Lincoln County TN Archives Biographies.....Wyatt, William R. 1844 - 
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WYATT, BRECKENRIDGE, McCOWN, BRYSON



William R. WYATT, farmer and miller of Fayetteville, Tenn., was born in

Lincoln County, in 1844.  His father William WYATT was of English-Irish

descent; born in 1802 in South Carolina.  He came to Tennessee in 1804, and

to Lincoln County in 1807 or 1808, and was a teacher and farmer by

occupation, being very successful in both occupations.  He married Sallie

BRECKENRIDGE in 1834, and died in 1880.  His wife was born in South

Carolina in 1804 and died in 1884.  The WYATT family came to Tennessee when

the country was almost a wilderness. The bottom lands were covered with

cane, and the country was infested with Indians and many wild animals.

They did their share in helping to settle and clear the lands of Lincoln

County.  Of the seven children born to William and Sallie WYATT, three are

living:  Margaret Jane, Mollie E. and William R., who received such

education as could be obtained in the old fashion schoolhouses of his

boyhood days.  July 4,1864, he and Sallie McCOWN were united in marriage.

She was born in South Carolina in 1845, a daughter of Joseph I. and Mary

(BRYSON) McCOWN.  Mr. and Mrs. WYATT have six children:  Eva, Delia,

Lizzie, Jennie, Joseph and Flora.  Mr. WYATT resided with his parents four

years, and in 1868 purchased 200 acres of land about five miles from

Fayetteville, where he settled and resided until January 1, 1886, when he

moved to town to educate his children.  By energy and industry Mr. WYATT is

the owner of 400 acres of land.  He is a Republican in politics, and his

first presidential vote was cast for U. S. Grant in 1868.  He and wife are

members of the United Presbyterian Church.  In 1884 he purchased a saw-mill

which he operates in connection with his farm.



Additional Comments:
From Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee"





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