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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Lauderdale 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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Levi S. Perkins, farmer and merchant of Lauderdale County, was born in Lawrence County, Tenn., November 9, 1839, and was the son of Andrew M. Perkins, who was born in Rutherford County in 1813, and was raised and educated in that county. After attaining his majority, he married in Lauderdale County, Charlotta Voss, a native of the county, and they had four sons and four daughters. The father was a farmer, and moved to West Tennessee in October, 1849, locating in Haywood County, where he stayed seven years, then moved to Lauderdale County, where he died June 4, 1874, and the mother died November, 1864. Our subject was raised on a farm, attending the schools in the county; he has since followed farming, but since 1880 has also engaged in merchandising at Edith, Tenn., being a member of the firm of Perkins & Pennington, dealers in general merchandise. Mr. Perkins was married in Lawrence County, December 6, 1860, to Tennessee F. Pennington, daughter of Joseph M. Pennington, a farmer and a native of Lawrence County, where she was born in 1845. Mr. Perkins is a Democrat in National politics, but in local elections gives his support to the best man regardless of party nominations, and with his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He owns a valuable farm of ninety-five acres, eight miles north of Ripley, and with its comfortable dwelling it is one of the pleasant homes of the county. Mr. Perkins stands well as a citizen and a business man.
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This family biography is one of 116 biographies included in the book, The History of Lauderdale County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed. The History of Lauderdale County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee
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