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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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William W. Dupree, farmer, citizen and native of Haywood County, was born August 15, 1839, and is the son of Donaldson R. and Mary E. (Clements) Dupree. The father was a native of Alabama, born near Huntsville in 1813, and came to Haywood County in about 1831; he first owned a mill, but afterward farmed very successfully, and died in November 1871. The mother was a Virginian and came with her parents to this county about 1819, and died in 1843. Mr. Dupree, Sr., was married twice; he had three children by his first marriage, and five by his second, his first wife being the mother of William W. Our subject, by his own efforts, secured at his father’s fireside a good education, and all of his life has been a reading man; he owns and lives at the old homestead, and has been more than usually successful at farming. In his political views he is a sound Democrat. When fourteen years old he joined the Methodist Church, and has since been a very useful member; he prays in public and fills the office of steward in the church. January 12, 1861, he married Miss Sarah F. Nolan, who was born in Haywood County, October 8, 1844; six sons and three daughters have blessed this marriage.

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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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