GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS,
THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, 1897-1899
By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2002

JULY-DECEMBER 1897

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July 1, 1897

Rev. LEWIS LOWE son of Marvel and Mary Lowe, born Robertson Co., Tenn., March 10, 1814; died near Clarksville, Tenn., May 27, 1897; married (1) Mary E. Sumner, April 2, 1835, 9 children; (2) Julia A. Richardson, May 29, 1856, 6 children; (3) Mary Mills, Aug. 2, 1873.

Miss MARY KELLY born Marshall Co., Tenn., Jan. 10, 1883; died June 2, 1897; daughter of Walter J. and Mattie Kelly.

 

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Capt. C. J. HYATT born Lauderdale Co., Ala., Jan. 6, 1833; died March 7, 1897; married Mary Thomas Price, Aug. 25, 1863, 7 children; (2) Ida Lee White, in 1885. First wife died in 1883. President of Bank of Iuka, 1889-1897.

MARY SUSAN BOWERS, nee Roberts, born Chesterfield Co., Va., Aug. 6, 1825; moved to Ky. in 1832; married Calvin Bowers, Dec. 23, 1846; died May 27, 1897.

MAMIE M. HILL daughter of Dr. Jesse and Josie Hill, born March 20, 1877; died Warren Co., Tenn., Feb. 23, 1897.

JOHN C. STUBBLEFIELD born N. C., Aug. 2, 1840; moved to Ky. at age 16 years; married C. A. Taylor; died June 18, 1897.

ELIZABETH W. BARBER, nee Hardon, born Chester Dist., S. C., Nov. 27, 1811; died Chambers Co., Ala., May 19, 1897; married Rev. Nathanael C. Barber, Nov. 11, 1828; moved to Chambers Co. in 1839.

ALBERT E. HENRY born Sevier Co., Tenn., Dec. 5, 1816; died April 2, 1897.

MARY J. JONES born Pontotoc Co., Miss., Jan. 15, 1861; died Jan. 26, 1897.

Tribute of Respect for MYRTLE LACEY who died recently by a "Committee", undated.

 

July 8, 1897

GRIFFIN STITH DOWELL born Breckinridge Co., Ky., Feb. 7, 1818; married Sallie K. Dowell, June 4, 1840; died near Big Spring, Ky., April 22, 1897.

CARLISLE T. PAYNE only child of Rev. J. R. Payne, died near Washington College, Tenn., June 13, 1897.

SARAH AMELIA daughter of Dr. J. S. and Amelia C. ISAACS born Grant Co., Ark., Jan. 24, 1870; died June 9, 1897.

 

July 15, 1897

MYRTLE LACEY daughter of R. H. Lacey born Louisville, Ky., Aug. 2, 1880; died Franklin, Ky., June 10, 1897; great-granddaughter of Edmond R. Sumter of South Carolina.

JAMES N. ALEXANDER born near Macon, Tenn., Sept. 26, 1843; served in Confederate army; died Memphis, Tenn., June 11, 1897.

SARAH MOORE born Halifax Co., Va., July 10, 1829; died Jan. 9, 1897; married Frank Jones, Sept. 30, 1847; 11 children.

HOWARD TOWLES HALL infant son of H. T. and Sophia Hall, born Oct. 11, 1896; died June 29, 1897. Morris Co., Texas.

 

July 22, 1897

SARAH JANE BATTLE, nee Smith, born March 4, 1812; married Col. William Battle, July 19, 1828; 12 children; died May 3, 1897.

ELIZA HARLAN daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth Harlan born April 16, 1814, Maury Co., Tenn.; died June 15, 1897, Italy, Texas.

JOSEPHINE DUNCAN, nee Rork, born Cincinnati, Ohio, June 6, 1850; married Manoh W. Duncan, Nov. 25, 1869; 5 children; died Sanora, Ky., June 23, 1897.

NATHAN L. McCANLESS son of John B. and Cassandra McCanless, born Giles Co., Tenn., Oct. 31, 1831; died Mossy Creek, Tenn., May 23, 1897.

WILLIAM T. CHAPMAN born June 15, 1834; married Nanie Cobb, Dec. 14, 1868; 7 children; died April 4, 1897.

