GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS,
THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, 1897-1899
By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2002JANUARY-JUNE 1898
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January 6, 1898
Rev. VINCENT VALENTINE HARLAN, native of Georgia, died Clarksville, Ark., Nov. 8, 1897 aged 46 years; graduate of Emory-Henry College, Virginia.
SAMUEL P. BERNARD died near Covington, Tenn., Aug. 4, 1897; born Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 18, 1809; moved to Tipton Co., Tenn. in 1831; two children.
LENORE B. MIMMS wife of Rev. Joseph C. Mimms, North Miss. Conference, died Houston, Miss., November 5, 1897 in her 29th year of age.
KITTIE CARTWRIGHT daughter of E. P. and Nancy Connell, born near Port Royal, Tenn., Mar. 21, 1818; married John H. Cartwright, 1832/33; 6, sons, 6 daughters; died July 22, 1897 in residence of son-in-law, Capt. O. Bass.
THOMAS B. SHAW, 8 year old son of B. F. Shaw, died of croup, November 11, 1897.
Tribute of Respect for JAMES T. NOLEN, president of Florida Conference College, who died at Leesburg, Florida, Nov. 27, 1897; by Board of Trustees of this college, undated.
January 13, 1898
AMANDA BURT ARRINGTON widow of Dr. James D. Arrington, born Macon Co., Ala.; died Dec. 15, 1897.
CATHERINE HUNTER born Botetourt Co., Va., Feb. 24, 1829; died Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 14, 1897; joined Methodist Church in 1859; mother of several children.
TITUS MAYHEW son of Goodson and Laura Mayhew born Allen Co., Ky., June 23, 1896; died July 4, 1897.
DANIEL BALLARD born Robinson Co., N.C., Sept. 21, 1811; died Oakbowery, Ala., Oct. 28, 1897; married Miss Mizelle; 11 children.
W. L. McDONALD born July 4, 1857; died Oct. 22, 1897; educated at Emory-Henry College, Va.
CLARA RICE McCONNELL daughter of John and Sarah Rice, born April 11, 1856; died Poplar Bluff, Mo., Dec. 13, 1897; married Sam McConnell, April 5, 1876.
MARY A. TRIPP died Dancyville, Tenn., Nov. 25, 1897 aged 69 years; married William R. Tripp in N.C. and came to west Tenn.; had 11 children.
LIZZIE BARTON HAMMERLY daughter of James S. and Annie Barton, born Barton, Ala., Jan. 3, 1873; died Iuka, Miss., June 18, 1897; married E. T. Hammerly, April 26, 1896.
VITULA DANIEL daughter of Dr. Charles McCreery, born Hartford, Ky., Dec. 3, 1815; died Hardinsburg, Ky., Dec. 7, 1897; married Vivian Daniel of Hardinsburg, Sept. 27, 1836; 9 children.
MARY DELLA TUGGLE died Capleville, Tenn., Oct. 20, 1897, "darling little sister"; signed "Martha."
NOMIE ESTA LEMMONS born Feb. 23, 1892; died Oct. 29, 1897.
WILLIAM THOMAS HALE born Daviess Co., Ky., Mar. 3, 1876; died Nov. 23, 1897.
JOHN CAMPBELL ALEXANDER only son of Ross and Julia Alexander, died Oct. 15, 1897 of diphtheria.
Rev. W. C. MANLY born Stewart Co., Tenn., Dec. 31, 1813; licensed to preach, Methodist Church, 1840; ordained deacon in 1844; ordained elder in 1854; married (1) Geraldine Randle, 1834, 15 children; (2) Rachel A. Moody, Jan. 21, 1855; first wife died Jan. 29, 1854. Death date not given.
IDA WESSON daughter of James W. and Elizabeth Wright born Graves Co., Ky., Oct. 13, 1866; married Dr. I. A. Wesson, Dec. 1887; 4 children; died Wingo, Ky., November 7, 1897.
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IRBY CHASTEEN ALLEN born June 24, 1851; died Dec. 2, 1897; married Bettie Smith, May 28, 1895.
MARY GERTRUDE BROWN born June 18, 1875; died Nov. 9,1897, Smyrna, Tenn.
January 20, 1898
Rev. JOHN FLETCHER PETHERBRIDGE, M. D., born Baltimore, Md., Jan. 25, 1812; died Dunkirk, Md., Oct. 25, 1897; son of John C. Petherbridge, a native Englishman; graduate of University of Md., 1832; married Jane Dorcas Weems, 1835, 7 surviving children. Wife died in 1882.
CARRIE MAY SMITH daughter of Z. C. and Jennie Smith, born McKenzie, Tenn., July 30, 1884; died Feb. 7, 1897 [1898?]
Tribute of Respect for ROBERT A. CARTWRIGHT son of J. H. and Kittie Cartwright, born Davidson Co., Tenn., Sept. 29, 1838; served in Confederate army; married (1) Bettie Ann Oldham, June 15, 1869, one son; (2) Laura Gee Oldham, Oct. 21, 1875, 6 children. He died Oct. 15, 1897. Tribute by Goodlettsville, Tenn. Sunday School dated Nov. 14, 1897.
LUCY FRANCES HUDSON daughter of Benjamin Hudson born Russellville, Ala., Oct. 3l, 1833; married T. C. Greenhill, Sept. 19, 1850; 13 children. Died Oct. 29, 1897.
ADAM CLARK McTIER born Rutherford Co., Tenn., Aug. 16, 1854; died Dec. 27, 1897; unmarried.
