FIERSON, Chancellor – (d. 1866)
Chancellor FIERSON died suddenly in the midst of his court at Pulaski. David CAMPBELL, of Williamson, has been appointed to fill his place by the Governor. Source: Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig, 21 March 1866.
Category Archives: Death
BISHOP, Mag – (d. 1930)
Mrs. Mag BISHOP, of Enville, was buried in O’Neal Cemetery Saturday afternoon. Source: Chester County Independent, 16 January 1930
CRAIGMILES Jr., Wesley – (d. 1924)
Cleveland — Wesley CRAIGMILES Jr., a negro, aged 17, is dead of pneumonia, brought on by exposure during a temporary fit of insanity which followed the purchase and devouring of about 75 oranges. He purchased a basket of 50 oranges at a sale where the fruit was sold at one
ROOK, Sam – (d. 1897)
Sam ROOK, of Union City, a young brakeman on the Mobile & Ohio railroad, who was making his first run, met a swift and terrible death at Faison, Tenn., about <..>o’clock Tuesday morning. The freight train upon which he was braking broke in two and young ROOK fell upon the
LEDBETTER, Henry S. — (d. 1911)
Centreville — Rev. Henry S. LEDBETTER, a superannuated preacher of the Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, died at his home near Pinewood. He was 79 years old. Source: Fayette Falcon, March 10, 1911
SMITH, Peyton Jackson – (d. 1911)
Covington — Hon. Peyton Jackson SMITH, one of the most prominent citizens and attorneys of this city, died in his seventy-third year. Source: Fayette Falcon, March 10, 1911
MARTIN, J. Frank – (d. 1875)
Title: Nashville Man Died While Visiting Here J. Frank MARTIN, age 75 years, Nashville, Tenn., died suddenly of trouble Sunday night at 10 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J.W. FISH, 1106 Blackford avenue. He was a veteran of the civil war and served in the confederate army under General
CALDWELL, James – (d. 1897)
James CALDWELL, a pioneer of East Tennessee, died at Wolf Creek a few days ago, aged 98 years. His fourth wife and twenty-four children survive him. He married his first wife when he was 16 years of age. His eldest son, who survives him, is 80 years of age. He
MONTGOMERY, George C. – (d. 1866)
Title: Stop the Murderers! Whereas, Reliable citizens of Monroe county, Tennessee, have made known to me, by petition, that George C. MONTGOMERY, of the county and State aforesaid, was murdered and robbed on the seventh day of March, 1866, by David BAKER and John DUNCAN, who are running at large,
SMART, John M. – (d. 1866)
Murder of a Justice of the Peace in Sumner County, Tenn. – John M. SMART, Esq., was killed on the 12th inst., while at work. He was a justice of the peace for the sixteenth civil district, Sumner county, Tennessee. Esquire SMART was elected in March, 1864, under the proclamation