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W. P. Malone, farmer and lumberman of the Second District, is a son of Robert C.
and Elizabeth (Whitehead) Malone; was born in Smith County, Tenn., in 1821, and
was one of eleven children, only three living. The father was of Irish ancestry,
born in North Carolina in 1776; was raised in that state, and married when
eighteen years old and moved to Smith County, in 1804, where he farmed until his
death in 1845. Mrs. Malone was also a native of North Carolina, about the same
age as her husband, and died in 1840. They were both members of the Baptist
Church. Our subject was raised and educated in Smith County. He learned the
carpenter's trade, which he followed for a great many years. He moved to Tipton
County in 1853 and worked at his trade until 1857, when he engaged in saw-
milling. In 1859 he purchased 400 acres of land in the First District and ran
his saw-mill in connection with farming. He sold his property in 1873, and
remained in the First District until 1880, when he bought a farm of 404 acres in
the Second District, where he has since resided, engaged as before. His farm is
five miles west of Covington; he also owns real estate in Covington. He is an
industrious and self-made man. In March, 1862, he enlisted in the Confederate
Army in Company I, Seventh Tennessee Cavalry as a private, in 1863 was made
first lieutenant, and held that rank until the war closed. In 1863 he was
wounded in Hernando, Miss., and rendered unfit for active service. He
surrendered at Gainesville, Ala, and returned home after three years of
suffering and hardship. In May, 1870 he married Mary, daughter of Matthew
Jacobs, of Tipton County. She died February 11, 1874, a devout member of the
Missionary Baptist Church. Politically Mr. Malone is a Democrat. He cast his
first presidental vote for James K. Polk in 1844. He is a long standing and
active member of the Masonic Fraternity, and a member of the Episcopal Church.

Archibald Marshall, an influential citizen and farmer of Tipton County, Tenn.,
was born in Ireland, about 1830, and is a son of Archibald and Catherine
(McCally) Marshall, who were both natives of Ireland. The father was born in
1799, and died in Tipton County, Tenn., in May, 1882. The mother was born in
1789 and died in 1866. They came to America in 1846, landed in Charleston, S. C.
went immediately to Fairfield County, S. C., and commenced farming. In 1851, he
moved to Tipton County, and farmed five years, settling eight miles south of
Covington. Our subject had good educational advantages, and commenced farming in
early life. He came with his parents to Tipton County, and has always lived in
that county-except in 1852, which he spent in South Carolina. November, 1853, he
married Ellen C. Moore, of Fairfield County, S. C., who was born April 24, 1832.
They have had four children, one son and three daughters; one daughter died. Mr.
Marshall is regarded as one of the most enterprising men in his community, and
through his energy and business tact, has accumulated a nice property, now
owning over 500 acres of the best land in Tipton County, and a cotton-gin on his
farm, besides a steam grist and saw-mill, in Brighton. Mr. Marshall has a great
many friends, is widely known in Tipton County, and is honored for his integrity
and kindness of heart. He is a true Democrat, and with his wife belongs to the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Mr. Marshall is a man of broad views,
and takes a great interest in the progress and development of his county.

James S. Mayes, farmer and citizen of Tipton County, was born in Taylor County,
Ky., September 18, 1837 and is a son of Elijah M. and Mary (Culton) Mayes, both
natives of Virginia. The father was born March 29, 1794, and married March 15,
1823; he was a successful farmer, and with his wife belonged to the Presbyterian
Church; he died in 1866. The mother was born November 5, 1805, and died August
17, 1860. Our subject was the seventh of ten children, received a good
education, and commenced life as a farmer. When eighteen years old he moved from
Kentucky to Missouri, and lived seven years in Johnston County; early in the
fall of 1861 he went to Texas to dispose of some slaves, then went to Arkansas,
and entered the Confederate service, Company K, Sixth Texas Regiment of cavalry,
ex-Gov. Throckmorton of Texas, was captain, Col. Stone commanding the regiment.
They were at the battle of Oak Hill, and after five or six months active service
in Arkansas, the regiment dismounted and transferred to the Tennessee
Department, went into Mississippi, and was in a number of battles. After the
second battle of Corinth, the regiment was again mounted and went with Van Dorn
into Middle Tennessee, and was at the battle of Johnson Station, and after Van
Dorn's death they went to Mississippi. December 28, 1863, Mr. Mayes received two
shots in an engagement with the Kansas jayhawkers, and was disabled from further
service, and has never fully recovered from his wounds; he then moved to Tipton
County, and remained until the close of the war. After the surrender he went to
Denton County, Tex., to adjust some business there, then went to make a visit in
Kentucky, reaching home a few months before his father's death. He remained at
home a year, then came to Tipton County, Tenn. April 2, 1867, he married Lucy J.
Elam, a native of Tipton County, who died July 17, 1870; two daughters were born
to this marriage; both died. November 28, 1871, Mr. Mayes married Katie F.
Calhoun, born in Tipton County, December 25, 1849, and they have had three sons
and four daughters, one daughter dead. Mr. and Mrs. Mayes were prominent members
of the Presbyterian Church, and he is a firm Democrat and a most excellent
citizen.

