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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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W. H. Worsham, merchant in District No. 8, Sumner County, was born in Robertson County, in 1853. He is one of eight children of Robert and Abby (Dorris) Worsham. The father, born in Pittsylvania County, Va., in 1828, and reared on a farm, has been merchandising at Worsham, Tenn., for about sixteen years past. The mother was born in 1832. Having attended the common schools, he began for himself when of age as salesman for Truett Sons, and for Morgan in Rosebank and elsewhere, where he was employed five years. In December, 1881, he married Elizabeth, daughter of W. W. and Sarah A. Douglass, and born in Sumner County, in July, 1858. Their three children are Lula F., Robert D. and Henry B. Mr. W. is a Democrat politically, and a member of the F. & A. M. order. Since 1879 he has been engaged in his present successful business.
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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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