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Below is a family biography included in The History of Warren 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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A. M. St. John, a leading merchant and senior member of the firm of St. John & Stubblefield, was born September 22, 1861, in Warren County, a son of John and Fatina (Sewell) St. John. The father was born in Tennessee September 21, 1829, and his ancestors are supposed to have come from England. A. M. was reared in Warren County, and received only a limited education in the country schools of his neighborhood. At the age of twenty-one years he began clerking in the mercantile business, which he continued until 1885, when he began business on his own resources. October 6, 1886, Mr. St. John wedded M. B., daughter of J. T. and Sarah Merritt. Mr. St. John is a man of high standing as a citizen of Viola, and is strongly in favor of all educational improvements, and is a liberal contributor to all such institutions. His views politically are Democratic, and he is an influential and worthy member of the Christian Church.
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This family biography is one of 55 biographies included in The History of Warren County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Warren County was included within The History of Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Warren & White Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Warren, White Counties of Tennessee
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