Simeon Ashley, clerk of Coffee county Circuit court, and a prominent citizen of Manchester, was born March 8, 1830, near Beech Grove, Tenn. He is the son of William and Mary (Weaver) Ashley, of English and Scotch descent respectively – the former born in South Carolina, Lawrence District, February 14, 1789, and the latter, in North Carolina in 1790. Their parents came to Tennessee in early days, and the maternal father was a companion of James K. Polk’s father in…
William Alwood, a prominent citizen of Manchester, Tenn., was born September 22, 1850, in Fulton County, Ohio. He is the son of Levi S. and Delilah (McQuillin) Alwod – the former of Scotch descent, born in Ohio October 9, 1826, the latter of Irish descent and born June 22, 1830, in Ohio. The elder Alwood was married in 1848; engaged in farming and he came to Tennessee in 1873, his permanent home. He is a Republican and in sympathy with…
ORRICK, ARRICK I have a gap in Orrick/Arrick family history in 1870. They appear in 1850,1860 in Warren as ORRICKs, then in 1880 in Coffee as ARRICKs. Some of the 1870 Warren census page are very dim, both at Ancestry.com and the microfilm at my local library. I’m wondering if they are hiding in there. Are there better copies somewhere? 1860 in Warren shows Orricks: Jno 1826, Margaret 1830, Sarah 1848, James 1851, Laura 1853, Willaim 1855, Vetes (E.V) 1857,…
This document was transcribed by Jan McFarlin in 1999. The text and grammatical construction appears as in the original. Names appear as spelled and no effort has been made to modify the document to fit today’s accepted literacy form. COFFEE COUNTY is situated partly on the Highland Rim and at the base of the Cumberland. The rocks are the same as found everywhere in the basin. Near Manchester, the county seat, a bluish or dove-colored marble appears in abundance, forming the bed of…