January 27, 1898
W. L. McDONALD son of A. D. and Mary A. McDonald, born Tipton Co., Tenn., July 4, 1855; died Nov. 22, 1897; married Ida Lee Jones, Nov. 8, 1877; 4 children; active Methodist layman.
E. JANE GARY, nee Graham, died Maury Co., Tenn., Oct. 5, 1897 in her 69th year of age; married John W. Gary, 1846; 3 sons, 2 daughters.
SALLIE GREER daughter of Joel and Mary Thomas, born Marlboro District, S.C., 1826; died Arkadelphia, Ark., June 2, 1897; moved with parents to Clark Co., Ark. in January 1852; married Josiah Greer.
LEWIS T. TEMPLETON born Iredell Co., N.C., June 22, 1805; died Dec. 6, 1897; moved to Ky. in 1837; married Elizabeth Browder; moved to Ill. in 1857; returned to Hopkinsville, Ky. in 1876.
SALLIE KATHERINE DOWELL born Meade Co., Ky., Mar. 1, 1823; married Griffin Stith Dowell, June 4, 1846; died Nov. 14, 1897.
DANIEL FREEMAN born S.C., Sept. 25, 1816; married Julia A. King, Jan. 13, 1845; 4 sons, l dau.; died near Scottsboro, Ala., Sept. 21, 1897.
T. D. PRICE, Sr. born Queen Anne Co., Md., Jan. 29, 1809; died Rome, Tenn., Dec. 28, 1897; married (1) Isabella Bradley (died May 1852); (2) Mrs. Fannie E. Slade, Dec. 23, 1866.
February 3, 1898
OLIVER EDWIN WEAVER born Shelby Co., Tenn.; died Santa Barbara, Calif., Oct. 5, 1897.
W. R. PEYTON born St. Francis Co., Mo., April 20, 1820; died Jan. 4, 1898; married 3 times, lastly to Mary Ann Kennedy, Dec. 25, 1846, 3 sons and 4 daughters.
JOHN EASTER DROMGOOLE born Brunswick Co., Va., Dec. 28, 1805; died Mayfield, Ky., Nov. 21, 1897; twice married.
JOHN QUINN HENRY son of Byrd Henry, born Ala., Sept. 16, 1830; died Dec. 2l, 1897; married Martha Luremie Boatner, 1847; 11 children.
CLEMENTINE JENKINS infant dau. of E. W. and Sallie Jenkins, born Sept. 14 and died Dec. 13, 1897.
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Miss ELMA S. WHITENER born Tippath Co., Miss., June 16, 1879; died Jan. 4, 1897 [1898?] Hon. H. B. RAMSEY, M. D., born Marshall Co., Miss., Oct. 1, 1847; died Nov. 23, 1897; with father Dr. H. B. Ramsey, moved near to Collierville, Tenn.; received medical degree in 1869; married Sallie W. Massey, June 6, 1870; had an adopted son.
VIOLA POWELL daughter of Merideth and Mary M. Powell, born April 28, 1868; died Dec. 12, 1897.
SIRELDA T. SEEVER, nee Nolin, born Jan. 13, 1842; died. Kenton, Tenn., Dec. 30, 1897; married Henry Seever, Sept. 13, 1866; 3 children.,
PATY E. PURNELL born Dec. 31, 1881; died Dec. 17, 1897.
OWELL B. and NANCY SPICER, husband and wife; he died Aug. 4, 1897 in his 86th year and she died Nov. 22, 1897 in residence of grandson, Jimmie Tunnell.
GIPSON ALLEN DUCKWORTH born Hardin Co., Tenn.; died Henderson, Tenn., Oct. 15, 1897.
BESSIE MARIE SHRYER born June 5, 1890; died Lebanon, Tenn., Sept. 7, 1897.
ELIZABETH A. BOWMAN born in Ky., Jan. 11, 1817; died Charlton Co., Mo., Nov. 3, 1897; married William Greene Bowman; moved to Charlton Co. in 1857.
MABEL P. WILLIAMS daughter of Dr. Williams, Port Royal, Tenn., born July 26, 1896; died Dec. 7, 1897.
February 10, 1898
ANNIE ELIZA WIGHTMAN only daughter of Rev. J. T. Wightman, Baltimore Conference, born in Camden, S.C. [no date given]; died Nov. 25, 1897.
ELIZA ANN ALEXANDER born Allen Co., Ky., Nov. 11, 1828; died near Louisville, Ky., July 3, 1897; married Dr. Charles Holiday Alexander (died March 1889); children, Dr. Gross Alexander of Vanderbilt University and Mrs. Lola Moore of Louisville.
February 17, 1898
Mrs. HENRY L. TAYLOR, Brownsville, Tenn., died Jan. 18, 1898 aged about 63 years; born in N.C.; married H. L. Taylor in 185l.
Rev. JOHN ISAAC LACROIX born Lawrenceburg, Tenn., Sept. 21, 1821; died Sept. 21, 1897; married (1) Grisselda Oliver, Aug. 21, 1851; she died Mar. 23, 188l; (2) Nancy Roberts, July 27, 1890.
Miss JULIA LANOIR died recently.
LOUSIN ANN FIGUERS CRUMP born Hertford Co., N.C., June 7, 1819; married (1) Albert H. Bailey, June 27, 1839; (2) Dr. C. C. Crump, June 17, 1858. A son, R. A. Bailey. Dr. Crump died August 7, 1882.
MARY CAMPBELL WALL born Caldwell Co., Ky. April 19, 1819; died Cayce, Ky., Sept. 7, 1897; married Harrison L. Wall, Feb. 13, 1848; 4 children.
