GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS,
THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, 1897-1899
By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2002JANUARY-JUNE 1897
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January 7, 1897
A. G. CLARKE, SR., Helena, Montana, died recently in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Mrs. R. M. BARRINGTON born Montgomery Co., Tenn., May 19, 1824; died Crystal Springs, Miss., Nov. 8, 1896; married (1) Mr. Lyon (2) Rev. A. M. Barrington.
JAMES THOMAS FLY, JR. son of H. L. and H. E. Fry, grandson of David Fly, born April 3, 1863; died near Coffeeville, Miss., Dec. 18, 1896; left widow and three children.
January 21, 1897
SENECA X. HALL born Scott Co., Ky., March 31, 1836, youngest of six children; died
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 14, 1896; son of Squire John Hall; ancestors came from Northern Ireland. Received on trial for ministry in Methodist Church in September 1856, Ky. Conference. A tribute supplied by Quarterly Conference at Settle Chapel in Owensboro, Ky. (not dated).
W. H. EVANS born Davidson Co., Tenn., Oct. 16, 1812; converted to Methodism Sept. 17, 1832; married Margaret Ann Clariton, Feb. 19, 1835; an "old fashioned Methodist." 14 children, three died young. His wife died March 1, 1896. He died Dec. 17, 1896. Supplied by his daughter Maggie.
Mrs. JANE FOWLER died a the residence of her kinsman, Samuel Henderson, Cornersville, Tenn., Oct. 29, 1896, an aged lady; a niece, Sallie Walton; another niece, Mrs. John E. Harrison.
MARY ANN RUSSELL born May 4, 1839; died Mt. Pleasant, Miss., Oct. 26, 1896; married Mr. Russell, 1856, Calhoun Co., Miss.; 7 sons, 3 daughters. Buried at Mt. Zion Church.
Mrs. REBECCA JANE COBB daughter of Thomas Elliott, a Methodist preacher; born Virginia, April 18, 1818; moved to Ky. with parents when young; married Thomas Shaw, Trigg Co., Ky., August 10, 1835; moved to Stewart Co., Tenn.; one son (John D. Shaw), 3 daughters; he died April 5, 1852; she married (2) A. G. Cobb, May 1859, a widower; died Cody, Ky., January 3, 1897.
ROBERT ANDERSON WILLIAMS born Dec. 4, 1865; married Deedie Johnson, Dec. 1, 1887; died Sept. 5, 1896; left widow and three children.
Tribute of Respect for J. D. PEEBLES who died recently; by church at Milburn (state not given)
January 28, 1897
Dr. JAMES R. THOMAS died near Ukiah, California, Jan. 17,1897; graduate of Randolph-Macon College; sometime president of Emory College, Ala.; moved to California; president of Pacific Methodist College.
Mrs. MARY C. HAGGARD born April 1, 1833; died near Verona, Tenn., Oct. 16, 1896; daughter of John Fisher, a pioneer Methodist; sister of Rev. T. B. Fisher, Tenn. Conference; married Rev. R. M. Haggard, April 10, 1856; 8 children, three of whom were preachers. One son, Berry, deceased.
SARAH C. CLARKE, nee Alverson, born Madison Co., Ky., May 16, 1831; died Eureka Springs, Ark., Dec. 9, 1896; married (1) Mr. Morgan; (2) A. G. Clarke, about 1880.
LOUISA A. MERRIWETHER, Hernando, Miss., died at residence of her son, R. M. Banks, Dec. 20, 1896; born Elbert Co., Ga., Aug. 31, 1811; daughter of James and Jane Tait; married (1) Lemuel Banks, Dec. 25, 1833; (2) Charles Merriwether, 1857. First husband died Sept. 1854.
VAN LEE TURLEY born July 11, 1864, St. Francis Co., Mo.; had lived in Graves Co., Ky. and Dallas, Tex.; died from accidental injuries, Oct. 17, 1897.
THOMAS OAKLEY born Sept. 1, 1828; died Green Co., Ky., September 1, 1896.
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WILLIAM CHILTON MORGAN, Nashville, Tenn., died Goodwater, Alabama, Dec. 29, 1896 aged 35 years; salesman.
SARAH JANE HAYES daughter of Hon. James and Mary Frances Saunders, born and married in Courtland, Ala.; born Nov. 26, 1836; died Oct. 15, 1896; married Dr. John M. Hayes, Aug. 5, 1868.
J. B. CALDWELL born S.C., June 18, 1830 and moved to, Ga. in youth; died Esom Hill, Ga., Nov. 12, 1896.
W. B. JARRETT born June 29, 1850; died Smyrna, Tenn., Nov. 26, 1896; married Fannie Dudley, Dec. 5, 1876; one son, three daughters.
AMOS CULP born in Virginia, Oct. 16, 1823; died Nov. 16, 1896; buried at "beautiful Cave Hill"; spent last 25 years in Louisville, Ky.
ELMINIA GREEN GATLIN, nee Derryberry, born Sept. 26, 1826; married F. G. Gatlin, 1850; died Jan. 3, 1897; 7 children, 5 daughters; buried at campground, Tippah Co. Miss.
February 4, 1897
Rev. SAMUEL J. SHASTEEN born June 4, 1835; died Jan. 9, 1897; married Mary Weaver, Dec. 20, 1853; joined Methodist Church, August 1854; licensed to preach in this church at Marble Plains, Aug. 1870; served in the Tenn. Conference.
