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Below is a family biography included in The History of Sumner 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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H. S. Wherry, of Willis & Wherry, farmers and stock dealers, in Sumner County, was born there in 1847. He is one of eleven children of John J. and Jane (Smith) Wherry. The father, of Scotch-Welsh origin, was born near Gallatin, Tenn., about 1816. A farmer by occupation, he was appointed tobacco inspector at New Orleans by Andrew Jackson, holding the position about three years. He died in November, 1875. The mother, of Welsh descent, was born in Sumner County about 1816, and is living on her farm near Gallatin. With the advantages of St. Mary’s College, and Forest Home Academy near Louisville, our subject began farming for himself at the age of twenty-one. Five years later he spent two years as salesman in a clothing store at Nashville, and then began his present career of farming. In December, 1876, he married Cecelia, daughter of Stephen C. and Mary (Bradford) Willis, and born in Sumner County in 1850. Their five children are John S., Harry S. and Robert E., in school, and Jennie M. and Georgie E. Mr. W. is a Democrat and a member of the F. & A. M. fraternity, and his wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
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This family biography is one of 115 biographies included in The History of Sumner County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Sumner County was included within The History of Sumner, Smith, Macon & Trousdale Counties of Tennessee. View the complete description here: History of Sumner, Smith, Macon and Trousdale Counties of Tennessee
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