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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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Capt. William J. Link, a prominent citizen of Haywood County, was one of its pioneers; he is a native of Halifax County, Va., and was born February 28, 1813, being the son of Bird and Varilla (Morton) Link. While our subject was still an infant, his parents moved in 1813 to Davidson County, Tenn., and lived there fourteen years. In 1827 they came to this county, where the father died in 1840, and the mother in 1852. Capt. Link received by his own efforts a good education, and when still young commenced the cultivation of the farm. He has been married twice; his first wife was Miss Mary Meux, a native of Alabama; they were married January 24, 1838. December 12, 1866, he was married to Mrs. Mary (Sevier) Ware, whose mother was a niece of ex-Gov. Sevier, of this State. No children were born to either marriage. Capt. Link has been a singularly prosperous man, commencing life without money, and by his thrift and industry has accumulated a handsome estate, owning in Haywood County over 8,000 acres of the most fertile land; he is an exceedingly generous man, always responding liberally to all appeals in behalf of charity. He is a strong Democrat and was captain of the State militia before the war; he was not in the war, but sympathized with the South. In early life he joined the Methodist Church and has since been a consistent member.

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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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