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Below is a family biography included in The History of Lincoln 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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E. M. SCOTT is a son of John L. Scott, who was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1824, and whose people came from North Carolina at a very early date and located where Nashville now stands. Our subject’s grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier, and died in Tennessee when over ninety years of age. Our subject’s father died in 1854. The mother was born in Lincoln County in 1822, and is now the wife of Squire Pickle, and resides in the Eleventh District. At the age of sixteen our subject joined the army, serving in Company C, Eighth Tennessee Infantry nine months, and then joined Company K, Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, and participated in many bloody engagements. He was captured near Knoxville, but made his escape the same day. He returned home May 18, 1865. In 1866 he married M. T. Chitwood, daughter of William Chitwood. She was born in Lincoln County in 1849, and six children were born to their union: Ophelia, John L., Clemmie, Willie, Thomas R. and Ella. Mr. Scott has always been a farmer, and is the owner of 181 acres of valuable and well improved land. He and wife are members of the Primitive Baptist Church, and he is a Democrat in politics.
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This family biography is one of 137 biographies included in The History of Lincoln County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Lincoln County was included within The History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin & Moore Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin , Moore Counties of Tennessee
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