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G. L. Gammon

G. L. Gammon, a merchant at Caney Branch, Greene Co., Tenn., was born in Sullivan County, Tenn., September 30, 1853, and is the son of Alooney and Sarah A. (Pence) Gammon.

The father was a native of Sullivan County, Tenn., born in 1806, and died in 1876, and was a son of Richard Gammon, Sr., who was a native of England, and was a pioneer settler of East Tennessee. The mother of our subject was also a native of Sullivan County, Tenn., and was the daughter of Col. David Pence, a native of Virginia. She was the mother of seven children--two sons and five daughters--of which family our subject is the eldest but one.

He was reared on the farm and received a limited education in the country schools; he worked on the farm till 1870, and then began work on the farm of Enoch K. Bachman, of Sullivan County. He next worked at carpentry, and still later worked for parties of Sullivan County. In 1883 he began traveling for Spencer & Brown, of Greeneville, Tenn. In 1887 he formed a partnership with R. G. Gammon, and began merchandising at Caney Branch, Greene Co., Tenn. He is a practical business man, and is young and energetic.

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