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Below is a family biography included in The History of Wayne 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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Egbert T. Hartwell, of the firm of Hartwell Bros., of Delphos, Ohio, and Clifton, Tenn., manufacturers of handles, neck-yokes, singletrees, etc., was born in Denmark, of the Empire State, January 26, 1846, and is the son of Morris and Louisa (Taylor) Hartwell, who were born in New York and Ohio, respectively. Egbert T. was reared on a farm and received a liberal education in the common schools of New York. After attaining his majority he began life for himself, and after visiting various parts of the West, located at Delphos, Ohio, in 1872, and engaged in his present business there, remaining until 1881, when he came to Clifton, Tenn., and started his present business, which is a branch factory of the one in Delphos, Ohio. Mr. Hartwell was married, October 4, 1882, to Laura A. Taylor, a daughter of William H. and Melissa Taylor, of Chardon, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell have one son, Charles E., born October 7, 1883. They are members of high standing in the church, and our subject is a member of the F. & A. M. fraternity and is a Democrat in his political views, and of English descent.
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This family biography is one of 76 biographies included in The History of Wayne County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Lawrence County was included within The History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman & Lewis Counties of Tennessee. View the complete description here: History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman and Lewis Counties of Tennessee
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