John K. McClerkin, a well known farmer and citizen of Brighton, Tenn., was born
in Tipton County, March 8, 1847, and is a son of John M. and Ann (McQuiston)
McClerkin; who were both natives of Chester County, S. C. The father was born in
1810, and died November 22, 1872. The mother was born in 1810, and is still
living. The parents were married in 1830 or 1831, and soon after moved to Tipton
County, settling ten miles southwest of Covington, and three miles west of
Brighton. The father was a prosperous farmer. For twelve years before the war
and four years during the war he was trustee of Tipton County. He was a Union
man, before and during the war, and then a Republican and with his wife belonged
to the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. John K. McClerkin received a good
education at the high school at Clayton, Ill., then taught school for three
years in Tipton County, where he engaged in the mercantile business in Tipton
County. In the year 1874 he bought a farm near Brighton, and since then has
given time to farming. March 19, 1870 he married Miss Retta J. Smith, who was
born in Tipton County, July 19, 1847, and they had two children, but both died.
Mrs. McClerkin died August 4, 1874, and December 24, 1876, Mr. McClerkin was
married to Miss Nannie A. Smith, a sister of his first wife. She was born July
29, 1839, and they have had two sons. Mr. McClerkin is a Democrat and a member
of the Associate Reform Church.

Williamson McClelland, a resident of Covington, Tenn. was born in Dickson,
Tenn., December 13 1828, and is one of ten children, four of them living. His
parents were one of the pioneer ministers of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
and did much to establish the church. He came to Tipton County in 1835, and died
in 1859. His people were from Pennsylvania; the father came from Ireland and
served in the Revolutionary War. Our subject's mother was born in Montgomery
County, Tenn., in 1806. She was a Miss Hamilton, and died in 1859. William
McClelland was educated in the district schools of Tipton County. In 1854 he
married Mary, daughter of James K. and Keron H. Hamilton. She was born near
Covington in 1829, and died in 1859. One daughter by this marriage is living,
Mary, wife of Rev. G. A. Henderson, now living at Fayetteville, Ind. About a
year after Mrs. McClelland's death he married her sister, Amanda, who was born
in 1838; they had six chidren: William (died in 1881); Maggie, Horace L. (died
September, 1886); Lora E., Joseph and Charles B. Mr. McClelland engaged in
farming until 1873, then began merchandising at Tipton Station; he was
postmaster and depot agent, and did a good deal of buying and shipping of cotton
there. In 1886 he moved to Covington. In 1881, his second wife died and in 1882
he married Mrs. Jennie Buckhart, widow of Birdie Buckhart. He held the office of
magistrate while a resident of the Seventh District. He is an active,
enterprising business man, widely known in the county and highly esteemed; is a
Democrat, and is a prominent member of the Masonic Lodge. Mr. and Mrs.
McClelland are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

C. N. McFadden, liveryman of Covington, was born in Fayette County, in 1822, and
is the only one of three children who lived to be grown. The parents were James
and Margaret McFadden, the father being a native of South Carolina; was born in
1802, and moved to Fayette County when a young man; and a manufacturer of cotton
gins. He remained in Fayette County some years; then moved to Mississippi, where
he died in 1866. The mother was a Miss Elliot, born in Fayette County in 1810,
and died in 1840. Our subject was educated in Mississippi. October, 1859, he
moved to Covington, and was engaged in the tannery business until 1865, then
farmed for some years, and since 1873, has been engaged in the livery business
at Covington. In 1861 he married Miss Mary McFadden, born in Davidson County,
but raised in Tipton County, and they have seven children: Lizzie, wife of
Joseph Townsend; Cecil, Walter, Claudia, Egbert, Hays and Ralph. Mr. McFadden
has been one of the interprising citizens of the place, and one highly esteemed
by his fellow citizens. While a resident of the Twelfth District he served as
magistrate for some time, and has also been mayor of Covington. He is a Democrat
and a Mason, and a member of the K. of H. and also of the A. O. U. W. Mrs.
McFadden is a member of the Baptist Church, and they are regarded as belonging
to the prominent and substantial citizens of the town.

