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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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James M. Foulks is the second of seven children and was born in Obion County, Tenn., October 20, 1848. His parents, John J. and Elizabeth (Bouland) Foulks, were born respectively in Virginia and Kentucky, May 8, 1821, and January 25, 1822. The father was taken by his parents to Kentucky when a child and lived in the eastern portion of the State. After attaining his majority he moved to Calaway County, where he married and soon after moved to Fulton County, and then to Obion County, Tenn. He settled, in 1865, in District No. 1, where he died September 14, 1878. His wife died at about the age of thirty-four years. James M. Foulks obtained a fair education and has followed farming and merchandising from his boyhood days up to the present time. He began doing for himself at the age of twenty-one, and January 11, 1877, married Laura Hubbs, a daughter of J. C. Hubbs. Of the four children born to them three are living, Elva May, Sallie E. and James Archie, born May 24, 1879; June 9, 1882; and June 21, 1885, respectively. Their mother was born in Obion County, Tenn., January 10, 1856. Mr. Foulks is a Democrat, and he and Mrs. Foulks are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He owns 1,690 acres of land, 300 acres of which are in the home farm.
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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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