The following obituaries are for individuals associated with Obion County.<\/p>\n
DEATH NOTICES From Various Papers (prior to 1900)<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BUCHANAN, Sarah<\/strong> (1859) – “DIED, in Obion county, West Tennessee, Sunday, 16th ult., MRS. SARAH BUCHANAN, relict of Samuel Buchanan, formerly of this county, aged about 70 years.” <\/p>\n CALDWELL, Varner<\/strong> (1838) – “DIED \u2014 In Obion County, on the 31st Sept. last, Mr. Varner Caldwell, a highly esteemed citizen of this county, in the 43rd year of his age.” <\/p>\n CORNWELL, Joseph<\/strong> (1852) – “Jo. Cornwell, a vagabond drunken tailor, was found dead in the streets of Troy, Obion Co, Tenn., on the 10th inst. He has a respectable family at Memphis.” <\/p>\n MITCHELL, John B. <\/strong>(1841) – “Horrid deeds ! \u2014<\/em> As Mr. John B. Mitchell, of Obion County, Tenn. was seated at the supper table, surrounded by his family, on a quiet Sabbath evening, he was shot dead by some cowardly assassin outside the door. A man by th ename of James N. Stone is suspected, who is described as being a heavy built man, near six feet high, broad face, hair and eyes black, and a large scar across his nose. The citizens have offered a reward of several hundred dollars for his apprehension.” <\/p>\n MOULTRIE, William<\/strong> (1843) – “Mr. Wm. Moultrie, a respectable citizen of Obion County, while handling a loaded gun, accidentally shot himself on the 25th ult., and died instantly.” <\/p>\n TOTTEN, Amanda Malvina<\/strong> (1841) – “DIED, At Totten’s Wells, Obion County, on the 23rd inst., AMANDA MALVINA, the youngest daughter of Benjamin Totten, Esq. She had suffered a protracted illness, which she bore with Christian patience and fortitude. Her friends and acquaintances deeply deplore the loss of one who so richly deserved their love and esteem.” <\/p>\n TOTTEN, Mary<\/strong> (1842) – “DIED \u2014 At Totten’s Wells, Obion County, Tenn., on the 26th ult., MRS. MARY TOTTEN, consort of Benjamin Totten, Esq., aged 63 years. This dispensation has been taken from a circle of relations and friends, an aged matron, who had well performed her duty in life \u2014 and who was much loved, venerated and esteemed. Long will they cherish her memory.” <\/p>\n WILLIAMS, David<\/strong> (1841) – “FATAL AFFRAY. \u2014 The Mills\u2019 Point Herald says\u2014’We are informed that a fatal affray took place at Troy, Obion county, on Friday the 17th ult. between Joseph Farris and David Williams, a son of John Williams, all of Obion County, Ten., in which young Williams received a stab in the side, of which wound he has since died.'” <\/p>\n WILLIAMS, Rice<\/strong> (1830) – “DIED \u2014 In Troy, Obion County, Rice Williams Esq., Post Master.” <\/span> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following obituaries are for individuals associated with Obion County. EDWARDS, Jane M. – 1846 ERWIN, John T. – 1917 GIBBS, George W. Jr. – 1843 MARR, Jane – 1846 MAXWELL, Basil – 1973 MAXWELL, Lannie Turnage – 1974 POTTER, …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2158"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3244,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158\/revisions\/3244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span>Published in the Fayetteville Observer – Thursday, February 10th, 1859 – Page 3<\/span><\/sub><\/p>\n
\nPublished in the West Tennessean of Paris, Tennessee – Friday, November 30th, 1838 – page 3.<\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n
\nPublished in the Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY) – Wednesday, July 21st, 1852 – page 3.<\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n
\nPublished in The Independent Monitor (Tuscaloosa, AL) – Wednesday, November 3rd, 1841 – page 3.<\/sub><\/p>\n
\nPublished in The Tennessean – Nashville, Tennessee – Monday, January 16th, 1843 – page 2.<\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>\u00a0Published in the Nashville Union – Monday, August 30th, 1841 – page 3.<\/span><\/sub><\/p>\n
\nPublished in the Nashville Union – Thursday, February 24th, 1842 – page 3.<\/sub>
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\n<\/span>Published in the North Alabamian (Tuscumbia, AL.) – Saturday, October 23rd, 1841 – page 3<\/span><\/sub><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/em><\/sub>Published in the Sparta Recorder and Law Journal<\/em> – Saturday, July 31st, 1830 – page 6.<\/span><\/sub><\/p>\n