LUCIAN OTEY HORTON-born near Hartselle, A1a., Nov. 30, 1861; died Limestone Co., A1a., June 24. 1897.

 

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P. A. SMITH, NEE Grissom, born Granville Co., N. C., July 26, 1839; married C. A. Smith, March 19, 1866; moved to Obion Co., Tenn. and died May 23, 1897.

Mrs. SUSAN CLARK born Ohio, Jan. 18, 1829; died June 29, 1897.

 

July 29, 1897

GEORGE W. SMITH born Shephardstown, Va., Nov. 11, 1805; married Susan Sneed; 4 children; died recently.

LEONARD D. FITE son of Thomas D. and Laura E. Fite (died 1893) died June 21, 1897.

PHILADELPHIA FITZHUGH wife of I. Y. Fitzhugh, surviving, died June 22, 1897 aged 77 years.

FLORENCE GOODLETT daughter of William Gold and Mary J. Brigham, born July 17, 1846; married A. G. Goodlett, June 10, 1866; died July 3, 1897.

IDA C. FOWLER born Aug. 27, 1861; married Dr. W. W. Fowler, July 29, 1883; died July 2, 1897.

NANCY JOINS daughter of John and Susan Ada, born Nov. 10, 1862; married William L. Joins 1882; 4 daughters, 2 sons; died Dec. 27, 1896.

Mrs. E. A. WELCH died June 15, 1897; married Dr. J. W. Welch, Dec. 5, 1852; ten children.

ELIZABETH KINCANNON daughter of H. A. and Martha Clark Kincannon, born Verona, Miss., March 28, 1878; died March 24, 1897.

SARAH E. '"Aunt Sally" MANLY died Waverly, Tenn., July 7, 1897.

Tribute of Respect for MOLLIE HARRISON HAYNES who died recently; by Parsonage Aid Societies, Franklin, Tenn., undated.

Tribute of Respect for IVERSON J. WALKER, SR. who died at Williston, Tenn., June 19, 1897; by Sunday School Committee, undated.

 

August 5, 1897

Rev. WILLIAM H. JOHNSON born March 12, 1804; died Wilson Co., Tenn., Jan. 17, 1897.

DEMARIS ALLEN born Williamson Co., Tenn., Feb. 19, 1826; died Giles Co., Tenn., July 10, 1897; married B. S. Allen, Feb. 8, 1850; 2 sons.

Judge CLINTON L. RANDLE born Stewart Co., Tenn., Sept. 13, 1829; died Hickman, Ky., July 5, 1897; son of Rev. William Randle, Methodist preacher; married Maggie Mitchell, Feb. 12, 1868; 5 children; served in the Confederate army.

ELIZABETH McCONNELL daughter of Thomas and Sarah Gilliland, born Washington Co., Va., Oct. 27, 1807; died near Huntsville, Ala., May 22, 1897; married Jeremiah Proctor, Aug. 26, 1826 (son John F.); this husband died Sept. 27, 1829. She married Abram McConnell, June 26, 1846, 4 children; he died April 12, 1867. She was a first cousin of John B. McFerrin.

Tribute of Respect for Capt. P. G. SMITH who died recently; by Sunday School Committee, undated.

 

August 12, 1897

Tribute of Respect for Rev. H. M. FORD who died July 13, 1897; by Louisville Preachers' Meeting, undated.

EULAH H. THOMAS daughter of J. H. and S. A. Thomas, born Oak Bowery, Ala. [no date]; married R. H. Rives, 1873; died May 15, 1897.

JOHN HART born Dec. 30, 1811; died Lexington, Tenn., Nov. 25, 1896; married Lucinda Cullom, Feb. 4, 1836; 7 children.

 

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EDWARD M. KIRBY born Jackson Co., Ala., Feb. 21, 1823; died April 13, 1897; married (1) Jane C. Hurley, Jan. 15, 1846; (2) Nancy A. Keith, January 20, 1875.

LILLIE T. RAIFORD, nee Allen, born April 7, 1860; died Tuscumbia, Ala., July 10, 1897.

 

August 19, 1897

Rev. JOHN EMBERSON BECK born N. Y., Aug. 22, 1840; died Union City, Tenn., July 17, 1897; son of John and Susan Beck; ordained deacon in 1866; ordained elder in 1870, Methodist Church; married Nannie E. Embrey, March 8, 1880; 7 children.

