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Below is a family biography included in The History of Sumner 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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A. Parham, farmer and stock dealer, was born in 1825, in Granville County, N. C. He is one of six children of George and Elizabeth (Brinkly) Parham, the former a farmer, born about 1785 in Granville County, N. C., and the latter born about 1795 in the same county. Their deaths were in 1878 and 1880 respectively. Our subject was educated in Granville County and Sumner County, Tenn., where they came in 1835. He began for himself when of age, on his father’s farm, but soon bought 100 acres adjoining his old home, and superintended both farms. In 1873 he married Lovey, daughter of Britton and Mary Rogers, and born in 1838 in Sumner County. Their two children are Annie B., at school, and George. Mr. Parham is a Democrat politically, and since 1882 has been a justice of the peace. His wife is a member of the Primitive Baptist Church.
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This family biography is one of 115 biographies included in The History of Sumner County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Sumner County was included within The History of Sumner, Smith, Macon & Trousdale Counties of Tennessee. View the complete description here: History of Sumner, Smith, Macon and Trousdale Counties of Tennessee
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