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Below is a family biography included in The History of Dyer 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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Anderson J. McCorkle, a prominent citizen and farmer of the Ninth District, was the son of Edwin A. and Jane M. (Thomas) McCorkle, born in Dyer County, January, 1834, being one of eight children, six of them still living. The father was of Scotch-Irish descent, born in North Carolina, March 18, 1799. His parents immigrated to Rutherford County, when he was quite small, and afterward moved to Dyer County, where they remained until they died. Edwin McCorkle, married Miss Jane M. Thomas, November 29, 1826, and located in the Ninth District. He held the position of magistrate for some time, the office then being filled by appointment by the governor. His residence was well known to early settlers of Dyer County as the “Red House.” He died in January, 1853. Mrs. McCorkle was born in Wilson County February, 1802, and died January 30, 1855. Anderson McCorkle was educated in Dyer County, and finished at Yorkville Academy. November 1, 1855, he married Miss Martha E., daughter of James and Violet B. Scott, and has one child— John Thomas. He now owns a finely improved farm of 125 acres, five miles east of Newbern. In 1862 he enlisted in Company D, Fifteenth Tennessee Cavalry, under Gen. Forrest, and was in the battles at Price’s Cross Roads, Okolona, Guntown, Nashville and Franklin. After the war he resumed farming, and with his wife belongs to the Christian Church. She was born in Gibson County, September 3, 1836. Mr. McCorkle is a Democrat and is a man who has the confidence of all who know him.
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This family biography is one of 128 biographies included in The History of Dyer County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed. The History of Dyer 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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