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Below is a family biography included in The History of Trousdale 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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W. W. Jenkins, farmer and trader, was born January 24, 1849, one of eight children of John T. and Fannie (Williams) Jenkins. The father was a merchant and farmer. Our subject left, home when sixteen and engaged in farming and trading for two years. Until his marriage, in 1873, he traveled in Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and West Tennessee, for trading purposes. He then returned to the community where he now resides and married Mrs. Elizabeth Ward, May 15, 1873. They have three children: Fannie, Mary Elizabeth, and John T. Mr. Jenkins has been a life-long Democrat, voting his first presidential ticket for Seymour. In 1873 he purchased a fine farm of 276 acres, seven miles from Hartsville, and besides this owns two other farms, which aggregate 379 acres, in Smith County, on the Hartsville and Carthage pike.
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This family biography is one of 7 biographies included in The History of Trousdale County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Trousdale 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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