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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Haywood 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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Dr. M. P. Harvey, a physician, residing in the Eighth District, was born in Westmoreland County, Va., July 17, 1830, and was one of four children born to J. F. and Fannie (Dishman) Harvey. Dr. Harvey’s father was born in same county October 4, 1804; was a farmer and prominent man; he was State Senator in Virginia for many years, and died March 29, 1862. His mother was a Virginian, born February, 1808, and died in 1841. Dr. Harvey was educated at Richmond, Va., graduating in 1849, and soon after commenced the study of medicine under Dr. W. P. McKenney, at Montrose, Va., and a year and a half later entered the medical college at Richmond, and graduated in 1856; then located at Oak Grove, Va. April, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Ninth Virginia Cavalry, and participated in the battles of Manassas, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, Wilderness and Appomattox, and had seven days of fighting around Richmond, Gettysburg and Petersburg, and surrendered at Appomattox. In 1866 Dr. Harvey moved to Haywood County, where he has had a large practice. He is a Democrat; cast his first presidential vote for Pierce; is a Mason and a member of the Methodist Church and the Haywood County Medical Association. Dr. Harvey is finely educated and is popular both as a man and a physician.
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This family biography is one of 82 biographies included in the book, The History of Haywood County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed. The History of Haywood County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee
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