File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sarah Armistead  June 28, 2010, 5:51 pm Republican National Banner, Nashville, TN Shelbyville

“Death Doings in Bedford County” From our Correspondent, March 27, 1871.

I send you the sad news of death gathering to his silent hosts the strong and useful ones of our citizens. On Saturday evening late, William Tune, Esquire died at his residence, five miles north of Shelbyville. The deceased was a highly esteemed citizen, well-known throughout the county. He will be remembered as an able and vigilant guardian of the public interests during a long term of service as a Magistrate. He leaves numerous family and many friends to mourn the bereavement.

Mr. Montgomery Caldwell, one of our pillars of granite worth, a citizen of influence, and a Christian gentleman of solid virtues, died Sunday evening and will be buried this evening at 2 o’clock. All will feel, as he is laid away, that a nobler heart or a better-conducted life is not left among us. Our community can but illy spare such men as the two mentioned and we are safe in saying that they sincerely grieve with the bereaved families. Mr. Robert M’Night, a former citizen of this place, was buried in our new cemetery, having died near Farmington. We had no personal acquaintance with the deceased but learn that he was an estimable man. “Death’s but a path that must tread, If man would ever pass to God.”

Additional Comments: I found the above in the Republican National Banner at the archives while researching for other information in the newspapers.