MY RIVERSIDE CEMETERY TOMBSTONE
INSCRIPTIONS SCRAPBOOK PART V
by Jonathan K. T. Smith
1994CARTMELL DIARIES VOLS. 11-20
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VOLUME 11, January-December. 1893
p 1. January 1, 1893
Heard this evening of the death of Mrs. Mallory. Ed Mallory's mother. leaves 2 daughters Miss Fanny and Mrs. Theus. also another son /who/belongs to the U. S. army, a lieutenant. a good woman. a Christian. aged about 66.
MARTHA A. MALLORY, 1826-1893
p 35. April 1, 1893
Notice in Jackson paper of today, death of Capt. Towler who has been living in Jackson 5 or 6 years. He was raised in Hardeman Co. I knew his father Dr. T. about 1850. his father married a Miss Bowers. This Capt. Towler was a very impulsive man…. was a member of the Episcopal church….
WILLIAM P. TOWLER, August 15, 1851-March 30, 1893
p 58. June 2, 1893
Johny Theus was buried in Jackson yesterday. died at Citronelle Ala of consumption. He married Ophelia Harris daughter of Dr. Ben Harris….The Theus family has been an unfortunate one. I have known them since I could remember. came to this county from S. Carolina There the father had committed suicide. Dr. Syd Campbell married one of the daughters. Frank Campbell brother of Dr. C. once pastor of Pres. church in Jackson married one. Dr. Warmack one. all are dead. There was Dr. Theus. think he went deranged and Frank (father of Johny) died 3 or 4 years ago in a lunatic asylum. Maxey & Edward I went to school with. Ed died in New Orleans. Max buried at sea. He was a very talented young man. One of Dr. Warmack's daughters married White who has been in trouble about breaking of Bk/Bank/ of Madison indicted &c. an unfortunate family. Kind, clever people. once had large property lands & negroes /sic/.
JOHN WOMACK THEUS, October 4, 1862-May 31, 1893
pp 62-63. June 15, 1893
Attended funeral and burial of Alex W. Campbell. He died night before last. He had been afflicted with a cancer for about 2 years. commenced on his tongue. The tongue seemed to heal but it worked so as to involve the glands of his neck. The last time I saw him on the street, his neck was much enlarged on one side. I can't conceive of a more horrible disease than a cancer in the mouth. He was born in Nashville, Tenn. 4th day of June 1828. His father moved to Jackson in 1832 or 33. 1 suppose when a branch of the Union Bank was established at Jackson. at least he was the cashier of the bank for a no. of years, until 1855 or 6. Alex was one of the first class
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graduated at West Tenn. College at Jackson. read law. attended law school at Lebanon, Tenn. Married Ann Dick Allen at Lebanon, a granddaughter of old Genl. Gibbs, the founder of Union City, Obion Cou. was a partner of T. P. Scurlock when the war broke out. He served in the Confederate Army in one capacity and another during the entire war, a prisoner part of the time. was Col. of a Regiment. was promoted to Brig. Genl. after the war he practiced law in Jackson until some 8 or 10 years ago, maybe until 6 or 8 years ago. He ran for congress. it was a mistake he made in entering the political arena. He was ambitious but he was not a politician. He was sound to the core, a Democrat ture. Disapointment /sic/ somewhat soured him. He was a good lawyer and made a good deal of reputation as a criminal lawyer….He leaves 3 sisters (4) 3 of them unmarried Miss Cynthia, Susan Ann, Mary and Mrs. Dr. Scott of Louisville, a wife, 2 sons.
ALEX. W. CAMPBELL, June 4, 1828-June 13, 1893
p 90. August 20, 1893
old Aunt Jane /Lemon/ died this morning about 9 o'clock. She was taken rather violently ill last Monday night with something like cholera morbus, caused Charles /Hogsett/ thinks from eating some cabbage. She was very prudent about her eating. when one attains to the age of 93 life is suspended by a slender thread….August 21. Old Aunt Jane was buried this morning. Services at the house by Mr. Anderson. She was buried by the grave of Todd Hogsett….
JANE HOGSETT LEMON, 1800-1892 /1893/
p 105. September 14, 1893
Mrs. Frank Theus was buried this morning.
Lucy A. Theus, no dates, on monument with other Theus family members
p 108. October 2, 1893
J. T. Botts died last night. to be buried tomorrow morning. He was for many years of the firm of Robertson & Botts, merchants. They came to Jackson soon after the close of the war 1866. Botts has been out of business for several years. drank a great deal, constant. don't see how he has lived as long as he has. married Lida Tomlin a daughter of John L. H. Tomlin. leaves I think 3 children. one a married girl.
JOHN T. BOTTS, August 8, 1845-October 2, 1893
p 114. October 20, 1893
Also notice the death of Major Hosford, rather a sudden death from a stroke of paralysis. a nice clever gentleman. for a long time connected with M & Ohio railroad. at one time division superintendent.
