{"id":3000,"date":"2019-04-12T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/histnews\/?page_id=3000"},"modified":"2019-04-12T10:55:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T15:55:11","slug":"death-notices-from-benton-county-tn-1876-1930","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/histnews\/death-notices-from-benton-county-tn-1876-1930\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Notices from Benton County, TN 1876-1930"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This five-volume set is a collection of newspaper transcriptions covering deaths around Benton County, spanning 1876-1930. It was compiled by members of the Benton County Genealogical Society and edited by Mike Stockdale. The entire set is 5 volumes; the picture below shows 4 volumes because the Tennessee State Library & Archives did not have volume 5 at the time of this writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Tennessee State Library & Archives has 4 volumes of the set<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Newspapers from which the notices were gleaned include the Benton Banner<\/a>, Benton County Enterprise<\/a>, Camden Chronicle<\/a>, and the Camden Herald<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each book contains typed transcriptions of the death notices. Each volume is organized chronologically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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death notice of Henry Lockhart, 1892<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Death notice of Jim McAuley, 1893<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Each volume also has an index to help you locate notices by surname. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of note, historical issues of the Camden Chronicle are available online at the Library of Congress website<\/a>. But, these books will help you more effectively if you know the name of a person\/family of interest that may be represented during this time period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information is available on the Benton County TNGenWeb site<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to the Indexes & Abstracts bibliography page<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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–Taneya Koonce \/ April 12, 2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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