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with her daughter, Mrs. E. C. McMurry. Our subject was educated in the female depart- ment of a college at Gallatin, and December 27, 1838, was married to Rev. John M. Mc- Murry, son of David and Anna MeMurry. Rev. McMurry was born in Wilson County in 1804, and attended school in Gallatin. He entered the ministry in 1833. being a circuit rider for a short time. and then was given local work. In 1847 he became agent of the endowment fund for the Cumberland University, serving eight years. During that time he was very successful. raising about $60,000. In 1856 he became pastor of the church at McMinnville. Tenn .. remaining seventeen years, with the exception of a few years during the war. Owing to ill health he gave up ministerial work in 1869, and retired to his farm. where he died in April, 1875. He was very public spirited. and was a man of talent and influence in the county. His wife and daughter reside in Lebanon. both being earnest workers in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
JAMES NELSON is a native of Fayette County. Ky., and is a son of James and Theodica (Bush) Nelson, born in Virginia and Kentucky in 1799 and 1803. and died in 1864 and 1834, respectively. The father was a teacher in early life. and at a later period became a tiller of the soil, and owned 425 acres of land. He became the father of twelve children, nine of whom are living. Our subject was born in 1828, and received his rudi- mentary education in his native county, and later attended Bacon College, Harrodsburg, Ky., for two years. In September. 1862, he enlisted in Company E. Eighth Kentucky Cavalry, Gen. Morgan's command, and was with him on his raid through Kentucky, In- diana and Ohio. He was captured at Buffington, Ohio. and sent to Chicago, where he was retained until spring. He returned home in March. 1865. Before the war (1859) he pur- chased 117 acres of land in Wilson County, on which he located and where he has since lived. He is a man of good business capacity, and is at the present time the possessor of 470 acres of fertile and well cultivated land. He has been a life-long Democrat in poli- tics, and cast his first presidential vote for F. Pierce in 1852. In 1876 he was elected mag- istrate of his district, and has held the office to the present time, to the satisfaction of all concerned.
JOHN D. OWEN, M. D., is a son of John Owen and Mary A. (Goodwin) and was born in Smith County, Tenn., June 21, 1825. The father was of Welsh descent, and his ancestors first located in Maryland and Virginia. He was born in North Carolina in 1787. and was a physician and surgeon by profession. He married and came to Tennessee in 1812, locating in Smith County, where he practiced medicine. He and his wife organ- ized and established the first Sabbath-school ever taught in Smith County. He died Sep- tember 5. 1826. He was a stockholder and president of a branch of the old Bank of Ten- nessee at Carthage, and was a member of the town board for several years. The mother was born in 1787 in North Carolina. She was a devout church-member, and a life mem- ber of the American Bible Society. She died at our subject's home, in Lebanon. January 2, 1879. John D. was educated in the Cumberland University, of Lebanon. and the Nash- ville University. At the age of twenty he began the study of medicine under the direc- tion of his brother, Dr. B. R. Owen, and in the fall of 1846 went to Philadelphia, Penn .. and entered the same institution from which his father graduated. He graduated in 1848. He has always practiced in Smith County, and has met with well-deserved snc- cess. In 1853 he moved to Lebanon. and November 1, of the same year, married Fannie Jamison, daughter of J. and A. (Porter) Jamison. Mrs. Owen was born April 9. 1835. Dr. Owen and another gentleman established a drug store in Lebanon, but was soon com- pelled to abandon the business owing to ill health. In 1870 he was the prime mover and stock-holder of the Bank of Wilson County, and was made its president. continuing such after it became the Second National Bank. He resigned in 1882, and has since lived a retired life. He has in his possession a copy of the old stamp paper which was issued by the British Government in 1765. compelling the colonies to use stamped paper, it being the only original copy on record; its value is 5 shilling. The Doctor is an enterprising man of Lebanon. His wife died January 6. 1886. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, as were all the Owen family of his brauch.