NANCY ANDERSON, nee Little, born White Co., Tenn., Oct. 15, 1826; married W. M. Anderson, Feb. 22, 1849; 5 children; died Jan. 12, 1898. Three surviving children, Mrs. F. S. Cope, Mrs. John P. Jarvis, W. R. Anderson.
Dr. W. W. BOWES died Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 10, 1898; graduate, University of Michigan, 1870; married Alice Marie Walker.
Tribute of Respect for ROBERT L. McADOO, supt. of Bear Creek, Tenn. Sunday School, who died recently; by this Sunday School, undated.
Tribute of Respect for SALLIE DICKERSON WRIGHT who died recently; by Bible Class Committee, undated.
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MARTHA MEAD HARRIS born Madison Co., Ala., Jan. 26, 1831; married Dr. W. A. Russwurm, Dec. 19, 1850; 9 children; died near Independence, Miss., Dec. 31, 1897.
LEWIS A. GREEN, JR. born Jan. 27, 1879; died Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., Jan. 2, 1898. ZACH GREEN, JR. born Feb. 8, 1886; died Jan. 11, 1898; these were sons of L. A. and Ella Green, near Gallatin, Tenn.
WILLIAM H. WITT born Jefferson Co., Tenn., Sept. 25, 1819; moved to Gibson Co., Tenn. in 1839; twice married; surviving were widow and 9 children; no death date given.
Tribute of Respect for BLANCHE POLK born May 23, 1890; died Jan. 7, 1896; daughter of
Edward and Margaret Luton Polk, Bolivar, Tenn.; by Luton Chapel Sunday School, undated.
NANNIE LOUISE McCLANAHAN daughter of J. A. and M. McClanahan, born May 6, 1872; died Jackson, Tenn., January 5, 1898.
MIRIAM McCULLEY wife of Col. Joseph McCulley, born Washington Co., Tenn., June 23, 1808; married Sept. 13, 1838; died Jan. 29, 1898.
ANN McFADYN born Shelby Co., Tenn., 1841; moved to Ark. in 1851; married R. A. Richmond, 1860; died in August 1897.
MARTHA McLEOD born Cumberland Co., N.C., May 3, 1832; died Goodwater, Ala., Dec. 26, 1897.
EMILY COBBETT PARSONS widow of Rev. Charles B. Parsons; daughter of William Oldham; mother of ten children; died Jan. 27, 1898.
Dr. THOMAS MURRELL born March 21, 1830; died Franklin Co., Tenn., June 15, 1897; married Lou Simmons; l son (Dr. William Murrell) and 2 daughters.
CAROLINE WEST born Bracken Co., Ky., Mar. 6, 1836; married James W. Staton, Oct. 6, 1859; died Jan. 8, 1898.
March 3, 1898
R. W. ALLEN born near Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 4, 1821; moved to Ala. when about 8 years old; married Elizabeth Wheat, 1860; a child, Mrs. John S. Jemison; served in Confederate army; merchant; no death date given.
MALINDA O'NEAL born N.C., Jan. 30, 1827; died Dec. 16, 1897; Ala.
SIDDIE W. RIDDICK, nee Wilson, born Somerville, Tenn., Jan. 1, 1866; died Brownsville, Tenn., Dec. 9, 1897; married Jo. W. Riddick, Dec. 5, 1889; 2 children.
MARY P. O'NEAL born Montgomery Co., Tenn., Aug. 31, 1844; died Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 16, 1898; married Rev. Green P. Jackson, Oct. 3, 1866.
SUE B. ATKEISSON daughter of John T. and Georgiana Hill, born Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 31, 1836; died Galveston, Tex., Jan. 14, 1898; several sons.
MATTIE BAILY FLINN born May 2, 1857; married R. W. Flinn, Oct. 27, 1877; died Kelly, Miss., Nov. 3, 1897.
Mrs. THOMAS A. JORDAN born Nov. 2, 1870; died Dec. 10, 1897; married Thomas A. Jordan, Oct. 20, 1897.
MARY ELIZABETH MOCKHER wife of J. H. Mockher, daughter of Rev. Mark W. Gray; born Sept. 30, 1844; died Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 18, 1897; 12 children.
March 10, 1898
MALCOLM H. GOODRICH born Feb. 11, 1829; married Emily B. Rone, Feb. 12, 1852; died Jan. 23, 1898.
J. J. VENABLE born Huntsville, Ala., June 24, 184l; died Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 26, 1897; brother of Mrs. J. J. Pitts.
LAURA A. LONDON born April 19, 1875; died Feb. 5, 1898.
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Mrs. ALLEN JOHNSON died January 4, 1898 aged 36 years.
March 17, 1898
ANNA GILLILAND IRBY born Sept. 3, 1858; died Collierville, Tenn., Oct. 10, 1897; married April 17, 1879.
ARCHIBALD C. OGLESBY born Sumner Co., Tenn., July 28, 1823; married Zarilda Carr, 1845; 11 children; death date not given.
SALLIE DICKENSON WRIGHT daughter of James and Julia H. Dickenson, born April 14, 1833; married Hugh A. Gwyn, March 9, 1852; died Nov. 15, 1897.
JANIE EVALINE COLE daughter of, Noble and Chloe A. E. Bean, born Oct. 20, 1862; married Nelson Cole, Jan. 31, 1884; died Feb. 6, 1898.
VALENTINE B. ORR died Nov. 29, 1897; born in Ky., 1826 of Irish ancestry; married Mary J. Mauldin, 1852; served in 41 Miss Reg., CSA.
