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Below is a family biography included in The History of Sumner 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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William Chenault, a successful farmer and prominent citizen of the First District, of Sumner County, is a son of David and Louisa (Quisenberry) Chenault, and was born in Sumner County, in December, 1853, being the twelfth of fourteen children. He was educated at Rural Academy, and at the male academy, at Gallatin, and then completed a course of study at the Nashville Commercial College. May 3, 1882, he married Miss Lydia W., daughter of Col. Wm. H. and Sarah W. (McDaniel) Hall, both natives of Sumner County, the former a son of Gen. and ex-Gov. Hall. Mrs. Chenault was born in Sumner County, December 21, 1861. They have three children: Anna Louise, Mattie and Mollie Hall. Mr. Chenault first settled on east fork of Bledsoe Creek, and remained until 1886, when he moved to his present home, one mile south of the first place. He owns 240 acres of rich land nine miles east of Gallatin, on the Greenfield Pike. He is a thorough business man and energetic, and progressive in his ideas about farming, a kind neighbor and an upright citizen. His first presidential vote was for S. J. Tilden in 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Chenault are both consistent members of the Christian Church.

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This family biography is one of 115 biographies included in The History of Sumner County, Tennessee published in 1887.  The History of Sumner 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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