{"id":519,"date":"2023-06-09T09:52:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T14:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/lincoln\/?p=519"},"modified":"2023-06-09T09:52:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T14:52:41","slug":"goodspeed-biographies-w-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/lincoln\/goodspeed-biographies-w-z\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodspeed Biographies “W – Z”"},"content":{"rendered":"

John WARDEN<\/strong> was born in North Carolina in 1826, son of Robert and Elizabeth
\n(PILCHER) WARDEN. His early education was very limited, he never having
\nreceived more than six months’ schooling during his life. At the age of
\nsix years he was brought to Tennessee by his parents, and made his home
\nwith them until he was twenty-one years old. October 27, 1847, he married
\nRachel ASHBY. She was born in Lincoln County December 1, 1825, daughter of
\nAlex ASHBY. They have three children: Vina Jane (Mrs. George MILLSTEAD),
\nJohn Wilson and Travis Alex. Mr. WARDEN resided in the Sixth District of
\nLincoln County until May, 1864, when he purchased 100 acres in the Seventh
\nDistrict, and there has since resided. He lost his wife May 9, 1854, and
\nthe following year he married Martha A. DUNCAN, daughter of Judge DUNCAN.
\nThey have six children: Martha Ellen, Mary Elenora, William James, Hardin
\nDaniel, Judge and James Ebenezer Goodloe. Their mother died June 30, 1880,
\nand March 20 of the next year he married Mary C. ASHBY, a sister of his
\nfirst wife. In 1861 Mr. WARDEN joined Company A, Forty-first Regiment
\nTennessee Infantry, and was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Raymond,
\nVicksburg, Jackson and Chickamauga. He was captured at Fort Donelson, and
\ntaken to Camp Morton, Ind., where he was retained seven months. He
\nreturned home in December, 1863 He is conservative in politics, and he and
\nwife are members of the Primitive Baptist Church. His father was born in
\nNorth Carolina in 1790, and was married in 1830. After living two years in
\nIllinois he came to Lincoln County, Tenn. He died in 1862. The mother was
\nborn in North Carolina in 1799, and died in 1861. Of their eleven children
\neight are living: Hardin, Emeline (widow of John H. STEELMAN), John,
\nDaniel, Jane (Mrs. James ISOM), Darinda (Mrs. G W. McAFEE), James M. and
\nFranklin H.<\/p>\n

Thomas J. WHITAKER<\/strong>, citizen and farmer of the Thirteenth District, was born
\nin Lincoln County April 23, 1823, and is one of a family of seven children
\nborn to Benjamin and Mahaldah WHITAKER, and the grandson of John WHITAKER,
\nwho built the first grist-mill in Lincoln County. He was the first
\nchairman of the county court, and will be remembered by many of the oldest
\ncitizens now living in the county. The father of our subject was born in
\nKentucky, and came to Lincoln County with his parents at a very early day.
\nHe was a farmer by occupation, and died in the Eighth District September
\n12, 1869, being over eighty years of age. The mother is supposed to be a
\nnative of Georgia, and died about 1840. Our subject received a good
\npractical education in the common schools near home, and in 1847 was
\nmarried to Elizabeth R. MOORES, a native of Lincoln County, Tenn., born
\nNovember 19, 1821, and died November 30, 1880. By this union six children
\nwere born, four of whom are living: W N., M. E., Susan and Dora. In 1847
\nour subject bought 167 acres of land in the Thirteenth District, where he
\nhas since resided. The place is pleasantly located, well improved, and is
\nnear Fayetteville Elkton road, twelve miles west of Fayetteville.<\/p>\n

