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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lonoke County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. 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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T. H. Tanner was born in Fayette County, January 6, 1846, coming to this State and county with his parents in 1852. He grew to manhood here, and in 1864 he enlisted in the Forty-seventh Missouri Cavalry, Col. Crannell commanding, and served till the close of the war. He was taken prisoner and held three months at Little Rock. At the expiration of his service he joined Price, taking part in the latter’s raid through Missouri. When the war closed, he settled here for a short time, then attending school at Hickory Plains and Lonoke, receiving a good schooling in the common and higher branches. After obtaining his education, he went into business, later with his brother, buying the land upon which they now live, improving, cultivating and making it one of the most desirable pieces of property in Lonoke County.
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