ERIE S. HOSFORD, August 28, 1834-October 19, 1893
VOLUME 12, January-December 1894
p 3. January 3, 1894
Miss Ellen McCorry died suddenly this evening. She was 70 years old.
ELINOR McCORRY, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS & SALLIE JONES McCORRY, January 6, 1824- January 8, 1894
pp 28-33. March 9, 1893
John D. Bond died this evening about 5 o'clock. He seemed to be getting along as usual…. he has been greatly afflicted -rheumatism, dispepsia /sic/, diarrhea…. He came to Jackson to live in 1846. had a sister Mrs. Sugars McLemore living in this county at that time which was doubtless an inducement for him to come. Clerked for a number of year/s/ in the drygoods house of G. N. Harris. married my sister Mary in 51. lived on a farm a number
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of years. has lived in Jackson 15 or 20 years. He was one of my waiters /groomsmen/ when I married…. I do not know exactly his age. I think about 72…. There are 4 living children S. S. Martin, Anna (Snider), Mary, Hellen who married Hugh Anderson, leaving an infant Bond. /She/ died about 1878 or 9. There were a large family of the Bond children. one of them came to west Tenn. at an early date. Sidney died at Paris. Mrs. McLemore died at Poplar Corner….
JOHN D. BOND, 1820-1894
p 49. April 2, 1894
Mrs. Cisco died last night. consumption. had been an invalid for 2 or more years. leaves husband & 7 or 8 children.
GEORGIA PURSLEY, WIFE OF J. G. CISCO, August 2, 1853-April 1, 1894
p 62. April 28, 1894
Mary Lou Hoffman Martin's /Martin Cartmell/ daughter died last night about 10 o'clock. buried this evening. Services by the pastor Rev. Wm. M. Anderson.
MARIE LOU CARTMELL, WIFE OF C. P. HOFFMAN, Dec. 12, 1872-April 27, 1894
p 89. June 24, 1894
Mrs. Dr. Dashiell was buried this evening. She was a Taylor (Eliza Ann). Granddaughter of Mr. /Philip/ Alston. Niece of John Alston. Sister of Mrs. Dr. Chester, all dead. She was married to Dr. D. about 1847 or 8. A good woman. leaves 2 children living Dick and a daughter Miss Annie very deaf. She will miss her /mother/ so much.
ELIZA JANE, WIFE OF DR. R. R. DASHIELL, October 2, 1826-June 26 /sic/, 1894
p 120. August 27, 1894
John S. Miller died this evening at 2 o'clock. has been in feeble health and sick for a no. of years. tho up and about until within the last 2 or 3 months. came to Jackson from Bolivar about 50 or 51. merchant. Mrs. Miller died several years ago. He married soon after. caused a split in the family. He was a successful merchant. The only one I remember in the history of Jackson. one son and 4 daughters survive him. August 28. Attended the funeral of John S. Miller.
JOHN S. MILLER, 1816-1894
p 129. September 18, 1894
Went in /to Jackson/ and attended funeral & burial of Harbert Newsom. He was one of Ford's Co. 6th Tenn. Regmt. Confederate soldier.
If buried in Riverside Cemetery Newsom lies in a now-unmarked grave.
p 173. December 26, 1894
Papers full of killing &c. Mid Hays' son aged about 17. 2 of them had a difficulty with a negro /sic/ boy about 17 years old. Shot & killed him. occured /sic/ near the stone bridge at west end of LaFayette Street last Monday night.
Probably buried in the lot with his parents, Capt. Middleton Hays and Sallie Hays.
VOLUME 13, January-December 1895
p 14. February 14, 1895
C. T. Bates died one day this week. He married a daughter of Ben Barr. was a hardware merchant in Jackson many years. I think he was by birth a Northern man but /he/ had lived most of his life in the South & during the war was a Confederate soldier. was retired in his disposition, mingled but little with the outside world, but was liked by those thrown with him socially or as a business man. leaves no children. his wife survives him. a good woman.
CHARLES TAPAN BATES, Died February 11, 1895, aged 59 yrs.
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p 18. February 23, 1895
Nanie wife of Sid Bond died last night about 10 o'clock. was rather delicate, but had more energy than most women.... She was born I think in Monroe Co. Ark. a daughter of Capt. Billie Mayo who moved from Fayette Co. about 1855 or 6. had been married 16 or 17 years. was I suppose 35 or 36 years of age. Her father died 3 or 4 years ago. Her mother and a sister Mrs. Black, a widow, live in Jackson. Lizzie /Cartmell's daughter/ and I went up this evening. /Nanie/ will be buried tomorrow evening at 3 o'clock. She was a member of the Cumberland Pres. Church. I regret very much her death. Not only a great loss to her husband but to the little boy (the only child living) Mayo, a very delicate child, not having good use of one side.