Alexander J. WHITAKER<\/strong>, son of Joseph and Ann (JEFFRIES) WHITAKER, was born
\nin Lincoln County in 1833. The father was born in Kentucky in 1788 and was
\nof English extraction. He was married twice, the first time to Martha
\nHUGHES, by whom he had six children, only two of whom are living. Mrs.
\nWHITAKER died in 1830, and in 1832 Mr. WHITAKER married his second wife, by
\nwhom he had two children: Julia F., wife of T. D. HILL, and the subject of
\nthis sketch. The father died in 1874 and the mother in 1863. Alexander
\nwas reared at home, and received his early education in the district
\nschools but later attended the academy at Mulberry for about seven years,
\nwhere he took quite a thorough course. January 10, 1855 he wedded Sarah J.
\nMcMILLEN, daughter of Dock and Madeline McMILLEN, and by this union became
\nthe father of eight children, five of whom are living: Joe D., Charley B.,
\nEdna, Fannie E., and Henry. Soon after marriage our subject located on his
\nfather’s farm, and in 1867 purchased 150 acres of land, on which he is now
\nresiding. In 1865 Mr. WHITAKER was elected magistrate, and has held the
\nsame office ever since. At the breaking out of the war Mr. WHITAKER
\nenlisted in the Fifth Kentucky Infantry, and took an active part in the
\nbattles of Shiloh and Chickamauga. He is independent in political belief,
\na Mason, K. of H., and both he and wife are members of the Missionary
\nBaptist Church.<\/p>\n

Hon. W. W. WILSON<\/strong> is the son of William and Susan WILSON, natives of
\nKentucky and North Carolina, respectively. The father was born in
\nFebruary, 1799 and came to Lincoln County with his parents when but six
\nyears of age. He followed agricultural pursuits as a livelihood, and was
\nquite successful at this. He died in March, 1856. The mother was born in
\n1797, and departed this life in 1845. Our subject was born in Lincoln
\nCounty, April 28, 1827, and received his education in the school near his
\ncountry home, and at Viny Grove, under Prof. Erwin. In 1848 he married
\nMiss A. WHITING, a daughter of Robert and Mrs. WHITING. She was born in
\nRobertson County in 1829. Mr. WILSON began teaching, and has followed that
\noccupation for about ten years. In 1851 he bought ten acres of land in the
\nThirteenth District, where he located, and has since lived. He now owns
\n250 acres in a very desirable place, and is doing a good business. About
\n1858 he was elected magistrate, and again in 1864. He has held the office
\nconsiderable of the time since, up to 1880, when he refused to accept the
\nposition any longer. In 1872 he was chosen by the people to represent them
\nin the State Legislature. He is a man well known throughout the county,
\nand his being elected to offices of trust at different times shows that the
\npublic appreciates his services. He is a Democrat, and a member of the
\nMasonic fraternity. Mrs. WILSON is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
\nChurch.<\/p>\n

J. B. WILSON,<\/strong> the proprietor of a furniture and undertaking establishment
\nin Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tenn., was born in that place February 3,
\n1834. He is the eldest child of a family of five children – three sons and
\ntwo daughters – born to Union A. and Mary (SHANKS) WILSON, and was educated
\nin Fayetteville. At the age of sixteen he began learning the
\ncabinet-maker’s trade in his father’s shop, and continued working for him
\nuntil 1854, when his father, his brother, C. S. WILSON*, and himself
\nentered into a co-partnership of undertaking and dealing in furniture, in
\nwhich they continued until 1859. He was married to Miss M. A. WHITAKER
\nOctober 6 1856, and eight children were born to this union – six daughters
\nand two sons – of whom only four are living: Martha A., Mary M., James B.
\nand Myrtle C. At the breaking out of hostilities between the North and
\nSouth our subject enlisted in Company C, Forty-first Tennessee Regiment
\nConfederate States Army, in December 1862. For his second wife he took
\nMrs. Lucy A. (McDANIEL) FULLERTON May 10, 1882, who was born April 28,
\n1850. She was first married to Robert G. FULLERTON December 1, 1868, by
\nwhich marriage there were three daughters born, only two now living: Willa
\nA. and Lucy G. J. B. WILSON is a practical business man and has an
\nextensive trade. He has been the leading furniture dealer and undertaker
\nin Fayetteville for the last twenty years. He has been a life-long
\nDemocrat, is an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and is also a member of
\nthe I.O.O.F.<\/p>\n

