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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Tipton County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. 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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Robert H. White, an enterprising farmer of the Twelfth District, is a son of William Harvey and Mary (Greer) White, and was born in Tippah County, Miss., in 1851, and is one of nine children—two sons and three daughters living—and all in the Twelfth District. Robert H. was raised and educated in Tipton County, where his parents moved when he was five years old. March 23, 1870, he married Helen, daughter of Dabner and Jane Dewese, and they have had eight children—two sons and three daughters living: Nellie Estelle, Earnest L., Olive E., Mary Grace and Clarence Wilson. Since his marriage, Mr. White has lived on the farm on which he was raised, one and a half miles north of Center. He owns 300 acres of very fertile land, in different tracts. The home tract is well improved, has a large, nice dwelling, and beautiful surroundings. Ho is also extensively engaged in ginning, having one of the most complete machines in the county, with a capacity of ten bales a day. He has made his own way in the world, and is considered one of the best farmers and business men of the county. Since 1885 he has been notary public. His first presidential vote was for Horace Greeley, in 1872. He is a Democrat. Mrs. White was born in Alabama, in 1857, and is a member of the Old School Presbyterian Church, and highly esteemed in the church and social circles. Her parents were natives of North Carolina, and died in Tipton County, the father in the Twelfth District, and the mother near Brighton.
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This family biography is one of 91 biographies included in the book, The History of Tipton County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed. The History of Tipton County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee
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