Lincoln County TN Archives Biographies.....Ashby, Travis D. 1847 - 
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Author: Goodspeed

p.877.

ASHBY, GEORGE, KEITH, KIMES, CUNNINGHAM



Travis D. ASHBY, farmer, and the son of Peter and Mary J. (GEORGE) ASHBY,

was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1847.  The father was born in Lincoln

County, in 1821 and was a tiller of the soil.  In 1844 he was married and

became the father of three children:  Elzina (wife of S. E. KEITH,

deceased), Sallie H. (wife of LaFayette KIMES), and Travis D., our subject.

 The father died in 1856.  The mother of our subject was also born in

Lincoln County about 1830, and is now living in the Fifth District, and is

a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.  Our subject

remained with his mother till he was twenty-five years of age, and received

his education in the district schools.  December 25, 1872, he was united in

marriage to Nancy J. CUNNINGHAM, daughter of Peter and Sarah CUNNINGHAM,

and the fruits of this union were four children, three of whom are living:

James N., Sallie E. and Luler T.  About three years previous to  his

marriage he purchased 100 acres of land where he now resides, and through

industry, frugality and close attention to business has added to his estate

till he now owns 365 acres of good, productive land.  He is a Democrat in

politics, casting his first vote for Horatio Seymour.  He is a Mason, and

he and wife are among the most respected members of the Primitive Baptist

Church.



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From Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee"

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