Miss MARY CARLISLE CHERRY born Cherry Valley, Wilson Co., Tenn., Aug. 19, 1815; died Jan. 8, 1897 at residence of half-brother, Rev. W. D. Cherry.
WALTER HOLMES born Talbot Co., Ga., Jan. 25, 1861; moved to Ark. in 1872; moved to near Santa Anna, Tex. in 1886; joined Methodist Church in 1876; married Anne Standlee, Dec. 24, 1879; 5 children. His father, Rev. D. T. Holmes served in the NW Texas Conference and survived him.
SARAH RYAN WALKER born Lynchburg, Va.; married Judge William Walker; 7 children. Died Dec. 4, 1896.
ROBERT L. HODGES born Smith Co., Tenn., June 10, 1819; died Jan. 18, 1897; moved to Dunklin Co., Mo. in 1854; married (1) Jane P. Chambers, 1843, 4 children; (2) Mrs. M. E. Hord, 2 children; he was educated in Trousdale Co., Tenn.
February 11, 1897
Rev. Dr. CHARLES TAYLOR died in Courtland, Ala., Feb. 5, 1897; "an admirable man."
LILA SHANNON wife of H. C. Shannon, daughter of A. J. Galloway, Goldsboro, N.C. died recently.
MARY ERMINE BAKER, oldest child of William H. and M. E. Cowherd, born Taylor Co., Ky., 1857; married J. J. Baker, Nov. 3, 1881; died recently.
LAFAYETTE BENSON HILL son of Rev. Felix R. Hill, Kansas City, Mo., born Mobile, Ala., Sept. 28, 1879; died Kansas City, Jan. 23, 1897.
JENNIE R. CROUCH, nee Lear, born Ohio; May 12, 1838; moved to Henry Co., Tenn. in 1859; married F. M. Crouch, Oct. 2, 1859; died Oct. 27, 1896; buried in Bethel Cemetery, Buchanon, Tennessee.
SAMPSON GATHINGS son of James and Jane Gathings, born Union Co., N.C., Mar. 29, 1823; educated Wakefield College, N.C.; married Martha A. Chambers, April 1840 (she died April 1859); married (2) Sue Williamson, 1861. Died Monroe Co., Miss., Dec. 9, 1896.
T. N. McCOFFEY died Prentiss Co., Miss., Jan. 12, 1897; born Sept. l0, 1842; married A. J. Adair, Jan. 2, 1868.
Dr. SAMUEL HOWARD CARR, born Mercer Co., West Va., May 3, 1866; died Fayette Co., West Va., April 16, 1896 ; only son of Rev. D. H. Carr; married Lizzie R. Allen, Jan. 3, 1893.
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FLORENCE JACKSON born in Tenn., May 1851; died Jonesboro, Ark., Dec. 30, 1896; child of Rev S. A. Ellis; married J. J. Jackson; moved to Ark. about 6 years ago; husband and three children survived her.
CALEB CLAUD died Jan. 8, 1897, a baby; supplied by "Mama."
Tribute of Respect for Mrs. SUSAN TUCKER who died recently, by Woman's Missionary Society, Park Avenue Church, Nashville, Tenn., undated.
February 18, 1897
THOMAS NAPIER born Bedford Co., Tenn., Sept. 13, 1817; moved to Allen Co., Ky. at age 6 with his widowed mother; married Matilda Teel, Nov. 6, 1838; 8 sons, 2 daus. Died Sept. 16, 1896.
JULIAN ANN McTIER, nee Rowlett, born Chesterfield Co., Va., Oct. 23, 1813; married Hugh McTier, Sept. 9, 1842; died July 22, 1896.
CLEMMIE ALEXANDER BARHAM born Saltillo, Tenn., March 6, 1870; married John Barham, June 5, 1894; died July 24, 1896.
CORNELIA E. NELSON daughter of Rev. R. G. and Ann T. Christopher, born Green Co., Ala., May 11, 1824; married Col. James M. DeLoach (died 1858), 1843, 4 children; (2) William Nelson, 1872; died Jan. 3, 1897.
ANN T. HOLLINS born Va., Jan. 2, 1827; married John M. Hollins, Oct. 11, 1853; died Sharon, Tenn., Jan. 17, 1897.
Mrs. FLORENCE GLENN born Marshall Co., Tenn., Oct. 9, 1857; died Dec. 7, 1896; surviving were widower and children.
EMILY D. SPRADLIN, widow of John Wesley Spradlin, born Nov. 3, 1821; died Fountain Head, Tenn., Dec. 24, 1896; daughter of Elder M. Hodges, Primitive Baptist.
WILLIAM M. McKENZIE born Ouachita Co., Ark., Jan. 29, 1875; died Conway, Ark., Jan. 6, 1897; a student at Hendrix College.
RUTH E. BELL, nee Carter, born Oct. 3, 1829; married A. J. Bell and lived in Weakley Co., Tenn.; died Jan. 18, 1897.
February 25, 1897
Dr. GREEN J. SIMMONS married Frances Taylor, Sept. 29, 1831, 8 children; (2) Eliza A. Edmiston, May 16, 1854, 3 children; graduate of Louisville Medical School, 1844; became a Methodist in Mecklenburg Co., Va. in his youth.
