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C. TAYLOR was born in Giles County, Tenn., July 6, 1818. At the age of twenty he began business for himself. He has given bis attention to farming. December 24, 1859. he married Elizabeth B. Foster, born in 1819, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Foster. To Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were born the following children: James R., William. Sarah P., Frances M., George C .. Jasper, Callie D., Martha. Cornelia, and an infant deceased. At the latter's birth the mother died, and May 10, 1866, Mr. Taylor married Mary E. (Thompson) Fowler. and by her is the father of four children: Calabie M., Burt .. F., Floyd A. and Earl F. (deceased). Mr. Fowler is a Democrat and a wealthy farmer. His wife is an earnest worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and is the mother of two sons by her former marriage: Walter W. and Joseph C. Both are in Texas, the former a physician, and the latter a salesman in a drug store. Our subject's parents were James and Martha (Washam) Taylor, both born in Virginia. They were married in 1815, : and came to Tennessee soon after the birth of their first child and located in Giles County. They died in 1821 and 1836, respectively.
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HON. GEORGE C. TAYLOR, attorney at law, of Columbia, T'enn., and member of the Forty-fourth General Assembly of Tennessee, is a native of Maury County. born December 9, 1848, son of Claybourne Taylor, a well known and worthy farmer of the county. George C. Taylor was reared and educated in his native county. In 1862 being only fourteen years of age, he ran away from home, and entered the Confederate Army, enlisting in Company F, Forty-eighth Regiment Tennessee Infantry, and serving until the close of the war. being one of the youngest soldiers of the Tennessee army. He was seriously wounded in the hip at Atlanta, from which he still suffers. After his return home he attended school and clerked in a store until 1866, when he went to Arkansas, where he farmed and taught school. In 1869 he returned to Columbia, and began studying law with Hon. James H. Thomas, and was admitted to the bar in 1871. He is an uncompro- mising Democrat, and as such was elected to the State Legislature in the fall of 1884. and served with credit. In 1872 he wedded Laura Burte, who died less than a year after. June 8, 1874, he married Mrs. Susie D. Stone. They have two daughters: Laura C. and Georgie C. Mr. Taylor is one of the successful members of the Maury County bar, and is an able and popular representative of the people.
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WILLIAM C. TAYLOR was born October 18, 1852, in Marion County, Ky., and is a son of Clark and Frances M. (Tucker) Taylor, both of whom were Kentuckians by birth, and are now deceased. The father was a resident of Sumner County, Tenn., at the time of his death. William C. was reared and educated in Kentucky and Tennessee, attending the Lebanon Kentucky Seminary, and also St. Mary's College, near that city. At the age of twenty-one he began his legal studies at Danville, Ky., continuing there until 18:5, when he came to Columbia and engaged in the practice of his profession, which he has continued up to the present time, and has met with very flattering success. He is a strong supporter of Democratic principles, and has held the office of city attorney for five years, giving the best of satisfaction in the performance of his duties. He is a Mason of the Knight Templar degree.
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DR. HEZEKIAH TERRELL, a prominent physician and farmer of Maury County; was born February 15, 1815, in Williamson County, Tenn. He was reared in the country and secured a good common school education. At the age of twenty-two he began the study of medicine at Franklin, Tenn .. where he remained over two years. He then at- tended a course of lectures at the Medical University, of Louisville. In 1843 he began the practice of medicine, which he has been engaged in ever since. He has an extensive practice and has been very successful. December 20, 1838. he wedded Margaret S. Dabney, a native of Williamson County, and to them were born eight children, only five
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of whom are living: Mary E., William J., Alexander C., Joel and Anna. Dr. Terrell was an old line Whig before the war, but since that time has voted with the Democratic party. Himself and family are members of the Christian Church. The Doctor has been a member of the Masonic lodge since 1852. He is the son of James and Mary (House) Terrell, both natives of North Carolina. The father was a pioneer settler of Williamson County, emigrating from North Carolina to that county in 1806. He was a farmer and blacksmith. His reputation as a skilled mechanic spread far and wide. He died April 25, 1826. The mother followed August 13, 1842.
