GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS
THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1890-1893

By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2002

JANUARY-JUNE 1891

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January 3, 1891

Mrs. N. W. CANNON born near Bellbuckle, Tenn., March 12, 1838; married John T. Cannon, August 9, 1858; died August 6, 1890; 3 daughters, 1 son.

FANNIE ROSS daughter of A. H. and Sallie Ross, born near Savannah, Tenn., Dec. 8, 1870; died Gainesville, Texas, Dec. 6, 1890.

LILIAN daughter of W. C. and M. C. JEFFRIES born Dec. 8, 1879; died August 29, 1890.

MARY LOU OWEN daughter of L. R. Owen, born May 23, 1870; died Dec. 2, 1890.

ELIZABETH "Aunt Betsy" CLARY GLEESON born in Va., March 1807; died Weakley Co., Tenn. July 25, 1890; married (1) Dr. G. F. Clarke; (2) W. W. Gleeson; had no children.

MELVIN OVERALL son of the Rev. N. W. and Martha Overall, born Gibson Co., Tenn., 1859; died Dec. 1, 1890.

DAVID infant son of John M. and Lizzie PICTON, died Dec. 15, 1890; grandson of the Rev. D. C. Kelley, DD; burial in Lebanon, Tennessee cemetery.

Tribute of Respect for LOVICK JONES who died recently; by Quarterly Conference, Dancyville Tennessee. "We miss his friendly and brotherly greetings and his words of comfort and cheer." [See, also, January 24, 1891 issue.]

LENA RUTHERFORD daughter of William and Elan Rutherford, born Searcy Co., Ark., June 6, 1889; died July 16, 1890.

SHELBY POITEVENT infant son of John A. and E. Poitevent, born Dec. 11 and died Dec. 15, 1890.

 

January 10, 1891

MARINA TURNER COBB daughter of Hunter Turner Bryan, Robertson Co., Tenn., born March 18, 1811; died Clarksville, Tenn., Dec. 7, 1890; married (1) William H. Dortch, Nov. 21, 1827; 4 children, those surviving, Dr. George C. and William T. Dortch; (2) Dr. Joshua Cobb, January 18, 1843; 6 children, 3 surviving her.

ANDERSON JOHNSON born in Va., March 25, 1805; as a child moved with family to Williamson Co., Tenn.; married Caroline Nolen, Dec. 20, 1825 "from whose father Nolensville took its name;" died Dec. 5, 1890.

LUCY ANN KING, nee Alston, born March 26, 1810; died near Nolensville, Tenn., Aug. 25, 1890; married John King, January 2, 1834; joined Methodist Church in 1850.

JAMES W. HAMILTON born April 26, 1813; joined Methodist Church 1831; died Oct. 14, 1890.

GEORGE D. DILLMAN born July 12, 1855; died Dec. 14, 1890; member of the Baptist Church.

JOHN HATCHER SMITHSON died Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 26, 1890 aged 9 years, 1 month and 7 days old.

Miss MINA BET TOMLINSON died Dec. 5, 1890 aged 19 years, 10 days old.

EMMA S. SPEARS daughter of Noah M. and Margaret E. Spears, born Smith Co., Tenn., May 21, 1875; died Grayson Co., Texas, Nov. 24, 1890.

Mrs. E. C. BUTLER daughter of Robert and Matilda Mann, born Smith Co., Tenn., March 21, 1838; married James T. Butler, 1859; 9 children, 7 surviving her; died Hopkins Co., Texas, Oct. 30, 1890.

H. H. HUDSON born June 23, 1815; died April 10, 1890; married Lucinda Downs, Floyd Co., Ga.; 8 children, 6 surviving her.

BELLA EVANS daughter of Willis and Elsie Evans born Dec. 7, 1860; died Oct. 14, 1890.

