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Below is a family biography included in The History of Fayette 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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Thomas K. Riddick, attorney at law at Somerville, Tenn., was born in Fayette County, July 9, 1851, and is the son of Dr. E. G. and Harriet A. (Mayo) Riddick, natives of North Carolina. Our subject was raised on a farm and educated at Macon Masonic College, at Macon, Fayette Co., Tenn., where he graduated in 1868 and taught school until 1870, when he commenced the study of law and graduated in his profession at the Cumberland University, at Lebanon, Tenn., and was licensed to practice in 1872. Mr. Riddick then went to Augusta, Ark., and practiced law until 1873, when he returned to Tennessee and located at Somerville where he has since been most successfully engaged in his profession. October 24, 1882, he married Amelia, daughter of Joel L. and Bettie (Perry) Pulliam, of Fayette County, and they have had three children: Lucy T., Joel P. and Harriet M.; Joel P. died December 26, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Riddick are members of the Methodist Church, and in politics he is a Democrat. He is a self-made man, having commenced with no other capital than a fine education and marked ability.
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This family biography is one of 77 biographies included in The History of Fayette County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed. The History of Fayette County was included within The History of Fayette and Hardeman Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Fayette and Hardeman Counties, Tennessee
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