OBION COUNTY TN - GOODSPEED - The Goodspeed Biographies of Obion County TN F - I ********************************************************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jane N. Powell ********************************************************************************************************** GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES F - I Isaac N. Farris (deceased), was born in Giles County, Tenn., on the 17th of October, 1823, as was the youngest of a family of three children born to the marriage of Wilford Farris and Mary Jones, both of whom were born, reared and married in Giles County, Tenn. The farmed a few years in that county and then moved to Henry County, where the mother shortly after died. The father then married Alpha Buckley, Lincoln County, and in 1828 came to Obion County, where he spent the remained of his days, dying in May, 1854. Our subject remained with his parents until the age of twenty-one, when he married Margaret J. Hogue, who died October 7, 1852, having borne one daughter, Nancy Jane, who died in infancy, January 10, 1854. Mr. Farris married Hannah E. (Caldwell) White and to their union the following children were born: Malinda R., D. L., Wilford C., Hannah May (deceased), Isaac Willis and Mary Iris. The year Mr. and Mrs. Farris were married they located on a farm near Obion Station, where they remained thirteen years, then moved to the place where Mrs. Farris is now living, near Rives. Our subject died August 19, 1885. He was one of the county's most worthy and influential citizens and his character was unimpeachable. He was temperate, industrious and was never known to utter an oath. He was a firm advocate of all moral and educational issues, tending toward the advancement of his neighborhood, and his memory will ever remain green in the hearts of many. Mrs. Farris was born in Henry County, Tenn., December 18, 1824; daughter of Willis and Dicy M. Caldwell. Her parents were born in Kentucky, the former July 7, 1791, and the latter November 17, 1791, and came to Obion County, Tenn., in 1828. Her father died November 30, 1848, and the mother April 20, 1876. Mrs. Farris is the youngest daughter and the seventh child of their ten children. She was formerly a member of the Baptist Church, but in 1846 joined the Christian Church. She resides on the home farm of 150 acres of land. In addition to this her husband at one time owned 1,200 acres in different parts of the county. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilford C. Farris was born in Obion County January 4, 1857; one of five children born to Isaac N. and Hannah E. (Caldwell) Farris, natives of Henry County. They came to Obion County when young. Here they married, and followed farming until the father's death, August 19, 1885. The mother is still living. Wilford C. Farris remained with his parents until twenty-four years of age, and has since farmed for himself, and owns 187 acres of and, about two miles southeast of Union City. Besides this land, he owns another farm of 106 acres, adjoining his home place. In 1883 he married Miss Laura Harper of Obion County. Mr. Farris is a Democrat. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rev. Edward D. Farris, a native of Jackson County, Ala., was born on the 27th of June, 1827. His parents, John and Jane (Gunther) Farris, were born in Giles County, Tenn., in 1810, and Jackson County, Ala., respectively. The father died in Henderson County, Tenn., in 1872, and the mother in her native county, in 1831. Rev. Edward Farris is the seventh of nine children. His early days were spent in assisting his father on the farm, and in rafting in Mississippi swamps. He was educated at Wesbrook Academy and Bethel College, and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1848. He was licensed to preach in 1853, and joined the Obion Presbytery in March, 1849, at Mayfield, Ky., and was ordained in March, 1855, at Troy, Tenn. He has spend thirty-three years in the ministry, and is what may be called an old style Cumberland Presbyterian preacher. He is a Democrat, and March 1860, was elected county court clerk of Obion County, and was re-elected in March, 1866, and again in 1870, and last time in 1874, the term expiring in 1878 Rev. Farris is a Mason, and was Master of Western Sun Lodge, No. 88, at Troy, for about fifteen consecutive years. He was married June 10, 1852, to Martha C. Dickey, and by her became the father of three children: Emma Mattie L. and Edward D. Mrs. Farris died in 1867, and 1868 he married Mrs. Mary M. Denning, daughter of S. B. Crittendon. Mrs. Farris was born in Weakley County, Tenn., in 1843, and is the mother of two children: Lulu A. and Dora B. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J. B. Faulk, farmer and miller, was born in Stokes County, N. C., August 8, 1827. His parents came to Tennessee in 1834. His father, Jacob C. Faulk, was born in North Carolina, October 12, 1803, and died March 29, 1886, in Obion County, Tenn. The mother's maiden name was Rebecca Shores, a native of North Carolina, born March 1, 1799, died in August, 1860. Their son, J. B. Faulk, is of German descent. He worked on his father's farm until he was twenty-one years of age, when he began working at house carpentering, continuing until the date of the late war. In 1861 he joined Capt. White's volunteers, Forty-seventh Tennessee Infantry, Co A., and during the latter part of the war, was promoted to the rank of captain of the commissary department, and was not wounded or captured during his entire service. After his return home, he purchased a one-half interest in the mill property that he now owns, known as Faulk Mills, also being connected with a saw-mill about eighteen months. He has been very prosperous, and is now worth about $8,000. November 24, 1867, he married Mrs. Lizzie (Farris) Thomas, who was the mother of three children, by a former marriage: T. D. Thomas, Samuel Y. and Mattie E. (Mrs. Thomas Walker). Mr. and Mrs. Faulk have five children, Catherine G., Annie P., Joseph E. and Josephine A., who are twins, and Jacob Farris, who was drowned June 10, 1885. Mr. Faulk and his wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and he is a Mason - Troy Lodge, No. 88. He is a Democrat. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B. W. Fleming first saw the light of day in Rutherford County, Tenn., October 1, 1846. His parents, A. J. and Mary E. (Jemison) Fleming, were born in North Carolina and Middle Tennessee, respectively. The mother is yet living and is quite aged. B. W. Fleming resided on his father's farm until he was twenty-one years of age. He then continued his agricultural labors for himself until about the year 1879 or 1880, when he engaged in the Lumber business and yet carries on that business in connection with merchandise. The style of the firm at first was Montgomery & Fleming, but was afterward changed to Fleming & Jackson. Both branches of the business are under the management of Mr. Fleming and are carried on successfully. He entered the army at the early age of sixteen, joining the First Tennessee Regiment, with Gen. Forrest, in 1863. He served through the remainder of the war and was neither wounded not captured. In May, 1876, he married Martha M., daughter of Mose and Rebecca Moultie. Of twelve children born to them two are dead: Rebecca, Emma, Berelie, Maudie, Mosie, Willie, Jackie, Winnie, Reggie and Daniel. Mr. Fleming is worth about $5,000 or $6,000. He is a Democrat and Prohibitionist, and he and his wife are member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. Foulks is the second of seven children and was born in Obion County, Tenn., October 20, 1848. His parents, John J. and Elizabeth (Bouland) Foulks, were born respectively in Virginia and Kentucky, May 8, 1821, and January 25, 1822. The father was taken by his parents to Kentucky when a child and lived in the eastern portion of the State. After attaining his majority he moved to Calaway County, where he married and soon after moved to Fulton County, and then to Obion County, Tenn. He settled, in 1865, in District No. 1, where he died September 14, 1878. His wife died at about the age of thirty-four years. James M. Foulks obtained a fair education and has followed farming and merchandising from his boyhood days up to the present time. He began doing for himself at the age of twenty-one, and January 11, 1877, married Laura Hubbs, a daughter of J. C. Hubbs. Of the four children born to them three are living. Elva May, Sallie E. and James Archie, born May 24, 1879; Jun 9, 1882; and June 21, 1885, respectively. Their mother was born in Obion County, Tenn., January 10, 1856. Mr. Foulks is a Democrat, and he and Mrs. Foulks are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He owns 1,690 acres of land, 300 acres of which are in the home farm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard W. Fowlkes, farmer and trader, was born in Hickman County, Tenn., November 11, 1853; son of Mark L. and Martha S. (Foster) Fowlkes, also of Hickman County, Tenn., born in 1824 and 1826 respectively. Gabriel Fowlkes, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Virginia about 1762, and came to Tennessee about 1806, settling in Williamson County. He died in Hickman County. Our subjects's mother died in 1875. Richard W., is the fifth of twelve children, and was raised on a farm. He received a common school education, and taught school one year. He came to Obion County in 1881 and located just outside the corporate limits of Union City. He owns 195 acres of fine land and is one of the leading farmers in the county. In March, 1885, he engaged in the livery business, and this still continues. In may, 1886, he began the manufacturing of brick. He is a Democrat, a K. of H., and was married October 21, 1874, to Miss Fannie Walker, of Hickman County, who was born in 1855. The have four children: Carrie, Mattie, Elva and Ruby. Mrs. Fowlkes is a member of the Christian Church. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry T. Fullerton, M. D., was born in Gibson County, Tenn., April 16, 1840, son of John S., grandson of Adam, and great grandson of James Fullerton, who came from Belfast, Ireland, to America in 1769, and settled in Pennsylvania. He was a soldier in the French and Indian wars and was taken captive at Fort Washington and conveyed to Detroit and after some time was liberated. Upon his departure he was given bread which contained ground glass, the eating of which soon resulted in his death. He had four sons two of whom immigrated to Ohio and other two to Georgia. His son, Adam Fullerton, removed from Georgia to Bedford County, Tenn., where he died. His son, John S., was born in Jackson County, Ga., January 23, 1813, and was married to Rachel Thomas, who was born in Wilson Co., Tenn., in 1818. The family are of Scotch-Irish descent, and came to Gibson County, Tenn, in 1823. The parents of our subject still reside in the county and are among its pioneer settlers. Dr. Fullerton, our subject, is the eldest of seven children, four living, and was reared on a farm. He attended Yorkville Academy in Gibson County, and in 1861 enlisted in the Confederate Army, Company D, Thirteenth Tennessee Infantry. He was wounded at the battle of Belmont in 1861, and severely wounded at Shiloh in 1862. He was discharged in 1863, came home the same year and began the study of medicine at Yorkville, Tenn., in the office of Dr. J. T. Bond. He graduated from the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis in 1867, and practiced at Yorkville until 1871, when he came to Kenton, and here has since continued the practice of medicine. Ann E. Powell became his wife in 1868. They have on child - John C. Mrs. Fullerton died in 1871, and in 1873 the Doctor married Miss Ann Black, who has borne him four children: Gideon B., Gertrude T., Sammie L., and Lelia B. The Doctor is a Democrat and Mason, and he and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rev. James A. Fuzzell is a Tennessean, born March 1, 1833, son of T. J. and Elizabeth (Crews), Fuzzell, who were born respectively in North Carolina and Virginia. The fathers' birth occurred November 11, 1807, and he was a farmer by occupation. He died in 1876. His wife died about 1834. James A. lived on his father's farm until he was twenty years of age. At the early age of eighteen he became a minister, and remained such until 