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Below is a family biography included in The History of Macon County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. 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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S. C. Harlin, a farmer in the Ninth District, post office Salt Lick, was born in Macon County, November 25, 1843. He is the son of Isaac and Nancy (Comer) Harlin, and the third of five children. Isaac Harlin was born in Monroe County, Ky., and came to Smith (now Macon) County in 1842, and died in Macon County in 1851. He died when quite a young man, leaving a family to be cared for by his wife. When S. C. Harlin grew to manhood, he provided for his mother until his marriage in March, 1869, to Miss Phebe Depp, of Barren County, Ky. By this union seven children have been born: Depp Lola, Isaac Clay, Sarah Lela, William Robert, John B., Phebe and Edward. Mr. Harlin began life with $300 or $400, and is now worth about $5,000, accumulating the most of it in the last twenty years. He owns a well improved farm of 260 acres. He is a Master Mason. He was school commissioner for several years, taking quite an interest in education. In politics he is a Democrat, casting his first presidential ballot for Horatio Seymour. He and wife are loyal members of the Missionary Baptist Church.
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This family biography is one of 24 biographies included in The History of Macon County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Macon County was included within The History of Sumner, Smith, Macon & Trousdale Counties of Tennessee. View the complete description here: History of Sumner, Smith, Macon and Trousdale Counties of Tennessee
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