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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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J. Y. Robb, clerk and master of the chancery court, was born in Sumner County, Tenn., August 15, 1832, and was appointed by Judge George E. Seay, to his present position in September, 1882. He is the youngest of a family of seven sons and three daughters born to Joseph and Ann (Motheral) Robb. The father was of Scotch-Irish descent, born April 11, 1781, in Mecklenburg County, N. C. He came to Sumner County about 1799, where he taught school a number of years. He then began cultivating the soil in the Tenth District, in connection with which he established a dry goods store in Gallatin. Very soon after he came to Tennessee, he connected with Shiloh Church, the first Presbyterian Church organized in Middle Tennessee, and was a ruling elder in the same until his death. He died November 11, 1811. His wife, also of Scotch-Irish origin, born in 1791 in Sumner County, and died July 3, 1846. Our subject received his education at Transmont Academy, Gallatin. October 22, 1856, he married Miss Clara, daughter of Wm. and Penelope Lauderdale. Their union resulted in the birth of Charles W., a physician at Goodlettsville, Davidson County; Wm. L.; Nella and Bessie. Mr. Robb is a Democrat and cast his first presidential vote for Buchanan in 1856. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church; has been an elder in the same since 1872. His wife, Charles and Nella are also members of the same 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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