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Author: Goodspeed

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SULLIVAN, GUNTER, MAULDIN, BRISCO, BARNS



Newton C. SULLIVAN, farmer and magistrate of the Twelfth District, was born

in Lincoln County, Tenn. in 1823, and is the son of Cornelius and Mary A.

(GUNTER) SULLIVAN.  The father was a native of Cheatham County, N. C., born

in 1793, and followed agricultural pursuits as a livelihood.  He was

married in 1812, and in 1818 came to Lincoln County, Tenn., locating in the

Fifth District, but afterward moved to the Twelfth District, where he

remained until his career ended in 1846.  He was of Irish extraction.  The

mother was born in 1794, in Cheatham County, N. C., and since the death of

her husband she has lived on the old place, but is now living with her

children.  She is yet living, and is ninety-two years old.  About four

years ago she fell and injured her hip, which renders her helpless in

regard to walking, but her mind is perfectly clear and active.  She is the

oldest lady in the county.  Our subject was one of eleven children, seven

of whom are living.  He was reared at home, and received a fair education

in the schools of the county.  At the age of nineteen he left home, and

commenced working as a day-laborer on the farm.  In 1844 he went to

Mississippi and became an overseer on a plantation, where he remained for

six years.  He then returned to his birthplace, and in March, 1851 he

married Margaret MAULDIN, daughter of Harris MAULDIN.  Mrs. SULLIVAN was

born in Marshall County in 1836, and by her union to Mr. SULLIVAN became

the mother of eleven children:  Harris H., Mary E. (wife of James A.

BRISCO), George W. J., Susan D., Newton C., Julia F. (wife of James BARNS),

Alva H., Sarah M., Octavia A., Cornelius B. and Willie B.  Our subject

enlisted in the Confederate service in 1861, in Company E, Forty-first

Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, under Col. Bob Farqueharson, and fought in

the battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Knoxville and numerous severe

skirmishes.  After the fight at Fort Donelson the Forty-fourth Regiment

followed Gen. Sidney Johnston to Corinth, Miss., and joined under Col. John

S. Fulton, where he remained until the latter part of the year 1863.  In

1865 our subject located on 290 acres in the Twelfth District where he has

since resided.  He now owns 415 acres.  In politics he has been a life-long

Democrat, casting his first vote for Lewis Cass.  He is a Mason, and Mrs.

SULLIVAN is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.  In 1874 Mr.

SULLIVAN was elected magistrate to fill a vacancy, and for the past ten

years has adjusted his constituents difficulties, with impartial fairness,

and there has never been an appeal taken from his decisions.  The Sullivan

family are noted for longevity.  Susan, our subject's great aunt, lived to

be one hundred and seven years old.  Nancy, her sister was ninety, and

Jerry, their brother, was also ninety.

Date forwarded:   Wed, 24 Sep 1997 08:25:32 -0700 (PDT)





Additional Comments:
From Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee"





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