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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Tipton 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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C. N. McFadden, liveryman of Covington, was born in Fayette County in 1832, and is the only one of three children who lived to be grown. The parents were James and Margaret McFadden, the father being a native of South Carolina; was born in 1802, and moved to Fayette County when a young man; was a manufacturer of cotton-gins. He remained in Fayette County some years, then moved to Mississippi, where he died in 1866. The mother was a Miss Elliot, born in Fayette County in 1810, and died in 1840. Our subject was educated in Mississippi. October, 1859, he moved to Covington, and was engaged in the tannery business until 1865, then farmed for some years, and since 1873 has been engaged in the livery business at Covington. In 1861 he married Miss Mary McFadden, born in Davidson County, but raised in Tipton County, and they have seven children: Lizzie, wife of Joseph Townsend; Cecil, Walter, Claudia, Egbert, Hays and Ralph. Mr. McFadden has been one of the enterprising citizens of the place, and one highly esteemed by his fellow citizens. While a resident of the Twelfth District he served as magistrate for some time, and has also been mayor of Covington. He is a Democrat and a Mason, and a member of the K. of H. and also of the A. O. U. W. Mrs. McFadden is a member of the Baptist Church, and they are regarded as belonging to the prominent and substantial citizens of the town.
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This family biography is one of 91 biographies included in the book, The History of Tipton County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed. The History of Tipton County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee
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