Mrs. Mary K. JONES, wife of Paul T. JONES, has purchased of O. B. POLK, Esq., the brick residence south of the county jail, known as the L. B. ADAMS place. [Later the home] caught fire in the rear from a defective flue, and it was only with prompt and earnest work that the building was saved.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 15 Jan. 1886, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.