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WILEY B. PEPPER, M. D., an old practitioner of medicine, and now a druggist of Lynnville, Tenn., is a native of Robertson County, Tenn., born near Springfield April 13, 1821, son of William C. and Sarah (Powell) Pepper, and is of English extraction. His father was a native of Virginia, and came to Tennessee with his parents in 1808. The family first settled where Nashville now stands, but later removed to Robertson County, and since then the Pepper family has figured prominently in the affairs of Robertson County, and there the parents of our subject deceased. Dr. Pepper's early life was spent on the farm. He received a liberal education at the Springfield schools, and began the study of medicine in l844, graduating from the Memphis Medical College in 1849, and the following year located in Giles County, where he continued his profession two years. He then removed to Limestone County, Ala., where he remained until 1865, and just after the surrender of Lee at Appomattox he returned to his native county, and there lived five years, and in 1870 came to Lynnville [Giles County], continuing the practice of his profession about six months, and then engaged in the drug business, which he has since continued. He was married in 1853, to Miss Sarah E. Horwell, of Giles County. He was formerly an "old-line" Whig, but is now a Democrat, and was made a Mason in 1850. They are leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is an honorable citizen.
Sarah E. HARWELL [sic], born ca 1831, Tennessee, was the daughter of Gilliam and Ann A. HARWELL, and sister of Thomas B. Harwell.
RICHARD PEPPER, a successful farmer of Giles County, was born in Robertson County, Tenn., and is the son of William and Sarah Pepper. He received his education at Springfield, Tenn., and was a schoolteacher for some time. October 14, 1867, he was united in marriage to Mattie E. Anthony, daughter of John B. and Sarah Anthony, of Giles County, and to our subject and wife was born one child- Tullia. Mrs. Pepper died April 16, 1873, and March 11, 1874, he married, for his second wife, Ella Westmoreland, daughter of Thomas A. and Elizabeth J. Westmoreland. By this last union our subject became the father of three children: Annie, Kittie and Mildred. In 1876 Mr. Pepper located on the farm where he now resides, which consists of ninety-eight acres of fine land. He has been successful in most of his enterprises and is very comfortably situated. He is a Democrat in politics, and he and wife are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. (Goodspeed's History of Giles County, 1886)
Giles County Marriage records include that of Richard PEPPER and Martha E. ANTHONY, 15 [sic] Oct 1867.
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