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Below is a family biography included in The History of Sumner 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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D. A. Rascoe, a farmer and merchant in Cotton Town, Sumner County, was born there in February, 1826, one of eleven children of Thomas H. and Sarah H. (Combs) Rascoe. The father, a farmer by occupation, and born about 1800, near Gallatin, died in 1879. The mother was born in Ohio, came to Sumner County when a small child, and died in 1861. Our subject attended Rural Academy, part of the time as assistant teacher, and began teaching when about twenty years of age. In 1859 he married Amanda, daughter of Isaac and Mary Baker, and born in Sumner County in 1841. Their children are Willie E., wife of Fred Weatherbee, of Boston; Thomas H., a farmer; Isaac, deceased; Hettie E.; Alexander C., clerking in California; Mary B., David L., Winfield S. and Bessie H. — the last three in school. Mr. Rascoe, wife, Willie and Hettie are all members of the Church of Christ.
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This family biography is one of 115 biographies included in The History of Sumner County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Sumner County was included within The History of Sumner, Smith, Macon & Trousdale Counties of Tennessee. View the complete description here: History of Sumner, Smith, Macon and Trousdale Counties of Tennessee
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