MARRIED in this county by Wm. R. MARTIN, Esq., Mr. John MONTGOMERY and Miss Melinda Jane VICKERS. by Wm. PRYOR, Esq., Mr. Drury P. LAND and Miss Nancy R. HOWELL. 29th ult., by Rev. Wm. LANE, Mr. Thomas HOWELL and Miss Rosina SHEPHARD. by R. DRENNON, Esq., Mr. W.W. TEMPLETON
…a most awful storm of rain and wind, accompanied by thunder and lightening, which demolished about one-half of the Town. By this sad visitation, three persons were killed instantly by the falling of chimnies: viz; Mrs. Rowzee, a estimable lady and her child aged about one year, and the eldest
W.H. Moores, Esq. and Col. L.T. Gray, in conjunction with the Masonic Fraternity have contracted with an undertaker, for the erection of a large three-story building upon the ground now occupied by said Moore’s store. Source: Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, TN); 17 December 1850. Available online at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
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