JOHN M. TERRY, a well-known citizen of Maury. County, Tenn., was born in Warren County, N. C., February 21, 1821. He is the sixth of eleven children-six sons and five daughters-born to the marriage of David Terry and Nancy B. (Jordan) Terry. The parents were born in Warren County, N. C., and came to Maury County. Tenn., about 1831, and settled on a farm in the First District, where they resided until their respective deaths in 1834 and 1856. John M. Terry's early life was spent on his father's farm. He attended school at the Mount Pleasant Academy, where he secured a good English education. May 16, 1867, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Cald- well, of Maury County, and five children-two sons and three daughters-blessed their union: John O., Madison, Nannie Seymoura, Carena G. and Zula. Mrs. Terry was born May 12, 1841. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and was a faithful helpmate to her husband. She died February 11, 1882. Mr. Terry has been a life-long Democrat and is a strong advocate of the principles of his party. He is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
JAMES M. TINDEL was born in Bedford County, Tenn., February 10, 1838, and is the son of Anderson Tindel, who was born June 2, 1809, and who came to Tennessee when young, locating in Bedford County. He engaged in farming, which he followed very successfully for several years. He then moved to Maury County and located in the Fourth District, where he still continued farming, but in connection worked at the shoe- maker's trade. By his marriage to Lety Caffe, who was born in 1808, he became the father of eleven children, of whom our subject is one. The mother of these children was a member of the Christian Church and was faithful to her Christian duties. She died January 1, 1873. The father was also a member of the Christian Church and died June 14, 1879. Our subject reached his majority on the farm, and in 1863 enlisted in the Forty- eighth Tennessee Regiment of Infantry. He was at Fort Henry guarding stock about the time of the battle at Fort Donelson. He escaped from Fort Henry and came home, where he remained but a short time. He then went through Mississippi to Jackson. and after- ward came home. January 2, 1868, he wedded Adeline Jones, a native of Maury County, Tenn., born May 7, 1850, and the daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Moore) Jones. To our subject and wife was born one child, a daughter, Lettie A., born August 29, 1868. MIr. Tindel and wife are worthy members of the Primitive Baptist Church and have the re- spect of all who know them.
THOMAS J. TINDEL was born in Bedford County, Tenn., May 2, 1845. and is the son of Anderson and Lety (Caffe) Tindel. (For further particulars of parents see sketch of James M. Tindel.) Our subject was reared on the farm, and owing to circumstances his education was rather limited, but by his own exertions he has gained sufficient education for the business of life. November 7, 1867, he led to the hymeneal altar Van D. Cheek, and by this union he became the father of an interesting family of five children-four sons and one daughter: George W., born May 4, 1869; Lillie L., born November 16. 1871; Jackson P., born September 3, 1874, and died September 15. 1876; Wilburn born April 17, 1878, and Henry M., born October 24, 1881. Mr. Tindel is justly recognized as an hon- est, upright citizen, and has many warm friends.
DR. JAMES T. S. THOMPSON was born in this county February 6, 1836, and is one of six children born to the union of Capt. Absalom and Mary B. (Sanford) Thompson, natives, respectively, of Virginia and Tennessee. The father was from the family of John Thompson, one of the pioneer settlers of Williamson County, who was born in 1800 ..
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· Capt. Thompson has filled a large space in the history of the community for the last half century. He has taken a lively interest in developing the resources of the country and in promoting the cause of education. He was one of the projectors and liberal supporters of Jackson College. and after its removal to Columbia he was an active participant in the establishment of both the Female and Male Academies of Spring Hill, and was a trustee of both schools for many years. He has been a member of the Presbyterian Church since 1833, and was ordained one of its ruling elders in May, 1844. His death occurred Febru- ary 17, 1881. The subject of this sketch passed his youth on the farm with his parents. At the age of twenty-two he began reading medicine with Dr. S. T. McMurray with a view of making it a profession. He attended two courses of lectures at the Nashville Medical College, and graduated from that institution at the sessions of 1857-58. He then returned to Maury County and began the practice of medicine. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in Company E, Third Tennessee Regiment Infantry, serving as lieutenant until the fall of Fort Donelson, after which he served as assistant surgeon of Robertson's bat- tery, and at the exchange of his regiment was made surgeon of the Third Tennessee Reg- iment, and remained as such for three years; after which time the regiments consolidated, and he then joined Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's staff, and remained with him until Gen. Hood took charge of the army, and served in the same capacity under the latter General until the close of the war. He then returned home and resumed the practice of medi- cine. At the end of a year he removed to Corinth, Mississippi, and engaged in farm- ing and milling. He remained in this State until 1876, when he returned to this county, locating on the old homestead. where he has been engaged in farming and stock raising ever since. November 30, 1870, he was united in marriage to Mary L. Cheairs. a native of this county and the daughter of John W. Cheairs, whose sketch appears elsewhere in these pages. To Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were born nine children, eight of whom are . living, viz .: Mary P., John C. (deceased), James M., Thomas St. C., Leo Duloney, Hattie C., Myra R., Susie P. and an infant not named. The Doctor is a Democrat in pol- itics, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Thompson is a member of the Methodist Church.
