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Below is a family biography included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. 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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Archibald M. Zitterouer is a native of Barber County, Ala., born July 26, 1839, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Barkley) Zitterouer, and of German-English descent. Nathaniel Zitterouer was born in Effingham County, Ga., in 1796, and died in Alabama in 1882. His wife was born in Tennessee, and died in Alabama in 1856. Archibald M. is the ninth of ten children, and in early days received a common school education. In 1862 he enlisted in White’s Alabama Cavalry, and served until the close of the war. He was paroled at Gainesville, Miss., and was wounded in 1863 while loading a flat-boat. After the war he began farming in Alabama, and has followed that occupation to the present time. In December, 1868, he came to Obion County, Tenn., and settled about five miles from Kenton. He soon became salesman for the firm of Wilson & Flowers. He is a Democrat, and was elected justice of the peace in August, 1882. Since 1863 he has been a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is also a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. January 7, 1867, he married Lucy A. E. Turner, who was born June 11, 1838. Mrs. Zitterouer died October 14, 1882.
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This family biography is one of 179 biographies included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed. The History of Obion County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee
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