Rev. R. D. HARRIS son of Amos and Nancy Harris, born Allen Co., Ky., Aug. 16, 1826; married Arthema T. Anderson, Nov. 12, 1849; (2) Nancy M. Martin, April 24, 1876. First wife died May 21, 1875. He died June 29, 1896.
DANIEL HELTON born Bedford Co., Tenn., April 17, 1811; died Jan. 20, 1897; moved to Lawrence Co., Tenn. in 1819.
LUCINDA PETTIGREW SLOAN daughter of R. A. and L. P. McCully; wife of Dr. A. B. Sloan; born Feb. 29, 1844; died Jan. 23, 1897.
MARY SUSAN STRIBBLING, wife of J. V. Stribbling, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Yarbrough; born April 26, 1848; died Dec. 26, 1896.
JOSIAH HENRY PITTS son of the late Rev. Fountain Pitts; died Dec. 18, 1896 aged 68
years, Sartarem, Brazil, So. America, where he lived about 30 years; married Martha Sneed Lawrence, Jan. 30, 1856; 6 children.
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MARTHA J. DEARMAN, nee Gorman, born Cocke Co., Tenn., Jan. 8, 1827; married J. G. Dearman, Oct. 5, 1845, 7 children; died Hico, Tex., Jan. 27, 1897.
MATTHEW COLLIER born Shelby Co., N.C., Aug. 25, 1816; moved to Lawrence Co., Tenn. in 1848; moved to Wayne Co., Tenn. in 1856 where he died Jan. 15, 1897.
Tribute of Respect for MARY ANN OVERBAUGH who died recently; by "Committee."
March 4, 1897
LILLIE SAWYERS LONG daughter of Dr. J. H. and Sue Sawyers, born Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 9, 1858; died Radford, Va., Feb. 6, 1897; married Rev. S. D. Long, Dec. 20, 1883.
CHARLES McALISTER DUTY born Dec. 14, 1823; died Jan. 27, 1897; married Nannie Thompson, Jan. 13, 1852; two daughters.
DEWITT C. STAMPER born N.C., Oct. 12, 1820; moved in infancy to Franklin Co., Tenn. where he died Dec. 29, 1896; married (1) J. F. McCutcheon, Dec. 25, 1856, 7 children; (2) Mrs. S. E. Dobson, May 11, 1877, a son and daughter; served in 17 Tenn. Inf. Reg., CSA.
MARTHA G. CLARK wife of Isaac E. Clark, born Warren Co., Ga., Jan. 18, 1827; died Tipton Co., Tenn., Feb. 1, 1897.
GRACIE HATCHER born March 18, 1878; died Jan. 16, 1897; daughter of J. M. King; married Norman T. Hatcher, March 8, 1896; a son born to her on Jan. 3, 1897.
MARTHA BURDINE, nee McKelvey, widow of Rev. John F. Burdine; born March 28, 1825; died Jackson, Tenn., Dec. 6, 1896.
Mrs. M. T. CARTER born Anson Co., N.C., April 9, 1823; daughter of Benjamin and Martha Moorman; married J. L. Carter, 1843; he died in CSA service, 1863. She died June 1896.
STEPHEN DOUGLAS DESHA born Davidson Co., Tenn., Dec. 8, 1870; died July 18, 1896.
W. D. L. RECORD born Marshall Co., Tenn., Jan. 3, 1849; married Sue Dance, Jan. 18, 1877; 6 daughters, 2 sons; died Lynchburg, Tenn., Jan. 28, 1897.
March 11, 1897
SARAH JANE MOSS, widow of Rev. John Moss, Memphis Conference, died Mayfield, Ky., Dec. 15, 1896.
REBECCA ELLIOTT, nee Hanks, born about 1840; married Abner Elliott, Franklin Co., Ala.; moved to Chickasaw Co., Miss., 1842; died Clay Co., Miss., Jan. 2, 1897.
LOUISE ELIZABETH "Aunt Lou" TULLASS daughter of Rodham Tullass, born Augusta, Ga., March 12, 1812; moved to Tenn. in 1819; died Sept. 30, 1896; burial near Arrington, Tenn.
ADA ELIZABETH RAND daughter of F. M. and J. C. Norfleet, Memphis, Tenn., born Holly Springs, Miss., Sept. 28, 1842; married Henry Oscar Rand, April 27, 1863; 2 sons, 2 daughters; died Dec. 7, 1896.
Miss LULA J. SELLARS born May 9, 1871; died DeKalb Co., Tenn., Feb. 13, 1897.
MAUDE MYRTLE PARKER, nee Cathey, born Houston Co., Tenn., Oct. 10, 1864; married (1) J. H. Patterson, May 21, 1882, 1 child; (2) J. D. Parker, Jan. 29, 1896 and died Jan. 4, 1897 leaving an infant. Her first husband died September 21, 1885.
MARTHA E. RAMBO born Oct. 1876; died near McBurg, Tenn., Dec. 24, 1896.
D. P. HADLY born Williamson Co., Tenn., 1825; married twice, lastly to Mrs. Louisiana Sturdivant, 1886; died Feb. 8, 1897.
Tribute of Respect for MARTHA HITT, dau. of A. M. Hitt, died Jan. 21, 1897 age 6; by "Committee."