HARVEYS. THOMPSON'S birth occurred in Giles County, Tenn., June 20, 1843. He is of Scotcli-Irish descent, and was raised and educated in his native county. His educa- tion consists of good common schooling, which he greatly improved by much desultory reading and study. After the breaking out of the late war he enlisted as private in the Third Tennessee Infantry in 1863. and served about one year in the Confederate Army. He followed farming and school teaching in Marshall and Maury Counties, Tenn., also in Mississippi two years, and in the meantime stored his inind with the legal lore of Black- stone .. In 1876 he had so mastered the profession that he gave up pedagoging and came to Maury County, Tenn., and was admitted to the Columbia bar, and there he has since practiced his profession with success. Mr. Thompson was raised a Whig, but is now In- dependent in his political views. In 1883 he was appointed United States commissioner for the Middle District of Tennessee, and has since filled the position in a highly satis- factory manner. MIr. Thompson is unmarried, and is a son of David N. and Eliza (Shields) Thompson, who were born in Giles County, Tenn., where they have both long been tenants of the grave-yard at old Elkridge, which contains one of the most ancient and honored Presbyterian Churches in that county. The subject of this sketch is strictly a self-made man; the war left him entirely penniless.
WILLIAM E. TOMLINSON, a successful farmer of Maury County, Tenn., was born in Giles County. this State, in 1833, being a son of John and Anna (Murphy) Tomlinson, who were born in North Carolina, where the father followed the life of an agriculturist and became quite well to do in worldly goods. He died about 1838. The mother is still living and is a resident of Giles County, Tenn. William E., our subject, assisted his father on the farm and was married in March, 1874, to Martha English, and one child blessed this union: Mary S. Mr. Tomlinson took an active part in the late war, enlisting in Company E. Forty-eighth Tennessee Infantry, and served for three years, at the expir
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-ation of which time he was transferred to Gen. Forrest's division and served until the surrender of Lee. Mr. Tomlinson is a Democrat politically, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
JOHN H. TOOMBS was born near Culleoka, Tenn., January 6, 1819, son of John and Catherine (Wems) Toombs. The father was born in Virginia in 1793. and came to Ten- nessee with his parents, Edmund and Sabra Toombs. when a small lad. He became a prosperous farmer of Davidson County, and died in 1830, and his wife about 1852. John H. was their third child. He spent his boyhood days on his father's farm. and after attaining his majority began earning his own livelihood at farming. In 1844 he was united in marriage to Elizabeth P. Hill, who was born in Maury County May 20, 1822, daughter of William C. and Maria (Dickson) Hill, born in North Carolina and Georgia in 1795 and 1797, respectively. They were early pioneers of Tennessee and were farmers of Maury County. The father died in 1835 and the mother in 1870. Mr. Toombs is a Democrat and his wife is a member of the Baptist Church.
JOSEPH M. TOWLER, M. D., was born in Lexington, Ky., July 17, 1822, and is of English-Scotch descent. His father died when he was eleven years of age, and he removed to Maury County, Tenn., in 1833, and was educated in La Grange College, Alabama, and afterward served as one of the faculty in the same eight years. After attaining his majority he began studying medicine under Dr. B. W. Dudley, and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1847. He then returned to Columbia, where he has since continued the practice of his profession and is considered a highly eminent physician. He is a member of the American Medical Association. and ex-president of the Tennessee State Medical Society. Joseph is his son. born to his mar- Triage with Catharine Chapman Voorhies, of Maury County, which occurred March 16. 1847. He is a prominent Mason, being Past Grand Commander of the State. He and family are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is an elder in the same. He was . originally an old-line Whig, but since the war has affiliated with the Democratic party. He served as first surgeon of Col. Biffle's regiment in the civil war, and later as brigade sur- geon of Gen. John Adams until he was captured and paroled. He has been resident physician of the noted summer resort at Waukesha, Wis., for the last ten years, where he annually spends his summers.
