Joseph D. Hackney was born in North Carolina in 1836, and is the son of James and Keziah (Davis) Hackney, both natives of the same State. They came to Tennessee in 1836, and soon afterward located in this county. The father was a farmer, and himself and wife were the parents of three children, one of whom is dead. The father died in May, 1864, and his wife five years earlier. Joseph D. grew to mature years on a farm, and has since followed farming as an occupation. The drug business, in which he once engaged, was soon abandoned. In 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate Army, and served in the quartermaster's department until the cessation of hostilities, reaching home in May, 1865. In 1855 he married Malinda Pirtle, who was born in 1834 and died in 1879. In 1880 he married Mrs. Mary (Fogg) Barnett, widow of S. A. Barnett. By her first husband she had two children, one of whom, Hattie, is yet living. Mrs. Hackney was born in 1839, and is the daughter of Joseph and Eliza (Madden) Fogg. Her father is a native of Virginia, and came to Tennessee when seventeen years of age. He was twice married, and is the father of thirteen children, three of his boys serving in the Confederate service. Mr. Hackney is a Democrat, and was a useful citizen.

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