SARAH A. GROSS, nee Miller, wife of Rev. J. M. Gross, Indian Mission, Ark., born Giles Co., Va., Jan. 31, 1858; married Oct. 11, 1877; children Mona, Mamy and infant "for whom she gave her life." Died July 24, 1897.

SARAH ALTA FAIR daughter of Joseph A. and Martha Fair, born Ellis Co., Tex., Jan. 30, 1876; died March 30, 1897.

JENNIE LAURIE SMITH daughter of W. L. and Ella Smith, born Williamson Co., Tenn., April 2, 1897; died June 14, 1897.

Tribute of Respect for Capt. R. M. SMITH who died August 1, 1897; by Sunday School Committee, undated.

 

August 26, 1897

Dr. CHARLES PETERS BANKS born Somerville, Ala., Feb. 4, 1831; died Newburgh, Ala., June 22, 1897; son of John Field and Frances Roberts Banks who moved from Va. to Alabama.

AMANDA RAND SMITH born Pendleton Co., Ky., Jan. 24, 1852; died Lexington, Ky., Aug. 5, 1897; married J. W. Smith.

THOMAS DORRIS JACKSON son of T. H. and S. C. Jackson, born Clarksville, Tenn., Nov. 29, 1866; married Grace Hancock, April 25, 1888; died Macon, Ga., May 2, 1897.

ELIZABETH SHANNON, nee Carlisle, born Williamson Co., Tenn., in 1804; married Samuel R. Shannon [death date not furnished].

Rev. ROBERT L. INGRAM son of C. B. and Sarah Bostic Ingram, born Franklin Co., Tenn., Dec. 25 1835; father died, his mother remarried, to William Cornelius and they moved to Blount Co., Ala. in 1847; married (1) Jane Isabella Baker, Oct. 16, 1852; (2) Naoma Elizabeth Lea, March 25, 1880; father of 21 children, 13 deceased.

MARY THURMAN MURRELL daughter of Gen. R. H. Allen, born Giles Co., Tenn., Feb. 14, 1834; died Collierville, Tenn., June 12, 1897; married 3 times; mother of eight children.

MARY SUE HENSLEY daughter of Rev. J. W. HENSLEY born June 24, 1896; died Aug. 14, 1897.

 

September 2, 1897

Rev. LANGHORNE LEITCH born Buckingham Co., Va., Aug. 30, 1866; son of Thomas Maurice Leitch of devout Methodist family; his mother, Martha Spencer Leitch was a Presbyterian; he was licensed to preach in Methodist Church in 1885; ordained deacon in 1890; ordained elder in 1894; graduate, Randolph-Macon College, June 1886; graduate of Vanderbilt University, 1889; married Mildred Phillips, Nov. 16, 1891, 3 daughters.

AGNES MOORE, nee Rudolph, born Jan. 15, 1878; died July 9, 1897; niece of Rev. H. I. Stephens, Baltimore Conference; reared by grandfather Isaac Stephens.

MARY T. ATKINSON wife of John W. Atkinson; died Jan. 13, 1897; had married Sept. 1882.

 

September 9, 1897

C. J. NOEL, born Fluvanna Co., Va. [no date given]; married Mary E. Cline; died near Wytheville, Va., July 16, 1897.

 

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M. J. McBROOM born Madison Co., Ala., Dec. 5, 1825; died Scottsboro, Ala., Aug. 13, 1897; married Enoch C. McBroom, September 9, 1846; 8 children.

Miss EMMA HART died Limrock, Ala., August 7, 1897.

FRANCES H. MAYHEW born in Va., March 1, 1818; moved to Allen Co., Ky.; married James C. Mayhew, March 8, 1838; 14 children. Died June 17, 1897.

Mrs. SALLIE D. PATTERSON, nee Roper, died Triune, Tenn., July 20, 1897.

