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Below is a family biography included in The History of Gibson 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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Benjamin F. Bobbitt, general merchant at Dyersburg, was born November 6, 1828, in Rutherford County, Tenn., and is a son of James and Mary Bobbitt, who were natives of North Carolina. He was raised a farmer and received his schooling in Gibson County, whither his parents had removed when he was quite small. He was engaged in agricultural business until 1858, when he embarked in mercantile pursuits at Dyer, at which he continued until 1862, when he enlisted as a private in the Forty-seventh Tennessee Regiment. When peace was declared he returned home, farmed a short time and then re-embarked in merchandising at Dyer. In 1873 he sold out and returned to farming; but in 1879 again engaged in merchandising which has finally grown into his present large trade. Mr. Bobbitt is a Democrat, a member of the F. & A. M., is of English lineage, and he and wife belong to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In 1850 he married Miss Martha, daughter of J. and M. Dinwiddie, who bore him one daughter. Both mother and child died. In 1854 he married Mary E. Berry, daughter of John C. and Nancy B. Berry.
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This family biography is one of 242 biographies included in The History of Gibson County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Gibson 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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