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Below is a family biography included in The History of Wayne County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886.  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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Thomas S. Evins, M. D., a prominent physician of Wayne County, was born in Tennessee in 1840, and is the son of William A. and Eliza (Bobo) Evins, who were also Tennesseans. The father was a merchant and farmer, a Democrat and a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. He died January 15, 1856, followed by his widow, in 1870. Thomas S. was united in marriage to Minerva J. Gullick in 1875. She is a daughter of Jonathan A. and Frances C. (Baker) Gullick. Her father is a prosperous farmer, and belongs to the Democratic party. He and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Evins was born in 1846, and is the mother of two children: Frank, born March 3, 1876, died March 3, 1878, and Thomas J., born September 22, 1877. October 8, 1877, Mrs. Evins died. Our subject was educated in the best schools of Bedford County, and lived with his parents until their respective deaths, when he began reading medicine under Dr. H. P. Ferguson, and remained with him about one year. He obtained two courses of lectures in 1870-71 in the Louisville Medical College, after which he located at Wayne Furnace, and after practicing there until 1874 he entered Vanderbilt University, of Nashville, and attended the course of 1874-75, graduating in the latter year. From that time until his marriage he practiced in Waynesboro. Since that time he has resided on his father-in-law’s farm. He is a Chapter Mason and has always been a stanch Democrat in politics.

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This family biography is one of 76 biographies included in The History of Wayne County, Tennessee published in 1886.  The History of Lawrence County was included within The History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman & Lewis Counties of Tennessee. View the complete description here: History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman and Lewis Counties of Tennessee

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