This clipping was located in the Union City Daily Messenger. It was either from July/August 1938 or March 1940. The funeral home was later converted into a Catholic school, and torn down in 1991. The Daily Messenger on July 3rd, … Continue reading →
ROAD NAME CHANGES February 1907 Bell Street became College Street Howard Street became Bank Street Mary Street became Church Street* Bragg Alley became Dobbins Street (*Mary became West Church. East Church was always known as Church.) Date Unknown East Florida … Continue reading →
Union City, 1868-69, citizens erected the first Monument To The Unknown Confederate Soldier. Some citizens present at a 1909 dedication were: John Barnes, A. L. Brevard, W. W. Casey, J. B. Caudle, John Cavehaugh, J. E. Cloan, J. R. Hughes, … Continue reading →
This table is found on page 268 of the 1894 Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly Minutes. The Obion Presbytery included all of the Cumberland Presbyterian churches in Obion County as well as some in surrounding counties, such as Gibson, Dyer, and … Continue reading →
From John L. Mitchell’s Tennessee State Gazetter and Business Directory, 1860-61 JACKSONVILLE. A flourishing post village of Obion County, in the north-western extremity of the State, situated on Obion River, near the Kentucky State line, and on the Mobile and … Continue reading →
From the Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1876-77, by R. L. Polk & Co. TROY. The county seat of Obion County and a station on the Paducah and Memphis R.R., in a thrifty village of about 600 inhabitants. It is … Continue reading →
Index to E. H. Marshall’s 1941 Obion County History, typed by R. C. Forrester.
Continue reading →LISTING OF PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO OR REGARDING LOCAL HISTORY/GENEALOGY (incomplete) Obion County History, Volumes 1 & 2 – Obion County Historical Society – contains hundreds of family histories and information regarding some schools, churches, communities, and other various sites in … Continue reading →
This index was posted on the original Obion County TNGenWeb site by Jane Powell and was not relocated when the site was converted. This includes an index of the names found in volumes I and II of the Obion County … Continue reading →
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO IN OBION COUNTY. Written by Robert Thomas Curlin – published in the Union City Commercial on July 4th, 1924 A few years before my father, Thomas R. Curlin, died I asked him to tell me about … Continue reading →