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Below is a family biography included in The History of Giles County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. 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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JOHN W. JUDKINS is the son of Robert B. and Mary C. Judkins, natives, respectively, of South and North Carolina. They were married in this county in 1830, and to them were born nine children: Mary J., William S., John W., Martha A., Amanda C., Thomas D., Sarah M., Harriet V., and Enoch L. Our subject was born November 12, 1886, in Giles County, and received a liberal education in the common district schools of that county. In 1861 he wedded Tennessee C. Hopson, daughter of Renix and Rachel Hopson, natives of North Carolina, and this union resulted in the birth of one daughter, Tennessee C. Mrs. Judkins died in 1862, and in 1867 Mr. Judkins took for his second wife Mary F. Rains, daughter of William and Mary Rains, Of Kentucky. By the last union our subject became the father of seven children: George A., Mary F., Martha O., Margaret E., Julia R., Lela J. and Robert R. In 1872 Mr. Judkins engaged in the grocery and general merchandise business in Pulaski, and still continues that business in connection with farming. He has a good farm of ninety-eight acres, all well improved, lying near the town of Pulaski. Mr. Judkins has been quite successful in all his undertakings and is regarded as a prosperous and industrious farmer.
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This family biography is one of 95 biographies included in The History of Giles County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Giles County was included within The History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin & Moore Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin , Moore Counties of Tennessee
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