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Below is a family biography included in The History of White 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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J. R. Bosson, a well known and enterprising farmer of Walling Station, was born in White County, April 17, 1846, of French-Swede and Scotch descent. He is a son of Charles T. and Sarah Bell (Reed) Bosson. The father was born April 17, 1796, in Rocksboro, Mass., and immigrated to Tennessee about 1842. After remaining at Rock Island a short time he moved to the falls of Caney Fork, where he lived until the late war. He there located at Murfreesboro, where he died about 1865. The mother was a native of Lexington, Ky., and died April 17, 1846. Our subject was raised on a farm, and owing to delicate health, received but a limited education. At the age of seventeen he engaged as a salesman in the merchandise business at Murfreesboro, so continuing until the close of the war. He then began farming in this county to which occupation he has since given his attention, and in which he has been very prosperous. He is a valuable and respected citizen, interested in the advancement of educational, and all enterprises of a beneficial nature. He is a Republican. In October 8, 1868, he married Miss Amanda, daughter of Carter and Caroline (Sparkman) Dillon. The fruits of this union are Charles T., Edward E., Sarah B., Carter D., Caroline B., Sue M., James E. and Francis M.

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This family biography is one of 38 biographies included in The History of White County, Tennessee published in 1887.  The History of White 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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