ANNIE RAWLS daughter of Isaac and Lavinia Bunnell, born Dyer Co., Tenn., April 12, 1842; married (1) Rev. H. B. Avery (died Nov. 6, 1882), Mar. 25, 1863; (2) Allen Rawls, 1885; she died Dec. 8, 1897.
DAVID A. GAITHER born Iredell Co., N.C., Aug. 9, 1841; moved to Fayette Co., Tenn. in 1853; served in Confederate army; married Lucy E. Summers, 1864; 6 children; died Feb. 10, 1898.
HANNAH G. MASON born Caswell Co., N.C., March 8, 1818; married (1) Ezekiel Hale, 1848; moved to Louisiana in 1849, later to Collins, Tx.; (2) Joshua K. Noy; (3)J. H. Parker; she died July 10, 1897.
MARY E. LAZENBY born Iredell Co., N.C., Mar. 22, 1829; died Fayette Co., Tenn., Feb. 12, 1898; she died two days after her brother David A. Gaither died.
March 24, 1898
Rev. GEORGE W. MARTIN born Feb. 4, 1805; died Feb. 14, 1897; licensed to preach, Methodist Church, Sept. 1827; ordained deacon Nov. 1829; ordained elder Nov. 1831.
VERGIE IRENE JONES daughter of D. L. and Emma Jones born Aug. 9, 1891; died Water Valley, Ky., Nov. 5, 1897.
JAMES VIRGIL DYE son of W. R. and Jennie C. Dye, born May 27, 1871; died in Mo., Jan. 13, 1898.
ANNIE ABERNATHY daughter of Judge Andrew J. Abernathy, born April 17, 1873; married Lee H. Clark, June 26, 1895; died Dec. 22, 1897.
MILLARD C. HARRISON born July 8, 1859; married Emma Medora Jett, Jan. 1, 1882; died Dec. 27, 1897.
ELIZABETH BARBOUR PERRY second daughter of J. W. and M. M. Rowell, born Sept. 13, 1848; died Feb. 7, 1898; married Thomas J. Perry, April 7, 1870.
Resolutions of Respect for Major C. B. WAY; by N. Asheville Sunday School, dated Feb. 6, 1898.
March 31, 1898
Tribute of Respect for Dr. DAVID MORTON of Board of Church Extension by several boards and conferences; consists of praise without biographical details.
April 7, 1898
Hon. RUFUS D. HEARN born Sumner Co., Tenn., Mar. 20, 1842; moved to Arkadelphia, Ark. in 1859; left a widow and children; no death date given.
Dr. T. P. CRUTCHER born Williamson Co., Tenn., May 2, 1829; died Feb. 13, 1898; married Julia A. Bidwell, Feb. 14, 1850; active Methodist layman.
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WILLIAM BATTLE MALONE son of W. G. and Sarah Malone born Tippah Co., Miss., Sept. 16, 1842; died Nov. 26, 1897. Children: John B., W. B., Taylor, Kathleen and Chloe.
MARY A. HOLMES died near Winona, Miss., Dec. 14; 1897; daughter of James Collins; married Rev. W. H. Holmes; 6 children.
JAMES WILSON CLARK born in Va., Dec. 23, 1825; died Oct. 18, 1897; surviving were widow and a daughter.
Resolutions of Condolence for WILLIAM CAMPBELL KELLY son of Rev. D. C. Kelly; by Preachers' Meeting, Nashville, Tenn., dated March 21, 1898.
MARY CURTICE FENNEL daughter of Hartwell and Burchett King born Wake Co., N.C., March 4, 1811; died Colbert Co., Ala., Jan. 17, 1898; moved to Ala. in 1826; married Col. James Fennel, Sept. 23, 1829.
RUFUS SMITH born Nov. 8, 1840; died Dec. 21, 1897.
A. H. JONES born June 22, 1823; died Nov. 28, 1897; married Amanda O'Neal, Dec. 16, 1857.
GRADY PERRY son of J. E. and E. M. Perry, born August 1896; died Jan. 11, 1898.
THOMAS CANNON BLEDSOE born Grenada, Miss., Nov. 19, 1881; died Feb. 28, 1898.
JAMES THEODORE NOLEN born Franklin, N.C., April 22, 1863; son of Horace W. and Caroline Nolen (nee Siler); graduate, Vanderbilt University, 1891; married Rose Charlotte Thomas, June 28, 1898; died Leesburg, Florida, Nov. 27, 1897.
MARY S. DORSEY STEWART wife of David R. Stewart, born Fleming Co., Ky., April 1821; died Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1898.
SUSAN SPAULDING MARTIN died Staunton, Va., Dec. 27, 1897; widow of Rev. J. S. Martin; born Lexington, Va., Dec. 21, 1819; father was of German descent.
JOHN COOMBS born York Dist., S.C., July 17, 1810; married Catharine Wallace, 1833; 11 children; to Tippah Co., Miss. January 1848; died Feb. 21, 1898.
MARY ELLEN wife of Levi BLALOCK born Graves Co., Ky., April 19, 1856; died Feb. 10, 1898. Rev. J. B. HAWKINS born April 2, 1853; died Jan. 21, 1898; left a widow and 3 sons.
SARAH DOAK SHAW daughter of Rev. Alex. Doak, Presbyterian; died near Clarksville, Tenn., Jan. 8, 1898.
MARTHA C. BLAIR daughter of Calvin and Jane Tasy, born Oct. 6, 1855; married John Blair, Oct. 13, 1872; died Feb. 26, 1898.
