Lincoln County TN Archives Biographies.....Jean, T. A. 1836 - 
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JEAN, SHAW, TAYLOR, RUTLEDGE



T. A. JEAN, farmer and mechanic, is a native of Lincoln County, Tenn., born

in 1836, and is one of eleven children of John and Ann (SHAW) JEAN.  The

father was of Irish lineage, born in North Carolina in 1797, a merchant and

farmer by occupation.  He came to Tennessee in 1815, and two years later

married.  He died in 1883, at the advanced age of eighty-six years.  He was

twice married, his second wife being Patsey TAYLOR.  The mother was born in

1801, in North Carolina, and died in 1845.  At the age of ten  years our

subject became the architect of his own fortunes, and for about eight years

was a farm laborer, and for his first year's labor received $3 per month

for his services.  January 27, 1856, he married Martha E. RUTLEDGE, who was

born in 1829, in Lincoln County.  The following are their children:

William McHenry, John Alex, Elizabeth A., Thomas M., Mary C., Martha L. and

George W.  In 1882 Mr. JEAN purchased 141 acres of land near Fayetteville,

on which he located and has since resided.  He is very skillful with the

use of tools, and does his own blacksmithing and repairing in general.  He

is a Democrat in politics, and his first presidential vote was cast for

Breckinridge, in 1860. He served in the late war in Forrest's escort, and

was in many severe skirmishes.  His principal duty was scouting, and during

his entire service he was neither wounded nor captured.  He returned home

in 1865, after an absence of three years.  He and Mrs. Jean are members of

the Methodist Episcopal Church South.



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