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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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THOMAS TAYLOR, son of James and grandson of Edmund Taylor, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1824. His father and grandfather were Virginians. The former married Jensie Shelton in Virginia, and became the father of eleven children, four now living. He has always made farming his occupation, and at an early day came to Tennessee and settled among, the canebrakes, where he afterward became the owner of 400 acres of land. He died in 1844, after a well-spent life. The mother died in 1852. Thomas received very meager educational advantages. November 15, 1853, he married Mary, daughter of Hillery H. and Dovey Hill, and nine children are the results of their union. James H., Young A., Elizabeth J., John F., Robert J., Jennie L. and Susan F. Mr. Taylor farmed his father’s place until both parents’ deaths, and in 1861 purchased sixty-nine acres of land, which, by the aid of his wife and his own energy and economy he has increased to 800 acres. During the late war he served gallantly in Company B, Forty-fourth Tennessee Regiment, C. S. A. He has been a life-long Democrat.
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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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