NANNIE JANE MAYO, WIFE OF SIDNEY S. BOND, July 28, 1859-February 22, 1895
p 28. March 24, 1895
Mrs. Wilson died in Jackson yesterday. She had been married twice before (Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs. Christian).
EMILY, WIFE OF REV. A. R. WILSON, February 28, 1832-March 23, 1895
p 53. June 23, 1895
Mrs. Brooks (Acton) died a few days ago. an aunt of Ann Cornelia Brady (Sharp).
SARAH ACTON BROOKS, June 9, 1825-June 21, 1895
p 84. September 7, 1895
Several deaths in Jackson this week. Mrs. Staley (Maud Hammond). born & raised there.
MAUD CELESTE, WIFE OF O. R. STALEY, July 18, 1856-September 2, 1895
p 66. July 25, 1895
Ed Kelly was buried today. been in bad health for many years. did business in Jackson (jeweller).
Kelly is probably buried in a now-unmarked grave beside his wife, Anne, in the Bond-Kelly lot.
p 93. October 2, 1895
Don Cameron died this morning. Suddenly while at breakfast table. He had been living in Jackson 38 or 40 years. with W. W. Gates before the war. Connected with the West Tenn. Whig. an elder in the Presbyterian church. a good, clever man, rather peculiar in some respects. lived & died an old line Whig. never could affiliate with any /other/ party.
DON CAMERON, December 17, 1814-October 2, 1895
p 103. November 7, 1895
Linnie Murrell died last night. has been declining for 3 or 4 years. Nov. 8. Went in to funeral and burial of Linnie (D. L.) Murrell…. services at Pres. Church.
Probably buried in a now-unmarked grave in Murrell family lot #242.
VOLUME 14, January-December 1896
p 53. May 23, 1896
Ginnie Mallory not expected to live thro' today. has been in delicate health for a long time…. Callie the only daughter is just grown and would have graduated with the Institute today. Charlie a nice young man is in the U.S. Navy. will not hear of his mother's death for some time. John I think is reading law. at least I see him a good many times in his father's office (Caruthers & Mallory). it will be a heavy affliction to her mother Mrs.
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Parker. her only child. never had but two. The other died when a child. John M. Parker the father has been dead 15 or more years. Mrs. Parker was Callie McCutchen. raised in Jackson. a sister of Mrs. W. W. Gates now living. She does all the good she can. good to the sick.
JENNIE PARKER MALLORY, July 23, 1852-June 1, 1896
p 58. May 31, 1896
I rode in at 2. attended funeral & burial of old Mrs. Robt. Brown, old citizen 88 years old. came to Jackson in 1838. Her husband had been dead 3 or 4 years.
SUSAN L. BROWN, January 23, 1808-May 29, 1896
p 83. July 29, 1896
Mrs. Cameron died this morning. Some 72 years old. Her husband Don C. died last fall. had lived in Jackson nearly 42 years. member of the Presbyterian church. good people.
MARGARET, WIFE OF DON CAMERON, April 13, 1825-July 3, 1896 /sic/
p 92. August 29, 1896
W. F. Blackard died suddenly last night about 8 o'clock. heart trouble I suppose. had not been in good health for a no. of years. was many years ago sheriff of Madison Co.
If Blackard is buried in Riverside Cemetery he lies in a now-unmarked grave The W. F. Blackard lot is designated as the east 1/2 of lot #214 (1939 Index to Lot Owners, Riverside Cemetery).
p 97. September 8, 1896
Mamie (Theus) Deupree was buried in Jackson this morning. She was a daughter of Frank Theus who died several years ago in the asylum at Nashville. a brother of Will Theus. also I think Dr. Leonard was buried today. He was carried to Bolivar a few days ago to the asylum. He had been a good deal dissipated. eat /sic/ morphine. was a man of many good traits. a good physician at one time.
MAMIE THEUS, WIFE OF T. J. DEUPREE, March 19, 1871-September 7, 1896
Dr. Leonard may lie in a now-unmarked grave in Riverside Cemetery.
p 111. October 16, 1896
Heard this evening that Duncan a deacon in Presbyterian church died last night or today. Knew he was sick but had heard Monday he was better. don't know what was the matter…. He married a daughter of Mrs. John S. Miller. Also Shelton died today or last night, only sick a few days….
N. M. DUNCAN, 1855-1896
L. B. SHELTON, April 8, 1834-October 11, 1896
VOLUME 15, January-December 1897
p 1. January 5, 1897
Mrs. Dr. Harris, sister of Hugh Anderson buried today (cancer).
