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G. W. Crawford was born in Carroll County, Ohio, January 26, 1858, and is the son of Nicholas and Catharine (Marshall) Crawford. The father is a native of Ohio, and is now a resident farmer of Columbiana County, Ohio. The mother is also a native of Car- roll County, Ohio, and of German descent. Our subject was reared and worked on the farm until twenty-one years of age. He was educated in the common schools of his native county, and attended for two terms the Augusta Normal School. When he reached his majority he went to Indiana, and remained for a short time, when he returned to his parental home and here remained for less than one year; then went to Indiana a second time, in which State he was united in marriage with Miss Zaidee Shutts, September 5, 1880, at Noblesville. In 1SS1 he returned to Ohio, and there remained about one year. working in the machine shops of the Buckeye & Sharps Engine Manufacturing Company. Again he went to Indiana, and here was born to him. November 28, 1882, Elsie May, who died July 20, 1883. At the death of this child our subject and wife removed to Elk Valley. Tenn., where he remained about one year, engineering, and then returned to Noblesville, Ind., engaging in farming for one season; then finally came to Tennessee, where he has been ever since. He is now engaged in the hotel and livery business at Caryville. Campbell Co., Tenn. August 28, 1886, was born his second child, Goldie Newman. Our subject is an enterprising young man, and has a bright prospect before him. He is an ardent worker in the Republican party.
Alfred Dossett was born in Campbell County January 18. 1813, and is the son of Robert and Elizabeth (Willoughby) Dossett. The father was born in North Carolina in
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1787, and was the son of William Dossett, a native of North Carolina, who immigrated to Tennessee in 1804, and settled in Powell's Valley, Campbell County, at a time when the Indians were in full force. At that time the county was a vast cane brake and forest, and the life of the hardy pioneers was full of trials and tribulations. Robert, the father, followed in the footsteps of his sire, and was a farmer. He served in the war of 1812, under Gen. Jackson. He was an honest upright citizen, a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, and was highly esteemed and respected by his neighbors. He died May 12, 1870, in his one hundred and first year. The mother was the daughter of John Will- oughby, of Campbell County. She was a pious, Christian lady, and died June 19, 1836. Our subject was reared on the farm, and acquired his education in the neighboring schools. His education was limited, as the schools of his boyhood were poor, and the opportunities for attending them very poor. He has a good practical education. He was chosen lieu- tenant of a company organized for the Florida war in 1836, and also of a company organized for the war with Mexico in 1847, neither of which was accepted. He has made a success of life. He was elected justice of the peace in 1882, and holds that office at present. He was united in marriage, February 1, 1838, to Julia A. W. Elliott, who was born April 10, 1819. To this union ten children were born, eight of whom are living. The wife was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died May 1, 1867. He was married a second time, July 2, 1878, to Martha J. Smith, who was born in Campbell County, September 18, 1935, and died March 18, 18:5. He was again married, November 17, 1878, to Rhoda Bowls, nee Kitchen. Our subject and wife are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church.
John Jones, M. D., probably the oldest physician in East Tennessee, was born in Wilkesboro, N. C., August 9, 1803, the son of Thomas Jones, a poor but honest man, who was unable to give his children the school advantages then destined only for those with larger purses. A short time after our subject's birth his father came to what is now Unicoi County, Tenn., then Carter County, and to Greasy Cove, but about his tenth year his father returned to Buncombe (now Yancy) County, N. C. Four years later, however, they returned to Greasy Cove, and there remained until after our subject had married and moved to Embreeville. In 1822 our subject's residence burned, and in it perished a six year old sister of his wife, and a young man-William Wood. Then until about 1825 he worked for Mark Reaves & Sons, at his trade of iron maker, and then went to Roane Creek, Carter (now Johnson) County. Since 1827 he has lived in Campbell County. In 1850-53 he studied medicine, and for twenty years followed its practice in Campbell County. In the year 1861 he was elected as a Union delegate to represent the counties of Campbell and Anderson in a constitutional convention, but as the convention was voted down by the people, he could not serve. In 1868 he became county clerk, and continued so for ten years, and for six years served as justice, making such an excellent record that there was never an appeal from his decisions. Elizabeth, a daughter of Benjamin Mosly. of Virginia, was his faithful wife for thirty years, who died in 1851, and of their four daughters and two sons, all have died. Some of the daughter's children are now living in Campbell County. Although Dr. Jones has long been retired from active practice, no physician is more widely and favorably known in his region, both for his excellencies as a man and a doctor, and though his advantages were limited, he has, since he learned to read in his tenth year, been a close and faithful student, so that he is now not only one of the leaders in his profession, but in general culture has reached broad ground, and his experience has led him to be one of the most earnest and aggressive champions of popular education supported by public funds. He is an advocate and friend of active progressive Christianity, and in his personal relations he is a rare man, kind and generous to the weak and erring, yet ever pointing them to the pure and noble. His long and useful life is now nearing its end, to leave a record of well done when it is closed. He has published a valu able professional book, " The Midwife, " which has a very high standing, and embodies his professional views and learning.