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J. HARRISON OZMENT, an enterprising farmer, was born September 11, 1853, in Wilson County, Tenn., and is one of three children born to John C. and Amanda (Wright) Ozment. The father was born October 5, 1833. in Wilson County, and is a farmer by oc- cupation. He is the owner of about 100 acres of land, and is now living in the Twenty- fifth District. The mother was born March 4, 1834. and is the daughter of Hollis and Elizabeth Wright. Our subject was reared in Wilson County, and received a practical education in the country schools. In 1877 he began farming for himself, and December 20, 1876. Emma A. Clemmons became his wife. She is the daughter of William L. and Eliz- abeth (Carver) Clemmons. and was born March 12, 1857. Mr. and Mrs. Ozment are the parents of three children: Clara, Lenna and Horace. Mr. Ozment has a fine farm of 200 acres in the Twenty-fifth District, and is a gentleman in every respect. He is a Democrat in politics, and a consistent member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Ozment is a member of the Christian Church.
JOHN PALMER. one of the old settlers of Wilson County. Tenn., was born in that State . April 13. 1804. and is the eldest of thirteen children born to William and Sarah (Rankins) Palmer. The father was of English extraction, born in North Carolina in 1777. and immigrated to Tennessee in 1804. At the time of his marriage he was living in Sum- ner County. Tenn., and followed the occupation of a farmer during his entire life. He died in Wilson County in 1858. The mother was born in North Carolina. in 1782, and died in Wilson County. Tenn., in 1859. The subject of this sketch passed his early life in assisting on the farm and in securing an education. In 1826 he was married to Mary Reese, daughter of Thomas B. and Margaret Reese. Mrs. Palmer was born in Wilson Connty in 1803, and by ber union with Mr Palmer became the mother of five children: Margaret A. (wife of H. W. Robb), Louisa (wife of J. S. Chambers), Richard H .. Henry Clay and Ella. In 1828 he bought 154 acres of land in Wilson County, where he com- menced the occupation of farming, and is at present the owner of 1.600 acres of land. the principal part being in Wilson County. Mr. Palmer is one of Wilson County's oldest cit- izens. By his energy. industry and close application to business he has accumulated gradually from year to year and at present is one of the wealthiest farmers in the county. He is always obliging and kind to the poor, and is highly esteemed as an honest and use- ful citizen. Heis a Democrat in politics and a member of the Christian Church.
THOMAS A. PARTLOW, chairman of the Wilson County Court, was born Septem- ber 5, 1825. He received his education in the Gladesville school. and remained with his parents until twenty-two years old. May 19, 1847, he wedded Margaret Williamson, a native of Wilson County, born in August. 1825. and the daughter of Thomas Williamson. To our subject and wife was born one child, Cloe. After marriage Mr. Partlow located near the old home and followed agricultural pursuits. January 20, 1859, his wife died, and in 1863 our subject married May Ann Robins, who lived only eighteen months after mar- riage. In September, 1866, our subject was again married to Martha E. Wray, a native of Wilson County, born April 2, 1836, and the daughter of William Wray. To Mr and Mrs. Partlow were born four children: William A., James R., Natlie M. and Haywood R. In 1865 Mr. Partlow moved to the Twenty-second District, and previous to this, in 1840. he had learned the tanner and currier's trade, which he carried on for some years. In 1861 he enlisted in Company G, State guards. He took an active part in the battles of Lexington, Oak Hill and Springfield. In 1865 he came home, and in the fall of the same year enlisted again, and was with Gen. Morgan until he made his famous raid through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, after which he returned home. Our subject is the son of Thomas and Cloe (Hooker) Partlow. The father was of French descent, born in 1796 in South Carolina, and was a farmer by occupation, owning at one time 513 acres. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and fought in the battle of "The Horse Shoe Bend." The mother was of German descent, born in 1797 in North Carolina, and died in November, 1876. Mr. Partlow has always taken a very active part in public education. He is a Democrat, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
THOMAS PHILLIPS, a farmer of the Eighteenth District of Wilson County, Tonn.,
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was one of nine children and born June 10, 1826. He was educated in the district schools and reared on a farm. November 15, 1848, he wedded Miss Henrietta Henderson, daughter of Preston and Dorothea (Teague) Henderson. Mrs. Phillips was born January 11, 1832, and became the mother of the following children : H. A., William P., David B., Bettie (wife of John Bass), Mary D. (wife of Samuel Ashworth), Sally E. (wife of Andrew Short), Laura J., Minnie, T. W., John M. (deceased). Ada. Mattie and Eugene. Mr. Phillips resided with his parents until he was twenty-two years of age. He then pur- chased 105 acres of land which he has since increased to 165 acres, and also owns 112 acres of land in the Seventeenth District. He served as constable two years, and six years as magistrate. He is conservative in politics and was strongly opposed to secession. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church. His parents were David and Mary ( Waters) Phillips, who were born in Wilson County in 1794 and 1802, and died in 1846 and 1873 respectively. The father was a farmer and a soldier in the war of 1812.