1854, when he was ordained deacon and in 1856 was made elder, which relation he still sustains to the church. He was president of the West Tennessee District four years, and is now engaged in the saw-mill business on account of financial embarrassment, the remuneration of the church being insufficient to supply the wants of his family and educate his children. April 24, 1859, he wedded Martha Clark of Weakley County, daughter of Benjamin and Winnie Clark, and by her is the father of the following family: Minnie, Electon, William, James A., Anna, Benjamin, Lutha, and one who died unnamed. Mrs. Fuzzell died November 5, 1871, being a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Fuzzell then married Caroline Clark, a sister of his first wife, and to them were born five children: Willie, Robbie, Harry, and two who died unnamed. Mr. Fuzzell has met with many reverses in business, but is going well at the present time. His early education advantages were comparatively good. He is a Democrat politically. W. H. Gardner, manufacturer of wagon material, was born in Dresden, Weakley Co., Tenn., November 24, 1840, son of Hon. Alfred Gardner, who was born in Robertson County, Tenn., in 1805. He moved to Weakley County, in 1826, and was married in 1832. He was a man of determination and energy, and eventually became the owner of 10,000 acres of land. He was the first sheriff of Weakley County, and was a skillful rifleman and a great lover of hunting. He represented Weakley County in both houses of the State Legislature. At the time of his death, December 24, 1882, he was the oldest Mason in Tennessee. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Ann Stovall, was born in Tennessee, in 1819. Our subject is the third of seven children, six of whom are living, and was reared on his father's farm. He was educated at the Union University at Murfreesboro, Tenn., and at the University of Virginia. In 1861 he enlisted in Company G, Ninth Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army, and returned home in 1865. He located in Hickman, Ky., engaged in general merchandising and there remained until the yellow fever epidemic, in 1878, when he came to Union City, and for four years was railroad agent for the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad. In 1883 he engaged in his present business and employs forty men. He is a Democrat and for a number of years has taken an active part in politics. He has been a member of the County Democratic Executive Committee, and is not chairman. He is a director of the Bank of Union City and a is chairman of the board of stewards of the Methodist Episcopal Church, also a member of the city council , and is president of the Prohibition Alliance and secretary of the Tennessee Furniture & Chair Company. He is one of the leading men of Obion County, and a representative business man of West Tennessee. He was married in 1863 to Mary Dozier, of Enterprise, Miss., who died of yellow fever at Hickman, Ky., in 1878, leaving five children: Will A., Russell E., Metta A., Fred D. and Carrie L. In 1880 Mr. Gardner married Jennie White, who was born in Henry County, Tenn., in 1848. They have four children: Fannie, Mamie, Bessie and Nora. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Charles P. Glover is a Henry County Tennessean, born February 6, 1829, the fifth of twelve children of Jess T. and Mary D. (Powell) Glover, and is of English descent. His father was born in Virginia about 1800, and resided there until his marriage, when he came to Tennessee. He resided in Henry and Obion Counties and also lived a short time in Missouri. He died in Obion County, in 1859. His wife as a Virginian, also born in 1800, and is now residing with our subject, who received his rudimentary education in the common schools. He studied medicine under Dr. James White, of Obion County, and attended his first course of lectures at the Nashville Medical University. He then practiced one year at his old home and then entered and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, Penn. He has practiced his profession for thirty years in the vicinity of his home, and is a successful physician and respected citizen of the county He was ordained a Missionary Baptist minister, in 1880, by Elders Coleman and Beauchamp, and has been a zealous worker in the cause of religion since that period. February 6, 1861, he married Mary C. Norrid, of Obion County, born June 17, 1840. The have the following family: Lorena I., born January 6, 1864; Marietta, born October 7, 1866; Emma L., born October 14, 1869; Jeptha, born Feb 13, 1872; Mirim, born November 29, 1874, and Lavinia Ida, born December 11, 1881. Dr. Glover is a Democrat, a Royal Arch Mason and an Odd Fellow. He owns 522 acres of land and has a pleasant and comfortable home. His wife and two eldest daughters are members of the church of which he is a minister. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel W. Godwin, M. D., dealer in drugs and medicines, was born in Maury County, Tenn., February 19, 1831, son of Seth and Nancy (Vestal) Godwin, both born in North Carolina, in 1797 and 1800 respectively. Our subject's paternal grandfather was George Winn Godwin, a North Carolinian, who, with his family immigrated to Middle Tennessee in 1815, and died in that section at the age of seventy-five years. The father of Dr. Godwin died in 1876, and his mother in 1870. Our subject is one of ten children, and is of German-Irish extraction. He was raised on a farm, and obtained a fair English education. He began the study of medicine in 1855, in the office of Dr. John M. Vestal, and afterwards attended lectures at the University of Nashville, graduating in 1859. He located in Maury County, and continued the practice of his profession until the breaking out of the late war, when he became assistant surgeon of the Forty-eight Tennessee, serving throughout the war. He then resumed his practice in Maury County, continuing until 1870, when he came to Union City. He practiced here during the cholera epidemic of 1873, but gave up practicing in 1885. He began keeping drugs in 1882. September 20, 1859, he married Nancy Littleton, of North Alabama, born in 1837, daughter of David H. and Elizabeth Littleton. Dr. Godwin is a Democrat, and his first presidential vote was cast for Pierce. