Mrs. P.B. PURYEAR Mt. Pleasant, Miss., Dec. 30 – Mrs. Susie J. PURYEAR, wife of P.B. PURYEAR, died at her home near this place of pneumonia on the morning of the 26th at 8:20 o’clock after an illness of six days. She was the daughter of the late William M.
Title: Necrological – William Roberson Nut Bush, Tenn., Dec. 29 – William ROBERSON died here yesterday. Source: Memphis Daily Appeal, January 1, 1899, page 2
Title: Died At the residence of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. HATFIELD, Aunt Peggy HATFIELD. She was one of the oldest persons in Dunlap. She was respected and loved by all who knew her. (pg. 2) Source: Dunlap Times, July 21, 1906
Title: Sheriff at Elberton, GA, Killed by Lawyer Elberton, GA, May 21 – Sheriff S.N. BAILEY, of Elbert county, was shot and killed in the court house here today by Arnold WORLEY, a well known attorney of this city. Citizens were greatly excited and WORLEY was sent to Athens, Ga.,
Title: Kingsport Tragedy While working on the Federal Dyestuff and Chemical Co.’s new handsome Club House last Wednesday Walter SCARBOROUGH of Johnson City became involved in a difficulty with J.W. HUNTER of Montezuma, N.C., with the result that SCARBOROUGH struck HUNTER in the head with a pipe wrench, rendering him
Title: Double Funeral Held at Greeneville Greeneville, Tenn., June 19 – The funeral of J.T. FITZGERALD and T.A. FITZGERALD took place at the M.E. Church at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon conducted by the pastor, W.R. OLIVER, and was very largely attended. In fact no funeral service in Greeneville in a
Title: Trouble is Expected Chattanooga, Tenn., Wednesday, 21 — The police fear the trouble of last night will be greater today during the funeral of Ed JOHNSON, but the city officers and militia believe they have the situation in hand, as the negroes seem to lack organization. Orders have been issued
A man named LYONS was killed by a negro man in Wilson county one night last week. He with twelve or fifteen others went to the negroe’s [sic] disguised, and demanded admittance. The negro fired, killing LYONS. Source: Whig and tribune. (Jackson, Tenn.), 02 Sept. 1871. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of
The Dyersburg Gazette of the 26th ult., chronicles the death of Lennie STOKES by drowning in a creek on the Chestnut Bluff road. She had been in bad health for some time, and it supposed to be a case of suicide. Source: Whig and tribune. (Jackson, Tenn.), 02 Sept. 1871. Chronicling America: Historic
Almond L. DAVIS, an old Cumberland river steamboat man – with whom the writier of this went to school fifty years ago – died at his residence, at Sligo, Dekalb county, last week. Source: Whig and tribune. (Jackson, Tenn.), 02 Sept. 1871. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033435/1871-09-02/ed-1/seq-2/>
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