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Below is a family biography included in The History of Weakley 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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E. R. Dent, magistrate and farmer of the Eighteenth District of Weakley County, Tennessee, is one of five children born to John B. and Nancy Dent, who were born in North Carolina July 30, 1812, and September 29, 1806, and died in Tennessee in 1884 and 1885 respectively. They were married about 1834. The father was a farmer. Our subject was born in Weakley County, Tenn., October 4, 1841, and obtained a common school education. October 3, 1866, he married Martha A. Chambers, a daughter of J. W. and Margaret Chambers. Mrs. Dent was born January 9, 1847, and is the mother of six children, viz.: Minnie B., Ida L., Effie D., James R., Eugenie M. and Jessie. Mr. Dent has resided on two different farms in the Eighteenth District. His present farm consists of 140 acres of well improved and fertile land, about three miles from Martin. Mr. Dent has always been industrious and energetic and a man of good business principles. In 1870 he was elected to his present office of magistrate and has served by re-election up to the present time. He is a Democrat and his first presidential vote was cast for Horace Greeley. He is a member of the K. of H., and he and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

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This family biography is one of 108 biographies included in The History of Weakley County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed.  The History of Weakley County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee

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