JOSEPH F. TUCKER, editor and manager of the Maury County Democrat at Col- umbia, Tenn., is a son of Joseph F. and Mary J. (Faris) Tucker, who were Tenneesseans by birth. Joseph F. was born December 14. 1853, and attended the schools of his native ·county and finished his education at Louisville, Ky., taking an academical course. He was salesman in a mercantile establishment a number of years, and afterward accepted the position as traveling salesman for a Louisville firm. For several years he was local editor of the Columbia Herald and conducted a campaign paper at Bowling Green, Ky .. during the campaign of 1884. In February. 1885, he returned to Columbia and has since -edited the Democrat of that city, in which he is ably assisted by his brother. Jesse P. Nannie May is a daughter born to liis marriage with Miss Ada B. Webster, which occurred in October, 1884. Mrs. Tucker is a native of Williamson County, and our subject belongs to the K. of H. fraternity.
OTEY WALKER, merchant and agriculturist, is a son of Asberry and Saralı (Jossey) Walker and is a native of Maury County, Tenn., born July 31, 1849, and May 30. 1878. united his fortune with Miss Laura Dorsett, daughter of T. J. Dorsett, a well-known citizen of Maury County. To their union was born one child, Sarah E. Mr. Walker is a strong supporter of Democratic principles and is a believer in Episcopalianism, and his wife is a worthy member of that church. Asberry Walker was an enterprising merchant and was regarded as one of Maury County's most substantial citizens. His death occured in 1960. The mother is still living, and is a resident of Maury County.
MRS. SARAH J. WEBSTER, is a daughter of Samuel and Sallie (Vaughn) Weakley, and was born in 1818. Her parents were both born in the "Old Dominion," the father being a skillful surveyor and enterprising farmer of that State, where his death occurred
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about 1830. The mother died ten years later and she and her husband were worthy members of the Methodist Church. Our subject was married, on the 17th of March, 1836, to James H. Webster, an industrious farmer of Maury County, and their union was blessed with eleven children, the following seven of whom are living: Fannie P. (wife of Thomas S. Porter), Roenia C., James J., Mattie J. (wife of Shade Murray), Lizzie D., Kate W. and Frank W. Mr. Webster died in 1873. His widow is an accomplished lady and is a mem - ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. She owns considerable land, and is much esteemed by her neighbors and friends.
WILLIAM J. WEBSTER, attorney at law, of Columbia, son of William J. and Mary A. (Porter) Webster, and grandson of Jonathan Webster and Nimrod Porter, who were early pioneers and farmers of Maury County. The former was for many years sheriff of the county. William J. Webster. Sr., was a farmer, a Democrat and a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church. He died in 1859, followed by his widow in 1868. Our subject was born October 17, 1847, and in addition to the common school education he at- tended the Washington-Lee University, of Lexington, Va., and then entered the Leb- anon (Tenn.) Law School, from which he graduated in 1869. During the year 1869 he was admitted to practice at the bar of Maury County, and has followed his profession in Columbia with well-deserved success. October 23, 1872, Mary C. Allison became his wife and the mother of his three children: William J., Hyleman A. and Virginia MI. Mrs. Webster is a member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Webster is a member of the Presby- terian Church and a Democrat in politics. He has given much attention to raising and breeding fine stock, and is a one-half owner and president of the Columbia Jersey Cattle Company.
PROF. HENRY Y. WEISSINGER. an enterprising farmer of Maury County, Tenn., was born in Wilson, Ala., February 9, 1842. and is the youngest son of Leonard Weissin- ger by his second wife. Eliza M. (Bond) Weissinger. His first wife was a Miss Cobb, who died in 1839. The father of our subject was a native of Georgia, and was a farmer by oc- cupation. At one time he edited a paper in Perry County, Ala., but moved to this county in 1872. His death occurred in 1876. The mother of our subject was born in North Car- olina, but resided the principal part of her life in Marion, Ala. She was gifted with rare moral and intellectual endowments, which were carefully cultivated under the judicious supervision of Miss Mary Burk, her mother's sister, one of the best educators, as well as one of the best women of her day. Our subject received a collegiate education at the Howard College of Alabama, and graduated from that institution in 1862 with the degree of A. M. He then enlisted in Company A, Twenty-eighth Alabama, serving as a high private, but afterward sergeant of the company. He then joined Company I, of the Twenty-fifth Alabama Regiment, and served as lieutenant of the company. In 1864 he joined his brother's staff and served as captain until the close of the war, He then re- turned home and began teaching school, and followed that profession in that State until 1868, when he returned to Mount Pleasant, Maury County, and continued teaching school, remaining there until 1873. He then moved to West Tennessee and taught in a high school for three years. In 1875 he removed to Spring Hill, Maury County, and taught there until 1881. In 1884 he began farming on his present place, where he has been steadily engaged ever since. In 1870 he wedded Emily E. Miller, a native of this county, and to them were born seven children: Henry Y., Mary L., Charles M., George J., Leonard A., William M. and Anna M., all of whom are living. Prof. Weissinger is a Democrat in politics, and he and all his family, with the exception of one, are members of the Old School Presbyterian Church.
