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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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Thomas F. Scott was born in Haywood County, December 2, 1836, and is the son of James R. Scott, who was born in Halifax County, Va., in 1812, and came with his parents to Tennessee when a young man. He soon after returned to Virginia and married Miss Tabitha D. Cawley, a daughter of Thomas Cawley. They came to Tennessee and settled in Haywood County. Three years later they moved to Fayette County. They had four sons and a daughter, our subject being the oldest. The father died in Lauderdale County in 1862, and the mother, who was a native of Virginia, died at our subject’s home in 1880. Thomas F. Scott was raised and educated on the farm, and engaged in farming until 1873, when he started a large saw-mill. He now owns two mills, one at Henning, Tenn., and one three miles west, each having a capacity of 20,000 feet. Mr. Scott belonged to the Sixth Tennessee Infantry, Confederate Army, under Col. Sevier, and served four years, the greater part of the time in the quartermaster’s department. November 5, 1870, he married, in Tipton County, Miss Jennie L. Bragg, a daughter of Rowlett F. and Mary C. Bragg. Her father was a native of Virginia. Mrs. Scott was born in Fayette County in 1846. Of eight children born to this marriage six are living: Rowlett F., Grace, Thomas P., Tabitha V., James B. and Richard W. Mr. Scott takes.no part in politics. He is a Mason, and with his wife belongs to the Christian Church. They have a pleasant home at Henning, Tenn., on the Newport News & Mississippi Valley Railroad, and are influential citizens of the place.
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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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