HARDIN PHILLIPS, merchant, of Cherry Valley. Tenn., was born in Wilson County May 11, 1848, one of nine children of Josiah and Malinda (Bass) Phillips. The father was of English descent, born in Pennsylvania in 1800 and followed farming through life. His death occurred in Wilson County November 15. 1868. The mother was born about 1818 and died December 23, 1882. Our subject was educated in the common schools, and October 15, 1868, he married Miss Lizzie Pendleton, daughter of Lewis and Nancy (Moore) Pendleton. Mrs. Phillips was born April 22, 1851, and to her and her husband were born three children, two now living : Josiah, Hattie and Bessie (deceased.) At the age of eighteen Hardin began working for himself, and in 1869 was elected constable, an office which he held for six successive years, and then became associated with Henderson & Co." merchants, of Cherry Valley, continuing until 1877, when he and Dr. Grantstaff became partners, but in about one year their building and goods was consumed by fire. A short time after Mr. Phillips began business for himself and has met with flattering success. He is a Democrat in politics, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.
HON. S. S. PRESTON, an old citizen and farmer of the Twentieth District. was born November 22, 1827. in Bedford County, Va., and is the son of John and Martha (Early) Preston. The father was born about 1793. in Bedford County, Va., and was a farmer by occupation. At the time of his marriage he was living in the Old Dominion, but in 1835 he immigrated to Wilson County, Tenn., where he died in 1853. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was the father of ten children. six of whom are living. - The mother was born in 1799, in Bedford County, Va., and died in 1850 in Wilson County. Our subject was educated in his native county and in Wilson County. At the age of twenty-one he left home and went to Huntsville, Ala., and hired as a clerk in a dry goods store, where he remained for nearly three years. January 12, 1853. he married Aun M. Keyes, a native of Alabama, born June, 1835, and the daughter of James H. Keyes, of Mississippi. To our subject and wife were born seven children: James H., John F., Laura (wife of William T. Watson, of Texas). S. S., Jr., Ella, Alice and Mattie. During the late war our subject enlisted in Company G. Forty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, and was. made captain of his company. He took an active part in the battles of Shiloh. but soon after, on account of ill health, was discharged and returned home. Mr. Preston owns 260 acres, and is one of Wilson County's much respected citizens. January, 1872, he was. elected as chairman of the county court, and in November of the same year he was elected to the lower house of the State Legislature. In October. 1882, he was again elected chair- man of the county court, which position he held for three successive years. During the years 1884-85 he was a resident of Lebanon, where he lived for the purpose of educating his children.
G. A. PURSLEY is a son of William B. and Sophia (Rutherford) Pursley, and was born September 13, 1837, in Sumner County, Tenn. The father was of Irish descent. and was born in Tennessee in 1802, and was a tanner and currier by trade, but later devoted. his time to agricultural pursuits. He came to Wilson County in 1839, where he became. quite a prosperous farmer, owning 500 acres of land at one time. He died May 16, 1880.
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He was twice married, his first wife being Harriet Johnston. The mother was of Scotch- Irish descent, born in 1814 and died in 1885. Our subject came to Wilson County when only two years old. He attended Irving College in Warren County, and the Cumberland University in Lebanon. September 22, 1857. he married Ann Vance. daughter of Ed R. and Mary Vance. Mrs. Pursley was born November 11, 1840, and became the mother of seven children: Hattie (wife of J. R. Gollithan), Minnie (wife of J. M. Hannab), Lizzie A., Alice M., Brice B., Edwin V. and Philip H. Mr. Pursley was first the owner of sixty acres of land, but by industry and economy is now the possessor of 305 acres. He has been a life-long Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Stephen A. Douglas. September 10, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Fourth Regiment Tennessee Cavalry, and after the reorganization of the army was appointed second lieutenant of his company, but returned home in the summer of 1862, owing to ill health. He was arrested and kept a prisoner at Murfreesboro for about three months. He belongs to the Good Templars, and he and wife are church members.
