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George Washington Shamblin, was born on Chestnut creek, near the Old Friendship church, in the old first district of Polk county in the year of 1849, on December 15th. He was raised on the farm and as a farmer and mechanic his labors have met with merited success. He has spent nearly all of his life, of 68 years, in Tennessee and in Polk county, except five years during which time he was a resident of Chattanooga. Mr. Shamblin was married to Miss Sarah Haskins, of Greasy Creek, Polk county, September 2nd, 1869. They are parents of ten children, seven of whom are living, Col. John S. Shamblin, of Benton, Mrs. Mary Johnson, of Ducktown, Mrs. Annie Harper of Greasy Creek, Mrs. Lucy Guinn, of Benton, Mrs. Maggie Locher, Joe L. and George Benjamin Shamblin, of Mascot, Tennessee.
Mr. Shamblin is friendly and jovial and endowed with that hospitality in his home, so often found in East Tennessee with which virtue and good citizenship go hand in hand.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071278/1917-04-05/ed-1/seq-1/ (thanks to Rebecca Sheehan-Plotkin (#48659266)who provided this publication for the bio.)
George Washington Shamblin, was born on Chestnut creek, near the Old Friendship church, in the old first district of Polk county in the year of 1849, on December 15th. He was raised on the farm and as a farmer and mechanic his labors have met with merited success. He has spent nearly all of his life, of 68 years, in Tennessee and in Polk county, except five years during which time he was a resident of Chattanooga. Mr. Shamblin was married to Miss Sarah Haskins, of Greasy Creek, Polk county, September 2nd, 1869. They are parents of ten children, seven of whom are living, Col. John S. Shamblin, of Benton, Mrs. Mary Johnson, of Ducktown, Mrs. Annie Harper of Greasy Creek, Mrs. Lucy Guinn, of Benton, Mrs. Maggie Locher, Joe L. and George Benjamin Shamblin, of Mascot, Tennessee.
Mr. Shamblin is friendly and jovial and endowed with that hospitality in his home, so often found in East Tennessee with which virtue and good citizenship go hand in hand.
Gravesite Details
D/s w/Sarah Haskins
Family Members
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Lewis Shamblin
1820–1899
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Elizabeth Corn Shamblin
1821–1917
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Sarah Jane Haskins Shamblin
1851–1935 (m. 1869)
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John R. Shamblin
1845–1863
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Pryor Bradford Shamblin
1847–1934
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Susan Margaret Shamblin Taylor
1852–1905
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Ailcy Elizabeth Shamblin Gilliland
1854–1932
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John S. Shamblin
1870–1955
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Julius E. Shamblin
1872–1899
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Margaret Rena Shamblin Locher
1875–1957
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David L. Shamblin
1877–1896
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Joseph Lewis Shamblin
1880–1959
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Mary Salona Shamblin Johnson
1883–1935
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Annie Shamblin Harper
1888–1929
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Lucy Mae Shamblin Guinn
1891–1983
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George Benjamin Shamblin
1894–1947
Flowers
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Records on Ancestry
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George Washington Shamblin
Geneanet Community Trees Index
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George Washington Shamblin
1900 United States Federal Census
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George Washington Shamblin
1880 United States Federal Census
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George Washington Shamblin
1910 United States Federal Census
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George Washington Shamblin
1920 United States Federal Census
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