J. S. Lindsay, one of the oldest citizens and most extensive farmers of the Fourth Dis- trict, was born in Carter County, September 28, 1828, the son of William Lindsay, &
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native of Virginia, and who was born July 4, 1762, a son of Matthew Lindsay, of Scot- land. April 12, 1824, William removed to Campbell County, and engaged in farming and building iron forges, of which he erected fourteen during his life. He was a major of militia in the early days, and died in 1848, a highly respected man. The mother, Mary, a daughter of Cornelius and Nancy (Hall) Storm, was born in 1772, in Virginia. Her parents came to Carter County at an early day, and afterward moved to Kentucky. They both lived to be over ninety-five years of age. The mother died in 1863, a member of the Baptist Church. Our subject was educated, chiefly, in the Jacksboro schools, and for sev- eral years after leaving school he worked at his father's trade, and rebuilt Lindsay Forge. He also built a forge for Laban Sharp, at Big Creek Gap. After bis marriage he began
bis present career as a farmer, in which he has so well succeeded. In 1851 he became a justice, and, in a new district formed, was re-elected. Since 1852 he has been a trustee of Jacksboro Academy, and in 1870 he became clerk and master of chancery, and held the office twelve years. In 1SS4 he was elected justice, without an effort on his part, and his offi- cial, as well as his private life, has been marked by the highest characteristics. October 3, 1850, he married Catherine Keeney, born in Anderson County, April 12, 1837, the daughter of Michael Keeney. Eight of their twelve children are living. Both our sub- ject and his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He has served on the building committee of the academy, jail and courthouse, of which latter he was superin- tendent. He owns a farm of 500 acres. In 1868 he was ordained, and now is, pastor of the Jacksboro Baptist Church, and has also filled the office of deacon for many years.
W. R. Mars was born in Campbell County, March 26, 1832, the only son of James J. and Maria L. (Maupin) Mars. The father was born in Virginia, in 1803, and was the only son of an only son, who was born in England. He came to Tennessee, in 1828. and settled in Sequatchie Valley, where he remained for two years, and then removed to Camp- bell County, where he settled permanently, and followed farming as a vocation. He was a public-spirited and enterprising man, and served as a justice of the peace of his county for over eighteen years. He was a brick mason by trade, and erected a large num- ber of brick residences in Powell's Valley. He was a member of the Methodist Church, and died August 8, 1886. The mother was born in Albemarle County, Va., in 1800, the daughter of John Maupin. She was also a member of the Methodist Church, and died July 25, 1982. Our subject was reared on the farm, and acquired his education at the Fincastle schools. He began life as a farmer, aud has followed agricultural pursuits all his life. He now owns a fine farm near Fincastle. Though frequently solicited to seek office, he never aspired to the same, and consequently has lived a retired and quiet life. He was married September 25, 1860, to Jane Owens, who was born in Campbell County. Tenn., in 1841, the daughter of Daniel Owens. To this union five children were born, as follows: William B., born September 17, 1861; James J., born August 14. 1S64; Elizabeth Y., born March 16, 18:9; Daniel E., born April 14, '1867 (deceased May 2, 1868), and Franklin, born July 19, 1872. The mother was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died July 26, 1872. Mr. Mars was married, the second time, March 17, 1815, to Emma Myers, who was born September 6, 1849, daughter of Jacob Myers, of Greene County, Tenn. To this union six children have been born, as follows: Jacob T., born January 8, 1876; Florence B., born October 12, 1878; Charles W., born January 25, 1880; Lelia M., born October 8, 1881; Mary L., born May 1, 1884, and Samuel E., born June 2, 1886. Both our subject and wife are members of the Methodist Church, he of the Meth- odist Episcopal, and she of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
W. J. McGee, superintendent of public instruction of Campbell County, Tenn., and one of the leading farmers and citizens of the Seventh Civil District, was born in Middle Tennessee, April 5, 1829, and is the son of George W. and Rebecca (Young) McGee. The father was born in Anderson County, Tenn., November 11, 1800, and was the son of James McGee, a native of Ireland. The father was a farmer, and died in 1870. The mother was the daughter of Joshua Young, a native of Tennessee, and was born in Roane County, October 13, 1808. She died January 7, 1877. The parents were Christians, the father being a member of the Baptist and the mother of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject was
