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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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Jefferson Phebus, farmer of Obion County, was born on the 3d of March, 1825, in Perry County, and is one of four living children, born to Leonard and Sinah (Morris) Phebus, who were born in Georgia and North Carolina respectively. They were married in Perry County, where the mother died. Leonard Phebus died in Humphreys County. After residing with his parents until 1852, Jefferson Phebus married Sarah Christian, a native of Hickman County. In 1854 Mr. Phebus went to Missouri, where he remained one year. He then returned and purchased a farm in Humphreys County, and in 1874 came to Obion County, where he owns a farm of about 400 acres. To his marriage two children were born: Sinah and Margaret Ann, deceased. Mrs. Phebus died in Humphreys County in 1858, and in December, 1861, Mr. Phebus married Martha Ann Tase, who bore him four children, and died in October, 1873. He joined the Southern Army in 1862, enlisting in the Tenth Tennessee Cavalry, with which he remained until the winter of 1863, when he returned home. He is a Democrat.
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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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