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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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Jesse B. Caudle was born in Decatur County, Tenn., March 19, 1843, one of twelve children of Absolom and Mary (Hainey) Caudle, who were born, reared and married in North Carolina, and after the latter event came to Tennessee, locating for a few years in Coffee County, and about 1825 they moved to Decatur County, where they resided until their deaths in 1848 and 1849 respectively. Both our subject’s grandfathers were in the Revolutionary war. Our subject was reared by a Mr. Lee in Decatur County, from the time of his parents’ death until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in the Twenty-seventh Tennessee Infantry, remaining with that regiment throughout the war. He then returned to Decatur County, and attended the common schools a short time, and in the fall of 1865 came to Obion County, and October 2, 1867, married Jane Riley who was born in Kentucky. They became the parents of eight children, six now living. Since 1867 Mr. Caudle, has resided on his home farm of seventy-seven acres, besides this he owns 400 acres adjoining and two other farms in the county, one containing sixty-nine acres, and the other sixty-four acres. Mr. and Mrs. Caudle are members of the Cumber land Presbyterian Church, and he is a member of the F. & A. M.
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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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