JAMES H. RAGLAND. resident of Lebanon, Tenn .. born in 1845, and is a son of Dr. Hardin and Amelia A. (Jones) Ragland. Hardin Ragland was born in Tennessee in 1812, son of Pettis Ragland, of Virginia. Hardin was educated in Campbell Academy and received his medical education in the University of Lexington, Ky. After his mar- riage he located in Cherry Valley, where he continued to practice until 1878, when he gave up active work and came to Lebanon. He had a thorough knowledge of his pro- fession and for many years was the leading physician in his section of the country, and was a much respected citizen. He died February 6, 1882. The mother was of Scotch de- scent, born in Wilson County in 1806. She died December 13. 1885. They were the parents of three children, two of whom are living: Mrs. Hattie Page and our subject. who was reared and educated in his native county and White Springs, Davidson County. When sixteen years of age lie enlisted in Company C. Fourth Tennessee Regiment, and was in the battles of Chickamauga, Bentonville, Knoxville, Perryville, and numerous lesser engage- ments. After the surrender of Richmond he returned home, and August 10. 1870. he married Agnes A. Clark, daughter of L. J. Clark. Mrs. Ragland was born in 1952, and is the mother of two children: Hardin and Clark. Soon after returning from the war he. his father and W. S. Phillips kept a general merchandise store at Cherry Valley for three years. He then sold goods at Tucker's Cross Roads for two years, and about 1879 he and W. G. Page established a family grocery and hardware store in Lebanon. Our - subject has since sold his interest to P. Y. Hill, and has been speculating in notes and securities. He is a Democrat. His wife died in 1878 and his sister has since been keep- ing house for him.
JOHN H. RAMSAY, farmer, was born in 1828 in Sumner County, Tenn., and is a son of William and Diana (Austin) Ramsay. The father was a native of the State of Virginia, and in early life worked at the hatter's trade. In late years he followed agri- cultural pursuits, having purchased upward of 100 acres in Sumner County, where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1850. The mother was born in Sumner County about 1816. After the death of her husband she lived on the old place for some time, but at present she is living with her daughter, Polly Hobson, who is a resident of the Fifth District. Our subject received his education in the county schools, and at the age of fifteen left the parental roof and served as an apprentice to a house carpenter, working thus for two and a half years: after which he worked on his own responsibility. In 1853 he bought 188 acres in the Third District of Wilson County, where he located and where he has since resided. The same year Lucinda Tarver became his wife, but died the following year. In 1855 he married Roxana Tompkins, who died February 5, 1880, and in October, 1881, he married Mary C. Ramsay, a native of Indiana, born January 2, 1858, and a daughter of John and Rebecca Isom. To Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay were born two children: William H. and Ella Myrtle. Mrs. Ramsay has one child, John I., by her first husband. Mr. Ram-ay has been a hard working and an industrious man. By his energy and good management he now owns 336 acres of good land. During the late war he was agent.
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assisting the Commissary Department in supplying food and clothing to the boys in gray. In politics he advocates the principles of Democracy. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and wife are worthy members of the Baptist Church.
J. M. RICE, an enterprising farmer, was born September 19, 1859, in Rutherford County, Tenn., and is one of a family of eight children, born to J. H. and T. A. (Welsh) Rice. The father was born June, 1837, in Wilson County, Tenn., and was a merchant, which occupation he followed for twenty-five years. About this time he felt a strong de- sire to preach the gospel. which inclination he followed. At the same time he carried on the merchandising business. The mother was born in April. 1838. in Wilson County, Tenn .. and is the daughter of Mitchell Welsh. Our subject was reared in Rutherford County, and received a good practical education in the country schools. February 9, 1882, he led to the altar Jeffella Brett, a native of Wilson County, born May 16, 1862, and the daughter of Alexander Brett. Our subject and wife's married life was happily blessed by the birth of one child, Clide Alexander. Mr. Rice is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and is a Democrat in politics. Mrs. Rice is a member of the Baptist Church.
G. L. ROBINSON, M. D., of Lebanon, Tenn., was born October 8, 1821, in Smith County, one of eight children of Stephen and Mary (Lancaster) Robinson, who were of English origin. The father was born in Virginia in 1778, and was a farmer by occupa- tion. He came to Tennessee in his youth and his parents were among the very first set- tlers of Middle Tennessee. He died in January, 1846. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was twice married, being the father of nine children. The mother was born June 6, 1798, in Tennessee, and died the same year as her husband. Our subject's early education was acquired in the common schools, and served in the Mexican war in Joseph E. Thomas' Tennessee Cavalry, serving twelve months. After his return he began study- ing under Dr. G. M. Alsop, of Statesville, and in 1548 entered the medical department of the Louisville (Ky.) University and graduated as an M. D. in 1850. He practiced his pro- fession in Statesville, Alexandria, and in 1854 came to Lebanon, where he has since resided. September 7, 1851, he married Emily D. Anderson, daugliter of Frank Anderson; she died June 7, 1875, leaving one child, Churchwell, who died in 1877. In 1878 the Doctor married Valeria Huddleston, daughter of Winston and Mary B. Huddleston. She was born Jan- uary 21, 1839, and she and the Doctor are members of the Christian Church.
