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Below is a family biography included in The History of Smith 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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W. W. Ford, clerk of circuit court, was born in 1854 in Smith County. He is the son of Christopher C. and Martha (Nichols) Ford. The father was born in Smith County, Tenn., about 1821, and the grandfather, Zach. Ford, was one of the earliest settlers of the county. The father married in Smith County and is the owner of 124 acres in the Sixteenth District. He has been magistrate for over thirty years. The mother was born in Smith County in 1827. One of ten children, our subject, lived at home until twenty years old, and was educated at Snow Creek Academy. In 1875 he and his brother established a general store at Snow Creek, now Elmwood, and after eighteen months began speculating. In 1880 he was elected as register to fill out an unexpired term of a deceased incumbent. In August, 1886, he was elected to his present office. He married, February 28, 1883, Gertrude, daughter of Hugh and Martha Bradley, and born at Dixon Springs, Smith County; their only child is Nannie L. In politics he is a Democrat, and he and his wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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This family biography is one of 62 biographies included in The History of Smith County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Smith 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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