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Below is a family biography included in The History of Obion 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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Dr. Charles P. Glover is a Henry County Tennessean, born February 6, 1829, the fifth of twelve children of Jesse T. and Mary D. (Powell) Glover, and is of English descent. His father was born in Virginia about 1800, and resided there until his marriage, when he came to Tennessee. He resided in Henry and Obion Counties and also lived a short time in Missouri. He died in Obion County, in 1859. His wife was a Virginian, also born in 1800, and is now residing with our subject, who received his rudimentary education in the common schools. He studied medicine under Dr. James White, of Obion County, and attended his first course of lectures at the Nashville Medical University. He then practiced one year at his old home and then entered and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, Penn. He has practiced his profession for thirty years in the vicinity of his home, and is a successful physician and respected citizen of the county. He was ordained a Missionary Baptist minister, in 1880, by Elders Coleman and Beauchamp, and has been a zealous worker in the cause of religion since that period. February 6, 1861, he married Mary C. Norrid, of Obion County, born June 17, 1840. They have the following family: Lorena I., born January 5, 1864; Marietta, born October 7, 1866; Emma L., born October 14, 1869; Jeptha, born February 13, 1872; Mirim, born November 29, 1874, and Lavinia Ida, born December 11, 1881. Dr. Glover is a Democrat, a Royal Arch Mason and an Odd Fellow. He owns 522 acres of land and has a pleasant and comfortable home. His wife and two eldest daughters are members of the church of which he is a minister.
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This family biography is one of 179 biographies included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed. The History of Obion 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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