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Below is a family biography included in The History of Obion 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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Cage Hale, a prominent farmer, and native of Obion County, Tenn., was born on the 29th of August, 1849, and is the second of eleven children, eight now living, born to the marriage of James R. Hale and Isabella Corum. The father was born in Middle Tennessee, about 1819, and removed with his father to Obion County, where he afterward married. He resided on the farm where our subject now lives, and died there about 1876. The mother was born in Middle Tennessee, and died on the old home farm, in April, 1872. Cage Hale was reared on a farm, and received a common school education. He has made agriculture his chief calling through life, and owns about 104 acres of land, which he devotes to the raising of stock and the cereals. He was married on the 5th of September, 1882, to Virginia A. Corum, daughter of Archibald O. Corum. She was born May 26, 1856, in Obion County, and is the mother of two children: James R. and Archibald O. Mr. Hale is a Democrat, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. His wife belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
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This family biography is one of 179 biographies included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed. The History of Obion County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee
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