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March 18, 1897
Mrs. F. M. BEEDLES died recently leaving widower and children. North Carolina.
SOPHIE L. BRADY daughter of Dr. Joseph and Lela Mars, born Halifax Co., N.C., Oct. 16,
1802; moved to Tenn. in 1816; married W. J. Brady, Oct. 1818; died Cornersville, Tenn., at residence of daughter, Mrs. Susan Collier, Feb. 13, 1897.
JAMES CRAIG died Jan. 2, 1897 aged 74 years, 2 months and 8 days; married Margaret Malissa Voorhees; ten children.
SUSIE MAI JORDAN daughter of E. L. and Alice Sue Jordan, born May 2, 1881; died Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 13, 1896.
NANCY C. CHILDRESS, nee Killiam, born Union Co., Ga., April 1827; died Jan. 31, 1897; widow of Rev. James Childress, Holston Conference; a daughter, Mrs. J. B. Tinnon, named.
Mrs. SALLIE E. HOLOWAY, native of Virginia, died aged 69 years, Oct. 20, 1896 a residence of her niece, Mrs. Lydia Wise, Holmes Co., Miss.
WILLIAM B. HUGHES oldest son of Benjamin and Sarah Hughes, born Powhatan Co., Va., Sept. 19, 1811; moved to Logan Co., Ky. in 1838; married Mary C. Browder, Jan. 12, 1840; died Clarksville, Tenn. at residence of daughter, Mrs. John Adams, Oct. 3, 1896.
JENNIE B. HUGHES, second daughter of William B. and Mary E. Hughes, born Logan Co., Ky., Jan. 20, 1846; died Louisville, Ky., Feb. 1, 1897.
March 25, 1897
W. L. DOWDELL son of W. E. and E. C. Dowdell born in Tenn. at Oakland plantation; married Lavenia Shappard, 1877; five children; died Opelika, Ala., Feb. 15, 1897.
OLLIE SHAW son of a widowed mother; died Jan. 28, 1897 aged 11 years.
ANNIE MARIS daughter of William and S. O. Maris, born Feb. 16, 1862; died Dec. 27, 1896.
Mrs. L. A. TULLASS, nee Walters, born Williamson Co., Tenn., Aug. 23, 1838; married J. W. Tullass, June 7, 1855; ten children. Died Oct. 24, 1896.
BEATRICE O. ANDERSON born Sept. 14, 1841; died Jan. 30, 1897.
Miss HELEN DICKINSON born Somerville, Tenn., Sept. 8, 1861; died Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 8, 1897.
THOMAS B. ELLIS born in Va., Nov. 11, 1813; moved with mother to Saline Creek, Tenn., 1820; died Jan. 15, 1897; married (1) Mary C. Mathis, Dec. 7, 1843, 3 sons, 2 daughters; (2) Mary J. Coppedge, Feb. 5, 1854, 5 sons, 2 daughters; of Scots-Irish descent.
ALLIE B. PERRY, nee Wade, born Green River Co., West Va., Nov. 26, 1861; married Cornelius W. Perry, Jan. 19, 1882; 5 children; to Texas in 1889.
PETER H. WOODSON born March 18, 1817; died Feb. 11, 1897; died in house where he was born, in Pleasant View, Tenn.; married Wilmoth S. Thomas, Sept. 29, 1847; 9 children; burial in family graveyard.
April 1, 1897
LAURA PAULINE ELLIS wife of Rev. Charles F. Evans, born Oct. 6, 1842, New Orleans, La.; died Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1896; daughter of R. M. Ellis, whose family came with or soon after Daniel Boone to the west; her parents were married in 1838 and moved to New Orleans where she married Aug. 30, 1864.
Dr. JEREMIAH PEARSALL ELLIOTT died Lawrence Co., Ala., Feb. 7, 1897; born Oct. 25, 1847; educated at University of Va. and University of New Orleans (1870); married Fannie Baker, Nov. 27, 1870; five children.
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SARAH A. GANT born Nov. 10, 1848; died Humphreys Co., Tenn., Feb. 25, 1897; married R. F. Anderson, Dec. 21, 1869; four children.
April 8, 1897
ROBERT EARLY born in Ky., Feb. 14, 1820; died Cookeville, Tenn., Jan. 19, 1897 at residence of his daughter, Mrs. Nina Douglass.
NANNIE GRESHAM WRIGHT daughter of Rev. Charles B. and Margaret J. Harris, born Maury Co. Tenn., Sept. 10, 1821; died Holly Springs, Miss., Jan. 20, 1897; married George W. Wright, Nov. 23, 1854; 3 sons, 3 daughters.
MINNIE H. CLINGAN, nee Rogers, born Giles Co., Tenn., March 8, 1870; moved to Tex. in 1882; married D. H. Clingan, Jan. 9, 189O; 3 children. Died Texarkana, Feb. 2, 1897.
STEPHEN D. THURMAN, Sequatchie Co., Tenn., born Bledsoe Co., Tenn., Jan. 1, 1826; married Adaline Skillern, April 20, 1847; died Jan. 20, 1897.
Colonel JOHN GLASCOCK born Fauquier Co., Va., March 15, 1817; died Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jan. 22, 1897; married Annie I. McGehee, Aug. 4, 1844.
