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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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J. J. Eastes, a prominent farmer in the Fourteenth District, was born in Smith County, in 1848. Ho is one of a family of four children of J. W. and Mary (Walker) Eastes. The father was also a native of the county, born in 1811. He was a farmer by occupation and owned 200 acres of good soil, and was one of the best known and respected men in the Eighteenth District. About 1838 he moved to the Fourteenth District, where he died in 1850. His wife was born in 1814, in Virginia, and is still living on the homestead with her son, J. J., who was educated at the New Middleton Academy. He is one of the county’s best teachers, being engaged in that capacity for a term of five months. He is also one of the most enterprising and prosperous farmers of the section. The farm consists of 200 acres, well cultivated, improved, and fenced. All the buildings are first-class. He is to a considerable extent interested in stock raising. He is a Democrat; cast his first presidential vote for Horace Greeley, in 1872. He is a Royal Arch Mason. In 1875 he wedded Tillitha, daughter of B. M. and Elizabeth F. Baines, who was born in 1854, in Smith County. Their union has been blessed with Wm. T., Lela, Alta D., Jonathan B. and Mary L. Mr. and Mrs. Eastes are consistent and highly esteemed 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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