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Below is a family biography included in The History of Perry 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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Judge Thomas Whitwell, born in Hickman County, Tenn., August 23, 1826, is one of five surviving children born to Pleasant and Margaret (Anderson) Whitwell, both natives of Barren County, Ky. They and their parents were early immigrants to Tennessee, coming to Hickman County in 1823, and were married in Dickson County and came to Perry County in 1837. The father died December 20, 1875, and the mother in July, 1877. Pleasant Whitwell was Perry County’s first county court clerk, after the county was divided in 1846, serving two terms of four years each, to 1854. November 25, 1847, our subject was united in marriage to Malissa C. Ward, who was born in Perry County, and to their union were born a family of ten children, all of whom are living. In 1879 Mr. Whitwell moved to his present home, a tract of 1,200 acres lying along Hurricane Creek, some of the bluffs of which contain rich deposits of sulphate of iron (copperas). In August, 1870, Mr. Whitwell was elected judge of Perry County, which office he still holds. The Judge is an old member of the F. & A. M. He was re-elected judge August 5, 1886, for eight years, making three terms of eight years each.
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This family biography is one of 46 biographies included in The History of Perry County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Perry County was included within The History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman & Lewis Counties of Tennessee. View the complete description here: History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman and Lewis Counties of Tennessee
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