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H. V. C. Wynne, county surveyor of Dyer County, farming three and a half miles southwest of Newbern, was born in Williamson County, October 3, 1827, and was one of a family of two children. His parents were Henry and Harriet Wynne. His father was born in Virginia in 1799, and his parents settled in Williamson County when he was a boy. They moved to Dyer County in 1832, and engaged in farming. He was well known all over the county, being magistrate of his district for many years, and died in 1871. Mr. Wynne’s mother was a Virginian, born in 1806, and died in 1862. Our subject was educated in the schools near home. In 1851 he married Miss Adaline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mathew P. Walker. She was born in Davidson County in 1829. By this union they have five children: Luther, living in Tacoma, Pierce Co., W. T.; Agnes, wife of James Mathews, now in Wilson County, Tex.; Harriet, wife of John A. Williams, living in Pierce County, W. T.; Kate, wife of Ralph Chitwood, living in Union City, Tenn., and Joe, who is at home with his father. Luther is surveyor and chief engineer of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and surveyed the western part of the terminus of the road. Mr. Wynne was engaged with his father in running a saw-mill until 1853; since then he has been farming. He moved to Dyer County in 1844, and located on his present farm, which consists of 232 acres of valuable land. In 1856 John McDaniel, county surveyor, appointed him as his deputy, and in 1858 he was elected surveyor of the county, and has held the office ever since. Mr. Wynne is known as a kind neighbor, a good citizen, and a man of practical ideas. He is a Democrat, and both an Odd Fellow and a Mason.