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Below is a family biography included in The History of Weakley 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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Benjamin T. Bondurant, M. D., is a son of C. P. and Mary E. (Etheridge) Bondurant, and was born in Weakley County, Tennessee, in November 1846. The father was of French ancestry, born in Kentucky in 1822, his grandfather, Darby Bondurant being a native of France. The father of C. P., Benjamin Bondurant, came to Weakley County, Tenn., when he was quite small. Our subject’s father was married in December 1845, and tilled a farm near Dresden until his death in 1852. His wife was born in North Carolina, in 1826 and died in 1858. After her husband’s death she and her family made their home with her father, Thomas Eskridge. Our subject was educated in the common schools, and at the age of seventeen enlisted in Company I, Twentieth Tennessee Cavalry He was promoted to the office of sergeant in the spring of 1864, and held this portion until the final surrender. He surrendered at Gainesville, Ala., in May 1865 and soon after returned home. He then worked on a farm two years and then began the study of medicine, under Dr. H. J. Shannon, of Sharon, and in 1867 entered the medical department of the Nashville University and graduated in 1869. After living about two years in Mt. Pelia he moved to Sharon, and after a two years’ residence in that place moved to Greenfield. He was chosen trustee of Weakley County; was re-elected but declined a second re-election. In 1882 he purchased 300 acres of land near Sharon where he has since resided. In February, 1871, he married Mary, daughter of Edward A and Caroline Tansil, and by her is the father of four children: Mary, Fannie, Eddie and Bennie. Mrs. Bondurant is a Weakley County Tennessean, born in 1848. Dr. Bondurant is a successful practitioner, a Democrat, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity He and wife are members of the Christian Church.

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This family biography is one of 108 biographies included in The History of Weakley County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed.  The History of Weakley 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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