HENRY J. OWEN son of Joshua D. and Fannie Owen, born Dec. 20, 1869; married Fannie Dye, July 3, 1899; 2 children; died Jan. 17, 1897.
BARTHOLOMEW CUNTHIRELS born S.C., April 12, 1829; married (1) Hester Brown, July 31, 1856 (she died Sept. 8, 189O); (2) Mrs. Bettie J. Baker, Sept. 17, 1891. Died Dec. 14, 1896.
HENRY SIMMONS WHITMORE son of D. H. and Kate Whitmore, born Williamson Co., Tenn., Nov. 6, 1895; died Aug. 7, 1896.
DAVID REESE STALEY born Botetourt Co., Va., Nov. 27, 1843; died Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 12, 1897; served in Confederate army; salesman.
ARRY ANN BARTLETT born Lebanon, Tenn., May 15, 1833; died Tullahoma, Tenn., Jan. 3, 1897; married Thomas P. Ganaway, Oct. 23, 1851.
Resolutions of Respect for Rev. JOSEPH D. WALKER who died Feb. 26, 1897; by N. O. Preachers Meeting (undated).
April 15, 1891
Mrs. M. W. PAYNE born Smithville, N.C., Dec. 27, 1817; at age 7 moved to Paris, Tenn.; married Rev. W. C. Payne; moved to Grenada, Miss.; died March 23, 1891.
ELIJAH BRIGHT died in Kentucky, June 1896.
FRANCES ANNA DUDLEY only child of a widowed mother, Mrs. Ann Maria Dudley; born King William Co., Va., March 4, 1809; married John W. Schoolfield (died 1878), Jan. 7, 1830; died Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 14, 1897.
MARTHA RAY born March 2, 1809; died Lauderdale Co., Tenn., Dec. 23, 1896; married Robert Ray, 1845; 1 son, 3 daughters.
NANCY A. TUCKER wife of W. P. Tucker; born N.C., Nov. 5, 1818; died Feb. 11, 1897.
GEORGE S. KIDD born Barren Co., Ky., May 4, 1823; married Eliza Jane daughter of Russell Barrick, April 13, 1848. She was born April 3, 1821; 1 children. She died Jan. 27, 1897 and he died Feb. 5, 1897.
THOMAS R. FERGUSON born Muhlenburg Co., Ky., Aug. 14, 1820; married Sallie Baxter, Jan. 10, 1854; 4 children. Died Oct. 3, 1895.
JOHN WILLIAM ROCKER born Williamson Co., Tenn., Jan. 1, 1822; married Tennessee Bumpass, Jan. 17, 1849; died Davidson Co., Tenn., Feb. 20, 1897; five children.
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Resolutions of Respect for Capt. C. J. HYATT who died recently; by Second Quarterly Conference, Iuka, Miss. dated March 7, 1897. [See entry, April 15, 1897 issue.]
April 22, 1897
MITTIE ADAMS wife of W. M. Adams, born Goliad Co., Tex., Feb. 5, 1861; daughter of Prof. T. J. and Jane C. Easterling; married July 4, 1883; she died Nov. 7, 1896.
ELIZABETH J. ESTIS born Williamson Co., Tenn., Feb. 15, 1835; died Chapel Hill, Tenn., Sept. 25, 1896.
MARIA L. BLOUNT wife of Joseph G. Blount, born Jones, Co., Ga., Sept. 1837; died near Gadsden, Ala., Feb. 15, 1897; daughter of James and Sarah G. Freeman.
TENNESSEE E. LEE, nee Hayes, died Marshall Co., Tenn., Nov. 10, 1896; married john L. Lee, January 18, 1844.
Miss NORA HALL born Jan. 27, 1867; died Dec. 27, 1896.
SALLIE FERGUSON, nee Baxter, born June 27, 1831; married Thomas R. Ferguson; died Aug. 25, 1892.
RALPH BRADLEY infant son of S. W. and M. M. Bradley, born April 17, 1896; died Harrison, Ark., March 13, 1897.
Resolutions of Respect for Rev. I. G. JOHNSON who died recently; by Methodist Publishing Association, undated.
Resolutions of Respect for G. J. ANDERSON who died Sept. 23, 1896; at Lynchburg, Tenn., undated.
April 29, 1897
JOHN L. LEE born Dec. 1, 1821; married Tennessee E. Hayes, Jan. 18, 1844; successfu1, farmer; wife died in Nov. 1896; he died March 4, 1897.
MARY FRANCES TAYLOR daughter of Temple and Elizabeth Jordan Turnley, born near Oakland, Ala., March 13, 1851; married William B. Taylor, Dec. 12, 1886. Died July 28, 1896.
MARY C. MYERS widow of M. Myers, died near Rolling Fork, Miss., Jan. 27, 1897 aged 63 yrs.
ETTA WHITE born March 18, 1875; died March 17, 1897.
Mrs. L. E. DOE wife of Ed S. Doe, daughter of B. F. and Susan Baggett, born Robertson Co., Tenn., Feb. 9, 1851; died March 5, 1897; married Dec. 19, 1869.
MARGARET F. SMITH widow of Dr. C. D. Smith; born Knoxville, Tenn., March 29, 1824; married Sept. 21, 1847; died March 6, 1897.
