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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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Simmons D. Alsobrook (deceased) was born in Edgecombe County, N. C., June 17, 1830, and was the youngest of two sons and three daughters born to Micajah and Chloe (Simmons) Alsobrook. His father was born in North Carolina and came to Tennessee in 1836, settling for a short time in Hardeman County, then moved to Lauderdale County, where he remained until his death August 29, 1856. Our subject was raised and educated in the county and made farming his chief occupation. Mr. Alsobrook served eight months in the Confederate Army. He was married in Lauderdale County, February 2, 1859, to Miss Susan C. Soward. Five sons and two daughters were born to this marriage: James L., Robert L., William M., Marian Estelle, Alner L., Vivian C. and Roie S. Mrs. Alsobrook was born in Lauderdale County, April 6, 1839. Mr. Alsobrook stands well in his county, and after serving as deputy sheriff for two years was elected sheriff, and on the first day of November, after the election, he was shot and killed on the streets while in the discharge of his official duties. This tragedy was a shock to the community in which he lived, and to his bereaved family, and created a strong desire in the minds of the citizens to see justice administered to the assassin commensurate with the crime, and before day the murderer was hung and riddled with bullets. Rev. Joseph H. Borum, in writing on the subject of his death, said: “As a husband, he had few if any superiors; as a father, tender and loving; as a church member, faithful--these, altogether, made him a worthy citizen.”

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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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