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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Lauderdale 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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Leamon B. Archer, a resident of Halls Station, Tenn., was born near Garland, in Tipton County, August 24, 1859, and was the second of five sons born to Charles W. and Susan E. (Walker) Archer, and is of French-German descent. His father was born in Fayette County, but his parents moved to Tipton County when he was an infant. He was raised, educated and married, and died in that county on February 18, 1878. The mother was born in Tipton County, Tenn., November 1, 1836, and now resides in Covington. Our subject was raised and educated on a farm, and farmed two years for himself, and at twenty-two years of age commenced clerking for his uncle, J. C. Archer, remaining with him three months, then clerked for Armestead Bros., at Fulton, Tenn., going from this place to Elmot, Ark., clerking for John Oglesby & Co., but was compelled to give up the position on account of ill health and became a member of the firm of Archer, Walk & Co., of Garland, Tenn., but a year later commenced merchandising for himself at Halls Station, which he continued from June, 1884, to April, 1886, when he sold out to T. E. Salisbury; he is now the proprietor of a livery stable, and is railroad agent at Hall’s Station. Mr. Archer is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for Gen. Hancock. He is a member of the National Railroad Agents Association, and one of the popular, enterprising business men of the place.

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This family biography is one of 116 biographies included in the book,  The History of Lauderdale County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed.  The History of Lauderdale 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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