 

January 17, 1891

CHARLES BARNETT born Oglethorpe Co., Ga., Nov. 28, 1800; died Starkville, Miss., Oct. 25, 1890; educated at Georgia University, Athens; married Eliza W. Gresham (died 1876); taught school; in 1856 moved to Noxubee Co., Miss. and farmed; two daughters mentioned, Mrs. W. S. Harrison and Mrs. E. B. Gilmer.

 

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R. F. RIDLEY born Thompson Station, Tenn., Jan. 13, 1860; died Dec. 24, 1890; married Juliet McCann, daughter of Major J. R. McCann, Nashville, Oct. 4, 1883; 2 children; his body rested briefly before burial in residence of his brother, J. B. Ridley; burial in Franklin, Tenn. cemetery.

LIZZIE E. OWENS, nee Waller, born Nolensville, Tenn., Nov. 1, 1868; died Aug. 20, 1890; married R. H. Owens, Jan. 5, 1887; son, Willie.

STEPHEN HANDLIN born Montgomery Co., Tenn. about 1812; died Humphreys Co., Tenn., May 29, 1890; member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church until 1883 when he joined the Methodist Church.

GEORGE M. HEFLIN son of H. L. and M. J. Heflin, born Fayette Co., Tenn., Nov. 26, 1870; died Oct. 16, 1890.

REBECCA S. USSERY born Lunenburg Co., Va., Sept. 15, 1802; died Montgomery Co., Tenn., July 14, 1890; moved to Tenn. in 1816; married John N. Ussery, Nov. 27, 1822; 7 children, 4 surviving her.

MARGIE R. WHITLEY, nee Harmon, born in 1840; died Nov. 11, 1890, typhoid fever; married Rufus D. Whitley in 1867; 4 sons.

MARIA ANNIE OLIPHANT daughter of Snoden and Nancy Maddox, born Rockingham Co., Va., Feb. 23, 1819; died Pottsboro, Texas, Dec. 22, 1890 in residence of brother, Dr. S. C. Maddox.

FLOY WORD PAYNE daughter of William and Gertrude Payne born Oct. 26, 1885; died Trenton, Ky., Dec. 28, 1890.

MARY L. SHORT born Feb. 4, 1830; married William Short, Oct. 18, 1859; died near Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 9, 1890.

 

January 24, 1891

Rev. MARTIN EADDY died January 12, 1891.

AMELIA TOWNSEND McTYElRE born Mobile, Ala., Nov. 12, 1827; married Holland N. McTyeire, a Methodist Bishop, Nov. 9, 1847; died Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 14, 1891. [Resolutions of Respect by the Ladies' Furnishing Society, West End Methodist Church, Nashville, Tenn., dated Feb. 3, 1891, for Mrs. McTyeire appear in the February 14, 1891 issue.)

NANCY MALHENIN McWHIRTER daughter of Samuel Baird of N.C. who moved to Tenn. in 1783. She was born July 1, 1796; died Clarksville, Tenn., Dec. 6, 1890; married (1) Robert Seat, January 1820; 1 son, S. B. Seat, and a daughter who died young; (2) George F. McWhirter, August 2, 1827; 3 sons, 3 daughters, of whom only A. J. and F. P. McWhirter survived her.

NANCY BENNAULT, nee Holliday, widow of James C. Bennault, died Macon Co., Tenn., Nov. 3, 1890.

Dr. A. G. V. DONEY son of Londen Doney and Nancy (Jernigan) Doney, born in Ga.; graduate, medical school, Augusta, Ga., 1858 and moved to Texas in 1859; a surgeon in Walker's Confederate forces; married (1) a daughter of Rev. Dr. Stephen G. Cotton (she died in 1863, no children); (2) Emma Lacy; 5 children; moved to Hopkins Co., Ky. in 1862 where he practiced medicine after the war; died Dec. 27, 1890; burial in Sulphur Springs Cemetery.

Dr. ALTON PICKETT HILL son of Dr. Jesse and Josie Hill, born Warren Co., Tenn., Nov. 10, 1869; died McMinnville, Tenn., October 31, 1890.