ANDERSON MERRIMAN born August 6, 1838; died Nov. 30, 1896.
Tribute of Respect for Mrs. M. H. HOLT who died recently; by Mt. Zion Auxiliary, undated.
Resolutions of Respect for J. P. DAMRON who died recently; by Pleasant Hill Church, dated
July 9, 1896.
May 6, 1897
NANCY B. COSBY, nee Heidt, born Warren Co., Ga., March 8, 1808; died Geneva, Ga., Jan. 30, 1897; married W. T. Cosby, Sept. 25, 1825; 11 children, 65 grandchildren, 177 great-grandchildren, 30 great-great grandchildren.
JAMES H. CURRY died Green Bank, West Va., Jan. 27, 1897 in his 84th year of age; 11 children, one of whom was Mrs. W. H. Hull.
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Mrs. ANN B. CROWDER died near Poes, N.C., March 11, 1897 in her 73 year.
I. N. JOHNSON died Feb. 9, 1897 aged 56 years, 9 months, 18 days; left widow, 3 sons, 1 dau.
HARRIET E. SONDLEY. born Asheville, N.C., Dec. 28, 1816; died there, March 22, 1897; firstborn of Col. James M. and Nancy Foster Alexander; married (1) Elisha Ray, 5 children (Capt. J. E. Ray, Mrs. G. M. Roberts, Col. J. M. Ray, Mrs. J. E. Millard mentioned) ; (2) Richard Sondley (one son, Richard, deceased).
SAMUEL S. HENDERSON born Oct. 7, 1857; died Jan. 12, 1897; married Bettie Eagleton, Jan. 1878; 2 children.
MOLLIE CASEY, nee Glenn, born Todd Co., Ky., April 25, 1841; died Graves Co., Ky., Jan. 2, 1897; married (1) T. F. Pierce, July 12, 1860; 2 children; (2) William A. Casey, Feb. l0, 1870; 4 children.
Rev. W. M. FANCHER, Walla Walla, Washington, died March 23, 1897; left widow and 5 children.
EARLE GRIFFIN daughter of W. J. and Ida Griffin, born Dec. 23, 1891; died Nov. 20, 1896; another daughter, LOIS, died Nov. 26, 1896.
SUSAN D. LESTER wife of P. C. Lester; daughter of Rev. B. F. Brooks, born Wayne Co., Tenn., March 27, 1851; died Velma, Tenn., Feb. 1, 1897.
May 13, 1897
Miss ELLA CONNELL died March 15, 1897.
UDOXIE MYERS born Aug. 13, 1840; died March 25, 1897.
ARABELLA JENKINS, nee Jackson, born Putnam Co., Ga., Dec. 25, 1835; married C. A. Jenkins, Feb. 14, 1850; died Upatole, Ga., Feb. 12, 1897.
CHARLES DALE CARTER born Russell Co., Va., April 11, 1844; married Mary Taylor Fulton, June 17, 1866 daughter of Rev. Creed Fulton; 2 sons, 3 daughters. Died Dec. 29, 1896.
G. E. GOHEEN born June 12, 1869; died Feb. l0, 1897.
WILLIAM REYNOLDS son of William and Candace Reynolds, born Lawrence Co., Tenn., Oct. 23, 1823; died Atkins, Ark., March 15, 1897; moved to Marion Co., Ark. in 1839.
MARY A. H. LUTON wife of Rev. James Luton; daughter of James M. and Eliza A. Meadors, born
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 5, 1833; died Obion Co., Tenn., Feb. 27, 1897; 11 children.
Mrs. LOU WILHOIT born 1825; died Nov. 1896 near Louisville, Ky.
JAMES N. GARDNER born Robertson Co., Tenn., May 16, 1833; son of M. H. and Harriet Gardner; married Ann Jones (born Franklin Co., Va., May 6, 1830); married Huntingdon, Tenn., Nov. 26, 1856; he died Feb. 25, 1897; she died Feb. 26, 1897.
BERTHA JONES youngest daughter of J. D. and Ann C. Jones, born Sept. 27, 1880; died Feb. 19, 1897.
Miss LUCY PEOPLES born in Ala. about 63 years ago; died March 16, 1897.
May 20, 1897
SARDENIA A. TIMMONS born Cherokee Co., Ga., July 2, 1844; died Lafayette Co., Ala., March 17, 1897; daughter of W. M. and Elizabeth Bell; married Rev. R. A. Timmons, Aug. 14, 1864.
JOHN MERRYMAN HAYGOOD son of R. W. and T. A. Haywgood, born Humphreys Co., Tenn., Feb. 6, 1884; died Jan. 11, 1897.
NACE S. OVERALL born July 1, 1815; died Jan. 3, 1897; married Permelia A. Kirby.
HENRY R. CLARK born Halifax Co., Va. about 1837; died Elkton, Ky., Jan. 18, 1897.
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MARY E. HARRELL daughter of Charles and Margaret Vaughan, born Nansemond Co., Va., Sept. 19, 1823; married Samuel R. Harrell, Jan. 23, 1840; died Accomac Co., Va., Jan. 18, 1897; 17 children, 10 living. Burial in Gates Co., N.C.
MOLLIE J. PERKINS, nee Jones; wife of W. W. Perkins, died Bolenville, Miss., March 5, 1897.
