Goodspeed Sketch of James T. Quarles

Goodspeed Sketch of James T. Quarels
submitted by Virginia Freeman Taylor


From the History of Tennessee - The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Nashville, 1887

James T. Quarels p. 976
James T. Quarels was born in Wilson County in 1836, the fourth of seven children of William and Eliza (Hopkins) Quarels, both of whom were natives of Virginia, where they were married about 1830. They came to Tennessee, locating in Wilson County, where the remainder of their lives was spent in farming. The father died abut 1844, the mother in 1881, both esteemed members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Our subject (James T. Quarels) was educated in the country school of his native county. About his twentieth year he married a native of De Kalb County, Miss Carolina, daughter of Jonathan and Priscilla Doss, who died about a year and a half after her marriage. In 1860 Mr. Quarels married his sister-in-law, Miss Darthula, by whom he had six children. Those living are Nora (wife of T. C. Peck, of Wilson County), James D., Zora and Maud. In 1861 Mr. Quarels entered the Confederate Army under the command of Capt. Bass, and served about one year, when he was discharged on account of disability, and returned home. In 1863 he again enlisted under Capt. Reese. He was engaged in the battles of Murfreesboro and Briston; after six months' service he again went home. In 1864 he sold his property in Wilson County and purchased a portion of his present farm in De Kalb County, where he moved. The farm now contains over 100 acres of cultivated and improved land. He has always been an industrious man; had it now been for misfortune through generosity, he would be worth more than double his present possessions. He is a firm Democrat and cast his first presidential vote for John C. Breckinridge. He has been a Mason twenty years. His wife is an earnest member of the Missionary Baptist Church.??there were two more - John B. Robinson and J. E. Robinson but their connection was almost exclusively with De Kalb County.

 

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