 

September 16, 1897

NOAH BRYANT COOPER born Horry Co., S. C., March 4, 1858; died Marion Co., S. C., Aug. 5, 1897; son of William Cooper, farmer ; his grandfather, Ezekiel Cooper, a farmer and local Methodist preacher and veteran of the Revolutionary War; his great-grandfather

Cooper immigrated to America from Wales. He served in Confederate army and in the S. C. House of Representatives; married Lucinda Jennette, Feb. 20, 1866; 12 children. (Daughters, Frosty B., Lucinda, Jannie, Martha, Frances. Sons, William B., Noah W., Preston S., Lawrence J., Wade H., John P. and Thomas E.).

SARAH M. McCLELLAN, nee Thomas, born Smith Co., Tenn., Jan. 17, 1820; married William S. McClellan, Oct. 17, 1842; died Jan. 23, 1897.

JANE ELIZA TAYLOR daughter of F. W. and M. M. Mayo, born Martin Co., N. C., Feb. 4, 1829; married Dr. Henry Skipwith Taylor, 1847; died Aug. 4, 1897.

Mrs. JANE LITTLE born Jan. 7, 182l; died Aug. 15, 1897.

MAGGIE LOU WYATT born Dec. 1, 1894; died Aug. 20, 1897; daughter of B. B. and Maggie Wyatt.

HENRY PAFFORD born Benton Co., Tenn., March 2, 1831; died Aug. 11, 1897; raised 7 children.

WINNIE L. PEGRAM wife of G. W. Pegram died Nov. 30, 1896.

J. O. BUFORD born S. C., June 12, 1814; died Williston, Tenn., Aug. 1, 1897.

 

September 23, 1897

SARAH M. McCLELLAN, nee Thomas, born Smith Co., Tenn., Jan. 17, 1820; married William S.

McClellan, Oct. 17, 1842; died Jan. 23, 1897.

CLARISSIA JANE JONES born Gainesboro, Tenn., March 1, 1832; died July 11, 1897; descended from Harrisons; married (1) Lafayette Settle; (2) Thomas J. Jones (died 1887).

JOE E. WEAVER son of Rev. S. Weaver, born Obion Co., Tenn., March 9, 1863; died Sept. 1, 1897.

CARL SIDNEY ROBERTSON son of Frank B. and Minnie C. Robertson, born Memphis, Tenn., April 5, 1890; died Aug. 24, 1897.

JOHN BOSLEY DRAKE born Jan. 10, 1820; died Sept. 8, 1897; married Chloe Russel Read; 8 children.

J. W. SAYLE born June 16, 1858; died June 10, 1897.

ELIZA C. CARTWRIGHT, nee Haraway, born Oct. 2l, 1847; died Jan. 19, 1897.

Tribute of Respect for JOE E. WEAVER who died recently; by Crystal Hill Sunday School.

 

September 30, 1897

AMOS LOVE MIZELL son of William and Mary Mizell, born Jones Co., Ga., May 28, 1809; married Mary Bryan, daughter of John and Rebecca Bryan, Feb. 6, 1834; 13 children; in fall of 1873 moved to Tx; died Sept. 12, 1897.

Miss MARTHA JANE MOORE daughter of William and Matilda Moore, born Oct. 18, 1834; died Giles Co., Tenn., June 6, 1897.

 

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BART CHANDLER WALKER son of Dr. B. and F. J. Walker, born Sevier Co., Tenn., Jan. 25, 1869; died July 19, 1897; married Lula Thomas, Sept. 1, 1891; 3 children.

ALEXANDER ROSS MOODS oldest son of Anderson R. and Pauline T. Moods, born Texas, January 24, 1844; died Russellville, Ala., Sept. 6, 1897; married (1) Rebecca Lee Moore, Feb. 22, 1871, 3 children -she died in 1885- (2) Nellie V. Cook, November 1887, 2 children.

J. WILKINS son of J. J. and Mary Coleman born April, 18, 1876; died July 1, 1897.

 

October 1, 1897

Rev. R. P. RANSOM born 1825; died Sept. 12, 1897. Sons, Rev. J. J., R. B. (who died Aug. 30, 1897) and Dr. R. P.

JAMES A. THOMPSON born July 3, 1836; died Nashville, Tenn., March 25, 1897; married Mary J Caldwell, Jan. 17, 1856.

Dr. W. C. BICKETTE died Burkesville, Ky., September 16, 1897.

Dr. JAMES S. LAVERTZ died Aug. 30, 1897, Buntyn, Tenn. aged 64 years; married Elie Lasley.

