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Below is a family biography included in The History of Smith 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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A. B. Hall, a prosperous farmer of the Seventh District, was born in Smith County in 1833. He is third of a family of seven children born to James and Annie (Deadman) Hall. The father died when our subject was about five years old. The mother was born in Smith County about 1812, and is still living. Her father, John Deadman, was a native of North Carolina, and came to Tennessee at an early day. He was one of the first settlers of Smith County, where he died in 1860 at the age of eighty-two. His wife lived to the unusual age of one hundred years. The subject of this sketch received a rather limited education in his native county. Bereft of his father at a tender age, he had to work hard and support his mother. In 1864 he married Louisa, daughter of Dr. Washington and Sallie Irwin. Mrs. Hall was born in 1843. To this union nine children were born: Lassie D., now Mrs. Lawrence; Mrs. Sallie W. (Hall) Davis, M. Bettie, James W., Ophelia B., Mattie, William P., Thomas P. and Daisy May. For several years Mr. Hall rented and engaged in agriculture. Meeting with success, he was soon enabled to purchase ninety acres, to which he has since added 135 more acres, all of which are well cultivated and improved. The farm is situated on the Alexander road, five miles from the town. Mr. Hall is an honest, industrious and highly respected man, and has accumulated his property by his own labor and good management. He is a life-long and stanch Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Hall and three children are earnest members of the Missionary Baptist Church.

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This family biography is one of 62 biographies included in The History of Smith County, Tennessee published in 1887.  The History of Smith County was included within The History of Sumner, Smith, Macon & Trousdale Counties of Tennessee. View the complete description here: History of Sumner, Smith, Macon and Trousdale Counties of Tennessee

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