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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Crockett County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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W. A. Powell, Esq., was born August 30, 1847. His father was a native of North Carolina, and was born in 1812. He was a successful and an eminent physicist and amassed good property which was mostly lost during the war. Our subject worked on a farm until about the age of fifteen years, when he entered college in Kentucky, and later at Jackson, Tenn., and in September, 1868, entered Cumberland University, at Lebanon, for the purpose of studying law, and graduated in December, 1869. He began the practice the following year at Humboldt, and continued there until the formation of this county in 1872, since which time he has been a resident of this place. He has been highly successful in the practice of his chosen profession. In December, 1874, he married Rebecca McLeary, of Gibson County, daughter of Andrew and Martha McLeary, and to this union five children have been born: Clayton, Robert T., Hamlet, Ralph R. and William Earl. Politically Mr. Powell is a Democrat.
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This family biography is one of 72 biographies included in the book, The History of Crockett County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed. The History of Crockett County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee
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