Union City, Tennessee (by Jane N. Powell) The first school on these grounds was a two room building and said to have been taught by private subscription by Professor Cravens, assisted by Miss Fannie Foster and Miss Daisy Castleman (p. … Continue reading →
in Obion County, Tennessee In 1845, Waller Caldwell built a school known as Westbrook Academy about one and a half miles west of Troy. This seems to be the first school of higher education in the county and most of … Continue reading →
Obion County, Tennessee from Barb Houghteling, who wrote: “It was my G-G-G-Grandfather Wilson that donated land for the school. My G-G-Grandfather Frank Short was a board member at this school and my G-Uncle Henry Frank Short taught at this school.” … Continue reading →
in Union City, Obion County, TN In 1878, a brick building on East College Street, Union City, became known as Central School. T. Lee Bransford was the contractor and builder of the school on the land which was donated to the … Continue reading →
List of Public Schools in Obion County, 1910 Antioch Baker Barnhart Beech Beech Bethel Bush Campground Cane Creek Chapel Hill Clayton Cobbs Corum Crescent Crittendon Cunningham Cunningham Curry Elbridge Fairfield Fairview Garrigan Glass Greenwood Hampton Harper’s Valley Harris Hazelwood Holloway … Continue reading →
Obion County, Tennessee Surname-Registry Are you researching an Obion County family? If so, to add your names to this surname registry, email me with the following information: Required information: Name: your name Email: your email-address Surnames: the Obion County surnames … Continue reading →
Message Boards – read and post queries about Obion County people and history TNGenWeb Message Board – for Obion County Rootsweb Message Boards – for Obion County There are two mailing lists for Obion County. You can sign up by … Continue reading →
Mt. Ararat Cumberland Presbyterian Church had her beginning on July 17, 1882 at 5:00 P.M., when Thomas F. McRee and his wife sold 3/4 acres of land for thirty dollars to the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for … Continue reading →
Submitted by Albert Woolford please address all family questions to the submitter John Allen Born unknown, Died unknown, presumed to have lived in Ireland Children John Allen II John Allen II Occupation: Mason/Brick Layer/Mill Owner/Quaker Born Aug 1694 Ballyhagen, Ireland … Continue reading →
Vietnam Roll of Honor, Obion County Tennessee Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998, The following information contains the names of 8 military personnel who died in Vietnam and had Obion County towns listed as their home of record. Their names are … Continue reading →