JAMES L. WHITE was born in Maury County, Tenn., December 31, 1842; was reared on the farm and received his education in the common schools. At the age of twenty- one he began farming for himself, and, September 6, 1866, he was married to Ophelia T. Davidson, a native of Maury County, Tenn., born September 5, 1847, and the daughter of John and Martha (Davis) Davidson. To our subject and wife were born these chil- dren: John W., George M., Willie E., E. M., Margaret E., James E., Pattie, Grover C.
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In 1862 Mr. White enlisted in Company F, Forty-eighth Tennessee Infantry, and left for Jackson, Miss., where he remained a short time and then came home. He then joined Company F. First Tennessee Regiment Cavalry and went to Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. after which he was paroled and returned home. In 1878 he was elected constable and served four years. In 1882 he was elected magistrate, and holds that position at the present time. He is a Democrat in politics. Our subject's parents, Will- iam and Margaret White, were born in North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively. The father was born in 1811, and was the son of Lewis and Nancy White. He was a farmer, an upright citizen and had many friends. He died in 1855. The mother was a member of the Christian Church and was always ready and willing to aid in the cause of Christi- anity.
WASHINGTON CURRAN WHITTHORNE was born in that part of Lincoln County subsequently made a part of Marshall County, Tenn .; was raised in Bedford, attended school at Arrington Academy in Williamson, Campbell Academy in Wilson, and graduated at East Tennessee University. He was a student of law under James K. Polk at the time of his election to the presidency, and entered into the politics of the State at an early age: was a member of the State Senate in 1855-56 and 1857-58, and was speaker of the House of Representatives in 1859-60, having been elected to the House over W. L. McConnico, the Whig candidate, and one of the foremost orators in the State. In 1860 he was selected by his party as a candidate for elector for the State at large. He canvassed the State from one end to the other, meeting more competitors of the ablest of his opponents than was ever done in any former political canvass in the State. Upon the breaking out of the war he became assistant adjutant-general. serving with Gen. Anderson in West Virginia in 1861. At the close of the war he returned to the practice of his profession at Columbia. in which he achieved great success until the year 1871, when he was elected to the Forty-sec- ond congress where he continued to serve without intermission until the close of the Forty- seventh Congress. During his service in Congress, his most marked work was as a mem- ber of the Committee on Naval Affairs, of which he was chairman for six years. Of Gen. Whitthorne's services to his party and country since the war, it is unnecessary to speak at length. He has served both with untiring zeal. energy and ability. While earnest, bold and energetic by nature, he combines with those qualities a prudence, conservatism and sagacity which gives them extraordinary weight and influence. He was appointed to the Senate by Gov. Bate to fill the unexpired term of Senator Howell E. Jackson, appointed United States Circuit Court Judge.
REV. WILLIAM H. WILKES, a native of Maury County, Tenn., was born May ?, 1821. He is the son of Richard A. L. and Judith (Harris) Wilkes, who were natives of the "Old Dominion," immigrating to Tennessee in 1806, which remained their home until their respective deaths in 1867 and 1880. The subject of this sketch was educated prin- cipally at the Triune and Pleasant Grove Academies. At eighteen years of age he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His appointments have included the towns of Springfield, Wartrace, Mount Pleasant, Spring Hill, Pulaski, Franklin, Nashville and Columbia. Mr. Wilkes was married January, 1848, to Miss Mary K. Amis, who died in 1856, leaving three children: Izora (Mrs. C. S. Williamson), Richard (who served in the State Legislature in 1881 and 1882), and Alice (Mrs. Rev. W. R. Peebles). His second mar- riage was to Miss Zurelda Amis, who died soon after her marriage leaving one daughter. Mary K., wife of Thomas E. Andrews. His present wife was Mrs. Elizabeth (Martin) Jolinson. Mr. Wilkes has been for many years connected with the movements to advance the interest of education by the establishment of schools of high grade.
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