Dr. R. R. McGregor, dentist, and mayor of Covington, Tenn., was born in Madison
County, Tenn., September 19, 1845, and was one of twelve children, only two of
whom are now living. His parents were Albert and Mary E. O. (Hamblen) McGregor.
His mother was a granddaughter of William Donelson, and a distant connection of
Andrew Jackson. His father was born in Davidson County in January, 1804, and
moved to Rutherford County when a young man, and married in that county, then
moved to Madison County, and in 1850 to Tipton County; was a farmer, and died in
1856. The mother was born in 1818, and died in 1875. Our subject was educated
under Judge Joseph Byars, at the Covington Male Acadamey. March, 1862, he
enlisted in Company I, Seventh Tennessee Cavalry, under Col. William H. Jackson,
the captain being Dr. L. Hill. He was with Gen. Forrest and in a number of
battles. He returned home in 1865, and has been engaged in merchandising for
twelve years. July 6, 1867, Dr. McGregor married Miss Ada, daughter of Dr.
William A. Martin. She was a native of Virginia, born March, 20, 1852. They have
two children living: Albert Flower and Thomas Redd. In March, 1886, Dr. McGregor
was elected Mayor of Covington, and for over a year has been practicing
dentistry. He is a Democrat, and with his wife belongs to the Christian Church.
He is well known and highly esteemed by all.

Dr. James S. McIntosh, physician, surgeon and farmer, of the second district, is
a son of William and Sarah Ann (Sweeny) McIntosh; was born in Nashville in 1839,
and is one of thirteen children-himself and two daughters living: Mrs. Maria J.
Walton, and Mary R., who lives with Dr. Walton. The grandfather, John O., was a
native of Scotland, born in 1753, and came to the United States with the British
army at the time of the Revolutionary war, and was captured at the battle of
Cowpens; he remained in this country and settled in Kentucky, and in 1805 moved
to Wabash County, Ill., where he lived until his death. He was a wheelwrighy by
trade. The father, William McIntosh, had no educational advantages, and only
attended school two months; but by his own efforts acquired a large fund of
general information. He moved to Tipton County in 1832, married in 1838 and
settled in the Twelfth District, and died August 16, 1882. In 1838 he moved to
Nashville and acted as agent for the penitentiary for twelve years, and after
that was for six and eight years in the livery business; was then traveling
agent for the State Banks until 1861, when he returned to his farm in 1863 was
appointed by Gov. Brownlow magistrate for his district, and was several time re-
elected to the same office and was clerk of county court for several years. He
was of Scotch ancestry, born near Frankfort, Ky., in 1800. The mother was born
in Tipton County in 1822, and died May 27, 1867. Both were highly esteemed by
the community. Dr. James McIntosh commenced work for himself when only fourteen
years old, working at the jeweler's trade four years, and was for several years
engaged in wig making. In 1862 he began the study of medicine under Dr. James
Muller; then went to Illinois and continued under his cousin, Dr. A. J.
McIntosh. In 1863 he entered the Federal Army in the hospital department, and
remained until the war closed. In 1865 he entered the Cincinnati Medical and
Surgical College, founded by Dr. Baker, and graduated in 1867; the commenced the
practice of medicine in Tipton County, where he has been one of the most popular
and successful physicians of the county. Dr. McIntosh has also been very
successful in a financial way, owning 305 acres of good land in the home farm at
Melrose, and fifty-eight acres at the old homestead. July 22, 1866, he arried
Lucy Ann Walk, who died August 24 of same year. September 15, 1867, he married
Susan J., daughter of Leonard and Susan Smith. They had eleven children, eight
now living: William L., Susan Ann, Ada F., Lucius F., Edwin, Mary C., Nora V.,
and Embry G. Since his marriage Dr. McIntosh has been a resident of his present
farm, except fourteen months spent at Garland. In politics he is a Democrat; his
first presidental vote was for John Bell in 1860. He is a member of the I. O. O.
F. and his wife and himself are active members of the Missionary Baptist Church.
Mrs. McIntosh was born in Tipton County in 1848. Her parents were both natives
of North Carolina.

John McLaughlin, a useful and prominent citizen of Tipton County, was born in
Ireland July 12, 1821, and is a son of William and Jane (Reed) McLaughlin. The
father was a native of Edinburg, Scotland, born 1776, and in early life
immigrated to Ireland, where he died in 1884; was a farmer by occupation. The
mother was born in Ireland about 1794, and died in 1860. They were both members
of the Presbyterian Church. Our subject received a collegiate education at
Bellenyna College, Ireland, and in 1852 came to America, landing in Charleston,
SC., then immediatlely went to Chester Co., SC, and spent three years learning
the carriage maker's trade, when he went to Aberdeen, Miss., and established a
factory of his own and three years later moved to Portersville, Tipton County,
and continued the business five years, then went into merchandising and farming,
selling goods at Portersville two years, then moved to Atoka and continued the
mercantile business over ten years, and since that time has given his attention
exclusively to farming and running a steam cotton-gin, which he owns. Mr.
McLaughlin has been married three times; first to Miss Margaret Wilson, a native
of South Carolina, to whom he married March 16, 1848; the second time to Mrs.
Nancy (Banks) White, October 12, 1854, and the third time to Mrs. Mary A.
(McCreight) Strong, December 21, 1861. Two children were born to the first
marriage, both sons, now engaged in selling goods; Robert W., born September 28,
1849, and William R., born April 4, 1852. By the second marriage three children:
Andrew T., born August 25, 1855; Elizabeth J., born June 18, 1857; James A.,
born April 9, 1859. To the third marriage five children were born: Margaret J.,
born January 28, 1862; Mary A., June 28, 1863; Emaline F., born September 1,
1865; John Riley and Ann W., (twins) April 10, 1869. The parents and all of the
daughters, excepting one, belong to the Old School Presbyterian Church, the
father being a deacon in the church. Politically Mr. McLaughlin is a Democrat.
He is a man of fine intergrity and liberal disposition.

