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P. A. Cashon, M. D., was born in Weakley County, Tenn., March 4, 1839, one of six children, three of whom were sons, the other two being W. B. (a farmer of Weakley County) and J. F. (a physician of Martin). Their parents were Andrew J. and Frances (Winstead) Cashon, who were born in Virginia and Tennessee, in 1815 and 1818, respectively. The father came to Tennessee with his parents, when about ten years of age, and after residing in Sumner County two years, moved to Weakley County, being among the early settlers. He farmed, and married about 1836, and is yet residing in Weakley County. His father died in 1875, at the ripe old age of ninety-one years. Our subject’s mother’s death occurred in 1880. P. A. Cashon, our subject, was educated at Dukedom Academy, and entered the teacher’s profession, and after one session entered the office of Dr. J. V. Freeman, and spent two years reading medicine. He then took two courses of lectures at the Nashville University, and in 1863-64 took a course of lectures in the Louisville (Ky). University, and graduated from that institution in the spring of the latter year. In 1865 he entered the army as assistant surgeon of the Sixth Tennessee Cavalry. After the war he purchased a farm near Dresden, where he remained until December, 1882. He then disposed of his farm and came to Martin, and he and Dr. Lawler entered into partnership, and also engaged in the drug business, their stock amounting to $3,500. Dr. Cashon has met with flattering success in the practice of his profession, and is doing well, financially. He is a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for John Bell, He also belongs to the Masonic fraternity. February, 1866, Dr. Cashon married Miss Desda J. Stowe, daughter of W. A. and Susan Stowe. Mrs. Cashon was born in Weakley County, in 1840, and is the mother of two children: Willie Lee and John Bell. Both the Doctor and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.