ELLEN ANDERSON, WIFE OF B. R. HARRIS, March 14, 1837-January 4, 1897
p 5. January 29, 1897
Will Hogsett died last night. was buried this evening from the Presbyterian church…. He lives /sic/ 2 miles n of town. /I/ got there just as the hearse was leaving. Will was about 44 or 5 years old. born in Jackson. His mother (Jemima C. Sharp) was an own cousin of mine. a daughter of Alfred Sharp who died near 1837 or 8. near Cotton Grove this county. His wife had died some years before…. Will's mother married Chas. Hogsett in 1846. The oldest
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child died. Will was the oldest living. His mother died in 1857. She died of consumption of the bowels. Her mother died of consumption. Will of cancer, affecting first his lip & then the gland of his neck. He had been confined to his room /smeared/the time for about 4 months…. He had been for many years a member of the Presbyterian church and for several years a deacon…. Will leaves a widow Mary Catherine (McCowat) and one son Curtis 12 or 14 years old….
W. A. HOGSETT, 1848-1897
p 53. May 19, 1897
One of Tom McCutchen's boys (Fred) died yesterday
Probably buried in a now-unmarked grave.
p 55. May 26, 1897
Hervey Gilmore died this morning at Mobile. remains to be brought to Jackson tonight -to be buried tomorrow 1/2 past 10. The last time I saw him he seemed as usual. looked about would have weighed over 200 pounds. That perhaps in February. gave down at once. went south. consumption I think. aged about 28 or 30. leaves a wife, Mary Lou McCorry. no children. May 27. Hervey Gilmore was buried this morning at 1/2 past 10. funeral & burial from Episcopal Ch.
HERVEY BROWN GILMORE, January 8, 1868-May 25, 1897
p 66. July 9, 1897
Old man W. D. Robinson died a few days ago. was over 80. lived in Jackson before the war. had been mayor &c.
If buried in Riverside Cemetery, Robinson lies in a now-unmarked grave. The W. D. Robinson lot is given as the west part of lot #219 (1939 Index of Lot Owners, Riverside Cemetery.)
p 94. October 9, 1897
A young doctor Gates Jones son & I think only son of Dr. Jim Jones, died today from effects of morphine taken early this morning about 3 o'clock. don't know why. no doubt it was a case of suicide. He was a mere boy in appearance. maybe 22 or 23 years of age. left a note. don't know the purport of it.
DR. GATES JONES, Died October 9, 1897, aged 24
p 124. December 31, 1897
Col. John W. Buford, clk /clerk/ of the Supreme court died in Jackson during this month. He was a confederate soldier. had lived in Jackson 20 or more years. at one time he & Judge Muse were partners in the law business.
JOHN W. BUFORD, Sr., Lt. Col. 9th Tenn. Regt. CSA, Aug. 24, 1836-Dec. 27, 1897
VOLUME 16, January-December 1898
p 6. January 20, 1898
Noticed in todays paper the death of Mrs. Frank Campbell, a good woman. She was a Miss Womack. Sister of Frank Theus. also the death of Col. Clifton Dancy. He was related to the Masons who lived in Jackson at an early day. Mrs. Stoddert being an aunt. His father Dr. Francis Dancy of Athens, Ala. and Miss Rebecca Mason were married at Jackson, Tenn. on August 1st 1834 by Rev. John Chilton an Episcopal minister living at that time at Bolivar, Tenn. The Dancys lived a long time at Holly Springs, Miss. where Clifton was born. He married 2d daughter of Judge Brown. died of Brights disease. He was a Lieut. Col. in the Confederate army.
Mrs. Campbell is probably buried in a now-unmarked grave in Frank Campbell lot.
CLIFTON DANCY, August 1838-January 1898
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p 44. April 26, 1898
attended funeral at 4 pm of Tom McCutchen's youngest son. He lost a grown son about 8 mos. ago. was sick but a short time. understand it was congestion.
Probably buried in the T. J. McCutchen family lot.
p 53. May 13, 1898
Notice tonight in this weeks paper the death of Jesse Russell. died of heart failure at Riverside Cemetery last Tuesday -was there with his daughter, cleaning off his lot. He was 64 years old. born in Jackson. Son of Jesse Russell dec. among the oldest of Jacksons settlers. I think it is said Jesse Russell Sr. and his wife (a Sevier) were the first couple married in Jackson. also the death of Gid Hicks an old citizen 58 years of age. born in N. Carolina but came here with his parents when a child. old Jimmie Hicks. Gid Hicks had many good traits and as we all have some not so good. I always liked him. He was a true man to those he liked, rather bitter when he disliked.
