Giles County, Tennessee
Goodspeed's History and Biographies
ABOUT GOODSPEED'S The Goodspeed Publishing Company of Chicago sold and published, in that order, county, regional and state histories throughout the south. The Goodspeed salesman had arrived in Giles County between late 1885 and early 1886, by which time he had begun his "interviews" of local residents and government officials for what are today known as "vanity books." In return for a "subscription" (probably $5.00), the salesman took biographical family histories for a promised book. Because these biographies were usually autobiographical, the biographical accounts of ancestors were occasionally more fact than fiction whereas the history section for each county was generally factual. Researchers are, as always, encouraged to verify all "facts" in the Goodspeed biographies against applicable extant records.
Goodspeed's History of Giles
Goodspeed's Biographies of Giles Families
(See also below for Goodspeed biographies of former Giles Countians)
Charles C. & Charles A. Abernathy
Andrew J. & William Ballentine
Nathan A. & Prof. William J. Smith
Isaac Newton, John G. & Noble Smithson
Index to Goodspeed Biographies
of Former Giles Countians (Partial)
Carroll County, TN: Robert G. Kyle, Dr. H. D. McGill
Fayette County, TN: James T. Terrence (index) (corrected URL 07/02/00)
Haywood County, TN: J. H. Kerr
Lauderdale County, TN: Albert C. Thompson, William T. Tilman
Lawrence County, TN: Demosthenes Buchanan, Thomas D. Deavenport, J. W. Fleenan, James M. Gilmore, Eli F. Hannah, John B. Kennedy, Allen H. Kidd, William K. Lackey, James W. Locke, Thomas H. Meredith, Dr. Wiley W. Neal, Joshua B. Parker, David T. Quarles, Judge Robert H. Rose, Alfred H. Rose, Col. James L. Stribling, John P. Tarpley
Lincoln County, TN: A. F. Bass (Bennett), Mrs. N. E. (Hayes) Benson (Harwell), W. C. Bright (Bramlett), Lewis & Dr. J.C. Coats (Smith), W. S. Curtis (McMurray, Bussell), Hon. W. W. Erwin (Woods, Wood), B. F. Houston (Usery), M. L. McDowell (Cawthon), Mrs. Charlotte (Grant) Merrill (Daugherty), J. S. Merrell (Reed, Smith, Hall), Dr. W. L. Moores (Fox, McCollum), James H. Patterson (Clendening)), D. C. Sherrell (McCoy), W. B. Stevenson (Patterson), Dr. B. S. Stone (Sherrell), Capt. W. A. Summers (Walker), Jacob Vance (Crutcher, Eddings, Hill, Jones, McWilliams)
Madison County, TN: Thomas Drake (Woods) New
Maury County, TN: Thomas Y. English
Obion County, TN: Isaac N. Farris (deceased), Rev. Edward D. Farris
Obion County, TN: Capt. John T. Brown, Calvin S. Brown
Obion County, TN: William Hamilton
Perry Co, TN: Dr. Isaac N. Black, Thetus W. Simms
Wayne Co, TN: Capt. William Bromley (Hurst), Cicero Buchanan (Hassell), James T. Shields (Ramsey, Old), Shields Sims (Greeson, Horton, Reed, Youngblood), Abraham Sims (Merritt, Stockberry), Carns M. Tinnon (Davidson) New
Mississipi County, AR: James Combs
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