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reared from his sixth year on the farm in Campbell County, and acquired his early education in the old field schools, and later finished his education at the Jacksboro Academy. After finishing his education he returned to the farm and began the life of a farmer, and has followed that life up to the present, making a decided success, and now owns and culti- vates a fine valley farm of 160 acres. He has always taken a decided stand for education and progress, and in 1SS5 was elected superintendent of public instruction of Campbell County, by the county court. So well did he discharge the responsible duties of that office that he was indorsed by a re-election in 1877, and is now the incumbent of that office. He is a man of progressive ideas, and under his superintendency the schools of the county have made great headway and progress. He was married in 1860 to Susan Richardson, who is the daughter of Daniel Richardson, and was born in Campbell County January 30, 1837. To this union eleven children have been born, ten of whom are living, as follows: Mary J., born October 11, 1861; Annie, born October 18, 1863; W. H., born December 24. 1864; D. P., born November 14, 1866; died April 12, 1868; Sarah E., born October 20, 1868; James A., born September 24, 1870; J. F., born September 12, 1872, L. C., born July 6, 1874; R. T., born August 19, 1876; H. H., born September 14, 1878; and C. B., born August 6, 1882. W. H. is a farmer of Knoxville, and graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1883. Our subject, wife and children are members of the Methodist Church.
John Myers was born in Campbell County, Tenn., August 17, 1829, and is the son of Isaac and Margaret (Lindsay) Myers. The father was born in Grainger County, Teun., August 31, 1801, and is the son of John Myers, a native of Virginia. The grandfather immigrated to Grainger County in about 1790, and removed to Campbell County in about 1826. He was a soldier in the war of 1812 under Gen. Cocke. The father is a farmer by vocation, and is one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Camp- bell County. The mother was born in Carter County, Tenn., and is the daughter of William Lindsay, and a sister to Jonathan Lindsay, of Campbell County. She is a member of the Baptist Church. Our subject was reared on the farm, and attended the schools of his neighborhood, and of Jacksboro. He began life as a farmer, and has con- tinued up to the present, and is now one of the most prominent farmers of his district. During the militia days he was an officer, and for twenty-four years was justice of the peace of Anderson County, two years of which time he served as chairman of the county court, and discharged the duties of that responsible office with credit to himself and the county. He is now and has been since 1867 one of the trustees of Franklin Academy, at Jacksboro, and is an advocate of education. He is energetic and enterprising, and is highly esteemed by his fellow citizens. He was married in 1853 to Martha Miller, who was born in Campbell County, in about 1833, and was the daughter of Jolin Miller. To this union one child was born. The wife died September 11, 1854, and in October. 1857, our subject married Sarah J. Delapp, who was born in 1812, and is the daughter of George Delapp (deceased), one of the wealthiest and largest land holders of the county. To this union eight children have been born, seven of whom are living.
Capt. A. Myers is a native of Campbell County, Tenn., born April 30, 1837, and is the son of Isaac and Margaret (Lindsay) Myers. The father was born in Grainger Count Tenn., in 1801, and is the son of John Myers, a native of Virginia. The father removed to Campbell County when about twenty-two years of age, where he began farming, and has continued up to the present, and now lives in the Fifth Civil District. The mother was born in Carter County, Tenn., and is the daughter of William Lindsay, and a sister to Jonathan Lindsay, of Campbell County. She is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Our subject was reared on the farm of his parents, and attended school at Big Creek and Fincastle. He worked on the farm until the breaking out of the late war. In 1862, fired by patriotism and loyalty, he organized a company of soldiers, of which he was elected captain, and, March 10, 1862, he enlisted in the Federal Army. His ompany was assigned a position as Company F, in the Sixth Regiment of Federal Tenn- nessee Infantry. He served throughout the war, and was in the battles of Murfreesboro, Chattanooga. Strawberry Plains, Resaca, Lookout Mountain, Pumpkin Vine, Stone River.
