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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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O. G. Fitzgerald is one of seven children, and was born in Williamson County, Tenn., July 29, 1847. His parents, Obadiah and Martha (Mays) Fitzgerald, were born in Virginia, and came to Tennessee when young. They married, and followed farming in Williamson County till 1857, when they came to Gibson County, and here the mother died, in 1873. The father was born in 1796, and is yet living. In 1863 our subject entered the Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry, and served until the close of the war. He then returned home, and, in 1868, married Lucy P. Freeman, of Gibson County, but continued to reside with his parents until 1873, when he moved to Obion County, and engaged in the saw-mill and lumber trade, which he continued in Obion and Gibson Counties until recently. He located on his farm, of 125 acres, in 1885. It lies about eight miles from Humboldt. His family consists of the following children: Carrie, Mary, John O., Alice, Lula and William Freeman.
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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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