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 →
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 →
From the Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1876-77, by R. L. Polk & Co. WILSONVILLE. A village of 300 people in the western part of Obion County, 10 miles from Troy, the county seat, and 180 west of Nashville. Obion … Continue reading →
From the Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1876-77, by R. L. Polk & Co. TROY STATION. Located at the crossing of the Mobile & Ohio and Paducah & Memphis Railroads, is a place of about 125 inhabitants. It is in … Continue reading →
This community was in Dyer County, just south of the Obion-Dyer County line. A post office was established here in Obion County in 1828 under the name of Johnsonville, soon after William Terrell opened a ferry here on the Troy-Dyersburg … Continue reading →
From the Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1876-77, by R. L. Polk & Co. POLK STATION. A settlement of 75 people on the Paducah & Memphis Railroad in the central part of Obion County, 3 1/2 miles from Troy, the … Continue reading →
From the Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1876-77, by R. L. Polk & Co. PIERCE STATION. A post office and station on the Paducah and Memphis Railroad, in Obion County, 5 miles south of Troy (?), the county seat, and … Continue reading →
From the Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1876-77, by R. L. Polk & Co. OBION. A village of 200 inhabitants, and a station on the Paducah and Memphis R. R., in the southern part of Obion County, 6 1/2 miles … Continue reading →
From the Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1876-77, by R. L. Polk & Co. HARRIS STATION. On the Paducah & Memphis R. R., in the northeast corner of Obion County, 20 miles from Troy, was settled in 1869, has about … Continue reading →