John C. McLister, a farmer and citizen of Tipton County, Tenn. is a son of
Alexander and Mary (Chisolm McLister, and was born in Chester County, S. C.,
March 16, 1835. Both parents were natives of Ireland; in early life each came
with their parents to America and settled in South Carolina. The father was born
in 1792, came to Tipton County in 1850 and settled twelve miles south of
Covington; was a farmer all of his life, a Democrat, and with his wife a member
of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. He was a man honored for his
strict integrity and loved for his kindness of heart. He died in 1865. The
mother was born in 1789 and died in 1876. Our subject is the youngest of four
children. He received a good education, and when seventeen years of age comenced
the mercantile busines at Bloomington, Tipton County, with the firm of R. P.
Harper & Co.; sold goods at that point two years, then went to Montango, Drew
Co., Ark., and followed the same business for three years; there were but few
settlers in Drew County at this time. In 1856 he returned to Tipton County, and
November 23, 1856, he married Mary A. Allen, a native of Fayette Co., born 1831.
This execellent lady died January 6, 1873. Two sons and three daughters were
born to this marriage. July 11, 1873, he married Miss Emily C. Faucett, born in
Orange County, N. C., in 1846. She is still living, and they have had seven
children-four sons and three daughters. In 1856 Mr. McLister went to Arkansas
again, engaging in the mercantile business at Monticello, continuing until the
fall of 1859, when he returned the second time to Tipton County, and in 1860
purchased the farm where he now resides, known as the Allen farm. In the spring
of 1861 he entered the Confederate service, enlisting in Company C, Twelfth
Tennessee Cavalry under Col. J. U. Green. The regiment was placed under
Forrest's command, and our subject remained in it through the entire war. In
1865 he returned home and resumed merchandising at Bloomington, continuing for
nine years; then went to Brighton and engaged in the same business for six
years. In 1879 he came back to his farm and has since given his time to it. Mr.
McLister votes with the Democratic Party, and is a worthy member of the
Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church. Mrs. McLister belongs to the Missionary
Baptist Church.

M. A. Misenheimer, register of Tipton County, was born in Bedford County, Tenn.,
September 17, 1841, being one of ten children, eight still living. The parents
are J. W. and Hettie Misenheimer. The father is of German descent, born in North
Carolina, May 31, 1817, and moved from Middle Tennessee to Alabama, where he
lived until 1876, when he moved to Tipton County. He is a farmer by occupation.
The mother's maiden names was Slough, born January 18, 1815. Both parents are
living in Covington and the father is assisting his son, M. A., in the duties of
his office. M. A. Misenheimer was raised and educated at home. April, 1861, he
enlisted in Company A, Third Tennessee Infantry under Col. John C. Brown, the
captain being Calvin J. Clack, of Giles County. Mr. Misenheimer was at Fort
Donelson, where he was so unfortunate as to lose his right leg, and was taken to
Johnson Hospital, at Nashville, where he stayed four months; then spent a year
at home, then joined Gen. Roddy's command and was with him until the war closed.
He was a brave soldier and made a fine record. After the war he engaged in
teaching in Alabama for some time, and was deputy sheriff of Lawrence County,
Ala., for two years. In 1873 he moved to Arkansas and taught school there until
1876 when he moved to Covington, August 5, 1886, he was elected register of
Tipton County. Mr. Misenheimer is an ardent Democrat and a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South a generous and true gentleman with a host of
friends.

Jacob A. Owen, farmer and citizen of the Second District, is a son of S. H. and
Sarah A. (Smith) Owen, was born in the Second District of Tipton County in 1843,
and is one of five children, four living. The father was of Welsh ancestry, born
in Rowan County, N. C. about 1814, was raised there and married Mary Miller.
They had two children, both living. They moved to Tipton County and settled in
the First District in 1830. Mrs. Owen died in 1834, and in 1839 he married Sarah
Smith. Mr. Owen was a farmer and died in 1863. Our subject's mother was born in
North Carolina and died in 1862. Jacob Smith, her father, was one of the
earliest settlers of Tipton County, having settled in it in 1823. Jacob Owen was
raised and educated in the county. In 1862 he went to Springfield, Mo., and took
charge of a government wagon train for three years, and in 1865 returned to
Tipton County and resumed his farming. December 4, 1866, he married Nancy J.,
daughter of Leonard and Susan Smith; they had four children, one living, Leonard
Franklin. Mr. Owen first located at his father's homestead, and on his present
farm in 1869. He owns 200 acres of fine land. Mr. Owen is a well informed, hard-
working man. He was elected to fill an unexpired term as magistrate in 1881, and
was re-elected in 1882, and still holds the office. Politically he is an
independent Democrat. His first presidental vote was for Gen. McClellan in 1864.
Mr. Owen is an active Mason and, with his wife, belongs to the Missionary
Baptist Church. Mrs. Owen was born in 1843, in Tipton County also, and they both
stand well in the social and religious circles of their community.

