. F. A. Dickinson. He began teaching school, and during his leisure moments was an earnest student of Blackstone. In 1855 he entered the law department of the Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tenn., and graduated in 1856. He returned to Lincoln County, and formed a law partnership with Hon. Edmund Cooper, of Shelbyville, and in 1860 Hon. J. G. Woods entered as partner, and after a short time Mr. Cooper withdrew, and W. B. Martin took his place. In 1861 Mr. Dismukes enlisted in Freeman’s battery, and fought at Parker’s Cross Roads, Chickamauga and Knoxville. He served until the close of the war, and was a brave and gallant soldier. December 17, 1867, he married Jennie Fulton, daughter of Hon. James and Mary (Morgan) Fulton. Mr. Dismukes’ career from the very first was brilliant and successful. He was an able and wise counselor, and was unsurpassed in readiness of speech and brilliancy of thought. He had a large and paying clientage at the time of his death. He died of consumption, September 14, 1875, after living a life of great usefulness, and it may justly be said of him that his character was beyond reproach, and that he was an honorable and noble gentleman. He was candid in speech, honest in his motives, sincere in his manifestations of friendship, and incapable of a mean action. At his death the members of the Lincoln County bar passed a series of resolutions on his life and character. An eloquent tribute to his memory was delivered by his first law partner, Hon. Edmund Cooper. Since his death his widow has resided in Fayetteville, where she has a beautiful home.
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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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