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Below is a family biography included in The History of Lawrence 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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Charles J. Herrin is a North Carolinian by birth, born in 1804, and immigrated to Tennessee when a young man. He has been a farmer and merchant all his life, and has held the office of magistrate for many years. He has also served as constable, county surveyor, notary public and registrar. He first married a Miss Allen, who bore him one child, named Mary, who died when about twenty years of age. His wife lived but a short time. Mr. Herrin then wedded Martha Abernathy, and the following children are the result of their union: James L., Charles F., Emma E., Amanda F., Benjamin F., Martha J., Napoleon B., Theodore and Joseph. The last three are dead. Their mother was born June 26, 1817, and died June 14, 1859. Mr. Herrin married his first wife May 25, 1862. She was Eliza S. Hale, who was born in Tennessee May 16, 1845, and is the mother of three children: Jennie L., Dora J. and Joel M. The eldest son, James L., resided with his father until attaining his majority; since that time he has farmed, and is engaged in merchandising, but closed out the latter business in 1882, and has since given the most of his attention to farming, and owns 100 acres of very good land near West Point, besides two other farms of 150 and 175 acres each. He was born December 2, 1837, and has been a member of the Methodist Church since 1883. In May, 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate service, and was in some of the hardest fought battles of the war. He was captured at Fort Donelson, and was a prisoner for six months at Fort Warren. He was quartermaster in the Third Tennessee Regiment, and in 1872 was married to Mary J. Welch, who was born in 1859, and is the mother of five children: Horace, born in 1874; Emma H., in 1876; May J., in 1878; Blanche, in 1880, and died in 1882, and Frank, born in 1885. Mr. Herrin is a Democrat.

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This family biography is one of 79 biographies included in The History of Lawrence County, Tennessee published in 1886.  The History of Lawrence County was included within The History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman & Lewis Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman and Lewis Counties of Tennessee

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