 

October 14, 1897

Rev. W. C. WEBSTER born Taylor, Co., Ky., May 24, 1824; died Jan. 19, 1897.

LULA B. HENDRIX CARL died June 25, 1897; wife of Rev. J. S. Carl.

LUCY DELOACH TUCKER born Sept. 30, 1859; married A. A. Tucker, Dec. 7, 1875; died Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 10, 1897.

ALBERT SIDNEY GODBEY son of Eva M. and Rev. C. Godbey, born March 13, 1871; died Madison Co., Ala., Sept. 27, 1897.

ANN WILLIAMS ROACH born Hickman Co., Ky., June 6, 1845; married William H. Roach, March 7, 1867; 5 children; died March 21, 1897.

Miss HARRIET ABERNATHY daughter of Dr. Wiley T. and Martha Virginia Perry, born Maury Co., Tenn., Dec. 3, 1867; died Sept. 28, 1897.

N. O. UNDERWOOD born Dedham, Mass., Feb. 22, 1821; married (1) Nancy A. Hollis, Oct. 29, 1843, 9 children; (2) Mrs. M. A. Roney; he died Sept. 11, 1897.

Miss JENNIE WOMBLE born Aug. 23, 1863; died May 9, 1897.

WILLIAM JAYNES born S. C., 1825; married Sarah Schultz, 1847; died recently.

THOMAS PERRY RICHARDSON, fourth son of W. G. Richardson and Louise Kennon, daughter of

Dr. Robert Lewis Kennon of Ala.; died Memphis, Tenn., September 12, 1897.

JAMES ROBERT SHARP son of Alford and Narcissus Sharp, born Madison Co., Tenn., Jan. 29, 1829; died Oct. 1, 1897.

Tribute of Respect for IDA CREED who died recently; by Epworth League, Toccopla, Miss., dated September 3, 1897.

Tribute of Respect for B. R. FOSTER who died June 20, 1897; by Medina Masonic Lodge 399, undated.

 

October 21, 1897

Dr. J. B. CAMPBELL son of Rev. John A. Campbell, born Ky., Sept. 16, 1853; died Citra, Florida, Sept. 26, 1897; graduate of a medical school.

Mrs. MAG McREE daughter of J. A. G. and Laurentine McEwen, born March 25, 1858; married N. L. McRee, Oct. 25, 1876; died Sept. 8, 1897.

 

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WALTER JACKSON son of J. B. Jackson died Logan Co., Ky., August 23, 1897.

Tribute of Respect for Rev. F. C. PEARSON who died July 13, 1897; by Chico, Texas Sunday School, undated.

 

October 28, 1897

ELIZABETH PARKER wife of the late Rev. O. P. Parker, born April 3, 1821; died Sept. 7, 1897.

LORENA WALLIS wife of Rev. E. H. Wallis, born March 1872; married in 1894; died Aug. 21, 1897.

WILLIAM GEORGE CLAGETT born Prince George Co., Md., Dec. 7, 1813; moved to Tenn. at age of 4 years; he and his brother, Horatio had mercantile business for many years; married (1) Theodocia C. Whitefield, July 21, 1835; she died 1839; (2) Elizabeth O. Hornbeak, Feb. 10, 1842, 9 children.

NANNIE J. ALLMON daughter of W. W. and Louisa J. Allmon, born Weakley. Co., Tenn., Dec. 24, 1863; married Jackson G. Clement, April 16, 1882, 6 children; died July 15, 1897.

HERBERT MARION CHENAULT son of Rev. R. M. and Laura Chenault, born Sept. 25, 1894; died Sept. 29, 1897.

PAUL CARL son of Rev. J. S. and Lula Carl, born Feb. 24, 1897; died July 6, 1897.

WILLIAM D. COX born Knox Co., Tenn., Oct. 15, 1839; died Comanche Co., Tx., Oct. 4, 1897; married (1) Elizabeth A. Sugart, 9 children; (2) Mrs. Martha Ann Langston, Sept. 28, 1886. The first wife died in 1882.

Miss MARIA VANDEGRIFT born in Va., July 26, 1876; died Winston, N. C., Oct. 2, 1897.

Tribute of Respect for N. HAMLIN who died recently; by Corinth Sunday School, undated.