April 14, 1898
JOHN T. RICHARDSON born March 4, 1820, Snow Hill, Md.; married May 12, 1845; moved to Montgomery Co., Tenn. in 1840; teacher; married Miss Wyatt; surviving were several children; no death date given.
Rev. J. B. VERNON born April 9, 1837; died Feb. 14, 1898.
Miss ANNIE O. COOK born Columbus, Ky., Jan. 2, 1827; died Feb. 11, 1898 in Indian Territory.
C. B. WAY born Miss., Nov. 12, 1830; died near Asheville, N.C., Feb. 5, 1898; lawyer; married Martha J. Howell, Feb. 13, 1865.
MARY M. HAILE died Flynn's Lick, Tenn., Dec. 28, 1897; married Rev. John Haile.
Mrs. IDA EVANS ROACH died San Angelo, Tx., January 13, 1898.
J. W. McCORMACK born Sumner Co., Tenn., 1844; died Jan. 28, 1898; Confederate veteran; married (1) Matilda F. Saddler, 1868, 7 children; (2) Dollie R. Hobdy, 1891, 2 children.
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ANDREW J. MOORE born Mar. 19, 1820; married Margaret C. Hodges, Oct. 20, 1845; 4 sons; died Dec. 5, 1897.
EMILY CATHARINE LASHLEE born Perryville, Tenn., Nov. 7, 1827; died near Camden, Tenn.,
Dec. 23, 1897; daughter of Jacob and M. L. Johnson; moved in 1840 from Perryville to Camden; married William P. Lashlee; 6 sons, 2 daughters.
ROBERT "Uncle Bob" RANDOLPH died Feb. 23, 1898 one of the oldest members of Hopewell Baptist Church.
AMANDA HOFFMAN wife of G. Y. Hoffman, daughter of T. W. and Adaline Caly, born Sept. 4, 1861; married Dec. 21, 1879; died Nov. 21, 1897; her daughter, LILLIE RUBY was burned to death Dec. 1, 1897 aged 2 years, 3 months and 1 day.
Resolutions of Respect for IDA wife of Rev. BRYAN C. ROACH who died Jan. 13, 1898; by Epworth League, San Angelo, Tx., not dated.
Tribute of Respect for NATHAN S. CARUTHERS who died Feb. 1, 1898 and I. N. CROMBS who died Jan. 19, 1898; by Sunday School Gratitude, Tenn., not dated.
Tribute of Respect for DONNIE TURNAGE daughter of J. A. and M. F. Turnage, died Dec. 28, 1897, aged 2 years, 7 months; by "a" Committee, not dated.
April 21, 1898
Rev. JOSEPH FORST WEAVER born Warren Co., N.C.; died Nashville, Tenn., aged 41 years; married Ida Howard Roberts, March 31, 1879.
Tribute of Respect for Dr. DAVID MORTON by N. O. District Conference, undated; he was "a foremost leader from Zion."
Rev. W. D. LEWIS born Conecuh Co., Ala., Oct. 24, 1819; married Elender Dean, Jan. 1842; moved to Texas in 1867; ordained deacon 1858; ordained 'elder 1868 in Methodist Church; died Feb. 3, 1898.
MARTHA SUE MURRELL daughter of Rev. Schuyler L. Murrell, born Adair Co., Ky., Feb. 11, 1839; died Horse Cave, Ky., Jan. 22, 1898.
E. DEATIS GLASGOW daughter of G. F. and L. A. Glasgow born Jan. 28, 1882; died Nov. 2, 1897.
Rev. WILLIAM L. CORBIN died Feb. 5, 1898.
ANN CHILDRESS FLY daughter of A. M. and M. T. Province, born Henry Co., Tenn., Mar. 20, 1839; died near Puryear, Tenn., March 11, 1898; married J. V. Fly (died in 1891).
Rev. JOHN McGIBONEY son of David and Elizabeth McGiboney, born Guilford Co., N.C., Nov. 25, 1812; moved to Warren Co., Tenn. at age 11 years; moved to Ala. in 1842; married Nancy Wilson, Aug. 5, 1835; 13 children; licensed to preach, Methodist Church, 1843; died Feb. 12, 1898.
MILUS MILFORD NICHOLSON born Henderson Co., N.C., Oct. 14, 1842; married Mary Alice Sterling, 1829; died Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 20, 1898.
MARGARET WATSON widow of J. L. Watson, born April 21, 1815; died Nov. 7, 1897.
LAURA A. TUCKER born S.C., Oct. 22, 1828; died Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1898; married Riley W. Tucker; 14 children.
MARTHA L. CRAIG, nee Woodward, wife of James Craig, born Mar. 22, 1857; died Lafayette Co., Miss., Dec. 17, 1897; 1 daughter.
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April 28, 1898
Rev. THOMAS L. BONNELL, Tennessee and Memphis Conferences, Methodist Church, died Macon, Tenn., April 12, 1898; born N.C., May 9, 1816; at age 4 moved with parents to Henderson
County, Tenn. First wife died, married Oct. 6, 1837.
W. R. DEAN son of Isaac and Mary Dean, born Clearmont Co., Ohio, Dec. 26, 1854; died near Grassy Lick, Ky., Feb. 13, 1898; married Martha E. Teargarden, Nov. 19, 1879.
SALLIE MOSELEY VAUGHAN born Feb. 11, 1837; died Oct. 2, 1897; married John T. Vaughan, 1886.
