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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Haywood 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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Junius H. Howell, M. D., was born in Greene County, Ala., October 11, 1824, son of William and Sarah (Bell) Howell, natives of Tennessee and North Carolina, respectively. The father removed to Haywood County in 1829, and practiced medicine at Brownsville a number of years, and died in 1844. Junius H. was reared and educated here, and studied medicine under his father. He graduated from the medical department of the university of Pennsylvania in 1844, and after the death of his father, began practicing in Brownsville, and continued the same until the breaking out of the war. He favored the Union cause, but did not participate in the war. In 1863 he removed to Memphis, and engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1870, when he returned to Brownsville, where he has since resided and practiced. He has met with more than ordinary success, and is the peer of any practitioner in Haywood County. In 1845 he married Virginia L. Scott, who bore him one daughter, who is dead. The Doctor is a Republican in politics, and was formerly an old line Whig. He is a Royal Arch Mason and K. of P., and he and wife are Baptists in religious faith.
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This family biography is one of 82 biographies included in the book, The History of Haywood County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed. The History of Haywood County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee
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