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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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H. N. Edmunds was born in Henry County, Tenn., February 13, 1850, and is the son of Howell and Martha (Pitman) Edmunds. The father was born in Virginia in 1791, and was a farmer and a merchant by occupation. In youth he went to North Carolina, and about 1844 came to Henry County. Here he married in 1846. He farmed and sold goods. He owned at one time nearly 600 acres of land. He died in 1854, aged sixty-three years. Two of his five children are now living: Emma, wife of Benjamin Paris, and our subject. The mother was born in Virginia in 1832, and came to this State at the age of thirteen. Her second and present husband is Robert Boyd. Mr. Boyd was born in Henry County in 1838. Our subject was reared by his mother and was educated in Henry County, and in Logan County, Ky. In 1873, he became a resident of Weakley County. The following year he bought nearly 200 acres of land where he now lives. He is one of the most enterprising citizens of the county, and is universally respected. In politics he is a stanch Democrat. His farm now comprises 250 acres.
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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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