MARSHALL COUNTY, TN - BIOGRAPHIES - Charles A. Dabney
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CHARLES A. DABNEY was born November 8, 1819, and received a common English
education.  At the age of eighteen he began to make his own way in the world. 
In 1865 the nuptials of his marriage with Miss Sallie Cox were celebrated.
She is a daughter of Robert Cox, of North Carolina.  In early life Mr. Dabney
was a Whig in politics, but is now a strong supporter of Democratic
principles.  He is a wealthy farmer, and owns 741 acres of good land, the
greater part of which he has made by his own industry.  He has been a resident
of Marshall County for over fifty years, and is one of the thrifty farmers and
honest citizens of the county.  His parents, John and Nancy (Cox) Dabney, were
born, reared and married in North Carolina.  They came to Tennessee in 1806,
and located in what is now Marshall County when it was almost an unbroken
canebrake.  The father served as magistrate a number of years, and in politics
was an old-line Whig.  He died in 1857 and the mother in 1831.

Surnames: Cox, Dabney, 
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."