James Paine, a prominent farmer of Tipton County, was born in Haywood County,
Tenn., June 10, 1845, and is a son of Constantine and Ann M. (McCain) Paine, who
were both natives of North Carolina. The father's ancestors came from England,
and the mother of Scotch descent. The father was born December 5, 1806, and was
a brother of the distinguished Bishop Robert Paine, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. The mother was born June 2, 1808. In early life they moved from
North Carolina to Haywood County, Tenn., and settled five miles south of
Brownsville. In 1850 they moved to Tipton County and located twenty-one miles
southwest of Covington, where the mother died November 22, 1853. In June 1857,
the father married Mrs. Susie A. (Adams) Person, then moved to Memphis, where he
died March 23, 1862. He was a Democrat. He sympathized with the Methodist
Church, though not a member of it, but our subject's mother was a devout
Methodist. James Paine received an excellent education, then gave his attention
to farming. Tipton County has been his home since his childhood. In 1863 he went
into the Confederate Army in Company G, Twelfth Tennessee Infantry. The company
took its place in Gen. Cheatham's brigade; afterward in his division. Mr. Paine
was in the service a year after joining, but his health was so delicate he was
discharged in February, 1864; but his health improving, in November of the same
year he joined Forrest's cavalry at Okoloma, Miss., and remained with Forrest
until the war closed. In 1862 he came into possession of the old family
homestead, and he now owns 680 acres of land in Tipton County, with a steam
grist-mill and cotton-gin on it, and owns real estate in Memphis to the value of
$8,000. Mr. Paine has never married. He gives his earnest support in political
matters to the Democrat party. He does not belong to any church, but is a man of
strict moral character and inclines to the Methodist Church.

Robert E. Palmer, of Tipton County, Tenn., was born in Fayette County, December
27, 1852, and is the son of David E. and Annie E. (Tucker) Palmer, who were both
natives of Virginia. The father was born December 27, about 1825, and the mother
in 1828. They married in 1851, and are now living at Kerrville, Shelby Co.,
Tenn. Before his marriage the father was engaged in the mercantile business at
Somerville; since then he has been farming. He is a sound Democrat, and both
parents are members of the Methodist Church. Robert E. Palmer was the oldest of
five children, and had fine educational advantages. In 1871 he entered the
Randolph and Macon College, of Virginia and spent two years there, and was a
classmate of Prof. William Baskerville,of the Vanderbilt University. As soon as
Mr. Palmer left college he commenced farming. December 19, 1877, he was married
to Miss Mary E. West, who was born in Holmes County, Miss., November 23, 1856.
Two sons and four daughters have been born to them. One son is dead. In 1880 Mr.
Palmer purchased the farm where he now resides, and for three years, in
connection with his farming, he had a first class country store. He began with
limited means, but with energy and business capacity has placed himself in
comfortable circumstances, and now owns 230 acres in Tipton County, in two
tracts, and 250 acres in Shelby County. Mr. Palmer has always been a Democrat,
and with his wife belongs to the Methodist Church. He is a liberal, genial
disposition, and has a great many warm friends. He possesses many excellent
traits of character.

Romulus Payne, farmer and citizen of Covington, and son of Bunyan and Nancy M.
(Wright) Payne, was born in Tipton County, Tenn., in 1843. The father was of
French-Irish lineage, and was born in Alabama in 1800. He was married three
times, his third wife being the mother of our subject. To her he was married
about 1841. He came to Tipton Co., about 1833, and settled in what is now Dist.
No. 7, where he engaged in farming. He died about 1878. He was a man of
considerable means, being one of the most extensive land holders in the county.
The mother of our subject was born in 1822, and died December, 1883. She was a
consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. Our subject was educated in the
common schools of Tipton County, and at the age of seventeen enlisted in the
Confederate Army in Company C, Ninth Tennessee Infantry, and was engaged in the
following battles: Shiloh, Perrysville, Murfreesboro, Chickmauga, Missionary
Ridge, Nashville, and a number of sharp skirmishes. At the end of the four years
he returned home, and engaged in the mercantile business till 1855. He then
returned to his native county, and purchased property near Covington, and has
since been engaged in farming. September 26, 1872, he married Kate S. Beaver, a
native of Arkansas, born in 1856, and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church. To our subject and wife were born these children: Romulus G., Bunyan,
Myrtle B., Mabel May, Rachel and Beaver B. In politics Mr. Payne is an ardent
Democrat, and cast his first presidental vote for H. Seymour.