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and was in thirty-three heavy engagements in the Georgia campaign, during part of which time he commanded a regiment, and distinguished himself for ability and bravery. He was but slightly wounded, and never captured, meeting with almost phenomenal success. From the Georgia campaign he returned with his command to Tennessee, and on Decem- ber 15 and 16, 1864, was in the battle of Nashville. From that place he went to Wasbing- ton, and at Alexandria, Va., embarked on the iron clad . "Matansus," and conveyed to Wilmington, N. C., the trip occupying four days and nights. He was in the successful engagement at that place, and was then sent back to Nashville, where, March 24, 1565. he was mustered out and honorably discharged from the service. He returned to his farm in Campbell County after the war, and in 1867 was elected revenue collector for Campbell County, with no opposition, and was re-elected in 1869, this time against oppo- sition, which he overcame by a majority of twelve to one. Retiring from the office in 1871, he resumed his farming, and has since followed agricultural pursuits. He is Post Commander of Meador Post, No. 19, G. A. R., of Fincastle, and always attends the dis trict encampments. He was married November 22, 1867, to Nannie E. Cross, who was born in Anderson County, Tenn., in about 1819, and was the daughter of John and Eliza- beth Cross, both deceased. To this union seven children were born. five of whom are liv- ing. The wife was a Christian and worthy lady, a devoted wife and fond mother, and died June 16. 1943, being a member of the Missionary Baptist Church at the time of her death. In 1885 he married Ollie Irwin, who was born in Campbell County in about 1879. and was the daughter of James P. Irwin, of Campbell County. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died March 10, 1886. Our subject is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
A. T. Newman, M. D. The subject of this sketch is a practicing physician at New- comb, Campbell Co., Tenn., and was born at Dandridge. Jefferson Co., Tenn .. March 30, 1854. He is the son of W. H. Newman and Malinda Aley. The father was a native of South Carolina, and was of Scotch descent. The mother was a native of Tennessee. and was of German parentage. Our subject was reared on the farm, and received a hight school education at Dandridge, and up to the age of sixteen he was on the farm with his father. Somewhat later he, at the age of eighteen, engaged in the mercantile business at Dandridge, and followed it up to 1880, when he suspended merchandising and began the study of medicine at Dandridge, under the instructions of Dr. J. C. Cawood. In 185? he entered the Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, graduated in 1883, and went back to his native town, where he practiced for a short time, and later located at Newcomb. his present location. Here he has establisbed a large practice, and is the physician and surgeon for the Standard Coal Company. September 8. 1886, he married Miss Anun Pearnil Little, daughter of Rev. J. B. Little, of Well Spring. Mr. Newman has never had the advantages that wealth can give, and has had many obstacles to contend with. He has been successful in business, and is a self-made man. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is a well respected citizen.
J. Henderson Reid, of Jacksboro, Tenn., is a native of Botetourt County, Va., born September 21, 1853, and is the son of Andrew and Eliza (Reid) Reid. The father was born in Rockbridge County, Va., in 1799, and was the son of Pennsylvanian parents. He was a farmer, and died in 1882. The mother was born in Botetourt County, Va., in is/s. and was the daughter of Jacob Reid, a native of Bedford County, Va .; she died in iss). She was a member of the Methodist Church, while the father leaned to the faith of the Presbyterians. Our subject was reared on the farm of his parents in Virginia, and acquired his early education in the neighboring schools. Later he attended the Pres- ton and Olin Institute at Blacksburgh, Va., and finished his education at King's College. Bristol, Tenn. He began reading law at Bristol in 18:4, and was admitted to the bar and licensed, in 18:5, by Judges E. E. Gillenwaters and Hamilton C. Smith. He then spent a year in the West, and in Angust 1876, located in Jacksboro, Tenn., and began the prac- tice of his profession, and has resided here up to the present, having built up a splendid practice and a fine professional name. He was married in 1878 to Mary J. Lindsay, who was born in 1854, and is a daughter of J. S. Lindsay, one of the prominent citizens of Campbell County, Tenn. To this union three children have been born. Our subject is a
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member of Jacksboro Lodge No. 332, F. & A. M., and his wife is a member of the Baptist Church.
