PULLIAM, John M. – (d. 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
08/31/13
06/10/13
CARNES, Stephen G.
Stephen G. CARNES, a farmer of Fayette County, was born in Hardeman County, Tenn., August 3, 1829, and with two sisters constitutes the surviving members of a family of two sons and four daughters born to David B. and Mary (Gracy) CARNES, natives of North Carolina; both came to Tennessee when young and married in Hardeman County, where they farmed until the father died in 1842; the mother died in the same county in 1875. The father, previous to this marriage, had married in North Carolina a Miss SCOTT, and to them three sons and three daughters were born, two daughters living. This wife died in 1827. Our subject’s mother had been married before her marriage to Mr. CARNES, to Samuel STEEL, by whom she had one son and two daughters, one of each living.
Our subject remained at home until the war, but had purchased a farm which he managed in addition to assisting at the home place. He entered the Ninth Tennessee Infantry of the Confederate Army, where he was first lieutenant a year, then returned home a year and joined Henderson’s scouts until the war closed, when he returned to the old home place, and in 1869 married Miss Bettie COOPER, and they have had two sons, Henry C. and John B. In 1872 he moved near Somerville, and in 1880 to his present farm consisting of 300 acres, well improved and located. He also owns in Fayette County another tract of 160 acres. Mr. CARNES is a Cumberland Presbyterian; Mrs. CARNES, an Episcopalian. He is also a member of the F. & A.M., the K. of H. and K. & L. of H. and a Democrat. Mr. CARNES is a man of fine social standing, and possesses many sterling qualities that are justly appreciated by the community in which he lives.
Source: Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee, 1887.
06/1/13
CANNON, William J.
Dr. William J. CANNON, one of the pioneer practicing physicians of Fayette County, and one of its most influential and enterprising citizens, was born August 7, 1827, in Raleigh, N.C., and is of a family of three sons and three daughters, born to Robert and Ann T. (Hill) CANNON, who were natives of Pitt and Franklin Counties, N.C. Our subject and two sisters alone surviving. The parents moved to Raleigh, N.C., soon after their marriage in Franklin County, and the father was a most successful merchant there until his death in 1883. The mother afterward married Col. Samuel B. SPROUELL; to this union one daughter was born, who died. The mother died in 1844. In 1942 Dr. CANNON entered Chapel Hill College, in North Carolina, and remained there until after his mother’s death, then moved to Fayette County, Tenn., and in 1847 began the study of medicine in Somerville. In 1849 he entered the Medical University of Pennsylvania, and attended three fall courses of lectures, then commenced the practice of medicine at Jacksonport, Jackson Co., Ark., where he remained until 1884, when he married Catherine WIRT of Fayette County, and soon after located in Fayette County, at his present residence, which consists of 1,800 acres of fine land nine miles north of the county seat.
Dr. CANNON has splendidly improved the place, which is under a fine state of cultivation. He has surrounded his family with the numerous comforts that wealth affords and a cultivated taste suggests, having been very successful professionally and financially. He is extensively known and highly esteemed in Fayette and adjoining counties. By his marriage he had two sons and four daughters; only two daughters are living. Politically Dr. CANNON is a Democrat, he is also a member of the I.O.O.F. and with his family belongs to the Episcopal Church.
Source: Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee, 1887.
05/30/13
BURNETT, Joshua E.
Joshua E. BURNETT, farmer and stock raiser of Fayette County, was born in Iredell County, N.C., August 17, 1834, and is a son of Jeremiah and Mary (Ellis) BURNETT. The father was born in South Carolina, September 18, 1807, and is now seventy-six years old. They moved to Tennessee in 1849 and settled twelve miles south of Somerville; two years later they moved three miles further north where they have since lived. The father has always been a farmer; he is a Democrat. And both parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. December 22, 1886, this aged couple celebrated their golden wedding, and over 500 relatives and friends were present. Our subject is the second born of ten children; after finishing his education he commenced farming. In the spring of 1861 he entered the Confederate Army, and enlisted in Company B., Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment, known as the “Macon Grays.”