W. G. Payne, merchant of Covington, Tenn., was born in Sumner County, of that
State, November 11, 1844, son of E. L. and S. B. Payne. The former was a
Virginian by birth, born in 1814. He moved to Sumner County about 1824, and
remained there until his career ended, July 25, 1872. He was a farmer and stock
raiser by occupation, and for sometime was engaged in merchandising. The
mother's maiden name was McAllister. She was born in Smith County, Tenn., about
1825, and died February, 1863. Our subject had good educational advantages in
youth, and attended Enon College, also the Rural Academy, in Sumner County. In
1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army-Company K, Second Tennessee Infantry,
under Col. W. B. Bate, ex-governor of the State. He remained until the close of
the war, taking part in many of the hardest fought battles without receiving any
serious wounds, and without being captured. He was a brave soldier and rendered
valuable service in the Confederate Army. In 1867 Mr. Payne came to Covington
and entered a store as salesman, where he remained sometime, after which he
traveled a while for a wholesale house at Louisville. In 1874 he began
merchandising at Covington, a business he has followed most of the time since.
He is a good business manager, and one of the prominent merchants of Covington.
He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the I. O. O. F. September, 1885,
he married Ella Utley, a native of Tennessee, born in 1859, and a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. Her mother's maiden name was Bransford, and
her father was a Methodist Episcopal preacher and resided in Nashville.

Jesse W. Peeler, a farmer, of the Twelfth District, engaged also in Cotton-
ginning, is a son of Jacob W. and Mary C. (Pugh)Peeler, and was born in Tipton
County, Miss., in 1852, being one of eleven children, eight living. The father
was of Dutch extraction, born in Hickman County, Tenn., in 1818. He went to
Mississippi when a young man, married there, and lived in that state until 1859,
when he came to Tipton County and settled in the Twelfth District, where he died
in 1877. He was a successful farmer. Mrs. Peeler was born in North Carolina
January 1, 1823, and died in 1881. They were both members of the Old School
Baptist Church. Our subject was raised and educated in Tipton County. January
31, 1877, he married Louise J., daughter of Alfred McGuire. She was born in
Tipton County, in 1858, and died in 1882. They had two children: Leslie W. and
James Alfred. July, 2884, he married Maggie, daughter of Robert and Catherine
Ervine, and they have one child-Eddie Porter. Mr. Peeler has been living on his
present farm since his first marriage: it has over 100 acres in it, and the land
is rich and well cultivated. He owns fifty-six acres in another tract. Although
still a young man, Mr. Peeler ranks with the leading farmers of his district.
His farm, when he bought it, was covered with a dense growth of timber, and he
has cleared it, and has well cultivated, productive fields in place of it. In
politics he is a conservative Democrat: his first presidental vote was for S. J.
Tilden. Mrs. Peeler was born in Tipton County in 1868, and they are both highly
esteemed for their many excellent qualities.

Francis G. Pettus of the firm of Pettus & Drewry, of Mason, Tipton Co., Tenn.
was born in North Carolina, April 9, 1856, and is the son of Dr. L. C. and
Sallie J. (Speed) Pettus natives of North Carolina. Our subject received a
common school education and was reared on the farm, principally in Mississippi.
He devoted his time principally to agricultural pursuits until 1880, when he
moved to Mason and turned his attention to mercantile pursuits. In 1885 he
formed a partnership with Robert A. Drewry and engaged in his present business.
He has generally been successful in all his undertakings and has made all he has
by his industry and good management. February 26, 1879, he was married to Alice
Somerville, daughter of Thomas and Mary A. Somerville of Tipton County. To this
union have been born three children: Thomas S., Mary J., and one infant not yet
named. In his political views he is a Democrat.

Thomas A. Pinner, a resident of the Fifth District, is engaged in cotton-ginning
and farming, is a son of S. H. and M. E. (Yount)Pinner, and was born in Arkansas
in 1853. Of a family of eight children; seven are living. The father was of
Irish ancestry, born in Augusta, Ga., in 1818; was raised and educated in that
State, and came to Tipton County in 1844. January, 1848, he married, and in 1850
went to Arkansas and remained six years; then returned to Tipton County,
locating in the Fifth District, and farming there until his death, March 30,
1882. He served in the war against the Seminole Indians in 1836 and 1837, and
was in the civil war two years, enlisting under Capt. Browder in 1861. The
mother was born in Giles County in 1823, and is still living with our subject.
Both parents were members of Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Thomas Pinner was
chiefly educated at Crofton. April 18, 1875, he married Mary J., daughter of
Stephen and Rebecca Terry, of Tipton County, and they have had six children:
Mary Alice, William Alex., Cladius, Augustus, Sidney Harris, Benjamin Franklin,
and Maggie Lee, born February 24, 1878, and died September 18, of same year.
Since his marriage Mr. Pinner has been a resident of his present farm in the
Fifth District, except in 1876, when he was in Arkansas. His farm is three and a
half miles southeast of Randolph. He owns 700 acres of good land, and is
extensively engaged in cotton-ginning. He has recently formed a partnership with
his brother, G. F. Pinner, in the home farm and stock. In 1883 and 1884 he
studied medicine under Dr. Shelton, of the Fifth District, but his other duties
have presented him from practicing. Politically, Mr. Pinner is a Democrat, his
first vote being for S. J. Tilden. Mr. and Mrs. Pinner are active members of the
Missionary Baptist Church; he being a deacon in it, and also president of the Y.
M. C. A., at Poplar Grove Church. He was twice married, first in 1845, to Miss
Margaret Forbes, who died about 1846; they had one child that died. Mr. Pinner
has by good management proved a successful business man; is well informed,
upright in his dealings, and of a genial disposition.

