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Below is a family biography included in The History of Gibson 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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Mercer C. Boone, a leading merchant of Bradford, Tenn., is a son of Ratliff and Elizabeth (Adkins) Boone, who were natives of North Carolina, and when young came to Gibson County, Tenn., where they were married and raised a family of five children. The father is a well-to-do farmer, and in politics is a Democrat. His wife died in 1885, but the father is still living, at the age of sixty-eight years. He had been married to a Miss Hopkins previous to his union with Miss Adkins, but his first wife lived only a few months. Mercer, the oldest son, was born in Gibson County, November 23, 1851, and received a good English education. He taught school some three terms, then turned his attention to farming. In 1876 he married Pennie Cain, by whom he had two children, both sons. Mr. and Mrs. Boone are members of the Missionary Baptist Church., and Mr. Boone is a Democrat in politics. Mr. Boone has held the office of magistrate six years, and has been mayor of Bradford two years. He gave up farm life in 1880, and since that time has resided in Bradford, and is a general merchant of that town. He has been successful financially, and the greater part of his property has been acquired through his own exertions.

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This family biography is one of 242 biographies included in The History of Gibson County, Tennessee published in 1887.  The History of Gibson 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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