MARGARET McCRARY DUNN born Fayette Co., Tenn., Oct. 14, 1838; moved to Ark. in youth; married (1) J. H. Thomas, Oct. 31, 1859; (2) M. McCrary, Collierville, Tenn.

WILLIAM WEATHERFORD born Caswell Co., N.C., Feb. 23, 1806; died Montgomery Co., Tenn., Nov. 26, 1890; married Frances Hooper; children preceding him in death were Logan, Leroy and Robert Weatherford.

LOVICK JONES son of James T. and Sarah J. Jones, born near Newbern, N.C., April 7, 1825; married Mattie D. Hunter, June 9, 1846; moved to Haywood Co., Tenn. in 1849 where he died July 22, 1890; active Methodist layman.

 

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WILLIAM S. FOSTER born Sumner Co., Tenn., April 26, 1808; married Nancy Lynn, Aug. 2, 1827; joined Methodist Church in 1836; died in residence of daughter, Mrs. J. M. Shivers, Nov. 6, 1890.

Tribute of Respect for Mrs. ELIZA WASSON born Nov. 3, 1834; married J. F. Wasson, Oct. 23, 1855; died Aug. 12, 1890; by a Sunday School committee; undated.

ANN SHULER born Orangeburg Co., S.C., Feb. 3, 1816; married James T. Tast, Mar. 2, 1849; moved to Weakley Co., Tenn. in 1874 and died Aug. 17, 1890; 3 daughters, 1 son.

 

January 31, 1891

MARIA ANGELINE JENKINS born Macon Co., Tenn., March 11, 1847; married J. K. Carr, Feb. 13, 1868; 3 children; moved to Butler Co., Kansas 12 years ago; died January 5, 1891.

MARGARET EASON, nee Dixson, born July 18, 1833; died Montezuma, Tenn., Oct. 20, 1890; married Joseph Easton, Oct. 1, 1857.

Rev. MARTIN D. CATO born Caldwell Co., Ky., June 8, 1819; died Oct. 29, 1890 (burial in Ft. Smith, Ark. cemetery); married Miss Ashly (died May 1890) in Feb. 1847; licensed to preach in Methodist Church in 1871.

OLIVIA HARBERT wife of J. A. Harbert, died Eagle Lake, Texas, Jan. 2, 1891.

MARY A. WILLIAMS, nee Ryans, born in Va., Feb. 15, 1813; moved with parents to Wilson Co., Tenn died Oct. 28, 1890; married Jonathan Williams, Aug. 18, 1841; 7 children.

RICHARD C. SIMSON son of Dr. Thomas and Nannie B. Simson born Adair Co., Ky., Oct. 18, 1888; died Dec. 8, 1890.

SARAH ANNE WALKER daughter of George and Judith Currie, Brownsville, Tenn., born June 25, 1831; married I. J. Walker, May 3, 1854; died Dec. 26, 1890. Cumberland Presbyterian.

M. W. MITCHELL son of John and Mary Mitchell, born Sumner Co., Tenn., July 1, 1845; married Sarah Armstrong, Aug. l5, 1859; 3 children; died Nov. 11, 1890.

JULIA PERMELIA CROFT daughter of John L. and Carity [possibly, Charity?] Shore, born April 22, 1842, Forsyth Co., Ga.; married the Rev. A. W. Croft, Jan. 2, 1873; died Dec. 16, 1890.

Miss CAROLINE CROWE born Hopkins Co., Ky., April 8, 1834; died Oct. 27, 1890.

DANIEL A. TOWNSEN born Dinwiddie Co., Va.; moved to Hopkins Co., Ky. in 1883 and died there in November 1890.

 

February 7, 1891

DAISEY MYRTLE JOHNS, nee Sage, born Rutherford Co., Tenn., May 4, 1868; married G. R. Johns, Dec. 16, 1885; 2 children; died Nov. 22, 1890.

MAMIE E. THOMPSON wife of J. H. Thompson died Sept. 30, 1890.

MARY ELLEN LEWIS daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Lewis born Sept. 30, 1861; died Sept. 1, 1890; two brothers, John and Robert Lewis, mentioned.

