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…
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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;…
Wilson L. BURNETT, an active farmer of Fayette County, Tenn., was born in Iredell County, N.C., September 27, 1832, and is a son of Jeremiah and Mary F. (Ellis) BURNETT. The father was a native of Spartanburg County, S.C., and the mother of Iredell County, N.C., both of Scotch-Irish descent. The father was born September 18, 1807, and is now a resident of Fayette County. The mother was born January 20, 1810; they were married in 1831 in North Carolina,…
George W. BOLING, one of the prominent planters of Marshall County, Miss., was born in Madison County, Ala., near Hazel Green, March 21, 1818. He is a son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Worthy) BOLING. The father was born in Virginia in 1790 and died in Lawrence County, Ala., January 1, 1843. The mother was born in 1790, in Chester County, S.C. and died in Lawrence County, Ala., in 1880. They moved to Alabama in 1816. The father and mother were…
James W. BASS, citizen and farmer of Hardeman County, was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., July 4, 1848, and is a son of Thomas W. and Nannie P. (Avent) BASS. The father was born in 1822, and is now living in Rutherford County near Murfreesboro. The mother is several years younger than her husband and is still living. In 1852, they moved to West Tennessee and lived until the war, dividing the time in Madison, Gibson and Hardeman counties. The father entered…
Dr. Benjamin F. BAIRD, a physician of Fayette County, was born in the county April 27, 1836, and is a son of Capt. Charles and Nancy (Robards) BAIRD, both natives of Robertson County, Tenn., and of Scotch-Irish descent coming from the house of Stuarts. The father was born in 1796 and died in Fayette County in 1871. The mother was born in 1814 and died in 1867. The parents married in Robertson County. In 1832 they moved to Fayette County…
Moses L. ANDERSON, a well-known and enterprising citizen of La Grange, Fayette Co, Tenn., was born in this county, July 29, 1838, and is a son of Joel and Laura G. (Roberts) ANDERSON. The father was born in Halifax County, Va., in 1793, and died in Fayette County, July, 1841. The mother was born in Chesterfield County, Va., in 1804, and died near La Grange in 1871. They were married in Fayette County, Tenn., July 29, 1837. The father in…