Joseph GRANBERRY was captain and John V. WRIGHT, first colonel. Our subject was changed into Cheatham’s division and remained in service until the end, though a year before the war closed he was changed to FORREST’s calvary; he was in several hard-fought battles: Belmont Mo., Shiloh, Richmond and Perryville, Ky., Murfreesboro, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge; he was surrendered at Memphis in the spring of 1865 and returned home after an absences of four years and resumed farming. March 22, 1865, he married Miss Adelia GARVIN, born in Fayette County, June 5, 1841. Five sons and four daughters have been born to them; two sons are dead. In 1866 with the assistance of his father he bought the farm where he now lives, but has greatly increased it, now owning over 1,100 acres of good land in Fayette County. Mr. BURNETT is a Democrat, and with his wife and three children belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He is a generous man and one of strict integrity.
Source: Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee, 1887.
05/25/13
WHITLOCK, Wm. H. (d. 1896)
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.
05/19/13
THARP, Jesse – Celebrates 81st Birthday (1911)
Fayette Falcon
March 3, 1911
Hon. H.B. THARP, of Macon, and Julian THARP, of Oakland, attended last Monday in Jackson, the celebration of the 81st birthday of their father, Esq. Jesse THARP, long a resident of Macon, Fayette county. Esq. THARP was long prominent in the business and political affairs of this county, where he lived many years, until four or five years ago, when he removed from Macon to Jackson to make his home with his daughter, Mrs. W.H. EDENTON. He has lots of friends in this county who will rejoice with the family in his continued good health at his advanced age.
05/18/13
HOLLOWAY, Hinton (d. 1868)
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.
05/18/13
NESBITT, Robert N. (d. 1867)
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 building was burned down many years ago.
Robert was born on the 26th of September, 1826. His father died while he was an infant, and his mother died some years afterward, leaving him but a youth. He was a practical printer, having learned the business in the office of the Somerville Reporter, with John C. REEVES, Esq. He afterward read law, and was admitted to the bar. He filled several responsible positions of trust in the county; was for sometime Chairman of the County Court. He was a man f fair order of intellect, quick perception, and possessed fine conversational powers. He had many warm friends who will regret his death. He leaves a widow and two small children, and an only sister, to mourn his loss.
05/18/13
BOYD, Julian Wray (d. 1968)
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 of Rossville.
Memphis Funeral Home on Union has charge.
11/21/12
BURNETT, Joshua E.
Joshua E. BURNETT, farmer and stock raiser of Fayette County, was born in Iredell County, NC, August 17, 1834, and is a son of Jeremiah and Mary (Ellis) BURNETT. The father was born in South Carolina, September 18, 1807, and is now a resident of Fayette County, aged seventy-nine years. The mother was born in North Carolina January 20, 1810 , and is now seventy-six years old. They moved to Tennessee in 1840 and settled twelve miles south of Somerville; two years later they moved three miles further north where they have since lived. The father has always been a farmer; he is a Democrat, and both parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. December 22, 1886, this aged couple celebrated their golden wedding, and over 500 relatives and friends were present.
Our subject is the second born of ten children; after finishing his education he commenced farming. In the spring of 1861 he entered the Confederate Army, and enlisted in Company B., Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment, known as the “Macon Grays.” Joseph GRANBERY was captain and John V. WRIGHT, first colonel. Our subject was changed into Cheatham’s division and remained in service until the end, though a year before the war closed he was changed to FORREST’s calvary; he was in several hard-fought battles: Belmont, Mo. Shiloh, Richmond and Perryville, Ky., Murfreesboro, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge; he was surrendered at Memphis in the spring of 1865 and returned home after an absence of four years and resumed farming. March 22, 1865, he married Miss Adelia GARVIN, born in Fayette County, June 5, 1841. Five sons and four daughters have been born to them; two sons are dead. In 1866 with the assistance of his father he bought the farm where he lives now, but has greatly increased it, now owning over 1,100 acres of good land in Fayette County. Mr. BURNETT is a Democrat, and with his wife and three children belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He is a generous man and one of strict integrity.
Source: Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee, 1887.