 

November 4, 1897

ANN P. DOBSON born Wilkesboro, N. C., June 16, 1822; died in Tx., Aug. 7, 1897; married J. H. Dobson, 1840.

Mrs. MARTHA A. RIPPERDOM born Danville, Ky., May 9, 1827; died Sept. 3, 1897, Harrodsburg, Ky.

IVERSON J. WALKER, SR. born Caswell Co., N. C., Nov. 20, 1823; died Williston, Tenn., June 19,1897.

ALVIN R. HAWKINS son of late Rev. S. J. Hawkins, North Texas Conference, born Jefferson, Tx, Oct. 7, 1872; died August 29, 1897.

Tribute of Respect for Col. FLEMING LARO who died August 2, 1897; by Union Springs, Ala. Sunday School, undated.

Tribute of Respect for MANNY and SAMMY children of J. H. FUNK who died recently; by a Sunday School group.

 

November 11, 1897

HARRIET M. McNAMARA daughter of George and Mary B. Lake, born in Maryland, April 8, 1804; married Daniel Barnes, 1822; (2) Henry L. McNamara, March 2, 1826 (he died in 1842). She died in Tatum, Miss., August 29, 1897.

Miss RACHEL EMMA POWELL born Wilson Co., Tenn., April 22, 1874; died Oct. 12, 1897.

REUBEN S. LEVERIDGE born May 1, 1832; died March 16, 1897; married Nancy C. Davis; 8 children.

DELIA ANN LUTER daughter of W. T. and Delia Estis, born Marshall Co., Ky., Mar. 29, 1845; died Benton Co., Tenn., Aug. 18, 1897; married Rev. T. R. Luter, May 10, 1859; 8 children.

SUSAN B. TAYLOR born Cincinnati, Ohio, July 23, 1813; married Thomas H. Taylor, 1833; moved to Crittenden, Ky.; died Covington, Ky., Oct. 7, 1897; 9 children, 4 surviving her.

 

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Rev. ROBERT W. AYRES died Benton Co. Tenn., Dec. 15, 1896; native of Virginia; married Martha Hagey; 2 sons, 2 daughters.

LUCIUS M. SCALES son of W. H. and S. A. Scales, died Sept. 9, 1897; married Minnie E. Mitchell, Feb. 12, 1891.

DORCAS C. HALE, nee Payton, born Sept. 19, 1848; died Sept. 3, 1897; married G. A. Hale, Jan. 30, 1867.

Tribute of Respect for Mrs. WILLIE MAY DAVIS born Nov. 25, 1868; died Sept. 22, 1897 near Mason, Tenn.; by Good Springs Sunday School, undated.

NELLIE FLOWERS PUTNAM daughter of Rev. John T. Putnam, granddaughter of Rev. J. J. Putnam, born Jan. 27, 1882; died Aug. 11, 1897.

 

November 18, 1897

Rev. JAMES PERRY son of Albert Perry (died 1835) and Susan Buckner Bridges Perry, born Oct. 26, 1819, Smith Co., Tenn.; moved to Madison Co., Tenn. in 1833; licensed to preach, Methodist Church, September 1843; married Mary Kerr, Dec. 11, 1856; a daughter was Mrs. Addie Dixon.

Tribute of Respect for Mrs. MORGAN CALLOWAY died Nov. 6, 1897 by Woman's Missionary Society, undated.

ANN ELIZABETH BROWDER widow of Rev. George R. Browder, born Ann Arrundel Co., Md., Jan. 26, 1830; died Aug. 3, 1897; married Sept. 5, 1850; 8 children; a son was Dr. George R. Browder who died February 28, 1889.

SEARCY ALEXANDER VAUGHAN son of William A. and Sallie P. Vaughan, born Gallatin, Tenn., Feb. 1, 1877; died Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 5, 1897; grandson of John H. Vaughan and Dr. W. W. Searcy.

 

November 25, 1897

MARTIN NOLEN died Oct. 23, 1897 aged over 80 years; married (1) Sallie Ann Crump, 6 children; (2) Miranda B. Cochran, 4 children; (3) Haddie G. Cochran (died 1889), 1884.

Miss MARY JANE RICHARDS died near Orlinda, Tenn., Nov. 4, 1897 in her 49th year of age.

