Mcnairy County TN Archives Biographies.....Barnhill, Hon. J. T. 1848 - Unknown
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Author: McNairy County History

Hon. J. T. Barnhill, one of the native citizens and prominent farmers of

District No. 14, is a son of John N. and Elizabeth (Chambers) Barnhill. He was

born in McNairy County in 1848, and is one of ten children, three sons and two

daughters now living. The father was born in North Carolina about 1811 and was

of Scoth ancestry. His father, William Barnhill, removed to this county from

Alabama about 1826, and afterward to Texas, where he died. John N. Barnhill

received a good pratical education and came to this county about the same time

that his father did. He was married when about the age of eighteen or nineteen,

and was a life long tiller of the soil. He was a man of good business capacity

and led a public life for a number of years in various capacities; was also one

of the pioneers of this county, having settled here when the country was a dense

forest and the settlers were few and far between. He died in 1881. The mother

was a native of Alabama, born in 1809, and is still living in this county. Her

parents were Samuel and Elizabeth Chambers, also early pioneers of McNairy

County. Our subject was reared at home on the farm where he was born and where

he now resides. His rudimentary education was recieved at the common schools,

but he subsequently graduated in the law department of Cumberland University, at

Lebanon, Tenn., in January, 1881. He has quite an extensive law practice in

connection with his farming interest. He owns about 1,500 acres of land in the

vicinity of Chewalla. His home farm, one mile north of that village, is under a

high state of cultivation and is in a desirable locality. Although Mr. Barnhill

is comparatively a young man, he is already one of McNairy County's most

efficient and promising farmers, active business men and politicians. In 1884 he

represented McNairy County in the Lower House of the State Legislture, being

elected by a large majority, and served during the term with commendable

distinction. He is a Democrat in politcs and cast his first presidential vote

for H. Greeley. He is an active member of the Masonic fraternity. February 22,

1890, he married Miss Docia Rosson, a native of this county, born in 1859, and a

member of the Misionary Baptist Church. She is a refined and much esteemed lady,

and is the daughter of Joseph T. and Charlotte Rosson.

Additional Comments:
Transcribed from McNairy County Histor; Chicago and Nashville: The Goodspeed

Publishing Co., 1887 by Jackie Rhodes.

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