WILSON, C.S<\/strong>. In 1858 C. S. WILSON established a sale and feed stable in Fayetteville,
\nTenn., and soon after, on a very humble scale, engaged in the livery stable
\nbusiness. He steadily prospered in his undertakings, and in March, 1885
\nowned twenty-six vehicles and twenty horses. On the 4th of that month the
\nbuilding caught fire, and the building, thirteen buggies and fifteen horses
\nwere consumed. Mr. WILSON immediately began erecting a much larger
\nbuilding, 82×125 feet, with a capacity of feeding sixty-eight horses. He
\nis doing an extensive business, meeting with the success his efforts
\ndeserve. He was born in 1835 in Fayetteville, and is a son of Union A. and
\nMary (SHANKS) WILSON. When about fourteen years of age he began learning
\nthe cabinet-maker’s trade, continuing eight years. In 1869 he became
\nproprietor of the Shanks House, and managed that hotel for four years. In
\n1878 he purchased 200 acres of land, which he has managed in connection
\nwith his stable. In November, 1861, he and M. E. LAUDERDALE were married.
\nShe was born in 1840, and is the mother of four children: Charles, Beulah,
\nAugusta and Fannie. Mr. WILSON has been a business man of Fayetteville for
\nthe past twenty-five years, and is in every respect an honest and worthy
\ncitizen. He is a Democrat, and belongs to the K. of P. His father was
\nborn in Tennessee in 1813, and was a cabinet-maker by trade. In 1832 he
\nmarried, and after his first wife’s death he wedded Rebecca PRICE, who yet
\nsurvives him. He was the father of thirteen children, and died in 1875.<\/p>\n

J. W. WOODARD<\/strong>, a native of Lincoln County, was born March 9, 1843, son of
\nM. C. and Lucinda WOODARD. The father was of Irish descent, and was born
\nin Lincoln County in 1810. He was a blacksmith and farmer by occupation,
\nand died in September, 1860. The mother of our subject was also born in
\nLincoln County about 1818, and now resides at the old home-place in the
\nThirteenth District with her son, W. S. Our subject received his education
\nin the schools near home, and remained with his parents until the breaking
\nout of the late war. In 1861 he enlisted in Company F, Forty-fourth
\nTennessee Infantry, and took part in the battles of Shiloh, Chickamauga,
\nMurfreesboro, Petersburg, and was captured at this place and taken to Fort
\nDelaware, where he remained about four months. He returned home in July,
\n1865, after over four years’ service, and was in many of the hottest
\nbattles of the war without receiving a single wound. In 1866 he married M.
\nE. HAMPTON, a native of Lincoln County, born in 1845, and the daughter of
\nSamuel and Annie HAMPTON. To our subject and wife were born six children:
\nSamuel M., James G., John H. F., Lillian, Robert M. and Martha L. After
\nremaining on the old home-place about four years our subject purchased
\nabout 100 acres of land in the Thirteenth District, where he located and
\nremained about thirteen years. In 1883 he bought 135 acres in the
\nSixteenth District, where he located. He still retains the farm in the
\nThirteenth District and owns 485 acres of valuable land. He also owns a
\nmill and is doing a good business in grinding grain and sawing lumber.
\nBesides this, he looks after the interest of the farm. He is a Democrat, a
\nMason, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.<\/p>\n

M. W. WOODARD<\/strong>, attorney at law, of Fayetteville, Tenn., was born in Lincoln
\nCounty, in 1846, the third son of Robert S. and Mary (McKINNEY) WOODARD,
\nborn in Tennessee and North Carolina, in 1821 and 1825, respectively. The
\nfather was a teacher and farmer in early life, and was married in 1842. In
\n1847 he was elected tax-collector of Lincoln County, serving one term. In
\n1856 he was elected clerk of the circuit court, and held the position until
\nthe late war. In 1864 he was re-elected and held the office until 1868.
\nSoon after the organization of the Lincoln County Savings Bank he was
\nchosen assistant cashier, but at the organization of the First National
\nBank he was chosen its cashier, which position he held until his death in
\n1877. During the many years he was in public life he was the administrator
\nof many large estates. His father, Reuben WOODARD, was born in 1792, in
\nNorth Carolina, and was a pioneer settler of Tennessee. He was a
\nbrick-mason, and lived to be eighty-six years of age. Our subject’s mother,
\nsince her husband’s death, has resided on the old homestead with two of her
\nchildren. Their family consisted of eleven children: James L., Galen D.,
\nM. W., Annie B. (Mrs. Thomas DRYDEN), Mary E. (Mrs. Dr. O. R. HATCHER), A.
\nB., Robert P., J. Reuben, W. K., Addie (Mrs. Eugene HIGGINS) and one
\ndeceased sister (Mrs. Sallie FRANCIS). Our subject was educated in Milton
\nCollege, Fayetteville, and in 1868 began studying law, and in 1871 was
\nadmitted to the bar and began immediately to practice. In 1873 he was
\nappointed judge of the county court, and filled the position for eighteen
\nmonths. In 1883 he and Hon. R. L. BRIGHT formed a law partnership, and the
\nfirm is known as Bright & Woodard. They constitute one of the leading law
\nfirms of Lincoln County, and our subject is one of the leading and useful
\nmembers of society. October 25, 1871, he married Ida L. HATCHER, who was
\nborn in Maury County, Tenn., in 1854. The following are the names of their
\nchildren: Irene, Octa L., Bessie, Robert S., Bernard H., Fannie, John and
\nIda. Mr. and Mrs. WOODARD are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he
\nis a Democrat and belongs to the Masonic fraternity and I.O.O.F.<\/p>\n

