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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Crockett 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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G. H. Sullivan, M. D., is a son of Nathan and Mary J. (Ross) Sullivan, and was born In Shelby County in 1850. His father was of Irish ancestry, born in Wilson County, Tenn., in 1812. When about sixteen years of age he removed to Tipton County, where he married when about twenty-nine. For about forty years he was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was presiding elder of the Paris district four years previous to the war. He died June 14, 1879. His wife was born in South Carolina in 1817, and is living with her children. Dr. Sullivan was educated in Gibson Wells Seminary, and in 1861 began the study of medicine under Dr. J. J. Crisp. In 1872 he entered the medical department of the University of Nashville, and graduated in 1873. He has since practiced his profession in Crockett County with commendable success, and is one of its leading physicians. In January, 1881, he married Eleanor C., daughter of William and Lucy P. (Grady) Tinder. She was born in Kentucky in 1861, and has two children: Jodie Emmett and William Tinder. Dr. Sullivan is a Democrat and Mason, and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church South. His wife is a Missionary Baptist.
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This family biography is one of 72 biographies included in the book, The History of Crockett County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed. The History of Crockett County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee
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