MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - David B. Pickens
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DAVID B. PICKENS, farmer, is a son of William H. and Hannah (Moore)
Pickens.  The father was born in South Carolina, in 1792, and when young
came with his parents and settled on the farm where David now lives.  The
mother was a native of Kentucky, born in 1795.  They were
both members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and he was a Democrat
in politics.  He died in 1872 and after his death the mother lived on the
old homestead until 1882, when she too passed from life.  She had been
blind for nearly twenty years.  Our subject was born August 9,
1816, on the farm where he now lives; while growing up he received a very
limited education, and at the age of twenty-three he began working for
himself.  In 1842 he led to the altar Mary A. Meador, a native of
Williamson County, born August 14, 1824, and nine children blessed this
union; all with the exception of two are married and settled in visiting
distance of home.  Mrs. Pickens is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.  Mr. Pickens is a Democrat and one of the most successful farmers
of this county.  For seventy years he has been a respected and honored
resident of what is now, Marshall County.

Surnames: Meador, Moore, Pickens
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."