JESSE RUSSELL, November 15, 1831-May 10, 1898
If Gid Hicks is buried in Riverside Cemetery it appears he lies in a now-unmarked grave.
p 67. June 16, 1898
Heard this morning in town that Mrs. Jackson was buried yesterday at Riverside Cemetery (Jackson, Tenn.). She had been living for several years with a son at Dyersburg. but if not born in this county came when young. Could not have been /born/ in the county for she was older than the Co. She was a Miss White (Eunice). had been married 3 times. Hewlett, Fenner and Dr. Alex Jackson. a good woman. good and kind to everyone and especially to the sick or those in want. I heard my father often speak of her when a mere child. how she sat on the bed & kept the flies off while he was sick. this was in 1826. He had lost his wife. Mr. Hewlett carried him to his house not far from where the Whites lived. 3 or 3½ miles east of Jackson. She was present also when he died in 1864 on 4th July…. I think Mrs. Jackson was a beautiful woman in her younger days. She had a younger sister Miss Rachel. died when about 18. more beautiful than either of her sisters. Wm. L. Flowers married the oldest sisters.
Likely buried beside her third husband, Dr. Alex Jackson in a now-unmarked grave.
p 78. July 19, 1898
Heard this evening of the death of Will Moore, cashier of 2d Nat. Bank, Jackson, Tenn. He has been to Hot Springs but it seems he couldn't take the baths. July 22. Will Moore was buried today. it seems he shot himself thro' the head.
WILLIAM STUART MOORE, August 5, 1851-July 19, 1898
p 93. August 3, 1898
Rode in this morning /to Jackson/. attended burial of Mrs. Harris (Charley's wife) . died in child birth.
FANNIE S., WIFE OF C. N. HARRIS, January 10, 1858-August 29, 1898
VOLUME 17, January-December 1899
p I. January 7, 1899
was surprised to hear of the death of Mrs. Robertson. W. P. wife. a daughter of G. N. Harris decr. Saw her at church last Sunday. . . .
LOUANNA HARRIS, WIFE OF W. P. ROBERTSON, October 29, 1848-January 7, 1899
p 10. February 8, 1899
Charles T. Hogsett died this morning 10 or 11 o'clock…. born in Franklin Co. Ky. 25th Dec. 1816…. His parents moved to Lauderdale Co. about 1830. both
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of them died within a few years leaving a family of 6 boys and 3 girls. An uncle living in this co. (Madison) brought 2 of the boys Charles and Harrison home with him….Charles was taken by my father and lived with us until he was 28 years of age in 1846. He married Jennie C. Sharp a daughter of Alfred Sharp….She and Charles were married in 1846. She died in 1859 leaving 3 boys Will, Todd and John. one girl. Jena Wright.
CHAS. TODD HOGSETT, 1816-1900 /1899/
p 10. February 8, 1899
saw in Nashville American a day or two ago the death of R. J. Hays living here in Jackson. had not heard of his death. He was born in 1822. has a son and daughter living in Jackson. Stokely D. Hays and Mrs. Ross Witherspoon.
RICHARD JACKSON HAYS, March 5, l822-February 2, 1899
p 45. May 13, 1899
Saw in todays paper the death of John G. Mann, chief engineer of M & 0 railroad. lived in Jackson many years. married a daughter of Wm. H. Long. born in Ohio. was in the confederate army. He died in the sleeper between Corinth. was found dead. over 60 years of age.
If buried in Riverside Cemetery, Mann may be buried in or near the Wm. H. Long family lot.
p 83. September 27, 1899
My dear girl /daughter Lizzie/ passed away 5 minutes past 11 tonight. September 28. I cannot realize that Lizzie is dead. I will more & more as the few days or months or it may be years (we cannot tell) remain to me. She has been with me I may say all the time. Studied no comfort, far more than for her own. born 27th Sept. 1853. 46 years old…. Last Sunday a week ago she fell and had been helpless as an infant and suffered greatly….
LIZZIE CARTMELL, DAU. OF R. H. & M. J. CARTMELL, 1853-1899
p 115. November 27, 1899
heard this morning that Granville McCabe died early this morning. He has been a citizen for many years. had a large brick yard. has contracted and put up a great many of the brick buildings in Jackson, including the public school building erected within the last 2 or 3 years. had I understand a stroke of paralysis....
J. G. McCABE, 1846-1899
p 126. December 22, 1899
Notice in this weeks paper that W. H. Farris /sic/ who lived in Jackson for some time and then in the country, then moved to Macon, Tenn. from which place he moved to Jackson. died a few days /ago?/ from the effects of a kick of a horse.
WILLIAM H. FARRISS, 1836-1899
VOLUME 18, January-December 1900
p 1. January 1, 1900
Mrs. Susan Yancy was buried there /Jackson/ this evening. She was a Beverage /Beveridge/. was perhaps born in Jackson. so long ago as I can remember old man Tomy Beverage /Beveridge/ and the old lady lived there. both died at an advanced /age/…. I have passed Mrs. Yancy's house for maybe 30 years on Chester Street. do not remember to have seen /her/ during that time. She staid at home. never seems to have gone from it.
