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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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Rev. W. C. Easterwood is a Gibson County Tennessean, born July 16, 1831, son of John and Mary Easterwood. The father was born in Georgia and died in 1846. The latter died in 1865. Rev. W. C. Easterwood is of English descent. He worked on a farm for the support of his mother until he was twenty-five years of age. He followed agricultural pursuits in Gibson County until 1858, when he came to Obion County, settling on his present farm. He has been a minister of the Gospel since 1869, being licensed to preach July 31 of that year. He was ordained elder October 20, 1878, and January 10, 1856, married Silvinie, daughter of Archie and Rebecca Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Easterwood became the parents of eight children: Mary Elizabeth (widow of Silas Cruse), Rebecca A. (Mrs. George Molom), Francis Silvinie (Mrs. William Bertram), Harriett Angeline (Mrs. William Robinson), Emily Catherine (Mrs. Robert Fields), William Thomas, Charley Curby and Lillie Bell. Mr. Easterwood’s early educational advantages were limited, but his education has been obtained by dint of hard study. He is politically a Democrat, and up to the date of the late war was an old line Whig. He joined the Confederate Army in 1861, serving in the Thirty-third Tennessee Infantry, Company I. He was captured at Shiloh and taken to Camp Douglas, Chicago, but was afterward exchanged at Vicksburg. He returned home in December, 1862, and has since followed the pursuit of farming.

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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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