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Below is a family biography included in The History of Obion 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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George S. Joyner is one of four surviving members of a family of ten children, born to John and Margaret (Dunnigan) Joyner. He was born in Sumner County, Tenn. December 28, 1843, and in 1863 enlisted in the Fifteenth Tennessee Cavalry, remaining with the same until the close of the war. He then returned home, and in 1869 married Ellen Catron, a native of Sumner County, and seven children have blessed their union. At the death of the father, John Joyner, our subject came into possession of his present farm of 100 acres. He and family are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and he is a member of the Central Benefit Association. His children’s names are John H., Eliza Ann, Jesse S., Paul M., Robert Clifford, George C. and Glenn Turner. The father of our subject, John Joyner, was born in North Carolina, and was in the war of 1812, and came to Obion County in 1852, locating on the farm now owned by our subject. Here he died in 1859. His wife, who is a native of Tennessee, is still living, and makes her home with her son, George S., and is eighty-two years of age.
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This family biography is one of 179 biographies included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed. The History of Obion 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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