Woods School – approximately 1897 – do you recognize anyone? From the Democrat-Argus, Caruthersville, MO – March 28th, 1958: “The photograph from which the above news cut was made is more than 50 years old, having been made about the … Continue reading →
MRS. JULIA ANN WHITE. Died, in Obion county, Tennessee, on the third of February, 1854, Sister JULIA ANN WHITE, consort of Brother Franklin S. White. She was born in the middle part of this State, on the 11th February, 1815, … Continue reading →
We are just placed in possession of the account of a most revolting murder, committed on Friday evening last, in Obion County, Tenn. We relate it upon the authority of a gentleman of undoubted veracity. Gilbert Kesee, armed with a … Continue reading →
From the Franklin Review. FATAL AFFRAY. We are sorry to learn that an affray took place a short time since in Obion County, in which William M. Wilson, Esq. received a fatal wound, which terminated in his death on the … Continue reading →
Departed this life, in Obion County, Tenn., on the evening of the 25th ult., after a painful illness of 17 days which was borne with Christian fortitude, Mrs. JANE, the affectionate companion of Maj. G. W. MARR, leaving a numerous … Continue reading →
DIED, on the 5th instant of congestive fever at ”Stockwood” (the residence of his father General G. W. Gibbs, of Obion County), GEORGE W. GIBBS, JR., in the 23rd year of his age. He was ill thirteen days, but was … Continue reading →
These sketches were printed in the Obion Democrat, October 1888. These are the best copies available. Top to bottom: Hon. Rice A. Pierce, Dr. Thomas J. Edwards, Seid Waddell, Prof. Price Thomas, Robert P. Whitesell, John J. Cherry, Jacob W. Levy, … Continue reading →
The Obion County County Farm (poor house, county home) was once located in Civil District 6, near the Polk Station Community on what is now Moss Road. There was probably a graveyard in this vicinity but it has not yet … Continue reading →
From the Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1876-77, by R. L. Polk & Co. KENTON. A thriving village of 300 inhabitants in the southeastern part of Obion County, 15 miles from Troy, the county town, and 173 from Nashville. It … Continue reading →
From the Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1876-77, by R. L. Polk & Co. WOODLAND MILLS. A hamlet of 120 inhabitants, in the northern part of Obion County, 1 mile from the Kentucky line, 14 from Troy, the county seat, … Continue reading →