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J. N. Terrell, a farmer of Weakley County, Tenn., was born in Dresden in 1848, he being one of six children born to Peleg and Martha Terrell. The parents were born in 1803 in Virginia and Tennessee, respectively. The father came to Tennessee at an early day, and was a farmer and served as sheriff a number of years. He will be remembered by many of the old citizens of the county. He died in 1855. The mother died about 1858. Our subject was reared at home and received the greater portion of his education at Macon Ga. January 18, 1870, he married Miss L. M., daughter of L. R. Walker. She was born on the farm where she and her husband now live, February 1, 1853, and is the mother of four children: Arthur, Cress, Ross and Maud. Since his marriage, Mr. Terrell has resided on his father-in-law’s old homestead. He owns about 600 acres of land, a portion of which is in Obion County. Mr. Terrell raises and deals quite extensively in stock and is a man of active and energetic habits. He is a Democrat and a member of the I. O. O. F. In 1861 he went to Macon, Ga., and resided there and in Mississippi until 1866, when he returned home. He had two brothers, John and Thaddy, who were taken sick and died while serving in the Confederate Army during the late war.