JACKSON COUNTY, TN - BIOGRAPHIES - James W. ROYALL
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James W. ROYALL, farmer, was born in JACKSON COUNTY, TN 3 October 1834, and 
came to Franklin County with his parents in 1851. His father was born in West 
Tennessee in 1808, and on attaining his majority married Lavina, daughter of 
William McGLASSON, a farmer. Of six sons and two daughters, our subject is the 
oldest. The father, a farmer, settled on the east side of Six Mile Prairie, 
where he died in 1872. The mother, born in Tennessee in 1814, died in 1863 at 
the old home. Our subject was reared on the farm, and received a common-school 
education. In August, 1862 he enlisted in the Federal Army, and was honorably 
discharged in the spring of 1863.  September 24, 1855, he married Mary, 
daughter of Michael SINDER, a farmer, native of Union County, Ill. Their 
children are James W., Julia A., Alexander M. and Mary A. His wife was born in
Williamson County August 16, 1832. Our subject is a Democrat, and first voted 
for Buchanan. His farm of 182 acres, well improved, and with a good residence 
and a fine new barn, is situated sixteen miles southwest of Benton.