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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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John W. S. Ward, a well-to-do farmer of Obion County, Tenn., was born in Weakley County, Tenn., and is one of two surviving members of a family of four children of John J. and Harriett (Terrell) Ward. The father was born in North Carolina, and came to Weakley County, Tenn., when young, where he married and followed farming until his wife’s death. He afterward came to Obion County and married Susan Caldwell, who bore him one child, John E., now deceased. At the age of twenty-one our subject began doing for himself. He obtained his education principally in the Troy High School, and afterward taught school for some time. September 5, 1878, he married Sinah Phebus, and by her became the father of three children: Artell, Maud and Minnie. Mr. Ward owns 165 acres of land, sixty acres in the home farm, which he purchased in 1876, and is a member of the Methodist Church and belongs to the Democratic party.
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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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