SUSAN R., WIFE OF F. W. YANCY, September 7, 1823-December 30, 1899
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p 5. January 9, 1900
Horace Tomlin's funeral was on hand. He died yesterday. had been in feeble health for months. consumption. His mother died of consumption -was Miss Elder. I suppose he was 46 or 48 years of age…. He married Ann Peguese /Pegues/ daughter of the late Asberry Peguese /Pegues/ and granddaughter of Hays Hewet one of the pioneers of this county. He leaves a wife and several children.
If buried in Riverside Cemetery, Tomlin appears to lie in a now-unmarked grave.
p 9. January 19, 1900
Noticed in this weeks paper the death of Dr. John I. Taylor of Jackson, Tenn. committed suicide by shooting himself thro' the temple. occured /sic/ at the McCoy McDonald sanitarium. Thursday morning /January 18/. He had gone there the day before. I suppose for treatment. however he and his wife have been away for some months…. John Taylor was born in Denmark, Madison Co. about 45 years of age. his mother was Jane Ingram oldest daughter of Dr. John Ingram. His father Thomas Taylor. They were perhaps 2d or 3d cousins. John inherited his father's delicate constitution…. He leaves a wife and 2 children. Mrs. John Greer. Mrs. Ann DeBerry (sisters of his mother) live in Jackson.
DR. J. I. TAYLOR, 1851-1900
p 28. March 6, 1900
Mrs. Johnson, widow of Dr. Jule Johnson decr. was buried in Jackson this evening. over 80 I should think. old Col. Johnson married a sister of old Dr. Bob Fenner. lived in Jackson at any early day. . . Jule Johnson was a son of the old col.
MARY HOWSON JOHNSON, September 1, 1820-March 5, 1900
p 33. March 17, 1900
Mrs. John Greer died yesterday. to be buried tomorrow (Lou Ingram).
LOUISA INGRAM, WIFE OF JOHN A. GREER, 1832-1900
p 34. March 17, 1900
Dr. Jo McDonald died yesterday, aged about 37 years. He had a twin brother John who died in Louisville a few years ago. He had pneumonia.
JOSEPH W. McDONALD, M.D., 1862-1900
p 38. April 1, 1900
Bob Hicks was buried in Jackson today. He was called long Bob to distinguish him from another Bob. He was elected or rather got the nomination for esquire in this district at the late primary. I suppose /he/ was about 35 years old. a grandson of George Hicks decd. and son of Kenneth Hicks. (pneumonia)
ROBERT O. HICKS, 1860-1900
p 46. April 24, 1900
Mrs. Stockton sister of David H. & Robert W. Haynes and daughter of Landon Haynes dec. a brilliant man in ante war times and for some years after will be buried in Jackson tomorrow. She had lived here for many years.
Perhaps Mrs. Stockton is buried in a now-unmarked grave in the Haynes lot.
p 68. June 13, 1900
Bob Chester's wife (Mary Long) was buried yesterday. Knew she was very low (dropsy) but did not know she had died. She was a good woman, a fine business woman. He depended on her as much so as could be. He will miss her.
MARY J. LONG, WIFE OF R. H. CHESTER, June 20, 1832-July 10, 1900
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p 82. July 8, 1900
Mrs. Hervey Brown was buried this evening…. Some 74 or 5 years old. a good woman. Mrs. Mary Spivey also died a day or two ago about 75 years old.
MARTHA LENORA BROWN, WIFE OF HERVEY BROWN, Sept. 15, 1825-July 7, 1900
MOTHER, M. A. E. SPIVEY, 1820-1900
p 118. September 29, 1900
Heard this morning that a son of W. F. Alexander was killed last night or yesterday on R'road /railroad/. I think his name was Wm. about 22 years of age. He was employed on the road in some way.
W. F. ALEXANDER, JR., 1876-1900
p 153. December 3, 1900
Anna /Snider/ told Gaston /Cartmell/ that Clay ___ small boy about 10 years old and Mrs. Moore's (Will Moore's) little boy about same age playing with a pistol. The Moore boy was shot and killed, perhaps instantly as the bull/et/ went under the chin and thro' the brain. it is sad.
WILLIAM STUART MOORE, October 5, 1888-December 3, 1900 /sic/
VOLUME 19, Jan.-December 1901 (and early 1902)
p 8. January 27, 1901
Hoffman who married Mary Lou Cartmell. Martin's daughter died a few days ago & was buried in Jackson. She has been dead 4 or 5 years. both were young
CARROLL PEIRCE HOFFMAN, January 12, 1872-January 20, 1901
p 12. February 4, 1901
Mrs. McClanahan, widow of Saml. McClanahan was buried in Jackson today. She was a Fortune, a niece of his first wife. had a no. of children, none of them living here now. a daughter sings well. I believe was in St. Louis at the time of her mother's death. her mother lives with her. died there. brought here yesterday or this morning. There was at one time a large family of McClanahans in Jackson.
