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WILLIAM R. WYATT, farmer and miller of Fayetteville, Tenn., was born in Lincoln County, in 1844. His father William Wyatt was of English-Irish descent; born in 1802 in South Carolina. He came to Tennessee in 1804, and to Lincoln County in 1807 or 1808, and was a teacher and farmer by occupation, being very successful in both occupations. He married Sallie Breckenridge in 1834, and died in 1880. His wife was born in South Carolina in 1804, and died in 1884. The Wyatt family came to Tennessee when the country was almost a wilderness. The bottom lands were covered with cane, and the country was infested with Indians and many wild animals. They did their share in helping to settle and clear the lands of Lincoln County. Of the seven children born to William and Sallie Wyatt, three are living: Margaret Jane, Mollie E. and William R., who received such education as could be obtained in the old fashion schoolhouses of his boyhood days. July 4, 1864, he and Sallie McCown were united in marriage. She was born in South Carolina in 1845, a daughter of Joseph I. and Mary (Bryson) McCown. Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt have six children: Eva, Delia, Lizzie, Jennie, Joseph and Flora. Mr. Wyatt resided with his parents four years, and in 1868 purchased 200 acres of land about five miles from Fayetteville, where he settled and resided until January 1, 1886, when he moved to town to educate his children. By energy and industry Mr. Wyatt is the owner of 400 acres of land. He is a Republican in politics, and his first presidential vote was cast for U. S. Grant in 1868. He and wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church. In 1884 he purchased a saw-mill which he operates in connection with his farm.