Parents
George B Sale | a prominent merchant and citizen of Munford, Tipton Co., Tenn., is a native of Fayette County born February 15, 1845, and is a son of Rev. Henry W. and Nancy (Owen) Sale. The father was a native of Virginia, born in 1784, and died November 20, 1845. The mother was born in Alabama, in 1800 or 1801, and died in 1867. They were married in 1820. In early life the father immigrated to Alabama, professed religion and joined the Methodist Church, and soon after obtained license to preach; later he moved to Fayette County, and remained in that county until his death. For many years he was a popular and strong local preacher of the Methodist Church, aiding the church in many ways — drawing freely on his large means to support the interests of his church, beside preaching many soul cheering and strengthening sermons to his congregations.
Life
George B. Sale was well educated in youth, and has engaged in the mercantile business most of his life. In the summer of 1863, he entered the Confederate Army, Company B, Seventh Tennessee Regiment of cavalry, and joined Gen Forrest in northern Mississippi, and was with him in all of his engagements up to the battle of Harrisburg, Miss., where he received two wounds, one very severe, and was unfitted for active service again and was sent home on parole just before the surrender. Mr. Sale was forced to use crutches for three years, and has never fully recovered.
In 1867 he was clerk in the store of McCloy & Co., at Belmont, Fayette County, and in 1868 bought the firm out, and commenced doing business for himself. November 17, 1869, he married Miss Lolo Wooten, a native of Tipton County and a highly cultured woman. Two sons and four daughters were born to them: Campbell, Wooten, Frank, Lolo May, Georgie R. and Nancie. Since 1881 Mr. Sale has been in the mercantile business at Munford, with his father-in-law, W. H. Wooten.
Overview
He is a fine business man, upright in all of his dealings and a prominent member of the Methodist Church, contributing liberally to its support. Two or three years after his marriage he gave his attention to farming. Mr. Sale is an ardent Democrat, taking a deep interest in the success of his party, and is held in great esteem in his district.
[Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee (1887)]
