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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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Luke Palmer, farmer, was born in Wilcox County, Ala., August 14, 1843, and is one of four children born to the marriage of Chillian Palmer and Phoebe D. Watkins. The father was born in Caswell County, N. C., and went to Alabama about 1840, where he married Miss Watkins, who was born in the State. He was a graduate of a Philadelphia medical college and practiced that profession in several different counties in Alabama. He came to Obion County, Tenn., in 1866, and remained until his death, in 1867. The mother is still residing in the county. Their son, Luke, resided with his parents until 1862, then enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Alabama Infantry and served until the cessation of hostilities. He returned home and in 1868 married Eliza J. Catron, a native of Perry County, but reared in this. Of eight children born to them seven still live. Mr. Palmer became possessor of his present farm of 95 acres in 1871. He and family are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and he belongs to the Central Baptist Association.
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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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