T. H. Rhodeheaver, was born at Morgansville, Va., January 7, 1841, the son of George and Lurena (Jenkins) Rhodeheaver, the former a native of Virginia, and both of German stock. Our subject grew up amid the scenes of rural home and school life, and was hardly of age, when he enlisted in Company HI, Third Virginia Infantry. and served for a time as a non-commissioned officer. Among the severe actions in which be was engaged were Cedar Mountain, on the Rappahanock and the second Manassas, where he received a wound in the right leg. He was engaged in the oil trade in his native State for two years after the war, and in 1865 went to Ohio and married Fannie C. Armstrong, a native of W. Virginia. Their children are Isaiah (deceased), Yumbert P., Joseph N. and Homer. He then engaged in farming and stock raising in Ohio, and since 1879 has been in the lum- ber business. In 1882 he went to Scott County, Tenn., and since 1883 has been in New- comb, Campbell County, where he is dealing in all kinds of lumber, and operating, saw and plaining mill, besides being engaged in merchandising. He now controls considerable capital, all gained from a beginning of nothing at all. He is a zealous Methodist, and a genial, respected man.
Dr. William B. Russell, was born in Lee County, Va., February 22, 1831, the son of Alexander and Sallie (Hardy) Russell. The father, born in Virginia, December 25, 1800, came to Tennessee in 1816 and settled in Union County. He was a farmer, and died in 1864. The mother, born in Virginia in 1802, died in 1876, a member of the Presbyterian Church, while the father was a Methodist. Our subject grew up on the farm, and attended Walnut Grove Academy, Knox County, and in 1857 began the study of medi- cine under Dr. C. D. Russell, of Union County, and in 1869 began practice in Union County. He has been practicing in Jacksboro since 1874, and with the best of success professionally and financially. In 1812 Sarah A. Goforth, a native of Claiborne County, born in 1846, became his wife. Two children have been born to them. She is a Methodist. In 1857 he visited Kansas and Nebraska, and in 1862 again made a western tour. He has attended over 800 births during his practice.
W. H. Smith, farmer, was born near Cumberland Gap, Claiborne County, February 6, 1825, the son of Jordan and Eliza P. (Wheeler) Smith. Robert, the grandfather, was a native of North Carolina, and came to Tennessee before 1800, and settled near the Clai- borne and Campbell County line, when Powell's Valley was a cane-brake. Jordan was born in North Carolina in 1797, and was a practical and extensive farmer and land owner. During the late war he sold a portion of fine Powell's Valley land, near Jacksboro, for Confederate money, which, of course, was worthless. He served in the Indian removal from the Hiwassee Purchase, under Gen. Nathaniel Smith, but did not serve in any wars. He died February 25, 1881, mourned by all who knew him. The mother, a daughter of Thomas Wheeler, a prominent citizen of this county, was born in 1807, below Jacksboro, and died January 13, 1887, a woman of unusual excellence, and a member of the Method- ist Episcopal Church. Our subject was educated chiefly at Jacksboro, where he attended in the fall and winter; and although he has been engaged in other duties he has been suc- cessful in his career as a farmer, declining all solicitations for office. Among the many trusts he has held is the administratorship of the estate of the late John Kincaid. He is a stockholder of the Powell Valley High School, at Fincastle, and has also been director for several years. October 25, 1849, he married Elizabeth, a daughter of John Kincaid, and born at the homestead April 4, 1831. Their three children were Lossie A., born July 28. 1850, died June 26, 1854: Florence, born January 19, 1855, and William W., born February 20, 1861. Our subject and wife are Methodists, of the Southern Branch.
Rev. T. M. Smith, farmer and merchant, and minister, was born in Whitley County, Ky., November 22, 1327, the sou of James and Nancy (Meadors) Smith, the former born in that county March 16, 1805; the latter, a native of Kentucky, died at the age of seventy- five. The father was a farmer and stock dealer, and came to Campbell County about 1858. He was au able business man, and acquired great wealth, and died September 10. 1882, a member of the Baptist Church, and a man of such genial nature that he left many
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