FRANK B. COOK born April 2, 1891; died March 9, 1897; "a bright and promising child."
Miss EMMA SMOOT born Jefferson Co., Ky., Oct. 31, 1874; died Jan. 22, 1897, typhoid fever.
Miss LILLIE SAUNDERS born Dec. 25, 1874, Jefferson Co., Ky.; died Feb. 7, 1897, typhoid fever; teachers.
Dr. DAVID MELTON BATES born Jefferson Co., Ky., 53 years ago; died Bullitt Co., Ky., Jan. 30, 1897; son of Samuel and Ann Bates; married Nannie D. McDowell, Sept. 20, 1870.
MARY A. JERNIGAN, nee Lucas, born Robinson [Robertson?] Co., Tenn., Sept. 14, 1827; married M. M. Jernigan, 1847; 12 children. Died Feb. 27, 1897.
THOMAS WARD CORNETT son of Rev. W. L. Cornett, born Logan Co., Ky., March 1, 1865; died March 9, 1897.
Rev. CARTWRIGHT F. GUFFY born Dec. 1, 1820; died Nov. 13, 1896; married twice; left a large family.
ROBERT CALVIN MOUNT born Bradley Co., Tenn., June 26, 1826; married Martha I. Wallace, July 19, 1867; died Wise Co., Tex., Feb. 23, 1897.
Tribute of Respect for G. B. HESTER who died recently; by Boggy Depot Sunday School, undated.
May 27, 1897
Rev. GEORGE ABNER JONES born Wayne Co., Ky., Nov. 11, 1840; died Lamar, Ark., Sept. 25, 1896; Confederate veteran.
Mrs. EMMA BARTON daughter of Albert and Susan Goodloe, wife of H. C. Barton, died March 24, 1897.
ELIZA JOHNS GRANDSTAFF born Dec. 21, 1858; died Rutherford Co., Tenn., Feb. 22, 1897; married J. E. Grandstaff, Jan. 12, 1881.
SARAH ALSTON wife of Rev. S. A. WEBER, daughter of Rev. William Langdon; born Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 30, 1840; died Columbia, S.C., March 29, 1897.
Mrs. MILLIE GRAVES born Perry Co., Tenn., Dec. 10, 1860; daughter of John and Bettie Garner (mother now Mrs. Bettie Sharp); married Taylor Graves, Dec. 27, 1878; died Gibson Co., Tenn., March 27, 1897.
ELIZABETH A. CHANDLER, nee Sullivan, born Wilson Co., Tenn., Oct. 25, 1821; married J. W. Chandler, Nov. 8, 1848; moved to Logan Co., Ky. in 1857; died there Nov. 28, 1896.
NELLIE HARRIS DUCKWORTH daughter of Rev. W. L. and J. P. Duckworth, born Nov. 6, 1872; died Brownsville, Tenn., April 3, 1897.
ETHEL COX born March 8, 1873; died Jan. 16, 1897.
SELURA G. DUKE daughter of F. R. and Margaret Bridges, born Davidson Co., Tenn., May 16, 1851; married J. C. Duke, Jan. 15, 1873; 6 children. Died March 30, 1897.
MARY MALVINA ANDERSON daughter of William and Margaret Paine, born Davidson Co., Tenn., June 9, 1825; married Robert S. Anderson, Nov. 31, 1868; died March 15, 1897.
SARAH E. CROW born Nashville, Ill., Feb. 18, 1870; died Ashley, Ill., April 4, 1897; married Casper Z. Muffert, Sept. 7, 1893; 2 children.
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NANCY B. WOFFORD, nee Thompson, born Rutherford Co., Tenn., Sept. 25, 1850; married Rev. Nathan Wofford, May 16, 1871; died March 29, 1897.
J. A. PARISH born N.C., Jan. 6, 1819; died Dec. 10, 1896.
Tribute of Respect for Mrs. SALLIE MATHEWS who died Feb. 18, 1897; by Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Park Street Church, Atlanta, Ga., undated.
June 3, 1897
SARAH ELIZABETH RUSSELL, nee Gary, born Williamson Co., Tenn., Oct. 22, 1832; married Ferdinand B. Russell, Jan. 16, 1866; 3 children. Died Jan. 27, 1897.
WILLIE E. OGLESBY, nee Hester, born Tenn., Jan. 28, 1857; married John H. Oglesby, Oct. 25, 1882; died Tupelo, Miss., March 27, 1897.
ANNIE YATES wife of J. F. Ames died Mason, Miss., March 31, 1897.
SALLIE JANE BENNETT born May 23, 1859; married W. H. Hooper, Nov. 1882; 3 daughters; died Jan. 23, 1897.
Dr. BENJAMIN F. KITTRELL son of William J. and Elizabeth Kittrell, born Greensboro, Ala., Dec. 24, 1836; died Black Hawk, Miss., April 23, 1897; graduate, Irving College, Tenn., 1855; taught school; graduate "in medicine" 1861; surgeon in Confederate army; married Maud daughter of J. D. Pate, Carroll Co., Tenn., April 24, 1866; 2 children.
MARTHA VERTIGAN, nee Stringer, born Manchester, England, Dec. 12, 1812; died Saltville, Va., Dec. 29, 1896; married E. Vertigan, Nov. 5, 1835; 8 children; immigrated to U.S. in spring of 1847.
