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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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James W. Alexander, M. D., was born in Owen County, Ky., November 22, 1854, son of William D. and Nannie (Threekeld) Alexander, born in Owen County, Ky., March 5, 1812, and November 10, 1826, respectively. They were reared and married in their native county, and in 1866 came to Obion County, Tenn., where the father died, on the place now owned by our subject, May 9, 1873. The mother is still living with our subject, who was educated in the schools of the county. He studied medicine with Dr. Carter Blanton, of Hickman, Ky., and attended the university of Louisville (Ky.), from which he graduated in 1876. November 30, 1876, he married Mary De Bow, daughter of Samuel C. De Bow, a prominent planter. Of their five children three are living: Sue, born October 27, 1878; Nannie, born March 5, 1884, and an infant born June 26, 1886, unnamed. Mrs. Alexander was born in Obion County, December 25, 1857. Dr. Alexander is a Democrat, and belongs to the K. of H. He owns 260 acres of good land, which he devotes to raising stock and the cereals. He has a commodious and comfortable residence in a good location, and is ever ready, so far as his means will justify, to aid all laudable enterprises. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and his wife of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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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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