LAURA FORTUNE, WIFE OF SAMUEL McCLANAHAN, 1837-1900
p 43. April 19, 1901
Notice in this weeks paper the death of Capt. Deupree for 25 years or more a citizen of Jackson. engaged in the cotton business.
CAPT. W. A. DEUPREE, Died April 17, 1901
p 79. July 25, 1901
Billie May buried today 4 pm.
W. M. MAY, March 1, 1856-July 24, 1901
p 86. August 7, 1901
Noticed in todays paper notice of the funeral and burial of Wm. W. Hamilton a young doctor. son of Dr. Frank Hamilton. aged about 24….He had been afflicted with diabetes
WILLIAM W. HAMILTON, November 12, 1876-August 5, 1901
pp 121-122. October 26, 1901
Went at 3 o'clock to funeral of Newett Hayes. He has been sick and in a declining state for months. He was a dentist. raised in Jackson. lived a no. of years at Helena, Ark. His father & mother and one sister Mrs. Dr. Arrington live in Jackson. Ben Hays a Methodist preacher is I suppose 90 yrs. old.
DR. NEWT NEWSOM HAYES, SON OF REV. B. A. &T. A. HAYS, Oct. 6, 1849-Oct. 26, 1901
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p 135. November 28, 1901
An engineer (August Wilde) died in Jackson this morning. appendicitis I think.
AUGUST WILDE, 1851-1901
p 154. January 21, 1902
Mrs. Davidson was buried in Jackson yesterday. She was formerly Mrs. Burton. The youngest child of Col. Abram /Abel/Willis an old and highly respected family of this county, being among its first settlers. She must have been near if not quite 80 years old. Dr. Burton was in the fortys /1840s/ Secretary of State (Tenn.). Mrs. Burton a gay woman. Burton a defaulter. said went to China. There died. She married a man named Davidson. He died. Since then /she/ has lived in Jackson. never seemed to me a happy woman.
DOUBLE MONUMENT:
ELIZABETH DAVIDSON, February 1824-January 1902
BENJAMIN DAVIDSON, December 1822-March 1881
p 158. February 6, 1902
I was shocked to see the announcement of the death of Callie Mallory, only daughter of Ed Mallory and granddaughter of Mrs. John M. Parker. So sad. She was a bright, sweet young lady…. She had been teaching in the public school for several sessions & teaching at the night school…. I am so sorry for poor Mrs. Parker. it seemed when her daugher Callie (Callie's mother) died as if it would kill /her/. now how can she survive this double stroke. pp 162-163. February 23, 1902. /The Reverend Mr. Matthews' tribute to her/
CALLIE PARKER MALLORY, January 27, 1873-February 5, 1902
p 160. February 14, 1902
Mr. Wm. Holland, merchant died yesterday rather suddenly. had been a citizen of Jackson for many years. came from South Carolina. an ex Confederate, took a good deal of interest in Confederate matters…. Mr. Holland served I think during the entire war. mostly in Va. with Stonewall Jackson.
W. HOLLAND, 1834-1902
VOLUME 20, April-December 1902; Jan. -Dec. 1903
p 25. April 17, 1902
Mrs. Cobb was buried yesterday. She was the oldest of 3 sisters, granddaughter of Philip Alston. Miss Taylor. one married Dr. Dashiell. one Dr. John Chester. This one Andrew Guthrie & then Mr. Cobb. I would suppose she was over 80. leaves a granddaughter Fanny Hurt, daughter of Ab Hurt decr. who married Fanny Guthrie decr.
MRS. MARY A. COBB, July 18, 1821-April 6, 1902
p 33. June 26, 1902
Noticed in the Jackson paper the death of Dave Hampton aged about 60. His father was a good carpenter in Jackson long time ago. Before and after the war.
Hampton may be buried in a now-unmarked grave in the David Hampton lot.
p 34. July 2, 1902
Noticed in todays run /of newspaper/ the death of P. C. McCowat, 84 years old. a citizen of Jackson since 1840 or 42. was with W. W. Gates in publishing the Whig at a time when Whig meant something. The Whig Party vanished….
P. C. McCOWAT, 1819-1902
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p 37. August 7, 1902
P. W. D. Conger died yesterday at his sisters, Mrs. King at Germantown, Tenn. suddenly of heart failure. He was past 80 (about 83 or 4). born in middle Tenn. I think in Davidson Co. but with his father came to Madison Co. when /he was/ a boy & has lived here during all these years except 2 or 3 past years has been in Ark. with some of his children. lately with a sister in Shelby /County, Tennessee…. Phi Conger was a man of good practical sense. His father was a machinist of extensive reading especially on the subject of mechanics or natural philosophy /science/ and mathematics. Phi was connected with M & Ohio /rail/road for many years, superintending construction of bridges &c. August 8. Went to town, attended funeral and burial of Phi Conger from 1st Baptist Church. Services by Rev. McNeil….
