DEATH NOTICES AND OTHER GLEANINGS
FROM THE WESTERN WEEKLY REVIEW
FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE 1831-1840
Abstracted by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2004(Page 39)
WESTERN WEEKLY REVIEW
1836
January 1, 1836
Captain WILLIAM D. SUDBURY, Williamson Co., Tenn., died December 22, 1835.
JOHN C. PYRON, Williamson Co., Tenn. married NANCY G. PRATT, in Davidson Co., Tenn., Dec. 10, 1835.
STERLING G. OWEN married JANE GOODRUM near Nolensville, Tenn., December 24, 1835.
ROBERT H. SPARKS married MARIA daughter of Mr. KLINGENDER, Hackney, New Jersey, Dec. 2, 1835.
January 8, 1836
DAVID BROWN advertised that in October 1835 the Williamson Co. Court had appointed him administrator of NATHANIEL BROWN's estate; he encouraged all persons with claims against this estate to file same promptly.
SALLY daughter of HENRY REAMES died Williamson Co., Tenn., December 25, 1835.
MARY ELIZABETH TEMPERANCE daughter of C. W. ELLINGTON died Dec. 22, 1835 aged 8 years; her brother, WILLIAM GRAVES DICKINSON ELLINGTON died December 22, 1835 aged 3 years.
DAVID W. DICKINSON, Rutherford Co., Tenn. married ELIZA A. GRANTLAND, in Milledgeville, Ga., December 8, 1835.
Dr. ANDREW J. WARD married MARGARET A. M. EWING, Williamson Co., Tenn., December 17, 1835.
January 27, 1836
SAMUEL ESTEP, esquire, died Franklin, Tenn., January 19, 1836.
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January 29, 1836
CHARLES JOHNSON married MARY WHITE, Franklin, Tenn., January 28, 1836.
A. B. SLUDER, Nashville, Tenn. married MARY B. daughter of WILLIAM H. HILL, Williamson Co., Tenn., January 28, 1836.
February 12, 1836
Dr. A. J. WHITE, Franklin, Tenn., died February 5, 1836 aged 22 years.
ELIZABETH infant daughter of JOHN H. OTEY, Franklin, Tenn., died February 8, 1836.
JAMES STANLEY, Williamson Co., Tenn. died February 10, 1836 aged about 50 years.
ELIJAH BROOKS married LOUISA M. G. WILLIAMSON, January 31, 1836; both of Williamson Co., Tenn.
JAMES BAZELL married NARCISSA HUGHS, February 1l, 1836; both of Davidson Co., Tenn.
By special license, JOHN McCAFFREY, aged 96 years, married MARGARET widow of NEAL McCURK, aged 93 years, in Strabane, England, January 31, 1836.
February 19, 1836
Dr. ANDREW J. WHITE son of THOMAS B. WHITE died Franklin, Tenn., Feb. 5, 1835 aged 21 years and 6 months old [born in August 1814].
JAMES GRAY married MARY ANN daughter of JOHN McDANIEL, Franklin, Tenn., February 18, 1836.
NATHAN C. DAVIS, Lincoln Co., Tenn. married MARY W. WOOD, Williamson Co., Tenn., Feb. 18, 1836.
JAMES A. PUGH married ELIZABETH daughter of E. T. COLLINS, LaGrange, Tenn., Jan. 28, 1836.
JAMES THOMAS married REBECCA BLACK, Maury Co., Tenn., February 18, 1836.
ANDREW EWING, esquire married MARGARET oldest daughter of Colonel ANDREW HYNDES, Nashville, Tenn., February 14, 1836.
JAMES PEGRAM married JULIA ANN daughter of HOPKINS OTEY, Bedford Co., Tenn., Jan. 21, 1836.
February 26, 1836
CHARLES H. GRAY married SARAH E. HUGHS, Williamson Co., Tenn., February 24, 1836.
JOHN M. FOSTER married CAROLINE TROTT, Rowan Co., N. C., February 9, 1836.
March 25, 1836
EMILY daughter of JOHN DABNEY died Giles Co., Tenn., March 19, 1836 aged about 13 years.
MARY wife of General RICHARD K. CALL died Tallahassee, Fla., February 28, 1836.
ASA ANDERSON married MARTHA ALLEN near Richmond, Ky., Feb. 12, 1836 and the groom hanged himself the next day in his father's orchard.
April 8, 1836
Miss MARGARET BYRD died April 1, 1836.
The Rev. WILLIAM F. SPANN, Cumberland Presbyterian, died April 3, 1836.
April 15, 1836
MARTHA wife of CHARLES S. McCRORY died April 5, 1836 aged 32 years.
J. W. CAMPBELL, Franklin, Tenn. married ANN A. C. BEARD, Knox Co., Ky., March 31, 1836.
THOMAS HOGAN married SARAH H. daughter of Capt. D. W. CROCKER, March 15, 1836; all of Philadelphia, Pa.
