Cherokee County AlArchives Biographies.....Tatuns, John W. 1835 - 1884
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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

    JOHN W. TATUNS, (deceased) was born in Calhoun County. Ala., in 1835; came
into Cherokee County in 1868, and in January of that year married the widow of
M. J. Alexander, a daughter of Dr. William and Rebecca W. (Parker) McElrath. Mr.
McElrath was born in Spartanburg District and his wife in Tennessee. The Doctor
graduated in medicine from the Cincinnati Medical College, and in 1836 located
in Coosa County, Ala. In 1839 he came into Cherokee County, and settled within
three miles of Centre, where he practiced medicine until 1837. In that year, his
wife's health having become impaired, he gave up his practice and turned his
attention to farming. The Doctor was a public-spirited man, noted for his
charity, and for his interest in the general good of his neighborhood. He died
in 1885 at the age of eighty-seven years, leaving a large estate. His wife had
died the year before. His father was a native of Ireland.

    John W. Tatuns at his death, in 1884, left three children: Samuel C.,
Leonora I., and Westly S. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and a highly respected citizen.


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Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART III.
HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
MINERAL BELT.

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