Early days in Cannon
County, TN, are recalled in this spiral bound booklet compiled
from excerpts from the 1887 book: History of Tennessee, originally
published by Goodspeed Publishing Co., and other sources. The booklet
is printed one-sided on 60# paper with the print enlarged for easier
reading. A vinyl sheet has been added to protect the front cover.
Woodbury, formerly
called Danville, is the county seat. The booklet contains many names:
many early settlers, first merchants, government officials, lawyers,
early mill owners, justices, and doctors.
Besides the names
mentioned in the first part of the booklet, there are some fairly
lengthy biographies, which generally include ancestors, previous
residences, children, in-laws, affiliations, war records and military
encounters, and business activities. In the course of this they
often shed light on the early businesses, professions and institutions
in the county. The biographies include: J.H.
Cumings, J.A. Dement, Josephus Finley, D.D. Hare, W.C. Houston,
James A. Jones, L.L. Melton, W.T. Mingle, and J.G. Moore.
Brief excerpts from Counties of Tennessee by Austin P. Foster, and Tennessee, a Guide to the State, compiled and written by the Federal Writer's Project of the WPA in 1939, are included.
There are a few illustrations, but the quality of these is only fair.
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