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BIOGRAPHIES OF TIPTON COUNTY, TN "L"
B. F. Locke, of Covington, Tenn., was born in Tipton County, September 6, 1838, and was one of eight children, five now living. The parents were James P. and Lucretia Locke. The father was born January 28, 1808, was a native of Dinwiddie County, Va., and moved to Tipton County6 in 1828, and married March 21, 1832. He was a farmer by occupation and one of the early settlers of the county. The mother was born in Smith County, Tenn., May 16, 1813, and her name was Miss Moore. She was raised by Thomas Ralph, and came with his family to Tipton County in 1824. She died December 16, 1875. Our subject was educated in the district schools. March 1, 1860, he married Sarah, daughter of David M. and Sarah Smith. Mrs. Locke was born in Tipton County, May 16, 1840, and died February 21, 1880. Six children of this marriage are living: Emma E. (wife of J. Munch), Ella, Edna, Andrew Johnson, Henrietta and Anna May. After the war Mr. Locke was engaged for two years in the mercantile business. In 1866 he was elected constable and served until 1870, then was elected sheriff and served six years and a half, and soon after, in April, 1877, was elected trustee and held the office until September, 1886. December, 1882, he married Mrs. Mary J. Stone, daughter of William Rosson. She was born in Hardeman County, August 13, 1853. They have two children: Bessie and infant named Gordon. Mr. Locke has always been an enterprising business man. He is a Democrat and cast his first presidential vote for John C. Breckinridge, but was violently opposed to secession.
Goodspeed's History of Tennessee (1887)
Robert J. Lee, dealer in boots, shoes, saddles and harness at Mason, in Tipton County, Tenn., was born in Madison County, Tenn., September 26, 1890, and is the son of Wm. T. and Lizzie (Stutts) Lee, natives of North Carolina. Our subject received a common-school education and in early life learned the shoemaker's trade, and has worked at the same ever since. In 1879 he located at Mason and engaged in his present business, and is now dealing extensively in boots and shoes and also doing a great deal of manufacturing. He started in life a poor boy with only what nature had bestowed upon him, and by his industry and strict attention to business he has made all he has, and is now regarded as a prosperous and industrious young man. In politics he is a Democrat and he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a young man of excellent character and is esteemed by all who know him.
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