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ROACH, IVY, PARKS, LUNA, PITTS, CASHION



John ROACH, an old and well respected citizen of Lincoln County, and a

native of Warren County, Tenn., was born December 28, 1823.  His father,

James ROACH, was a native of Ireland, born in 1788, and followed

agricultural pursuits for a livelihood, in connection with all kinds of

mechanical work.  When about nineteen years of age he left Ireland and came

to the United States, landing at Savannah, Ga., where he lived at the time

of his marriage, which occurred about 1805.  In 1828 he came to Lincoln

County, where he died in 1831.  He was one of the early settlers of Warren

County.  The mother of our subject, Elizabeth (IVY) ROACH, was born near

Savannah, Ga., in 1789.  Her father was of English and her mother of Scotch

extraction.  She was the mother of fifteen children, ten of whom lived to

be grown, and five are living now, viz.:  Ellen, Susan J., Martha, William

D. and John.  Our subject was reared without a father's care or guidance or

a mother's tender love and training.  After the death of his parents there

were five children left, all of whom were bound out.  John was bound out

till he was twenty-one years of age, and was to receive for his services a

horse, saddle and bridle, valued at $125; a suit of clothes, worth $35; and

twelve months' schooling.  He was married a short time before his time was

out, and received his horse and saddle.  His wife was Martha D. PARKS,

daughter of William PARKS, his guardian.  Mrs. ROACH was born in Lincoln

County June 13, 1825, and by her marriage became the mother of six

children:  Benjamin T., William A., Clayborn M., Mary E. (wife of Madison

LUNA), Othena (wife of William A. E. PITTS), and Martha E. (wife of William

R. CASHION).  Between the years 1845 and 1856 he became the possessor of

280 acres of land in the Eleventh District, where he remained until July,

1866, when he disposed of his real estate and, October 4, bought 180 acres

in the Seventh District, where he now resides.  October, 1861, he enlisted

in Company C, Thirty-second Regiment Tennessee Infantry, and was elected

first lieutenant.  He fought in the battle of Fort Donelson, in which

action he received a wound in the throat and arm, and was disabled from

duty for the remainder of the year.  After recovering from the wound he was

taken with the fevers, and was never able to return to duty.  He has been a

life-long Democrat, and his first vote was cast for James K. Polk.  In 1852

he was elected magistrate of his district, and for nine years filled that

office.  He is a Mason, and he and wife are members of the Primitive

Baptist Church.



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From Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee"





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