EMILY J. ALLEN died near Early Grove, Miss., Jan. 29, 1898; daughter of Daniel and Sarah McClanahan; born Lynchburg, Va., Jan. 16, 1830; married Robert Allen, Dec. 30, 1848.
MALISSA F. HESTER wife of Rev. W. S. Hester, born Granville Co., N.C., Jan. 3, 1835; died Dec. 7, 1897; a son, Dr. B. O. Hester.
REBECCA E. WILLIAMS died Los Angeles, California, March 10, 1898; wife of F. E. Williams.
CORA STEGER wife of G. F. Steger, daughter of Rev. B. F. Peeples, born Nov. 30, 1867; died Bonham, Tex, Nov. 28, 1897.
MARY HYATT wife of Fulton Hyatt, died near White's, Tenn., January 4, 1898.
SARAH TALLY born Oct. 7, 1830; died Nov. 18, 1897 at residence of her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Pope, Knoxville, Tenn.; 3 daughters.
SALLIE A. JONES, nee Harrison, wife of Rev. G. W. Jones, born Davidson Co., Tenn., Nov. 5, 1863; died Rutherford Co., N.C., Mar. 18, 1898; married March 21, 1897.
Tribute of Respect for Rev. J. B. VERNON who died February 14, 1898, Sardis, Tenn.; by Sardis Masonic Lodge 267, undated.
Tribute of Respect for Miss IDA MARY PRESSON, born Nov. 25, 1872; died Mar. l0, 1898; by Luton's Chapel, Bolivar, Tenn., undated.
May 5, 1898
Rev. AUGUSTUS W. BARRETT born Washington, Ga., Aug. 21, 1825; died Eufaula, Ala., Mar. 27, 1898; married (1) Celeste Trentier; (2) Adele Connor.
JENNIE BARNHART, nee Grace, wife of William Barnhart, daughter of B. B. and A. A. Grace,
born Livingston Co., Ky., Jan. 26, 1854; died Calloway Co., Ky. Mar. 16, 1898; married Oct. 26, 1873; 4 children.
SUSANNA HANKS, nee Dillom, born Clark Co., Ohio, Aug. 15, 1816; married W. Hanks, Dec. 1, 1839; 4 sons; died DeWitt, Ark., Feb. 23, 1898.
EMILY M. DOWNS nee Smotherman, daughter of William H. and Mary Smotherman, born Jan. 18, 1849; married J. S. Downs, Nov. 14, 1878; 4 children; died Mar. 8, 1898, Dexter, Ky.
HENRY LITTLE son of Prof. Thomas and Lula Clay, 3 1/2 years old, died Mar. 23, 1898.
WAYNE PITTMAN born Jan. 29, 1890; died Dec. 13, 1897.
Mrs. ELIZABETH REYNOLDS died Feb. 12, 1898; married Calvin Reynolds, April 1841; died Tuscaloosa, Ala.
L. STEPHENS son of Seth P. and Mollie Gibson, born Nashville, Tenn., April 24, 1895; died Mar. 30, 1898.
BASCOM HARDIN son of Dr. A. E. Hardin, died Mar. 19, 1898, a "boy."
LEE M. COLE son of Charles and Mary Cole, born Carroll Co., Va., Feb. 22, 1879; died Dec. 18, 1897, Nashville, Tenn.
Miss RACHEL HART born Bullitt Co., Ky., June l7, 1838; died Hardin Co., Ky., Feb. 28, 1898.
WILLIAM O'FALLON son of Rev. W. T. and Nannie Bruffee Miller died Mar. 2l, 1898 aged 3 weeks.
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May 12, 1898
AMELIA C. TOMPKINS daughter of John and Parmelia Tompkins, born Danville, Ky., May 24, 1844; died Kanawha Co., West Va., April 7, 1898; married John B. W. Tompkins, Aug. 19, 1869, a son of Col. William and Rachel Grant Tompkins; no children.
MILES J. HASSELL born Sumner Co., Tenn., Feb. 19, 1827; married Ann E. Harris, July 12, 1848; died Dec. 27, 1897.
Mrs. MOSS PRIVETT died Edmonton, Ky., Feb. 14, 1898; wife of T. H. Privett; daughter of J. D. and Fannie Beck, Cumberland Co., Ky.; 2 children.
JANE D. CRICHLOW born Knox Co., Tenn.; died Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 2, 1898.
MARY E. STILL, nee Eakin, died in Tenn., Mar. 7, 1898 in her 35th year of age; 8 children.
MARY VIRGINIA EDENTON, nee Gardner, born Powhatan Co., Va., June 9, 1814; married Thomas Lewis, then M. L. Edenton; died Macon, Tenn., Sept. 14, 1897.
Dr. JOSEPH COLEMAN ROBERTS born north Ala., Nov. 15, 1821; died Mar. 24, 1898; graduate, University of N.Y., 1848; settled in Giles Co., Tenn.
PEARLIE ROSS, nee Dupriest, born June 16, 1877; died Feb. 7, 1898.
WALTER AKIN son of Major James Akin, Thompson Station, Tenn., died Mar. 9, 1898 in his 37th year of age.
YOUNG WILHOITE died Feb. 15, 1898 aged 81 years, l month, 10 days. Shelbyville, Tenn.
VIRGINIA N. PEACE, nee Pettit, born Madisonville, Tenn., May 18, 1848; married John G. Peace, July 3, 1864; moved to Mo. in 1872; then to Florida in 1893; died Micanopy, Fla., Mar. 7, 1898
HARMAN EXCELL daughter of R. C. and Neely Bledsoe, born Shelby Co., Tenn., Aug. 31, 1896; died Jan. 21, 1898.
