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Below is a family biography included in The History of Sumner 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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H. C. Dorris, farmer and owner of saw mill in Sumner County, District No. 8, was born in Robertson County, in 1843. He is one of eight children of Roland B. and Eveline (Jones) Dorris. The father, of Irish origin, born in 1807 in Robertson County, was an able Baptist minister and missionary. He died in 1872. The mother, a native of the same county, died when our subject was very small. Educated in Robertson and Sumner Counties, our subject began for himself when twenty-three years old, by engaging in the saw mill business. In 1865 he married Sopha W., daughter of William and Emma Clark, and native of Sumner County. Their eight children are Eddie, Roland B., Clark, Levy B., Henry C., Vernen, Oscar and Eleanor. Politically Mr. Dorris is a Democrat. His wife and son, Roland B., are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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This family biography is one of 115 biographies included in The History of Sumner County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Sumner 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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