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Below is a family biography included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. 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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John E. Wells, attorney at law, was born in the southern part of Obion County, Tenn., February 14, 1860; son of Jesse H. and Martha A. (Blackburn) Wells, and is of Scotch-Welsh origin. His father was born in North Carolina in 1816, and the mother in Maury County, Tenn., in 1821. She died on the 25th of August, 1885. Our subject attended the common schools of Obion County, and in 1876 entered Eminence College, Ky., and graduated with the degree of B. A. in June, 1878, ranking first in his class in scholarship. In the fall of that year he entered Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tenn., and graduated from the law department in 1879. He was admitted to the Obion County bar in July, 1879, and since that time has continued the practice of his profession in this, Dyer, Gibson and Lake Counties, and the supreme court at Jackson, Tenn. In September, 1883, he formed a partnership in the law practice with Hon. A. B. Enloe, of Troy, Tenn., and this union has since continued. At the time of his admission to the bar he was one of the youngest lawyers in the State. His first presidential vote was cast for Cleveland, and he is now a member of the State Democratic Executive Committee for the Ninth Congressional District. He promises to become one of the leaders in his profession.
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This family biography is one of 179 biographies included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed. The History of Obion County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee
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