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A. J. SKIDMORE, the trustee of Franklin County, Tenn., was born November 2, 1839, within one mile of where he now lives, being one of the family of children born to the marriage of William Skidmore and Sallie Keith. The father was a native of North Carolina; he immigrated to this county about 1813, and died in 1862, having been a farmer. The mother was born in Franklin County, Tenn., and she died in 1874. Mr. A. J. Skidmore was reared on a farm. At the age of nineteen he enlisted in Company I, Turney’s First Tennessee, Confederate States Army, and was in the service about two years, and was discharged on account of disability. After the war he married and settled down to farming, where he has ever since resided, owning 135 acres of land three miles from Winchester. He also taught school about eight years after the war. He was elected in 1875 to the office of county assessor, which he held one term. In 1874 he was elected county trustee, and has filled his term of office with efficiency. He was married, in 1865, to Miss Sarah Jane Sells, the results of this union being five children, viz.: Mary J., Laura E., Bettie S., James F. and Hattie S. This wife died in 1874, and in 1878 he was married to Miss Nira Terry, of Jackson County, Ala. Five children have been born to this union, viz.: Maggie, Estella, Mattie and two unnamed. Mr. Skidmore, his wife and four children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He is a firm Democrat and always has been. He is a self-made, substantial citizen of the county.