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JOHN LIPSCOMB, merchant at Bean’s Creek, Franklin County, Tenn., was born in this county in 1838, and is one of seven children born to Granville and Jane (Breeden) Lipscomb. The father, a native of Virginia, was born about 1805, and married his first wife in Virginia, then moved to Franklin County, Tenn., where she died, having borne one child. Mr. Lipscomb then married his second wife, also a native of Virginia, and removed to Illinois, where he remained two years, and then returned to this county, where his second wife died, leaving two children, William and David, the latter being editor of the Gospel Advocate at Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Lipscomb’s third wife was our subject’s mother; she was also born in Virginia. At the age of sixteen John entered Franklin College, near Nashville, and attended two terms. In 1863 he enlisted in the Forty-first Tennessee Infantry, with which he remained about eight months, then returned home, and in 1865 began operating the tan-yard at Bean Creek, now owned by him and recently remodeled with the view of running it on a large scale. It was the pioneer manufactory establishment of this part of Franklin County, being first operated in 1823. In 1876 Mr. Lipscomb began merchandising at Bean Creek, and in 1881 a cousin, J. C. Breeden, became his partner. In 1863 Mr. Lipscomb married Ann Smith, who has borne him nine children, all living. Mr. Lipscomb is a supporter of the principles of Prohibition, and he with his family are members of the Christian Church.