MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - C. J. Sheffield
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C.J. SHEFFIELD, a leading farmer of Marshall County and a son of J.B. and
Martha M (Falwell) Sheffield, was born January 27, 1832, on the farm where
he is now living.  He attended the common schools, and afterward completed
his eduacation at Chapel Hill.  At the age of eighteen
he began farming, but soon turned his attention to school teaching, whick
he followed for
several terms.  In 1859 he began the mercantile business as salesman for
King, Powell & Co. and before the close of the year had bought out Powell,
and soon after he and Col. T.C.H. Miller purchased King's interest.  In
1861 he volunteered in the Confederate Army, in Col. Haynes'company Fourth
Tennessee Cavalry, and was wounded three times, but never captured during
four years of service.  About eighteen months after enlisting he was
appointed sergeant, and soon after arose to second lieutenant, holding that
position till the close of the war.  He
then returned home and engaged in farming, which occupation he has followed
ever since.  In 1874 he wedded Laura Dobson, a native of Williamson County,
born November 23, 1850.  This
union resulted in the birth of three children:  Samuel, Henry and Ephraim.
Mr. Sheffield is a Democrat, and he and wife are member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.  He has a good farm of 430 acres, the greater part of
which he has made by stock raising and close attention
to business.

Surnames: Dobson, Falwell, Miller, Powell, Sheffield
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."