HON. R. C. SANDERS, clerk and master of the Chancery Court of Wilson County, Tenn., was born July 23, 1826, in Sumner County, and is one of three children of James and Letitia (Carey) Sanders. The father was born in North Carolina, in 1779, and in youth came with his parents to Sumner. Tenn .. where he followed the occupation of farming. He was married to Letitia Carey in 1825, and died in 1861. He was twice married and was the father of ten children. The mother was born in Sumner County, Tenn., in 1500, and died April 16, 1871. Our subject graduated from Enou College and for one session was a student in the law department of the Cumberland University at Lebanon. In 1847 he began teaching school and continued that and farming until 1849, when he became principal of the Smithfield (Tenn.) High School. continuing until 1853. December 23 of that year be wedded Rhoda AA. Reeves, daughter of John and Sarah Reeves. Mrs. San. ders was born February 17, 1836, in Smith County, Ten., and became the mother of the following children: Nora, John C. and Nat. In 1854 Mr. Sanders was chosen superinten- dent of the high school at Carthage, Tenn., and in 1857 was elected to represent Smith County in the State Legislature. After his return to Carthage upon the adjournment of the Legislature, he again began the study of law, and in 1859 was admitted to the bar and practiced his profession until the breaking out of the war. In June, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Twenty-fifth Regiment Tennessee Infantry, and was immediately appointed its adjutant and served until the re organization of the army at Corinth, when he was elected lieutenant-colonel of the same regiment. He had command of the regiment for several months, the colonel, S. S. Stanton, being absent. He and Col. Stanton, owing to trouble with the brigadier general in command, resigned, and returned to Middle Tennes- see and raised another regiment (infantry), the Eighty-fourth Tennessee; this was consoli-
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dated with the Twenty-eighth Tennessee Infantry. Col. Sanders was appointed quarter- master and acted as such until the close of the war, receiving his parole at Washington, Ga., June 9. 1865. Col. Sanders, although quartermaster. went into the ranks as a private. and took part in the capture of Dalton, Ga., in the battle of Spring Hill and Franklin, and in the engagements around Nashville. After the close of the war he resumed the practice of law and formed a partnership with Judge Cantrell, of Lebanon, with whom he remained eight years. In 1874 Col. Sanders moved to Louisville, Ky., but after a two-years resi- dence, returned to Tennessee and resided one year in Gallatin and then came to Lebanon. He and his son. John C., are partners in the practice of law, the latter being a graduate of the law department of the University of Louisville, Ky .. and of the same department of the Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tenn. In 18$1 Col. Sanders represented Wil- son County in the lower house of the State Legislature. He was made chairman of the Committee of Claims and in 1883 was appointed to his present position. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and he and his son constitute one of the leading law firms of the county.
ERVIN K. SHANNON is a farmer of the Nineteenth District, of Wilson County, Tenn., and son of J. H. and Isabella (Braden) Shannon. He was born March 22. 1841, in the county where he now resides. His father was of Irish descent and was born Decem- ber 19, 1803. When he was about twenty-five years of age he came to Tennessee. His parents died when he was quite young and he was reared by a man by the name of Sha- ker, with whom he learned the tanner's trade, and followed this occupation in Tennessee for about ten years. He then moved to a farm belonging to his wife. He was married about 1834, and became the father of seven children, five now living. He was a soldier in the late war and his death occurred in June, 1870. His widow died in 1876. Our sub- ject resided with his parents until their respective deaths. He received his education in the district schools of the neighborhood, and in 1862, in company with his brother, as- sumed control of the tanning business, continuing about eight years. Since that time our subject has been engaged in farming, and owns the old homestead. He enlisted in the Forty-fourth Tennessee, Company C. and was in the battles of Shiloh and Perryville. Ky., and was wounded in the latter engagement and returned home. In politics he is a Democrat, and his wife is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
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