M. H. BOYD born Christian Co., Ky., Dec. 15, 1826; moved to Tenn. in 1855; married Eliza Jane Casey, Feb. 23, 1857; 5 children; he died June 29, 1896.

WARNER NATHAN CHRISTIAN son of William H. and Lela Christian, born Carroll Co., Tenn., March 17, 1896; died Aug. 19, 1897.

 

December 2, 1897

Miss LUCINDA BARBOUR HELM daughter of John L. Helm, who was twice governor of Ky.; died November 16, 1897.

DAVID THOMPSON JOHNSON born Sept. 23, 1823; married Elizabeth C. Long, March 17, 1853; died Oct. 11, 1897.

 

December 9, 1897

JOHN L. GANT born Maury Co., Tenn., March 17, 1813; died Water Valley, Miss., Aug. 30, 1897 in residence of his son, Dr. H. A. Gant; married Martha J. Cock, Jan. 3, 1838; 8 children.

MARTHA P. JOHNSON widow of Lilburn M. Johnson, born Aug. 21, 1825; married L. M. Johnson, March 6, 1844; died Dec. 16, 1896.

D. C. WARD, nee Tucker; daughter of James and Laura Tucker, born Fayette Co., Tenn., Jan. 12, 1869; died Panola Co., Miss., July 24, 1897; married D. C. Ward, February 24, 1896.

 

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December 16, 1897

WESLEY CARLISLE born Smith Co., Tenn., Jan. 31, 1806; died Nov. 22, 1896; married Hannah Allen, Nov. 15, 1832; licensed to preach, Methodist Church, in 1870.

ARLYN EARL COOK daughter of Jaddie and Lavinia Cook, born Aug. 27, 1894; died Oct. 30, 1897, Richmond, Ark.

Miss MARTHA FRANCES GOOCH born Cedar Hills, Tenn., March 29, 1837; died Nov. 10, 1897.

ANDREW NICHOLS SIMONTON son of Andrew J. and Elizabeth N. Simonton, born Tipton Co., Tenn., Oct. 6, 1893; died Aug. 18, 1897.

MAGGIE LOU ELDER daughter of Rev. Logan D. Harwell, born Sept. 6, 1873; married David C. Elder, Dec. 25, 1894; 2 children; died November 6, 1897.

 

December 23, 1897

ELIZABETH STEWART HAYES born Caldwell Co., N. C., Dec. 9, 1817; died Cherokee Co., N. C., Nov. 12, 1897; married George Hayes, Feb. 8, 1842; 9 children.

LAURA TOMLINSON wife of James Tomlinson, daughter of Calvin and Lizzie Dorsey, died July 8, 1897.

ROBERT WEAKLY McLEMORE born Williamson Co., Tenn., April 7, 1819; died Pulaski, Tenn., Nov. 6, 1897; married Harriet Susan Figuers, Sept. 16, 1840; 7 children.

Tribute of Respect for CHARLES E. WATSON who died recently; by Bethlehem Sunday School, undated.

 

December 30, 1897

Rev. FRANCIS ASBURY SOULE born Livermore, Maine, April 27, 1817; died Ann Arbor, Michigan, Nov. 4, 1897; married Susanna Allen Sprague, July 4, 1843.

RACHEL W. BROOKE wife of Major E. G. Brooke, married in 1857; died Nov. 26, 1897.

ALEXANDER WILKINS RAINS born Gibson Co., Tenn., Dec. 23, 1830; died Holly Springs, Miss., Oct. 16, 1897.

MARY FRANCES FLEMING, nee Williams, born White Plains, Ala., Feb. 26, 1860; married John H. Fleming, February 15, 1881; died near Staples, Tex., Aug. 5, 1897.

STELLA FLORENCE WILLIAMS born Feb. 24, 1866; married John M. Williams, June 7, 1894; died November 24, 1897.

Dr. RICHARD BOWMAN RANSOM son of Rev. R. P. Ransom, born Rutherford Co., Tenn., July 12, 1855; died Aug. 30, 1897.

DELIA BROYLES daughter of Dr. I. M. and J. A. Broyles, born Feb. 15, 1846; died Tyler, Texas, September 12, 1897.

 

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