Resolutions of Respect for Miss KITTIE PRIVETT; by Clopton Sunday School, undated.
Tribute of Respect for HELEN A. KEATHLEY daughter of Thomas R. and Almeda Keathley, born Dec. 31, 1868; died Aug. 8, 1897; burial at Mt. Gilead Cemetery.
May 19, 1898
OLIVE ADELINE BOGGS daughter of George H. and Mollie L. Peck, born Botetourt Co., Va., Dec. 23, 1857; died San Antonio, Tx, Mar. 12, 1898; married Rev. Walter E. Boggs, Dec. 6, 1883.
W. J. EVANS born Brunswick Co., Va., June 1, 1823; died Mar. 16, 1898; moved to Miss. in 1850; then to Hardeman Co., Tenn. in 1856; wife died in 1890; 3 children, Nannie, Walter and Alice.
MARY CHARLOTTE CROCKETT fourth daughter of Andrew James and Mary Charlotte Sayers Crockett, born Gallatin, Tenn., Aug. 6, 1871; died Dec. 26, 1897.
WILLIAM S. FORTUNE born Brownsville, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1841; died Mar. 20, 1898; severely wounded at Shiloh battlefield, CSA; married Lula May Russell, June 1, 1890; died from a stroke.
COLUMBUS H. JETTON born Calloway Co., Ky., Feb. 1, 1840; died Graves Co., Ky., Dec. 20, 1897; married Nancy E. Yarbrough, Oct. 28, 1867; moved to Graves Co. in 1872.
CLARENCE BUNYON infant son of Dr. E. F. Holland, Mulberry, Tenn., born April 23, 1896; died April 5, 1898.
PHEBE WARREN daughter of Seid W. and Lizzie Hall, died April 18, 1898 nearly 7 months old,
ANNIE LOU TUCKER born Columbus, Miss., Oct. 18, 1873; died Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 16, 1897; dau. of J. O. Tucker.
OLIVER T. HENDERSON born Madison Co., N.C., Jan. 17, 1821; died Curve, Tenn., Mar. 18, 1898.
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JUNIUS C. FARR born Lafayette Co., Miss., Mar. 25, 1842; died Memphis, Tenn., Mar. 31, 1898; married (1) R. Dunn (died 1882), 1865; son and dau.; (2) Florence L. Tucker, Mar. 26, 1885.
LIZZIE HOTCHKISS HALL born Brownsville, Tenn., Sept. l0, 1875; died Feb. 27, 1898; daughter of Stephen B. and Susan J. Hotchkiss; married Seid W. Hall, May 31, 1893.
LETITIA STEWART, nee Hollingsworth, born Laurens Dist., S.C., Nov. 1, 1820; married Benjamin Stewart, Jan. 1, 1839; died Mar. 22, 1898.
W. H. HUDSON, Paris, Tenn., born St. Johnsburg, Vermont, Dec. 4, 1829; moved to Loudon, Tenn. in 1853; established the Commercial Bank in Paris; married Mary Wygul, Dec. 27, 1864; died Nov. 26, 1897.
WILLIAM MISER born Benton Co., Ark., 1853; died Feb. 3, 1898; married Marletta Pickens, 1878.
May 26, 1898
No deaths reported in this issue.
June 2, 1898
PEYTON ATKINS born Sept. 17, 18l4; married Nancy Donnell, Jan. 26, 1841; died McNairy Co., Tenn., May 8, 1898.
WILLIAM VEST born Oldham Co., Ky., May 13, 1827; died Cloverport, Ky., April 20, 1898; married Nannie Furgerson, Jan. 5, 1860; 3 children.
FRANK EVANS BENNETT oldest child of R. H. and Jennie Bennett, born July l6, 1895; died May 7, 1898.
OSCAR STEPHENS WILSON born Dec. 25, 1856; died Carlisle Co., Ky., April 28, 1898.
HELEN A. GARRETT born Harrodsburg, Ky., July 5, 18l5; married William Garrett; died Waco, Tex., Mar. 24, 1898.
J. B. HARRISON, Coffee Co., Tenn., born Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. l6, 1816; died April 2, 1898; married Eliza Matthews; 11 children; moved to Somerville, Tenn. about 1848.
SARAH AGNES STEPHENS, nee Wilson, born Sept. 11, 1829; married Isaac Stephens, Feb. 3, 1852; 9 children; died Milburn, Ky., Jan. 21, 1898.
RUTH RAMSEY, nee Darnell, born Bedford Co., Tenn., May l7, 1819; married William W. Ramsey; 12 children; died Henry Co., Tenn., April 26, 1898.
Tribute of Respect for G. W. WILSON who died recently; by Milburn Sunday School, undated.
June 9, 1828
MAGGIE R. BOWLING daughter of Louis and Kate Schnieder born DeSoto Co., Miss., Sept. 28, 1866; married James L. Bowling, St. Louis Conference; no death date given.
WILLIAM A. MILLER born Marion Co., Ala., Mar. 16, 1841; died Lee Co., Miss., Mar. 9, 1898; married (1) Martha L. Johnson, Aug. 24, 1864; 2 sons, l dau; (2) Mary E. Hamilton, 1879.
SAMUEL H. HOLLOWAY son of James and Elvira Holloway, born Feb. 8, 1837; died Mar. 31, 1898 a mile from where he was born; married Leopatra Haws, Oct. 17, 1867; 10 children. He was born in Rhea Co., Tenn.
