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Below is a family biography included in The History of Lincoln 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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W. C. SUGG is one of seven children born to the marriage of Cullen E. and Sidney Sugg, and was reared at home, receiving his education in the schools near his home and Viney Grove Academy. In 1858 he married Mary S., daughter of Dr. John and Josephine Wood. She was born in Lincoln County in September, 1841, and bore her husband eight children: J. D. (merchant), Jennie (wife of S. A. Bingsley), Mary A. (Mrs. J. C. Whitaker), W. C., Jr., Vic, Ida W., Lemuel H. and Thomas F. Our subject and his brother, L. D., farmed together about ten years when he purchased 500 acres of land, on which he located and which he has increased to 820 acres. His farm is well improved with good barns and fine orchards. Mr. Sugg has trafficked a great deal in both land and stock, and is a shrewd financier. Besides his home farm he owns 400 acres elsewhere. Most of his children have had the advantage of a collegiate education and he is a man of broad views and keen intellect. He is a bitter antagonist to all monopolies and everything that tends to oppress the laboring man. He is conservative, voting always as his conscience dictates.
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This family biography is one of 137 biographies included in The History of Lincoln County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Lincoln 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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