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Goodspeed’s County Histories & Biographies

Goodspeed’s County Histories & Biographies

The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Nashville TN, 1887       The Goodspeed Publishing Company of Nashville and Chicago issued A History of Tennessee from the Earliest Times to the Present, together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of … [County names go here] . . during 1886 and 1887. Unfortunately, the project was not completed and therefore not all Tennessee counties are represented in this series. A total of eighty-two counties were recorded, however, the histories of Davidson County and twelve rural…

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Obituary of Dr. Alexander H. Young (1908)

Obituary of Dr. Alexander H. Young (1908)

This transcription was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2001.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original item. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language.  In the text below, certain antiquated terms may remain for context. States Graphic (Brownsville, TN) Volume 40, No. 28 19 Jun 1908 Dr. A. W. YOUNG, of Ripley, died in the Presbyterian hospital at Memphis last Sunday, and was buried at…

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Rev. Richard Hill Obituaries (1900)

Rev. Richard Hill Obituaries (1900)

This transcription was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Lynda Clarke in 2001.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original item. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language.  In the text below, certain antiquated terms may remain for context. Contributor’s Note:  Both of the following obituaries were copied from newspaper clippings Death of Rev. Richard Hill Rev. D. L. Hines* writes that the veteran local preacher, Rev. Richard Hill, some…

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The Bond Family

The Bond Family

The Bond Family can be traced back to North Carolina. A slave owner by the name of James Bond, born in North Carolina and his wife, Mildred, born in Virginia, came to Haywood County with their slaves around 1845. The 1860 Census has James Bond with 221 slaves living in 63 houses. For some strange reason, no slave was listed as being over 65 years old, except for one woman who was listed as being 110 years of age. James…

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Bradford and Wilson Families

Bradford and Wilson Families

Taken from: Haywood County, Tennessee Miscellaneous Records – W. P. A. Records Transcribed by Sallie Hayes (No Copywrite)  Abrstract by Barbra Jean Hathcock, Ray1693@aol.com  This information was obtained from a letter to Mrs. (Kathleen W.) Caradine from Inez (Mrs. Mides) Bradford, dated 18 Feb, 1940. It reads as follows (copied verbatim): “Dear Mrs. Caradine-; We are delighted with the book, its arrangement and everything, and thank you so much for sending it. I have looked it over carefully and note…

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Hallum Wood Goodloe (born 1869) Biography

Hallum Wood Goodloe (born 1869) Biography

This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Joy Fisher in 2005.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original item. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language.  In the text below, certain antiquated terms remain for context. Source:  A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans : the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities, by Will T. Hale; Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1913 HALLUM WOOD GOODLOE. When on January 19,…

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Delaney Family

Delaney Family

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  Photo gallery image of Charles M Delaney, born around 1865, died 7 Jan 1940 in his home 3 miles north of Brownsville. He had 2 sons, Joseph William Daniel Delaney and Johnny May Savaniel Delaney. He may have also had a daughter. Charles and his son, Johnny are both buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville without markers – Submitted by Juanita Delaney-Sternenberg  

Robert Bruce Saunders

Robert Bruce Saunders

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Contributed by Anne Thiem, July 26, 2001. Robert Bruce Saunders served in the Civil War from Haywood and was also in a Tennessee Mounted Infantry in the Mexican War.  He is also an ancestor of Brownsville resident Gene Campbell. R. B. Saunders was born in Virginia and moved to Tennessee in 1850 living there until 1874 when his family migrated to Texas. In 1966 many of his grandchildren had memories and stories of him.  Finding this portrait in old trunk…

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