W. D. FISHER married MARY E. EWING, Bedford Co., Tenn., April 5, 1836.
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April 22, 1836
Mrs. NANCY WOLDRIDGE, Franklin, Tenn. died April 15, 1836 aged 66 years.
ROBERT PARISH, SR., veteran of Revolutionary War, died April 21, 1836.
JOHN ESTILL, Nashville, Tenn. died April 21, 1836; businessman.
ZACHARIAH BEASLEY married SARAH McNABB, April 13, 1836.
April 29, 1836
SARAH W. wife of HUGH H. EDINGTON died April 14, 1836. Methodist.
WILLIE B. GLASS, Dresden, Tenn. married Mrs. JANE A. DOBBINS, Williamson Co., Tenn., Apr. 21, 1836.
May 6, 1836
It was reported that Colonel DAVID CROCKETT had been seriously wounded at the Alamo, Texas (March 6, 1836] but had survived (a rumor soon dispelled].
Dr. W. McKENDREE BLACKWELL died Williamson Co., Tenn., April 29, 1836 aged about 27 years.
May 13, 1836
EDWARD D. HICKS, merchant, Franklin, Tenn. married CORNELIA daughter of JOHN HALL, Lebanon, Tenn., there, May 4, 1836.
ANDREW SALE married LUCY FORTUNE of Prince William Co., Va., in Alexandria, Va., Apr. 16, 1836.
ROBERT NOLT married SOPHIA DOWDNEY, Cheltenham, England, April 5, 1836.
May 20, 1836
PETER N. SMITH, Franklin, Tenn. died near Cahawba, Ala., recently, in 39th year of his age; husband and father.
ANN JONES wife of THOMAS FIGEURS [sic], Franklin, Tenn., died May 13, 1836 aged 40 years.
GEORGE SHANNON, esq., born Va., May 12, 1770; moved when young to Tennessee; died Williamson Co., Tenn., May 15, 1836. Baptist.
May 20, 1836
RICHARD I. MANNING, member of U.S. Congress, from South Carolina, died in Philadelphia, Pa., May 14, 1836, from a ruptured blood vessel.
BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE AMERICAN CONGRESS, 1774-1974, Washington, D.C., page 1334:
MANNING, Richard Irvine, a Representative from South Carolina; born near Sumter, Sumter District, S.C., May 1, 1789; attended private schools, and was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1811; served as captain of Volunteers in the War of 1812; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives 1820-1822; served in the State senate 1822-1824; Governor of South Carolina 1824-1826; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Blair; reelected to the Twenty-fourth Congress and served from December 8, 1834, until his death in Philadelphia, Pa., May I, 1836; interment in Trinity Churchyard, Columbia., Richland County, S.C. [The obituary states MANNING died May 14, not May 1, 1836.]
THOMAS P. JOHNSON, Maury Co., Tenn. married LUCY P. TALIAFERRO, Williamson Co., Tenn., May 17, 1836.
GEORGE MULLEN married POLLY BROWN, May 17, 1836.
Dr. BEVERLY O. WATSON married MARGARET H. NICHOLS, May 18, 1836.
THOMAS J. MOORE, Ala. married ELIZABETH CAMPBELL, Franklin, Tenn., May 19, 1836.
May 27, 1836
Infant Child of JOSEPH TENNISON, Franklin, Tenn. died May 24, 1836.
THOMAS P. CARSEY, Williamson Co., Tenn., died May 26, 1836. Methodist.
Lt. F. BUTTON, 7th U.S. Cavalry, married REBECCA MILLARD, formerly of Washington City [D.C.], in the Choctaw Agency, April 12, 1836. Lt. A. HARRIS married SUSAN ARMSTRONG at the same time and place.
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[The June and most of the July issues of the REVIEW are missing.]
July 22, 1836
Mrs. MARY CHRISTMAS died July 3, 1836.
ELIZABETH wife of J. C. McLEMORE; daughter of Captain JOHN DONELSON, Davidson Co., Tenn., died in LaGrange, Tenn., July 2, 1836.
JAMES H. M. CLAYTON, aged 25 years, died Brookville, Ind., July 7, 1836; brother of JOHN M. CLAYTON, senator from Indiana.
Lt. JOHN EATON HENDERSON, 2 U.S. Artillery, graduate of U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1834, army engineer, died in Washington [D.C.], July 4, 1836.
JOHN W. HILL married MARY L. daughter of ALEXANDER CLARK, Williamson Co., Tenn. in Columbus, Miss., July 7, 1836.
GEORGE W. PERKINS, Camp Hill, Hardeman Co., Tenn. married ELIZA daughter of PETER PRYOR, in Fayette Co., Tenn., July 7, 1836.
[There is a break in issues until mid-February 1837.]
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