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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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JARRED S. TAYLOR, farmer, and a son of James H. and Martha (Simmons) Taylor was born in Lincoln County in 1847, and is one of a family of six children, four of whom are living. He received a liberal education in the common schools, and taught during the years 1869 and 1870. He afterward engaged in farming, and in March, 1871, united his fortunes with those of Mollie McLaughlin, daughter of William H. and Margaret K. McLaughlin. The result of our subject’s marriage was the birth of eight children: Bernice, Beulah, William H., James M., Guy F., Andrew E., Maggie E. and Horace. Mr. Taylor began farming at first as a tenant, but in 1874 purchased land in Smithland and began clerking in a mercantile establishment at that place. In 1883 he, in company with his brother, entered the mercantile business on their own responsibility in the same place. In 1884 he disconnected himself with the firm, and removed to where he now resides, one mile north of the village, on a farm of 140 acres. Mrs. Taylor was born in Lincoln County in 1848, and she, as well as her husband, are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Taylor is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for Horatio Seymour, he is also a member of the Masonic fraternity.

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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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