DAVID M. DINWIDDIE son of James L. and Lavonia C. Dinwiddie, died Alexandria, Tenn., Dec. 9, 1896 in his 18th year of age.
BULA GERTRUDE ROGERS daughter of J. T. Rogers, born June 18, 1889; died April 12, 1897.
Tribute of Respect for HUGH DANIEL who died recently; by Sunday School Committee, undated.
June 10, 1897
MARY A. DASENGAR born Bavaria, Germany, Dec. 1823; died Lafayette, Ala., Dec. 30, 1896; to U.S. when 8 years old and settled in Pike Co., Ala.; married Louis Schuessler, July 4, 1843; 13 children.
FRANCES ELMIRA RICKMAN born July 13, 1829; died May 6, 1897; daughter of Rev. John H. Henry; married Col. S. H. Rickman, Nov. 5, 1846; he died Nov. 3, 1891; 9 children.
WILLIAM CRAWFORD ERWIN born April 30, 1850; married Emma Dora Haskins, Feb. 6, 1877; died
Bedford Co., Tenn., Jan. 16, 1897.
WYNDHAM RATLIFF son of George W. and Rebecca Ratliff, born Saltville, Va., Oct. 7, 1880; died Jan. 21, 1897.
NANCY EMMA SPARKS born Nov. 30, 1870; died April 5, 1887.
BULA LAURA BASS daughter of James A. and Frances Bass, born April 22, 1892; died Feb. 6, 1897. Their other child, WILLIE NEWTON BASS, born May 7, 1894; died April 23, 1897.
ARABELLA C. HITCH born Lawrence Co. [Laurens District?], S.C., Dec. 25, 1823; died April 19, 1897.
Rev. ALEXANDER F. COPLE born Washington Co., Va., Dec. 1, 1823; died Beeville, Tx, April 5, 1897; licensed to preach, Methodist, 1844; ordained deacon 1847; ordained elder 1858; moved to Goliad, Tx, 1856; married Amelia Atlee, Tenn., May 1, 1850; 7 children.
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LOUISE E. BLACK, nee Jones, born Wake Co., N.C., April 6, 1823; died Nov. 13, 1896; married (1) Dr. J. G. Walker, 5 children; (2) Neander Black, 4 children.
June 17, 1897
CHARLES T. WHITE born Jan. 26, 1826; married Mary White; died recently.
JAMES HENRY JACKSON son of H. C. and Lizzie Jackson, born Jan. 5, 1878; died Stewart Co. Tenn., April 16, 1897.
FLORENCE WEATHERFORD ANDERSON born Sept. 29, 1854; died May 24, 1897.
CORDELIA A. GORDON daughter of William K. and Clara Arnold, born July 13, 1840; died March 1, 1897; married William L. Gordon, Feb. 29, 1860; 3 sons, 2 daughters.
Mrs. MARTHA A. KERLEY born Robertson Co., Tenn., Jan. 24, 1821; died Center Point, Tx, April 7, 1897.
MARY W. COLLIER born Giles Co., Tenn., June 1, 1861; married J. E. Brown, Dec. 25, 1878; died March 4, 1897.
ELNORA K. SCEARCE, nee Dickens, born July 27, 1831; died Dec. 22, 1896; married Albert H. Scearce, June 5, 1867; invalid.
ELIZABETH S. BAILEY widow of Judge Howson C. Bailey, born Campbell Co., Va., Aug. 1, 1827; died April 16, 1897; married in Charlotte Co., Va., Feb. 13, 1845 and moved to Tn; in 1850 moved Graves Co., Ky.; in 1856 moved to Hickman, Ky.
JOHN H. HAWKINS born June 10, 1813; died April 1897; had married in 1843.
JAMES A. BARBER born Feb. 1, 1841; died Jan. 12, 1897.
ISA A STAMP daughter of H. C. and Vinie P. Stamp, born Jan. 4, 1858; died April 13, 1897; married J. T. Harper, Feb. l0, 1885; 3 children.
June 24, 1897
THOMAS BENTON MILES, native of Rutherford Co., Tenn., died in his 83 year recently.
Tribute of Respect for E. A. SCARBROUGH born Oct. 15, 1839; married Martha J. Sexton, Feb. 3, 1878; 2 children; died recently; by Sunday School Committee, undated.
Tribute of Respect for GEORGE WORTHINGTON SMITH born Shepherdstown, Va., March 11, 1805; moved to Hagerstown, Md., then to Nashville, Tenn. in 1829; a building contractor; married Susan Sneed in 1831; two sons, 2 daus. (Mrs. Thomas Callendar and Mrs. Thomas Parks); she died in 1874. He died recently. By McKendree Church dated May 29, 1897.
MARY FENNER LLOYD born Huntsville, Ala., June 10, 1841; married W. T. Gill, Dec. 31, 1857; 8 children; died April 30, 1897.
MARY SHELBY FLOWERS died March 26, 1897; daughter of Edward F. and Jane S. Gibbs; born Vicksburg, Miss. [no date]; married Uriah Flowers; 2 children.
Capt. W. T. HAMER born Anson Co., S.C., 1830; died in Miss., April 18, 1897.
ELSIE J. McCLURE daughter of G. W. and Mary McClure, Corydon, Ky., died May 17, 1897.
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