Elder J. G. WOODS<\/strong> was born in Franklin County, Tenn., in 1823, and is a son
\nof William and Mary (HARRIS) WOODS. Wm. WOODS was born in Virginia in
\n1776, and Mary HARRIS, his wife, was born in Kentucky in 1782. They died
\nin Franklin County, Tenn., in 1838 and 1840, respectively. Wm. WOODS was
\nof Scotch-Irish descent, and a tiller of the soil, and for upward of thirty
\nyears was a Primitive Baptist minister. He was one of the earliest
\nsettlers and largest landowners of Franklin County. Of his large family of
\nchildren, only three are living: Mourning S., Mary A. (widow of John
\nMILLER) and J. G., who is the youngest. J. G. WOODS was educated in the
\npioneer log schoolhouse of primitive days. After his parents’ death he
\nresided on the home farm about three years, and on November 30, 1843, he
\nwas married to Susan J. BOYCE, daughter of Joseph and Martha J. BOYCE, who
\nwas a daughter of Paul DISMUKES. Susan J. was born in Madison County,
\nAla., in 1825. J. G. and Susan J. WOODS had six children, to wit: James
\nH., Archibald M., William E., Joseph G, Mary A. and Mattie E. Archibald M.
\ndied in infancy, and Mary A. died after she was grown. Since 1844 Mr.
\nWOODS has been a resident of Fayetteville. He and James H. COBB were
\nengaged in the tanning, saddlery and harness business for a number of
\nyears, and they were also engaged in buying and shipping produce South. In
\n1850 they erected the first livery and feed stable in the town, and two
\nyears later they closed their partnership business, after which our subject
\nserved as constable and justice of the peace for several years, during
\nwhich time he studied law and was admitted as a practicing attorney in
\n1858. He continued to practice law until 1875. In 1857 or 1858, upon the
\nre-organization of the Winchester & Alabama Railroad, he was elected one of
\nits directors, and continued a director until the road was sold by the
\nState. He was also president and receiver of the road for some time. At
\nthe organization of the First National Bank of Fayetteville he was elected
\none of the directors, and in November, 1874, was elected president of the
\nsame, but resigned in January, 1885, owing to ill health. He was licensed
\nto preach by the Primitive Baptist Church in the fall of 1873, and ordained
\nin 1874, and has been actively engaged in the ministry from that time until
\nthe present, except when prevented by bad health. His wife Susan J. died
\nin 1865, and the following year he married Lou S. WEBB, who is a daughter
\nof Hartwell and Nancy WEBB, and was born in 1825. He has been a member of
\nthe Masonic fraternity since about 1851.<\/p>\n

