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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (January 22, 1904)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (January 22, 1904)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page at the Internet Archive. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm Roll #101, Misc. — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 37 No. 6 — Friday, January 22, 1904 CAROLINA —…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (January 15, 1904)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (January 15, 1904)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page at the Internet Archive. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm Roll #101, Misc. — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 37 No. 5 — Friday, January 15, 1904 SPRINGHILL —…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (January 8, 1904)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (January 8, 1904)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page at the Internet Archive. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm Roll #101, Misc. — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 37 No. 4 — Friday, January 8, 1904 LOCAL NEWS…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville Democrat Newspaper (1883)

Abstracts from the Brownsville Democrat Newspaper (1883)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page at the Internet Archive. Source:  Tennessee State Library & amp; Archives Microfilm Roll #101, Misc. — Brownsville Democrat — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 10 No. 19 — Friday, July 27, 1883 Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. The…

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John Louis “Dr. Jack” Atkinson (1810-1869) & Caladonia Childress (1814-1875)

John Louis “Dr. Jack” Atkinson (1810-1869) & Caladonia Childress (1814-1875)

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Submitted by C. A. Atkinson, 5 Aug 2007. Atkinson – John Louis, Dr. ‘Jack’ – 1810 – 1869 B: Jan 25, 1810 Cumberland Co., VA. Moved to Williamson Co. TN in 1811. Moved to West Tennessee, Tipton Co. Married Caladonia Childress (B:1814 – D:1875) in Brownsville, TN (Haywood Co.) in 1835. Moved to Tate Co. MS, Senatobia. Died there Dec 2, 1869. The Atkinson family lived in Pittsylvania and Cumberland Counties, VA at the time John Louis was born there….

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Representative Samuel A. McElwee (R-Haywood County 1883-1889)

Representative Samuel A. McElwee (R-Haywood County 1883-1889)

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Samuel A. McElwee (1857-1914)  was born a slave in Madison County, Tennessee, to Robert and Georgianna McElwee.  After the Civil War was over, and following a general inclination of former slaves to move,  the McElwee family relocated to Haywood County ( the next county west)  in 1866. During the years following this move when he was nine or ten years old, Samuel obtained a education in local freedmen schools, and  attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (Oberlin College was  one…

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