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Below is a family biography included in The History of Giles 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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SAMUEL S. WILLIAMSON was born within a mile of his present place of residence March 19, 1825. He has always been a tiller of the soil, and until attaining his majority resided with his parents. He was a soldier in the Mexican war, and fought at Vera Cruz, Matamoras, and was at one time confined to the hospital and pronounced incurable, but finally rallied, and is now enjoying the health usually allotted to man. He was married in Giles County, Tenn., March 9, 1854, to Jane P. Rainey, daughter of Horace D. Rainey, and to them were born three children: John E., Horace Glenn, and Lizzie C. (wife of J. B. Potts). Horace G. is a physician, who graduated from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., and is practicing at Prospect. John E. died on the train eighty miles west of New Orleans December 22, 1883, while en route home from California, whither he had gone for his health. Mrs. Williamson was born in North Carolina October 7, 1825, and came to Tennessee in 1837. Our subject and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and he is a Democrat and belongs to the I. O. O. F. His parents, John and Susan (Sutherland) Williamson, were born in North Carolina and Virginia in 1784 and 1783 respectively. They were early settlers of Tennessee. The father died October 14, 1856, and the mother in 1859.
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This family biography is one of 95 biographies included in The History of Giles County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Giles County was included within The History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin & Moore Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin , Moore Counties of Tennessee
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