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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Tipton County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886.  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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Robert J. Lee, dealer in boots, shoes, saddles and harness at Mason, in Tipton County, Tenn., was born in Madison County, Tenn., September 26, 1860, and is the son of Wm. T. and Lizzie (Stutts) Lee, natives of North Carolina. Our subject received a common-school education and in early life learned the shoemaker’s trade, and has worked at the same ever since. In 1879 he located at Mason and engaged in his present business, and is now dealing extensively in boots and shoes and also doing a great deal of manufacturing. He started in life a poor boy with only what nature had bestowed upon him, and by his industry and strict attention to business he has made all he has, and is now regarded as a prosperous and industrious young man. In politics he is a Democrat and he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a young man of excellent character and is esteemed by all who know him.

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This family biography is one of 91 biographies included in the book,  The History of Tipton County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed.  The History of Tipton County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee

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