Died, at 8 o’clock on the 28th of January 1866, of Typhoid fever, at the residence of Dr. A.J. ADAMS, Lagrange, Tennessee, Miss Sarah C., daughter of Jeremiah G. and Emma J. ADAMS, of Desha County, Arkansas. How uncertain is life! Miss ADAMS had scarcely entered her 16th year ere the iron scythe of Death cut her down. The last groan is past; flesh fails! Her death was calm, tranquil and full of peaceful feelings. Miss ADAMS was absent from…
Title: Somerville Resident Commits Suicide The Fayette Falcon, printed at Somerville, says: We learn that John MANLEY, an old man upwards of sixty years of age, who resided near Oakland in this county, committed suicide on the 17th by shooting himself through the next with a shot-gun. It seems that he had been very much depressed in spirits for some time caused by the death of his wife, and on the morning of the 17th, he gave directions to his daughter as to…
Title: Fayette Countian Dead Monroe PARKER, tyler of the Masonic Temple, received a message yesterday morning stating that his father-in-law, John W. COWAN, of Somerville, was dead. Mr. PARKER and his family left on the afternoon train for Somerville to attend the funeral. – Commercial Appeal Mr. COWAN referred to has lived for many years in the vicinity of In<…>, in the second district of Fayette county. He is a brother of M.P. COWAN and D.F. COWAN of Laconia. Source: Fayette…
Died, on the 30th of November, at his residence in Fayette county, Tennessee, John G. PICKENS, in the 28th year of his age. The deceased was for many years a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and died in the full triumph of living faith. (Note – there is a longer resolution as part of this article). Source: Memphis Daily Appeal, January 1, 1872
DIED – Also, at the residence of her husband, in Fayette county, Tenn., on the 29th ult., Mrs. Amelia, wife of Mr. John N. PULLIAM, aged about sixty-one year. Weekly Standard (Raleigh), February 23, 1859
DIED — On the 27th ult., in Lagrange, Tenn., John M. PULLIAM Jr.,son of Dr. J. J. PULLIAM and Lucy F. PULLIAM, aged two years and three months. Weekly Standard (Raleigh), February 23, 1859
Daily Journal and Tribune (Knoxville) August 14, 1896 Wm. Whitlock Paid the Penalty for Murdering and Officer Somerville, Tenn., August 13 — Wm. H. WHITLOCK was hanged here today in the presence of a large crowd of people. The crime for which WHITLOCK was hanged was the murder of Constable W.D. HOLLIDAY near La Grange, Tenn., on August 9, 1895. WHITLOCK died proclaiming his innocence.
Memphis Daily Avalanche May 2, 1868 Died, at the residence of J.H. KEE, near Somerville, Tennessee, on the 27th day of April, 1868, Mr. Hinton HOLLOWAY, aged seventy years. The deceased was a native of Wake county, North Carolina, and for many years a resident of Fayette county, Tennessee, and Dallas county, Arkansas, where he has many friends.
Memphis Daily Appeal October 25, 1867 Died, in Somerville, Tennessee on the 15th instant, after an illness of about ten days, Robert N. NESBITT, Esq., in the forty second year of his age. He was the oldest born citizen of that place. His father, Nathan NESBITT, was one of the first settlers of the town, and kept one of the first hotels, which was situation on the north east corner of the square, where now stands the brick hotel. The…
Commercial Appeal December 5, 1968 Retired Banker of Rossville Dies at Age of 69 Julian Wray BOYD of Rossville, a retired banker, died at 7:20 pm yesterday at Baptist Hospital after a long illness. Burial will be in Memorial Park. He was 69. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Lillian C. BOYD; three daughters, Mrs. Paul Madison WILSON of Colierville, Mrs. Walter E. PIPER of Pharr, Texas, and Mrs. John David PULLIAM of Rossville; and a sister, Mrs. Fred K. WEST…