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M. H. CAUGHRAN is a Tennesseean, born in Lincoln County in May, 1829. He is one of nine children, and the son of William and Elizabeth (Wiley) Caughran. The father was of Irish descent, born in South Carolina in 1786, and came to Tennessee in 1828. He was a farmer, and died on the 14th of March, 1840. The mother was also born in South Carolina, in 1787, and died August 30, 1870. Our subject was educated in the common schools, and resided with his parents until twenty-two years of age. March 23, 1852, he was married to Julia, daughter of S. S. and Polly (Gibson) Buchanan. Mrs. Caughran was born in Lincoln County March 22, 1831. After his marriage Mr. Caughran looked after the interest of Mr. Buchanan’s farm for ten years, and then purchased 100 acres of land near Petersburg, where he resided one year. He then sold this farm, and in 1865 purchased 185 acres of land near Fayetteville, where he resided ten years. He then purchased his present farm of 115 acres, and by his good business qualifications has accumulated quite an amount of property. He is a Democrat, and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. In the late war he served in Company B, Twenty-eighth Tennessee Infantry for three months, then Gen. Bragg appointed him special messenger, taking care of Governmental supplies and distributing goods for the army. He remained in this capacity until nearly the close of the war.