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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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George P. Hurt is a Dyer County Tennessean, born November 14, 1851; one of six sons and four daughters born to the marriage of John A. Hurt and Julia Clark. They were born in Dyer County, Tenn., and Virginia respectively, and were married in Gibson County, Tenn. They came to Obion County and located on a farm near Kenton. He was in the Forty-seventh Tennessee Infantry during the late war, and was wounded at Richmond. He afterward returned home and has since followed farming as his chief occupation. Both husband and wife are still living. At the age of eighteen, George P. Hurt became clerk in a hotel in Trenton and continued such three years. He then accepted a clerkship in Hickman, Ky., till 1873, then returned to Obion County, and September, 1874, was appointed deputy tax collector, and held the position two years; then filled the position of deputy trustee four years, serving the whole time under Capt. Hollomon. In 1880 he was elected county trustee, and two years later was re-elected to the same office with no opposition. In January, 1875, he married Ella Rains, of Gibson County, who has borne him two sons and four daughters. He purchased a farm of 101 acres, near Troy, in 1883, but sold out in 1884, and in January, 1885, purchased his present farm of 234 acres. He is a member of the K. of H. and I. O. O. F., and he and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist 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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