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1846, and was a delegate to the General conference of 1886, which sat at Richmond, Va. He has been a director of the Bank of Union City since its organization in 1879, and is considered on of the first citizens of the city. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James Douglas Graham, postmaster at Kenton, Tenn., was born in Carroll County, Tenn., June 5, 1844, son of Dr. J. L. H. Graham, who was born in East Tennessee, in 1818. He was married to Eliza D. Hill, a native of East Tennessee, who died in Carroll County, Tenn., in 1847, and by her became the father of four children. He died in Arkansas, in 1876. James D. Graham is the youngest of his father's family. He assisted his parents on the farm until September, 1861, when he enlisted in Company C. Thirty-first Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army, and served until the close of the war. He was wounded at Murfreesboro, and was captured at Missionary Ridge, and held a prisoner of war from 1863 until May, 1865, at Rock Island, Ill. He then returned to West Tennessee, and in 1868 came to Kenton, where he has ever since resided. He is a Democrat in his political views, and 1886 was appointed postmaster at Kenton. He belongs to the Masonic and I. O. O. F. fraternities, and in 1872 married Lizzie Rosson, who was born in Marshall County, in 1849. She died in 1874, and in 1881 Mary Love became his second wife. She was born in Seymour, Ind., in 1858, and is the mother of two children: Clare E. and Lizzie L. Both husband and wife are Methodists. Cage Hale, a prominent farmer, and native of Obion County, Tenn., was born on the 29th of August, 1849, and is the second of eleven children, eight now living, born to the marriage of James R. Hale and Isabella Corum. The father was born in Middle Tennessee, about 1819, and removed with his father to Obion County, where he afterward married. He resided on the farm where our subject now lives, and died there about 1876. The mother was born in Middle Tennessee, and died on the old home farm, in April, 1872. Cage Hale was reared on a farm, and received a common school education. He has made agriculture his chief calling through life, and owns about 104 acres of land, which he devotes to the raising of stock and the cereals. He was married on the 5th day of September, 1882, to Virginia A. Corum, daughter of Archibald O. Corum. She was born May 26, 1856, in Obion County, and is the mother of two children: James R. and Archibald O. Mr. Hale is a Democrat, and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. His wife belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Hamilton, dealer in grain and feed, is a Jefferson County Tennessean, born October 29, 1836; son of Joseph and Nancy (Martin) Hamilton, who were also born in Jefferson County, the former in 1796 and the latter in 1808. The paternal grandfather of our subject was also Joseph Hamilton, who was born in Rockbridge County, Va., and came to Tennessee about 1790, being one of the early pioneers. He and his son, Joseph, long held positions of public trust in Jefferson County. Our subject is the sixth of eleven children, and was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools. At the age of twenty-one he began doing for himself and farmed until the breaking out of the way. In 1861 he enlisted in Company G, Nineteenth Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army, and served four years and two days. After his return he carried on farming in Giles County, Tenn., until 1868, when he came to Obion County, where he has since made his home. He farmed the first two years, but since that time has resided in Union City, and has dealt in grain and feed. He has been quite successful, and in 1883 built is present two-story, brick warehouse which is 50 x 100 feet. He was married in 1870, to Miss M. E. Foute, of East Tennessee. She was born in 1853, and is the mother of three children: Nancy M., Joseph and Cassie F. Mr. Hamilton is a Democrat and a member of the K of H., and his wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Hauser was born on the 7th of July, 1834 and is one of two surviving members of a family of eight children born to Anthony and Sally (Butner) Hauser, who were born, reared and married in the State of North Carolina, and came to Obion County, Tenn., locating near the present town of Rives. The father was a blacksmith by trade and followed that and farming until his death, in 1852. His wife died in 1880. After residing with his people until twenty-five years of age, Anthony Hauser united his fortunes with those of Lucinda Shores, and located on the farm on 120 acres, where he now resides, adjoining the old home place. He also owns 30 acres in another tract. Mr. and Mrs. Hauser became the parents of five children, four of whom are still living. Their mother died in 1868, and 1870 Mr. Hauser married M. J. McCoy, who bore him five children. She is a member of the Christian Church, and her husband of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the F. & A. M. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph F. Harper is a native of Obion County, Tenn., born March 12, 1841, and is one of four sons and daughters born to Benjamin K. and Margaret E. (Smith) Harper, who were born in York and Lancaster Districts, S. C., July 31, 1812, and Jun 29, 1820, respectively. The father immigrated to Tennessee February 2, 1825, and the Smith family came April 18, 1832. They were married February 2, 1838, and have ever since been prominent farmers of Obion County, and are among the oldest pioneer families. Joseph F. Harper resided with his parents until the commencement of the war, when he joined the Ninth Tennessee Infantry, and served until wounded at Atlanta. He was under hospital treatment for twelve months then returned home, and, with the exception of six months spent in Haywood County and a few months in California, made his home with his parents until February 3, 1876, when he married Dell Farris, of Obion County, and by her became the father of two sons: Howard F. and Isaac Knox. In 1868 Mr. Harper came into possession of his present farm, which consists of 108 acres near Rives. He belongs to Presbyterian and his wife to the Christian Church. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J. B. HARRISON, M. D., was born June 6, 1828, in Hall County, Ga. His father, Dr. Jess Harrison, was born in Grenville District, S. C., in 1786, and married Margaret Hulsey, who was born in Hall County, Ga., in 1810, and by her became the father of six children. The family came to Tennessee in 1832 and settled in Sumner County, and four years later the father removed to Clarksville, and in 1842 moved to Nashville, where he remained two years. He then removed to Hickman, Ky., and in 1845 came to Obion County, and here the father died in 1856. The mother of our subject resides in Colorado County, Tex. In 1847 our subject enlisted in Company I, Third Tennessee Regiment, for the Mexican war. He began the study of medicine in early life, his father and elder brother both being physicians. He first attended lectures at the Memphis Medical College in 1855, and a year later located in Union City, where he has practiced his profession up to the present time, being one of the leading physicians and representative men of his profession. In 1871 he graduated from the St. Louis Medical College. He is the pioneer physician of Union City, and did business in the first business house in the town. He was married in 1849 to Miss Sarah A. Jayner, who was born in Sumner County, Tenn., in January, 1828. They have six children: Jesse J., Louie, Elizabeth, Ida M., Robert H. and Edward. Dr. Harrison is a Democrat, a Mason and a member of the I. O. O. F. His wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Harpole, of Obion County, Tenn., was born within 300 yards of his present residence, December 25, 1845, and is the second of five children of Solomon W and Malinda (Patterson) Harpole, and is of German descent. Solomon Harpole was born in Wilson, Tenn., November 27, 1815, and came to Obion County in 1826 and resided on the farm now owned by our subject for two years, and then moved two miles north of that farm, where he died Jun 17, 1880. His wife was born on the site of Memphis, and died December 23, 1883. Our subject has always followed the free and independent life of a farmer. He joined the Confederate Army, serving in the Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry. He was at Harrisburg, Miss.; Colombia, Springfield and Franklin, Tenn., besides several skirmishes. He was paroled at Columbia, Miss., at the close of the war. He was married September 26, 1872, to Mollie A. Paschall, daughter of Jess Paschall, one of the prominent farmers of the county, and their union has resulted in the birth of three daughters: Minnie Cora, Jessie Leona and Oma Montez. Mrs. Harpole was born in Weakley County, Tenn., July 22, 1857, and she and Mr. Harpole are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is conservative in politics and is the owner of seventy-two acres of land. His grandfather, John Harpole, was born in Virginia in 1792 and was a soldier in the war of 1812. His services were acknowledged later by the Government granting him 160 acres of land in Obion County, Tenn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J. Harpole, attorney at law, of Union City, Tenn., was born in Obion County, Tenn., near Union City, January 18, 1856. His father Wilson P. Harpole, was born in Wilson County, of this State, in 1822, and was the son of John and grandson of Solomon Harpole and Christiana, his wife, whose maiden name was Dice. Solomon Harpole came to the United States From Germany, locating in Pennsylvania some time prior to 1790, and moved from there to Virginia, where he resided until his death. John Harpole came from Virginia to Wilson County, Tenn., when a young man, and married Elizabeth Swingley, a daughter of George Swingley, who came from Philadelphia, Penn., to Wilson County, Tenn. Jno. Harpole was a soldier in the Seminole war, and died in this county in 1860. Our immediate subject is the second of six children and is of German-English lineage. His mother's maiden name was Millie B. Fowler. She was born in Gibson County, Tenn., in 1829. Andrew J. was reared on a farm and first attended the common schools and high school at Union City, and in 1878 began the study of law in the office of W. H. Swiggart, and in the fall of that year entered the law department of the Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tenn., and graduated in 1879. The same year he located at Union City, and here has s since continued the practice of his profession. In 1883 he formed a partnership with R. P Whitesell and has continued up to the present time. In November, 1882, he married Mollie E. Whitesell, of Fulton County, Ky., daughter of Jess Whitesell. Mrs. Harpole was born December 31, 1865, and is the mother of one child - Whitesell. Mr. Harpole is a Democrat and his first presidential vote was cast for Grover Cleveland. He is a Knight of Pythias, and his wife is a member of the Baptist Church. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William S. S. Harris, dealer in drugs, was born one mile west of Troy, August 8, 1839, son of Hon. William S. S. Harris, who was born in Williamson County, May 9, 1809, and came to Obion County in 1827. He was a lawyer of note and was at one time clerk of the county court and register of the county. In 1849 and 1850 he represented Obion, Weakley and Henry Counties in the State Senate. He was judge of the probate court, and died in February, 1859. His wife's maiden name was Anzeletta Z. Meadows. She was born in Jackson County, Tenn., in 1814, and came to Obion County in 1824, and is now one of the oldest living settlers of Obion County. Our subject is the fifth of nine children and is of Scotch-Irish origin. He received a common school education and remained on the farm until 1858, when he engaged in his present business in Troy. In 1861 he enlisted in Avalanche Company, Ninth Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army, as a private, and was in the service about three years. He returned home in 1864. He is the oldest druggist in Obion