Christopher C. Poindexter, judge of Tipton County Court, who resides at Mason,
in Tipton County, was born in Fayette County, Tenn., May 4, 1864, and is the son
of Christopher C. & Elizabeth H. (Seymour) Poindexter, natives of Virginia. Our
subject was reared on the farm and received his education principally at
Somerville, Tenn. In 1862 he went into the Confederate service in the Seventh
Tennessee Regiment as a private, and served until the close of the war, when he
returned home and engaged in argricultural pursuits and remained on the farm
until 1873, when he moved to Mason, in Tipton County, and turned his attention
to mercantile pursuits ans was thus engaged at that place until 1884. He was
elected mayor of Mason and served one term, and was re-elected to the office in
1886. He was then elected judge of Tipton County Court, and is still holding
this office. He has 780 acres of valuable land in Fayette County, well improved,
and a part of the same in a high state of cultivation. May 4, 1871, he was
married to Annie Harris, daughter of Howell W. and Sarah E. Harris of Fayette
County. The subject's wife died May 3, 1873, and he was again married in
November, 1873 to Ella Shelton, daughter of E. O. and Martha Shelton, of Tipton
County. To this union was born one daughter, Blanch. The subject's wife died
November, 1875 and October 3, 1876, he was again married to Lula E. Tucker,
daughter of James and Laura A. Tucker, of Fayette County. To this union were
born four children--one daughter and three sons--namely: Laura, Gordon, Duke and
Millard. Our subject and lady are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
he is politically a Democrat and a prominent member of the K. of H.

John A. Quinley, of Tipton County, Tenn., was born in Pitt County, N. C.,
November 30, 1830, and is a son of John M. and Zilpha (Nelson) Quinley; both
parents were natives of North Carolina. The father was a farmer all his life and
was born November 17, 1793. and died November 22, 1863. The mother was born
January 29, 1796, and died October 6, 1876. They moved to Tipton County, and
settled eighteen miles southeast of Covington, in the Sixth District, but four
years later bought a farm and moved twenty miles south of Covington. He was a
Democrat, and with his wife belonged to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, but
after his death she joined the Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church there
being at the time disorganized. John A. Quinley was the seventh of twelve
children. After finishing his education he commenced farming. He was an infant
when his parents moved to Tipton County, and has always lived in the county
except three years (1857-59) spent in Arkansas, and two years (1848-49), spent
in Mississippi. Septmeber 27, 1853, Mr. Quinley married Miss Harriet Farris, a
native of Alabama, born April 29, 1836, and they have had eleven children--four
sons and seven daughters; two of each have died. In 1861 he enlisted in the
Confederate Army in Company A, Fifty-First Tennessee Infantry, and was in Gen.
Cheatham's division; he was in the battle of Perryville, but on account of ill
health secured a discharge, and returned home after nearly two years service.
Mr. Quinley owns 130 acres of rich land, well improved. He is a Democrat and an
active member of the Methodist Church, his wife and three daughters belonging to
the same church. He stands well in the community and is a useful citizen.

Dr. T. J. Reid, a prominent citizen, druggist, and physician of Covington,
Tenn., was born in Macon, Tenn., in September, 1838, and is one of a family of
eight children born to William B. & E. H. (Brown) Reid, both natives of North
Carolina. The father was born in 1800, and was married in his native State and
about 1850 came to Tennessee, where he engaged in farming. He died in 1847. The
mother was a few years younger than her husband, and departed this life about
1850. The subject of this sketch had the advantages of acquiring a good
education, and in 1859 began reading medicine under Dr. Reamy, of Tulip, Ark. He
remained with him one year, after which he took a course of lectures at the
medical school known as the University of Pennsylvania, and from which
Institution he graduated in 1861. In April of the same year he enlisted in
Company B, Thirteenth Tennessee Infantry, and served one year as private, after
which he was commissioned assistant surgeon, serving in the Thirty-second
Tennessee Regiment until the surrender. In the spring of 1865 he returned home
and located at Macon, Tenn., and began the practice of medicine. In 1868, he
married Kate M. Neal, who was born in Macon, Tenn., January 15, 1847, and who is
the daughter of Thomas G. and Anna Neal. To Mr. and Mrs. Reid were born four
children: E. L., Emma N., Grant and William B. In 1868 our subject came to
Tipton County and located at Mason, where he remained until February, 1886, when
he came to Covington, and is building up a flourishing practice. He is a man
well known and much esteemed for his many good qualities, a Democrat in
politics, a member of the order of K. of H. and also a member of the
Presbyterian Church of which he is a deacon.

