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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. W. Robb, farmer of the Second District of Sumner County, was born in Wilson County, Tenn., in 1815, and is a son of John and Jane (McKearney) Robb. The father was of Irish ancestry born in North Carolina in 1785, where he was raised, and married there in 1806, and in 1808 moved to Wilson County, Tenn., where he engaged in farming until his death in 1864. The mother was born in North Carolina in 1785, and died in 1874. Our subject was raised and educated in Wilson County, and in 1850 married Miss Margaret, daughter of John and Margaret Palmer of Wilson County. They had four sons and five daughters: Jane, Sallie, Martha, Ellen (wife of Malone Swaney), John (of California), Charles, Frank, Margaret and William. Mr. Robb remained in Wilson County until 1859, when he came to Sumner County, and located on his present farm five miles east of Gallatin. He owns 265 acres of land, well cultivated and improved. Mr. Robb has always been a hard working, industrious man, and has accumulated his property by his own efforts. He is a good citizen and a kind neighbor. Before the war he was a Whig but is now a Democrat. Mrs. Robb was born in Wilson County in 1828, and is an earnest member of the Christian Church.
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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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