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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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Seid Waddell, attorney at law, was born in Somerville, Tenn., May 2, 1849, son of John C. and Elizabeth D. (Bugg) Waddell, and is of Scotch-Irish descent. John C. Waddell was born in Carroll County, Tenn., about 1819, and died in Union City in 1884. The mother was also a Tennessean, and died in Arkansas. Seid Waddell began the study of law in 1873, and in January, 1874 entered the senior class of Lebanon University and graduated the same year. He came almost immediately to Union City, and here has since continued to reside and practice law, being a co-partner of Hon. Rice A. Pierce. Mr. Waddell was one of the organizers of the Bank of Union City in 1879, and was made president of the same in 1884, and as such now continues. He is a Democrat, and in 1885 was elected mayor of Union City by the city council, and re-elected in 1886 by the people. In 1877 his marriage with Miss Eva P. Waddell was celebrated. She was born in Hardeman County, Tenn., in 1856, and is the mother of three children: Lizzie D., and Belle M. and Birdie M., (twins). Mr. Waddell owns a fine farm of 200 acres, on which he raises Holstein and Jersey cattle. He is a K. of P., and he and Mrs. Waddell are members of the Swedenborgian or New 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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