County, and was married in October, 1871, to Mary E. Ruddell, of Missouri. She was born in 1849 and is the mother of two children: Lambert C. and Lester Gay. Mr. Harris is a Democrat and Mason - Western Sun Lodge, No. 88: Obion Chapter, No. 33; Trojan Council, No. 18. His wife belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J. E. Hays is a son of Jacob Hays, who was born in East Tennessee about 1785, and died about 1857, in Obion County. He was married to Mary Turney, who was also born in the State, in 1793. Her death occurred in 1836. J. E. Hays was born in Obion County, Jun 28, 1828, and is of Dutch-Irish descent. He assisted his parents on the farm until seventeen years of age, when he began working as a farm laborer, continuing for about seven years, at the rate of $8 per month. Since that time he has been engaged in farming on his own responsibility. In 1864 he joined the Confederate Army, Company A, Twenty-second Tennessee Cavalry. After a service of six months he returned home. January 5, 1852, he married Rilla Jane Phillips, who died April 6, 1878, leaving eight children: Thomas Henry, William C., John Robert, Mary Frances, Jacob M., Joseph D., Albert S. and Eddie A. Mr. Hays married, on the 5th of September, 1878, Drusilla Calhoun, who has born him four children: Jesse E., Mary Jane, Mattie Lee and Ella May. Mr. Hays is worth about $10,000, all of which he has earned by honest and industrious toil. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sanford T. Haydon, grain dealer, was born near Lexington, Ky., January 18, 1847, son of Whitfield and Elizabeth (Singleton) Haydon. The family are of Scotch descent, and the father was born in Jessamine County, Ky., in 1801, and the mother in the same county, in 1824. William Haydon, our subject's grandfather, was a Virginian, and emigrated to Kentucky when about fourteen years of age, settling in Jessamine County, where he died. Sanford T. Haydon's early days were spent on a farm, and his education was obtained in the common schools and Georgetown College, Kentucky. He went to Mobile, Ala., in 1867, and for two years was in the employ of the Southern Express Company. He then came to Union City, and for two years was in the grocery business. In 1871 he began dealing in grain, and three years later formed a partnership with John N. Barry, and the firm is now known as Haydon & Barry. In 1874 they erected their present large, three-story warehouse, which is 50 x 100 feet, and are doing a large and lucrative business. Mr. Haydon was married, in 1875, to Miss Jeannette Green, of Austin, Tex. She was born in 1857, and is the mother of four children: Clarence E., Thomas G., Hal and Alma. Mrs. Haydon is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Haydon is a Democrat, and is a man of enterprising spirit and fine business capacity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gus M. Herring is a Montgomery County Tennessean, born in February, 1845. His parents, James and Mourning Herring, were Tennesseans, the father being born in Sumner county and the mother in Montgomery County. They became the parents of ten children, four of whom survive. The father always followed the occupation of farming, and died in 1880. His wife died four years later. At the breaking out of the was Gus M., their son, enlisted in the Forty-seventh Tennessee Infantry, which was afterward consolidated with another regiment, and known as the Third Tennessee, remaining with the same until the close of the war. In October, 1879, he married M. E. Cowgill, who has born him four children. The same year of his marriage he came to his present home, where he owns 200 acres of land. Besides this he owns 350 acres of land northwest of Union City. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hester, farmer, is the fifth of seven children born to the marriage of Stephen and Sarah (Sears) Hester, and was born in North Carolina, July 29, 1817. The father married in his native State (North Carolina), and in 1824 came to Tennessee, locating in Henry County, where he raised his family, and continued to reside until his death, which occurred when he was eighty-four years old. His wife was born in North Carolina, and died in Henry County, at the age of seventy. Our subject began doing for himself at the age of twenty-one, and has made farming his chief occupation through life. He owns 140 acres of land, on which he cultivates tobacco, and raises stock to a considerable extent, but gives the most of his attention to raising he cereals. He has been married four times, the first time, March 3, 1842, to Harriett J. Turner, who bore him two children: Amanda and Newton J. She died may 8, 1847, and August 9 of the same year he married Malinda E. Yarbrough, who died July 9, 1848, having borne one son, who died in infancy. The third marriage occurred May 8, 1950, to Elizabeth E. Simmons. To them were born eight children, six of whom are living: James R., Sarah F., Mariman, Benjamin F., George N. and Mary Jane. The mother of this family was born near Louisville, Ky., February 2, 1821, and died April 16, 1871. Mr. Hester married Louisa A. Morgan, who was born December 27, 1832, and is the mother of one daughter - Ida Lou. Mr. Hester is a Democrat and Mason, and he and wife are member os the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. John H. Hinemon, superintendent of the Union City Public Schools, is a Fayette County Tennessean, born November 1, 1862, son of D. G. and Mary A. (Stockinger) Hinemon, and is of English descent. His father was born in Middle Tennessee and died in Memphis in 1865. His mother was born in Fayette County in 1840, and now resides in Union City. Our subject is the younger of their two children, and in 1868 removed with his mother to Panola County, Miss., and first attended school at Batesville, of that State. In 1874 they came to Union City , and for five years John H. attended private schools. He then entered what was then known as Union City College, and afterward attended Bingham's School at Bingham, N. C. In 1882 he was chosen a teacher in the grammar department of the Union City schools, and in 1885 was elected superintendent, and re-elected in 1886, To much praise can not be said of him as an educator, and to him chiefly may be attributed the great success of the schools, owing to his energy and perfect system, and the ability of the teacher under him, who have executed in perfect harmony the system inaugurated by him. He was married in 1885 to Eugenia Reynolds, who was born in 1864, daughter of George and Martha Reynolds. Prof. And Mrs. Hinemon have on child - Annelie. The Professor is a Democrat, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and his wife belongs to the Christian Church. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. A. M. Holland was born on 22d of November, 1850. He is of Irish descent, and a son of L. W. and Caroline (Pettus) Holland. The former was born in North Carolina in 1816, and died in Gibson Co., Tenn, in 1885, and the latter was born in the Palmetto State in 1822. Dr. Holland's father came to Gibson County, Tenn., when a young man, and our subject is the fifth of his eight children. His early days were spent on a farm and in attending the country schools. In 1872 he came to Obion County and attended school for some time, and then began the study of medicine. He attended medical lectures in the Nashville University, and located where he now lives. He practiced three years; then gave up that occupation and engaged in the practice of dentistry, and is now the owner of 126 acres of land. November 19, 1879, he married Miss S. E. Harris, who was born in Trenton, Gibson County, in 1858. They have one child - Verna L. The Doctor is a Democrat, and has been a Mason since 1875. He and Mrs. Holland are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and their residence is two miles northwest of Kenton. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W. R. Hogan is a native of Stewart County, Tenn., born on the 11th of September, 1819, son of Edmund Hogan, who was born in Virginia in 1762, but was reared principally in North Carolina. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the Revolutionary war, serving under Gen. Washington about four years. He then removed to Kentucky, and for ten years was with Daniel Boone fighting the Indians. He then moved to Louisiana and served as magistrate under the Spanish Government about ten years. He returned to Middle Tennessee about 1812, and in 1824 removed to Henry County, where he died February 13, 1838. He was twice married, his first wife being Patsey Wilburn (our subject's mother), who was born in Georgia, and died in Tennessee February 8, 1838. Our subject is of English-Irish and Welsh descent, and, as his father was very poor in worldly goods, he was thrown on his own resources for obtaining a livelihood at the early age of eighteen years. He came to Obion County and hired out for a year or tow in order to procure means to obtain an education He afterward taught school about seven years, and was elected constable in March, 1848, and served one year. In 1856 he was elected magistrate, and held the office about fifteen years. He also filled the office of trustee three years. He was at first first lieutenant and afterward colonel of the county militia, and resigned after two years' service. April 20, 1848, he married Elizabeth B. Hutcherson, who became the mother of thirteen children, four of whom are dead. Mrs. Hogan died September 2, 1882. Mrs. Hogan is worth about $8,000, and is a man of influence where he resides. He is a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, and is a Republican in politics. Previous to the late war he was a Whig. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S. F. Howard, a farmer of the Seventh District of Obion County, Tenn., was born in Maury County, of the same State, March 6, 1850. His father Isaac L. Howard, was born in the same county, December 27, 1825, and his wife, Sarah M. Howard, was born in 1829. S. F. Howard resided on his father's farm until twenty-three years of age. He then began farming for himself, and at eh expiration of one year came to Obion County, locating near Crockett's Station, where he has been very successfully engaged in farming. He was postmaster of Crockett station during 1875, and since August, 1876, has served as magistrate. In February, 1874, he married Susan A. Jackson, of Obion County, daughter of Lewis and Anna Jackson. Mr. Howard is a substantial citizen of the county, and was elected notary public by the county court in July, 1881, and was re-appointed in July, 1885. He also served two terms as chairman of the county court. He is a member in good standing in the Christian Church, and is a Mason and Democrat. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J. H. Hogue, farmer of the Sixth District of Obion County, was born in Mississippi, July 25, 1836; son of James B. and Mary L. (Harper) Hogue, who were born in South Carolina. The father came to Tennessee at a very early age, and about 1830 moved to Mississippi, where he died in 1842 or 1843. The mother is residing with her son, J. H. Hogue, who was reared on a farm. At the age of twenty-one he began farming in Arkansas, continuing about three years, when the war broke out. He joined the Confederate Army, serving in Company B, Twelfth Kentucky Regiment, and was commissary sergeant of the same. He, with his regiment, was in about seventeen engagements and was not wounded or captured. At the close of the war he returned to Arkansas and resumed farming, but since 1876 has been a resident o Tennessee. His possessions, in worldly goods, amount to about $3,000. He is scrupulously honest in his business transactions and is a worthy citizen of the county. He is a Democrat and a member of the American Reformed Presbyterian Church. January 3, 1861, he wedded Nancy E. Harper, who died August 8, 1873, having borne six children, two of whom are dead. April 13, 1878, Mr. Hogue married Jemima Moffatt, who has borne him three children, one of whom is deceased. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George R. Holman was born in Buckingham County, Va., June 16, 1824, and is of English-French descent. His parents, Jesse and Martha A. (Ayres) Holman, were born, reared and married in Virginia, and located in Buckingham County, where they reared their family. Both died on the old homestead prior to 1840. Our subject's early days were spent on this farm. He began milling at an early day. He was married in Obion County, Tenn., February 14, 1855, to Mary L. Nailling, who was born in Weakley County, Tenn., October 25, 1839, a daughter of W. A. Nailling. To Mr. and Mrs. Holman eleven children were born, seven of whom are living: Mary A. E. (Dodd), Willis Lee, Adel Modena (Blakemore), Clara Mott, Martha Leak, Eva and Robert Halbert. Mr. Holman is a Democrat and is well informed on the topics of the day. He owns a farm of 340 acres, on which he raises stock and the various farm commodities, and has been reported to the Agricultural Bureau for six years. He was employed two years as overseer of a plantation in early life, and taught school for fifteen months. He has also been engaged in the mercantile business, first with T. M. Pierce at old Jacksonville, Tenn., and later with his brother, J. T. Holman, at the same place. Their store burned in 1858, with a loss of $15,000. Mr. Holman is a Mason. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George P. Hurt is a Dyer County Tennessean, born November 14, 1851; one of six sons and four daughters born to the marriage of John A Hurt and Julia Clark. They were born in Dyer County, Tenn., and Virginia respectively, and were married in Gibson County, Tenn. They came to Obion County and located on a farm near Kenton. He was in the Forty-seventh Tennessee Infantry during the late war, and was wounded at Richmond. He afterward returned home and has since followed farming as his chief occupation. Both husband and wife are still living. At the age of eighteen, George P. Hurt became clerk in a hotel in Trenton and continued such three years. He then accepted a clerkship in Hickman, Ky., till 1873, then returned to Obion County, and September 1874, was appointed deputy tax collector, and held the position two years; then filled the position of deputy trustee four years, serving the whole time under Capt. Hollomon. In 1880 he was elected county trustee, and two years later was re-elected to the same office with no opposition. In January, 1875, he married Ella Rains, of Gibson County, who has borne him two sons and four daughters. He purchased a farm of 101 acres, near Troy, in 1883, but sold out in 1884, and January, 1885, purchased his present farm of 234 acres. He is a member of the K. of H. and I. O. O. F., and he and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P. H. Hurt first saw the light of day in the "Old Dominion," October 6, 1823. He came to Obion County, Tenn., in 1869, where he has since been successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits. His parents were Virginians and died when P. H. was a small lad. He was reared by a guardian on a farm, and worked on the same until he was bout eighteen years of age. He then entered school at Salem, Roanoke County, and continued there about ten months, when he began working as a farm laborer for $8 per month. At the end of two years he was employed by Joseph Duckeniler to supervise the laborers he employed. At the end of ten months he married his employer's daughter. The wedding took place October 3, 1843. Their union resulted in the birth of nine children, three of whom are dead. Those living are: Mary Ann (Mrs. John Mitchell), Sarah Jane (Mrs. Isaac Bandy), Joseph H., Emma (Mrs. Sam Jackson), John A., Nannie J. (Mrs. J. A. Rochell). Mrs. Hurt died at the birth of her youngest child. In 1863 Mr. Hurt married Sallie Sence, who died June 1, 1877. He married his third wife - Margaret E. Marby - December 24, 1878. Mr. Hurt is worth about $20,000, the most of which he has made since the late war, and is one of the substantial and honorable citizens of the county. He is a Democrat and Prohibitionist and belongs to the Missionary Baptist Church. His wife is a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas R. Hutcherson, merchant and grain dealer, of Rives, Tenn., was born in Henry County, Tenn., on the 23d of March, 1838, and is one of the ten children of Lewis M. and Sarah (Brooks) Hutcherson, who were born in Virginia and North Carolina respectively, and came to Tennessee when young. They resided in Henry County until 1842, then came to Obion County, where the father resided until his death - in January, 1849. The mother resides with our subject, who made his parents' house his home until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in the Thirty-third Tennessee Infantry, of which he was the captain. When the regiment was reorganized in 1862, he returned home and followed farming until 1871, when he engaged in mercantile pursuits and has continued up to the present time, with the exception of one year, 1883, when he was engaged in the drug trade, in Paris, Tex., with which he is still connected. He deals quite extensively in grain, and is doing well financially. In December, 1875, he married Gussie Manning, of Gibson County, and by her is the father of the following family: Maggie, John P., and Lillian. Mr. Hutcherson owns two farms in Obion County, from one of which he cut, in 1884, a mammoth white oak, which measured twenty-eight feet in circumference at the stump. J. F. Inman, farmer and stock dealer, was born March 25, 1835, in Maury County, Tenn., and is one of three surviving sons of a family of nine children born to Abraham and Melissa (Branch) Inman, who were also born in Maury County. The father black-smithed in that county until 1840; then came to Obion County and followed farming until his death, October 16, 1885. His wife died in 1878. J. F. Inman's early days were spent on his father's farm, where he resided until twenty-six years of age. He then married Martha A. Buchanan, who was born in North Carolina, and reared principally in Obion County. They became the parents of three sons and four daughters. In 1873 Mr. Inman became the owner of his present fine farm of 212 acres, the same farm which was settled by William Caldwell, one of the old pioneer settlers of the county. Mr. Inman also has another farm in District No. 5. He and family are members of the Methodist Church, and he belongs to the F. & A. M. He is a Democrat in his political views.