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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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Rufus R. Winston, M. D., was born in Dresden, Weakley Co., Tenn., October 29, 1856, son of Peter and Penelope (Boyd) Winston, and of Scotch-English descent. Peter Winston was born in Hanover County, Va., and his wife was born in Boydsville, Tenn. The Winstons came to Tennessee as early as 1850, and both our subject’s parents died in Fulton County, Ky. Rufus R. is the second of three children, and was raised on a farm. He first attended the common schools, and later spent two years at Cecilia College, in Hardin County, Ky. In 1871 he entered the University of Missouri, at Columbia, and there remained three years. He began the study of medicine in 1875, and first attended the medical department of the University of Missouri. He graduated from the University of Louisville, Ky., in the spring of 1877, and located at Dresden, and has practiced ever since. He came to Union City in 1884, and is one of the leading physicians of Obion County. He is a Democrat, and his first presidential vote was cast for Hancock. He is a member of the Christian Church, and was married, in 1879, to Anna L. Irvine, who was born December 24, 1856. They have two children: Willie A. and Annie C.
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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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