James H. WRIGHT<\/strong> is one of twelve children of Jacob and Nancy WRIGHT, and
\nwas born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1812. His father was of English
\ndescent, born and married in Virginia. He came to Tennessee and followed
\nthe life of a farmer and died when about ninety-six years of age. The
\nmother was born in Ireland, and came to the United States with her parents.
\nJames H. obtained the rudiments of his education in the schools near his
\nhome, and in 1839 married Nancy, daughter of John and Elizabeth TRANTAM.
\nThey have thirteen children: Elizabeth (Mrs. John ALSUP), Josie (Mrs. John
\nMYERS), Fannie (Mrs. Ruf. SMITH), Ethlinda (Mrs. Robert MAURY), W. L., A.
\nW., S. H., J. H., R. L., D. N., J. H. and Cordelia, and one son, Marshall,
\nwho was killed at the battle of Chattanooga. Mr. WRIGHT has always farmed,
\nand by the sweat of his brow has become the owner of 300 acres of valuable
\nand well improved land. He has been successful. He has reared a large
\nfamily of children and given them good educational advantages, and has a
\ncomfortable competency. Mr. WRIGHT is a Democrat, and he and Mrs. WRIGHT
\nare members of the Christian Church.<\/p>\n

William R. WYATT,<\/strong> farmer and miller of Fayetteville, Tenn., was born in
\nLincoln County, in 1844. His father William WYATT was of English-Irish
\ndescent; born in 1802 in South Carolina. He came to Tennessee in 1804, and
\nto Lincoln County in 1807 or 1808, and was a teacher and farmer by
\noccupation, being very successful in both occupations. He married Sallie
\nBRECKENRIDGE in 1834, and died in 1880. His wife was born in South
\nCarolina in 1804 and died in 1884. The WYATT family came to Tennessee when
\nthe country was almost a wilderness. The bottom lands were covered with
\ncane, and the country was infested with Indians and many wild animals.
\nThey did their share in helping to settle and clear the lands of Lincoln
\nCounty. Of the seven children born to William and Sallie WYATT, three are
\nliving: Margaret Jane, Mollie E. and William R., who received such
\neducation as could be obtained in the old fashion schoolhouses of his
\nboyhood days. July 4,1864, he and Sallie McCOWN were united in marriage.
\nShe was born in South Carolina in 1845, a daughter of Joseph I. and Mary
\n(BRYSON) McCOWN. Mr. and Mrs. WYATT have six children: Eva, Delia,
\nLizzie, Jennie, Joseph and Flora. Mr. WYATT resided with his parents four
\nyears, and in 1868 purchased 200 acres of land about five miles from
\nFayetteville, where he settled and resided until January 1, 1886, when he
\nmoved to town to educate his children. By energy and industry Mr. WYATT is
\nthe owner of 400 acres of land. He is a Republican in politics, and his
\nfirst presidential vote was cast for U. S. Grant in 1868. He and wife are
\nmembers of the United Presbyterian Church. In 1884 he purchased a saw-mill
\nwhich he operates in connection with his farm.<\/p>\n

John YOUNG<\/strong>, lumberman and builder, was born in New Hampshire March 24,
\n1842, and is one of nine children born to Benjamin and Melinda (EVERETT)
\nYOUNG. Our subject remained at home until he was eighteen years of age,
\nand received his early education in the district schools of New Hampshire.
\nAfter immigrating to Illinois he attended a graded school, where he
\nreceived a good practical education, and after this he was engaged in
\nfarming and threshing for several years. He was in the army, and served
\nseveral years in the quartermaster’s department. In 1867 he came to
\nLincoln County, and settled at Flintville, where he purchased some
\nproperty. In 1870 he wedded Sarah M. BRADFORD, and the fruits of this
\nunion were five children, four of whom are living: Sarah, George, John and
\nJames. In 1879 Mr. YOUNG purchased a milling property, and has since been
\nengaged in sawing lumber and grinding grain. Although commencing life with
\nbut little of this world’s goods, Mr. YOUNG now owns, exclusive of town and
\nmill property, about 200 acres of land near Flintville. The father of our
\nsubject was born in New Hampshire about 1810, and was of English origin.
\nHe received a good business education, and engaged in agricultural
\npursuits. In 1856 he moved to Illinois, and is living there at the present
\ntime. The mother of our subject was also born in New Hampshire, about
\n1810, and is still living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John WARDEN was born in North Carolina in 1826, son of Robert and Elizabeth (PILCHER) WARDEN. His early education was very limited, he never having received more than six months’ schooling during his life. At the age of six years he was brought to Tennessee by his parents, and made his home with them until he was twenty-one years old. October 27, 1847, he married Rachel ASHBY. She was born in Lincoln County December 1, 1825, daughter of Alex ASHBY….<\/p>\n

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