MARSHALL COUNTY, TN - BIOGRAPHIES - Dr. G. W. Bills
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DR. G.W. BILLS, a retired physician of Marshall County, was born November 24,
1819, in this county and received a rather limited education, He is the son of
Daniel G. and Rachel (Summers) Bills, natives of North Carolina, where they
were married and lived until 1816 after which they came to this State and
located in what is now Marshall County. The father was a doctor and farmer,
and he and wife were members of the Christian Church. He was a Democrat in
politics and his death occurred in 1862. The mother followed in 1883 in her
ninetieth year. The subject's ancestors on both sides were of English-Irish
descent. After reaching manhood he taught school for a short time. In 1843 he
wedded A.E.A. Richardson, a native of Marshall County, born April 10, 1823. To
this union were born five children. In politics he is conservative, having
voted the national ticket but once since the war. He and wife are members of
the Christain Church. About 1847 he began the study of medicine and after
practicing for nearly six years, took a course of lectures at Macon, Ga. He
then returned to this county and practiced his profession until 1867, when he
turned his attention more exclusively to farming. He has a farm of 325 acres,
and for twenty-two years has practiced his profession in this county. He has
lived to see all his children, except the youngest, become members of the
Christian Church, and marry companions who belong to the same. His eldest
daughter, Rebecca C. (deceased), was the wife of Thomas J. Allen, a wide-awake
young farmer; the second child is C.T, who married Elizabeth Blackwell, and is
farming successfully; the third, Daniel W., married Josie Cowden, and is
accounted a good farmer; Mollie G. is the wife J.T.Wolland, who is also a
tiller of the soil.

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Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."