Philander Conger is probably buried in a now-unmarked grave in the large Conger family lot #201.
p 48. October 19, 1902
Mrs. James Bright was buried in Jackson this morning. She died at Knoxville where she had been for 2 or 3 months with a married daughter. cancer. Her mother was Miss Josephine McCree /McRee/, a sister of Jim McCree /McRee/ who lived and died in Jackson. Her mother married a man named Sandey. They lived at Camden, Ark. when Mrs. Bright was born. I don't know how old she was, maybe 50 years. had lived in Jackson at least 25 years. She leaves a husband, 3 daughters (married), one a divorced widow. one if not 2 sons. all grown.
JOSEPHINE SAUNDERS BRIGHT, 1845-1902
p 58. January 16, 1903
Noticed in Jackson paper several deaths. one of D. A. Janes. He was a carpenter 8 or 10 years ago, he engaged in the work of an evangelist and has been from here a good portion of his time but his family have remained here. about 60 years old.
D. A. JANES, Died January 16, 1903, aged 65 years
p 60. February 1, 1903
Saw notice of the death of Mrs. Taylor, always known as Dosh, widow of Robt. Taylor, long since dead. daughter of Thos. Hale who moved to Jackson at an early day, more than 70 years ago. I remember him. a sister of Wiley P. Hale killed I think at Cerro Gordo, Mexico 1846 or 7. adjutant in Reg. of Wm. G. Haskell. buried in Jackson.
Perhaps Mrs. Taylor is buried in a now-unmarked grave in the Hale-Taylor lot.
p 60. February 9, 1903
John A. Greer died last Saturday night /Feb. 7/ at his residence in Jackson. I did not hear /about it/ until this evening. was not surprised as he had been in declining constitution for 2 or 3 years. born in Madison Co. in 1827, among the oldest residents of the county. His father Alex Greer was among the earliest settlers. He John A. married Miss Ingram about 1856 or 7. She died some 3 years ago. He married Mrs. Ingram widow of Willie Ingram. Brother of his /first/ wife some years ago. never had any children. John A. Greer was the wealthiest man in the co. His father's estate was about $150,000. only 2 heirs, a sister Mrs. Person now living & himself. I do not know how much he was worth but I should think not less than 2 hundred thousand dollars. Funeral tomorrow morning 10 o'clock. I had known him since boyhood. always liked him. he was an honest man. Had his faults, but I do not know what they were. we all have them. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. am sorry he is gone.
JOHN A. GREER, February 27, 1827-February 7, 1903
p 63. March 6, 1903
Also the death of James Swayne. married Miss Maggie Johnson, daughter of Dr.
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Julius Johnson. The grandfather Col. Johnson lived and died in Jackson more than 50 years ago. He married a sister of Dr. Robert Fenner. 60 years ago he was a merchant in Jackson. The firm was Jones Johnson & co.
J. S. SWAYNE, July 8, 1838-March 5, 1903
p 86. August 19, 1903
Ed Mallory died this morning. to be buried tomorrow 10 o'clock. This is another sad death. another Confederate soldier. Tho' quite young when the war commenced. He was born and raised in Va., Norfolk, Va. came to Jackson after the war. I think in 1868. Studied law. in a few years married Ginnie Parker. She died several years ago. Callie Mallory a daughter, a most excellent young lady died some 2 years ago, not but a little over a year ago. 2 boys are living. Charlie in the U.S. Navy and John a young lawyer living in Jackson. Mr. Mallory (Ed M's) mother with 2 daughters moved to Jackson. one of the daughters married Will Theus & Miss Fanny both living there now. a brother of Ed Mallory in the U.S. Army. a graduate of West Point, perhaps now in the Philippines. The family is Presbyterian but Ed joined the Episcopal as his wife and Mrs. Parker were of that denomination.
EDMUND SKINNER MALLORY, September 22, 1846-August 19, 1903
p 89. September 10, 1903
/Heard today/ that (Rat) Moss had just died. W. B. he had but recently moved into a large and fine house he had erected on College Street near Cumberland Pres. church. He must have made money running a saloon and gambling house near M & O (Union Depot).
W. B. MOSS, March 14, 1860-September 10, 1903
p. 90. September 17, 1903
Mat Meriwethers wife was buried today. had been sick several weeks. rather a delicate woman. She was a Miss Johnson a granddaughter of Mr. Alston a pioneer of this county.... Miss Lydia Johnson a daughter of Lydia (Alston) Johnson married married /sic/ Mat Meriwether a son of David Meriwether who married a daughter of Matthias DeBerry….
LYDIA A. MERIWETHER, 1839-1903
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