Dr. Thomas W. Roane, a well known physician of Tipton County, was born in
Gloucester County, Va., May 17, 1839, and is a son of Robert and Emily (Davie)
Roane, both natives of Virginia. The father was of Irish descent, born 1797, and
died December 31, 1872. The mother was of Welsh descent, born in 1803, and died
in 1871. Both were members of the Methodist Church. The father was a harness
maker. In 1836 he moved to Lagrange, Lafayette Co., Tenn., and a year later to
Tipton County, where he bought a farm, and followed farming the rest of his
life. He was a Democrat, and very successful in farming. Dr. Roane received a
good education at the Mount Carmel High School, under Rev. James Holmes, D. D,
then read medicine a year under Dr. James Maclin, October, 1852, he went to the
university of Virginia, entered the medical department and received a diploma
the next June, and after graduating at this university, in Septmeber1853, he
went to the medical college of Pennsylvania, and received the degree of Doctor
of Medicine in March, 1854. Dr. Roane then returned to Tipton County and located
seven miles south at Covington, where he rapidly built up a large practice. In
April, 1862, he entered the Confederate Army, and enlisted in Company K, Fifty-
first Tennessee regiment and was made chief surgeon, and served in that capacity
until the war closed. While acting as post surgeon at Brownsville, in April,
1865, he was captured and taken to the Irvin Block at Memphis, Ten., and held as
a prisoner until the surrender. He then returned home, after an absence of three
years, and resumed the practice of medicine. November 17, 1858, he married Mary
H. Somerville, who was born in Virginia in 1839. To this marriage thirteen
children were born--seven sons and six daughters; two sons have died. Dr. Roane
is an emphatic Democrat, and with his wife and seven of the children belongs to
the Presbyterian Church, contributing freely to the support of the church and to
all charitable objects. He is a man of fine intellect and strict integrity.

Robert H. Rose, general merchant at Mason, Tipton Co., Tenn., was born in
Rushville, Ill., December 2, 1813, and is the son of Henry and Sarah J. (Smith)
Rose, natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively. He received a common-
school education in early life and has been engaged in the mercantile business
from boyhood. In 1855 he came to Tennessee with his parents, and in 1859 he went
to Mason and engaged in his present business. August 9, 1866, he was married to
Maggie M. Fisher. She was born March 21, 1847, and is the daughter of Isaac and
Sarah (Bowen) Fisher, of Rushville, Ill. To this union is born four children--
three daughters and one son, namely; Nellie N., born July 19, 1867; Belle, born
August 19, 1870; Hugh F., born August 20, 1872, and Sadie M., born December 12,
1882.

D. W. Ruffin, an able attorney at Covington, Tenn., was one of a family of four
children born to William and Sallie (White) Ruffin. The father was bonrn in
Hardeman County, Tenn., May 4, 1834, is a graduate of Oxford, Miss., also of the
university of Virginia, is a man of fine literary attainments, and a lawyer by
profession, practicing a short time, when he was elected secretary of the
Memphis Gaslight Company, of which his grandfather, a very wealthy financier,
was a charter member, and for many years its president. On his death William
Ruffin was elected to the same position and for some years controlled the States
of Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, in the interest of the Missouri Valley
Life Insurance Company. He was now retired from business and is residing at
Courtland, Miss. Our Subject's mother was born in Georgia, April 2, 1838; she
was granddaughter of ex-Gov. Rucker, of Georgia, who was founder of the first
cotton-mills of that State, also a great capitalist. Her father was born about
1815, and died in 1859. He was a graduate in the same class with Alexander H.
Stephens, and was valedictorian. He was one of the largest stockholders of the
Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad, and was offered the position of president of
the company, but declined in favor of his cousin, F. M. White. Mrs. Ruffin,
departed this life April 16, 1864. Our subject was born at Memphis, November 1,
1858, and received his literary education mostly at the university of Tennessee,
situated at Knoxville; he afterward received private instructions under Prof. W.
Caldwell, and in February, 1879, began studying law at Memphis, with Taylor &
Carroll, and also took lectures there. He was admitted to the bar,in May 1880,
and in October of the same year, he came to Covington, and began the practice of
law, but for the past two years has been obliged to devote much time to other
business, owning considerable real estate in and near Covington. He is a
Democrat in politics, and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian
Church.