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JOHN T. LIPSCOMB, farmer, was born October 22, 1840, in this county, and is one of seven children born to William C. and Elizabeth, (Lipscomb) Lipscomb. The father was born in Spottsylvania County, Va., June 7, 1804, and came to this county in 1833; remaining one year, he returned to Virginia and married our subject’s mother, a native of Louisa County, Va. In 1835 they removed to Franklin County, Tenn., where they remained farming until their deaths, which occurred March 16, 1847, and December 20, 1877, mother and father, respectively. Our subject remained with his parents until his majority, attending Franklin College, near Nashville, two years previous to the commencement of the war, when he enlisted in Company F, First Tennessee Confederate Infantry, joining his command in Virginia. He was captured at the battle of the Wilderness, and taken to Point Lookout, Md. At the close of the war he embarked in the mercantile business at Huntland, this county, which he continued successfully ten years, he then moved to his present farm, which he had purchased while in business. He has since followed farming, and is considered one of Franklin County’s successful farmers. In August, 1869, he married Mrs. Mary M. Rutledge, nee Montgomery, who had two children by her former husband, both still living: George C. and Eva D. To this marriage one child was born-William Ira, still living; and the mother died April 8, 1871. On October 21, 1879, he married Mrs. Lina E. Porter, nee Montgomery (sister of his first wife), who had three children by her former husband—Flora M., Tinie L. and Willie G., all living. To this marriage one child has been born—Thomas Colville, living, Mr. and Mrs. Lipscomb are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He has always voted the Democratic ticket, and is a firm supporter of the principles of prohibition.