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Below is a family biography included in The History of Gibson County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. 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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Thomas E. Harwood, attorney at law of Trenton, Tenn., and native of Gibson County, was born August 5, 1852, son of Richard D. and Mary M. (Everett) Harwood, whose sketch appears in this work. Thomas E. was reared and received his primary education in Gibson County; subsequently attended Franklin College and the University of Knoxville. He taught school for some time in order to secure means to enable him to pursue his legal studies, and later entered the Lebanon (Tenn.) Law School, from which he graduated in June, 1874. He then began practicing in Trenton, and in 1877 formed a partnership with W. M. Hall, continuing until 1880. Two years later he formed his present partnership with W. W. Wade, and has contributed largely to the success of this firm. Mr. Harwood is an unswerving Democrat in politics, and was city attorney of Trenton two years, and city recorder a similar length of time. During his term of city attorney he took an active part in relieving the city of Trenton from paying $60,000 city bonds subscribed to the defunct Tennessee Central Railroad. September 14, 1882, he married Jennie M. Hewette, of Centralia, Ill., and two children have blessed their union: Marion R. and Thomas E.
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This family biography is one of 242 biographies included in The History of Gibson County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Gibson County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee
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