Mcnairy County TN Archives Biographies.....Jeans, Josiah 1804 - 
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Jackie Rhodes kjrhodes@tycom.net July 3, 2007, 8:39 pm

Author: Tennessee History and Biographies, McNairy County

Josiah Jeans, one of the best known men of McNairy County, is one of the six

children born to James and Tabitha (Prither) Jeans. The father was born in

Virginia and went to South Carolina when a young man, and there married a native

of the state. He came to McNairy County at an early age and engaged in farming

until the time of his death. The mother's death occurred at that same place; she

was a sincere Christian and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our

subject was born in Sounth Carolina in 1804, was raised on his father's farm,

receiving his education in the common county schools. In 1836 he immigrated to

McNairy County, located near Falcon on the farm upon which he has since resided.

By labor, energy and careful management, he has risen from poverty to one of the

most substantial men of the county. He owns 500 acres of land, making him one of

the most extensive farmers in the section. In 1828 he married Miss Elizabeth

Prither, who became the mother of six children; three of whom are living: James

Newton, Josiah T., of Arkanss, and Laura Jane, wife of John Carter, of Falcon.

Mrs. Jeans died in the spring of 1880, and in April, 1881, Mr. Jeans married

Miss Susan Norman, of Mississippi, who was born in East Tennessee in 1825, she

is a consistent and earnest member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr.

Jeans is an old and stanch Democrat; his first presidential vote was cast for

Gen. Jackson in 1828. No man is better known or more generally esteemed.

Additional Comments:
Transcribed as printed from McNairy County History; Chickago and Nashville: The

Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1887 by Jackie Rhodes

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