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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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Samuel A. Smith, M. D., of Waynesboro, Tenn., and a native of the county, was born on the 3d of September, 1857, son of John and Catherine (Kemper) Smith, who were born in Virginia. The father, who was born in 1814, came to Wayne County when he was a young man, and settled on a farm on Buffalo River, in the Third District, where he married and reared a family of five sons and one daughter. He died March 12, 1871. Samuel A. was reared on his father’s farm and secured a limited early education. He began the study of medicine in 1881, and attended the medical department of Vanderbilt University during the sessions of 1882 and 1883, graduating in the latter year. He began practicing in the Sixth District of Wayne County, in June, 1883, but removed to Waynesboro in June, 1886, where he has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. December 25, 1884, he married Laura B., daughter of Capt. P. H. Craig, and by her is the father of one child named Jessie. Dr. Smith is a Democrat and one of the leading practitioners of Wayne County.

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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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