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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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Dr. T. A. Anthony, Sr., a physician of Durhamville, Lauderdale Co., Tenn., is a son of James C. and Mary S. (Lee) Anthony. His father was born in Campbell County, Va., in 1786, and his mother in Westmoreland County, Va., in 1791, and they were married in 1810. Four sons were born to them: Phillip L., born in 1811; William A., born in 1813; James G., born in 1815, and our subject. In 1832 they moved to Arkansas and lived there until the father died in 1866, and the mother died in Arkansas in the same year. They did not belong to any church; he was an old line Whig. Our subject is of Italian descent on his father’s side, one of his ancestors being a merchant of Genoa, Italy, and, while trading on the Mediterranean Sea, was captured by pirates and taken to Algeria and sold as a slave, but was afterward liberated by an Englishman and went to England.
On the mother’s side Dr. Anthony’s ancestors were English, tracing back to William the Conqueror. Hugh Lee, one of his ancestors, was made Earl of Litchfield by William the Conqueror, for services rendered at the battle of Hastings; some of his ancestors fled to Virginia, when Cromwell ruled in England, and after the coronation of Charles II, returned to England to ask the King to restore their estates; but the King, on account of Parliament, gave them large tracts of land in Virginia and they turned to that State, and from them came the famous Lee family of Virginia. Our subject was born in Richmond, Va., April 1, 1817. His opportunities for educating himself while young were neglected, as his parents were moving from place to place. At the age of eighteen he commenced studying at home and, in 1840, commenced the study of medicine, graduating at the Jefferson Medical College in 1843. June 28, 1853 he married Miss Sarah M. Rice, a native of Georgetown District, S. C., born in 1836, and they have five children: Thomas A., Jr., Eugene R., Charles McHenry, Albert Sydney, and Mary L., all living. Dr. Anthony came to Lauderdale County, April 4, 1843, and engaged in the practice of medicine, which he still successfully continues. With his wife he belongs to the Missionary Baptist Church. Dr. Anthony has divided his land among his children. He has been a resident of Lauderdale County for forty-three years and is a most agreeable, pleasant gentleman.
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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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