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John C. McLister, a farmer and citizen of Tipton County, Tenn., is a son of Alexander and Mary (Chisholm) McLister, and was born in Chester County, S. C., March 10, 1835. Both parents were natives of Ireland; in early life each came with their parents to America and settled in South Carolina. The father was born in 1792, came to Tipton County in 1850 and settled twelve miles south of Covington; was a farmer all of his life, a Democrat, and with his wife a member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. He was a man honored for his strict integrity and loved for his kindness of heart. He died in 1805. The mother was born in 1789 and died in 1876. Our subject is the youngest of four children. He received a good education, and when seventeen years of age commenced the mercantile business at Bloomington, Tipton County, with the firm of R. P. Harper & Co.; sold goods at that point two years, then went to Montango, Drew Co., Ark., and followed the same business for three years; there were but few settlers in Drew County at this time. In 1856 he returned to Tipton County, and November 23, 1856, he married Mary A. Allen, a native of Fayette Co., born in 1831. This excellent lady died January 6, 1873. Two sons and three daughters were born to this marriage. July 11, 1873, he married Miss Emily C. Faucett, born in Orange County, N. C., in 1846. She is still living, and they have had seven children—four sons and three daughters. In 1856 Mr. McLister went to Arkansas again, engaging in the mercantile business at Monticello, continuing until the fall of 1859, when he returned the second time to Tipton County, and in 1800 purchased the farm where he now resides, known as the Allen farm. In the spring of 1801 he entered the Confederate service, enlisting in Company C, Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry under Col. J. U. Green. The regiment was placed under Forrest’s command, and our subject remained in it through the entire war. In 1865 he returned home and resumed merchandising at Bloomington, continuing for nine years; then went to Brighton and engaged in the same business for six years. In 1879 he came back to his farm and has since given his time to it. Mr. McLister votes with the Democratic party, and is a worthy member of the Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church. Mrs. McLister belongs to the Missionary Baptist Church.