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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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H. M. Klyce, undertaker, of Alamo, Tenn., was born in Maury County, January 15, 1819, the eighth of nine children born to Adam and Eve Klyce, who were natives of Rockbridge County, Va., his mother attending school near the Natural Bridge in that State, and crossing the same twice each day for a number of years. H. M. Klyce assisted his parents on the farm until he was nineteen years old, then began wagon-making, and afterward, in 1854, added coaches. In 1862 he began wagon-building for the Confederacy and made 116 wagons in as many days. He also made 500 steel-pointed bayonets. Since the war he has been engaged in the carpenter’s and undertaker’s business. January 16, 1838, he married Eliza Roberts, who died January 27, 1860, having borne nine children. November 10, 1861, he married Rebecca Ann Roberts and by her became the father of four children. This wife’s demise occurred February 8, 1885, and for his third wife he took Susan Paris, December 21, 1885. Mr. Klyce is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and is a Democrat politically, although previous to the war he was an old line Whig. He is a Mason and is quite well-to-do in worldly goods.
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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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