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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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James J. Roberts is one of twelve children born to John and Mary (Herring) Roberts. John Roberts was a Virginian, and came to Montgomery County, Tenn., when quite young. Here he married and followed farming until 1869, when he came to Obion County and followed the same occupation until his death, which occurred in 1880. The mother still resides on the home place, about two miles west of Union City. James J. was born in Montgomery County, Tenn., in December, 1855, and remained with his parents assisting them on the farm until his marriage, in 1877, to Mary F. Rives, a native of Sumner County, but reared in Obion County. The following are their children: Carrie (deceased), Willie, Essie, James and Benny. Mr. Roberts has been a resident of the farm of forty-five acres, where he now resides, since 1878. He and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
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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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