CLAUDE McCREARY SHACKLETT born Cannon Co., Tenn., July 11, 1875; died Fulton, Ky., April 25, 1898.
Rev. M. A. BYERS born Bedford Co., Tenn., Aug. 8, 1824; died Wilson Co., Tenn., May 12, 1898; served in Mexican War; married Lucrece Prichard, April 11, 1848; a daughter; licensed to preach, Methodist Church, June 1860; private, Company C, 4 Tenn. Cav., CSA; ordained deacon 1872; ordained elder 1877.
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SELINAH C. COOK daughter of George and Mary Haupe, born April 6, 1827; married Edward R. Cook, Oct. 16, 1845; died Oct. 23, 1897.
M. E. F. AKIN daughter of Rev. Robert Peebles died Mar. 13, 1898; married Dr. Joseph Edwin Akin.
PERRY POTTER born 1823; died Feb. 12, 1898.
THEO M. HAMIL son of James N. and L. J. Hamil, born Crockett Co., Tenn.; died April 28, 1898; married Martha Dean, Feb. 14, 1875; 5 children.
BENJAMIN H. BRANSFORD son of Rev. Gideon H. and Mary W. Bransford, born Smith Co., Tenn., April 14, 1840; died Union City, Tenn., April 25, 1898; married Mildred McConnell, Nov. 12, 18_6 [left blank]; 9 children.
June 16, 1898
Rev. MARK S. ANDREWS, a laudatory sketch with almost no biographical data; mention only of 4 sons, 2 daughters; married Sallie Summerfield Glenn.
J. M. EXUM born Davidson Co., Tenn., July 26, 1829; lived in Madison Co., Tenn. for years; moved to Mobetta, Tx where he died May 1, 1898; married A. D. Jones, Mar. 13, 1861; 2 sons, 3 daughters.
ARTEMUS J. STEELE son of Rev. William Steele, born Jan. 17, 1870; died May 19, 1898.
GABREL K. CAIN son of L. P. and Emma Cain, born Breckinridge Co., Ky., May 11, 1873; died Hardin Co., Ky., May 10, 1898.
ANN STRICKLAND, nee Tongate, born Giles Co., Tenn., Mar. 25, 1812; died Angleton, Tx, May 18, 1898.
June 23, 1898
KATE COCKRELL wife of Harrison Cockrell, daughter of Sydney Bass, born Franklin Co., Miss., Sept. 24, 1869; died Terrell, Tx., May 24, 1898.
Tribute of Respect for Miss RELIA OVERTON who died May 23, 1898 of heart disease; by Potts Camp, Mo. Sunday School, undated.
Tribute of Respect for Miss ANNE JOHNSON who died recently; by Duncan Sunday School, Spartanburg, S.C., undated.
JOHN STAMNER born Jan. 27, 1827; died Jan. l0, 1898; married Margaret Ann Bigger, July 4, 1845; a daughter; (2) Letitia E. Bigger, Mar. 27, 1851, 4 sons, 3 daughters; (3) Mrs. Lucinda B. Joyce, Oct. 28, 1874.
June 30, 1898
LILLIAN D. daughter of Rev. G. M. and M. J. Sanders died Centerville, Tenn., April 6, 1898.
LOUISA V. GILLESPIE daughter of Rev. R. M. Stephens, born Knox Co., Tenn., May 9, 1840; married Dr. J. C. Gillespie, Oct. 20, 1859; 5 children; died Inskip, Tenn., Mar. 16, 1898.
DOLLIE HICKS born Holly Springs, Miss.; died Kansas City, Mo., Mar. 11, 1898.
AMOS LUTHER BAILEY son of Amos and Angeline Bailey, born Feb. 7, 1884; died May 7, 1898.
HULDA JONES, nee Buckley, born Robertson Co., Tenn., Jan. 11, 1835; died Springfield, Tenn., May 13, 1898; married W. R. Jones.
SARAH W. KEY wife of N. B. Key, daughter of Rev. W. T. Hagler, born Henry Co., Tenn., 1848; died April 11, 1898.
JOHN W. HAISTEN born White Co., Tenn.; moved to Mo. in 1840; to Texas in 1863; to Benton Co., Ark. in 1880; married (1) Ann Brown, Aug. 5, 1841; 2 daus., l son; (2) Emma J. Strange.
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SARAH BARTON CHALFANT born Ky., Oct. 11, 1820; married Samuel Chalfant (died 1895), Nov. 5, 1840; died Jan. 22, 1898.
HARVY W. BRYAN born Jan. 31, 1851; died N.C., May 3, 1898; son of Dr. C. G. Bryan, Northampton Co., N.C. and grandson of Rev. William Grant.
WILLIAM S. "Uncle Buck" DUNAGAN son of Sherwood and Cynthia Dunagan, born Marshall Co., Tenn., Mar. 5, 1832; married Margaret Ann A1vey (died 1865), July 27, 1855; 1 son, 3 daus.; died May 8, 1898.
Rev. J. S. "Uncle Spill" WATERS born Rockingham Co., N.C., Feb. 23, 1822; died Calloway Co., Ky., May 12, 1898; his wife, Martha A. Waters born in same place, May 15, 1831 and died Nov. 26, 1897; a daughter, Mrs. Mollie Winchester.
Tribute of Respect for Mrs. LOU VAUGHT who died recently; by Park Ave. Missionary Society, Nashville, Tenn., undated.
Tribute of Respect for JOHNNIE FLATT who was killed May 6, 1898; by Harmony Sunday School, undated.
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