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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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Dr. Hugh De Lap, a leading physician of Gibson County, Tenn., is a son of Daniel and Fannie (West) De Lap, who were North Carolinians. Soon after their marriage they came to Tennessee, locating in Madison County, where their son Hugh was born. Here they farmed, and became the owners of 500 acres of land. In 1840 the mother died, and about fifteen years later the father married Anna Long, by whom he had three sons. In 1850 he moved to Mississippi, and there died, in 1867. Dr. Hugh De Lap was born December 18, 1839, and until he was twenty-five years old the greater part of his time was spent in acquiring an education. He entered Center College, at Danville, Ky., in 1857, and, after attending school there three years, completed his course at Georgetown College, in the same State, graduating in 1861. He went out with Bell’s brigade, being commissioned druggist, and for four years served in the hospital department. During this time he devoted his spare moments to the study of medicine. Previous to the war he had studied the same, under Dr. John R. Frazier, of Memphis, and after its close he took lectures at Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, Penn., graduating in 1867. He practiced two years in Memphis, then moved to his farm. In 1868 he married Mary H. Moore, who was born in South Carolina, August 25, 1838, and came to Madison County, Tenn., with her parents, when quite young. To them were born six children, four of whom are living. The Doctor, his wife and the two oldest children are Methodists. He is a Democrat, and by his own good management and energy is the owner of 180 acres of good land.

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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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