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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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D. K. Conditt, teacher, was born in 1859 in Smith County, one of five children of J. M. and Mary A. (Trousdale) Conditt. The father, Welsh in ancestry, was born in 1819 five miles north of Elmwood. Leaving home at twenty-two he bought his farm near Elmwood where he remained until his death in 1880. The mother was born in 1818 at what is now Stonewall. Educated at Elmwood, our subject began teaching at twenty years of age. He owns eighty acres of the old homestead, and is at present entering on his second engagement as Professor at Elmwood. He is a Democrat, voting first for Cleveland. He is a professor of religion, though not yet a member of any 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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