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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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John T. Harpole, of Obion County, Tenn., was born within 300 yards of his present residence, December 25, 1845, and is the second of five children of Solomon W. and Malinda (Patterson) Harpole, and is of German descent. Solomon Harpole was born in Wilson, Tenn., November 27, 1815, and came to Obion County in 1826 and resided on the farm now owned by our subject for two years, and then moved two miles north of that farm, where he died June 27, 1880. His wife was born on the site of Memphis, and died December 23, 1883. Our subject has always followed the free and independent life of a farmer. He joined the Confederate Army, serving in the Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry He was at Harrisburg, Miss.; Columbia, Springfield and Franklin, Tenn.; besides several skirmishes. He was paroled at Columbia, Miss., at the close of the war. He was married September 26, 1872, to Mollie A. Paschall, daughter of Jesse Paschall, one of the prominent farmers of the county, and their union has resulted in the birth of three daughters-Minnie Cora, Jessie Leona and Oma Montez. Mrs. Harpole was born in Weakley County, Tenn., July 22, 1857, and she and Mr. Harpole are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is conservative in politics and is the owner of seventy-two acres of land. His grandfather, John Harpole, was born in Virginia in 1792 and was a soldier in the war of 1812. His services were acknowledged later by the Government granting him 160 acres of land in Obion County, Tenn.
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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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