Tribute of Respect for JAMES W. LEWIS born April 30, 1860; died Saltillo, Tenn., July 8, 1883; son of Robert A. and Elizabeth Lewis; the eldest of 3 sons and 1 daughter; his father died when he was young; by the Saltillo Methodist Sunday School; undated.

MARY D. BLAKEMORE daughter of James and Susan Adams, born Halifax Co., Va., Nov. 10, 1838; married James H. Blakemore, Nov. 14, 1854; died Weakley Co., Tenn., Jan. 18, 1889; 16 children, 10 surviving her.

M. A. MAJORS, nee Findley, born Blount Co., Ala., Sept. 18, 1857; married G. C. Majors in 1874 and moved to Texas in 1876; died near Duffau, Texas, Dec. 27, 1890; 3 children.

 

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MARY B. HOLLOWAY, nee Owen, born Halifax Co., Va., Dec. 23, 1811; died Haywood Co., Tenn., Nov. 18, 1890; married (1) George Irvin, 1831; (2) Crowder Holloway, 1833; she had 2 sons, 3 daughters.

MELLIE daughter of J. W. and Ella ARASMITH born Oct. 27, 1880; died Sept. 28, 1890.

ELISHA TURPIN born Sumner Co., Tenn., Sept. 9, 1808; married Sarah Harrison, Jan. 30, 1839; joined Methodist Church in 1849; died Sumner Co., Tenn., Oct. 20, 1890.

LILIAN HICKS daughter of Joseph O. and Margaret S. Hicks, born Williamson Co., Tenn., May 21, 1873; died Jan. 4, 1891.

ELIZABETH PENN daughter of James and Rebecca White, born near Greensboro, Ga. and died in Auburn, Ala., Nov. 12, 1890 aged 77 years; married T. L. Penn, June 16, 1831 and moved to Cusseta, Ala. in 1838.

Tribute of Respect for Miss LIZZIE McHENRY who died recently; by Haynes Chapel Methodist Sunday School; undated.

 

February 14, 1891

Rev. RICHARD E. GRAVES, retired Methodist preacher, Memphis Methodist Conference, died Weakley Co., Tenn., Nov. 14, 1890; born in Va., April 16, 1819; entered Methodist ministry; ordained deacon Oct. 15, 1853; ordained elder Sept. 19, 1858; during the Civil War he mercantiled in Nashville, Tenn. but later moved to Weakley County; married America Wagert; no children.

PETER THOMAS born Henrico Co., Va., January 10, 1812; died Nov. 15, 1890; moved to Ohio Co., Ky. in 1827; married (1) Martha B. Ballentine (died May 14, 1840), near Nashville, Tenn., July 23, 1834; (2) Fannie H. Peyton (died August 1869), Dec. 23, 1840; a son, the Rev. V. P. Thomas, Louisville Methodist Conference; (3) Nellie T. Fitzhugh, Nov. 1, 1871; became resident of Bowling Green, Ky. in 1846.

WILLIAM C. McHANEY born Pittsylvania Co., Va., Nov. 27, 1818; moved to Henderson Co., Tenn. in 1834 where he died Dec. 17, 1890; married Louisa Henry in 1841; 7 surviving children; a successful businessman.

JOHN ANDREW WILSON born in Maryland, April 28, 1842; died near Franklin, Tenn., Jan. 2, 1891; moved with parents to Nashville, Tenn.; married Ophelia L. Turner, Mar. 22, 1865; 3 children.

HUGH PERRY son of A. M. and Addie DIXON died Brownsville, Tenn., Dec. 21, 1890 aged 9 years.

ALICE RODROON; her remains were buried January 7, 1891 at Trinity; left widower and 1 son.

REBECCA FRANCES INGRAM, nee Williams, born June 18, 1855; married James Ingram, Oct. 28, 1879; 3 children; died Lebanon, Tenn., Nov. 15, 1890.

LIZZIE A. HOSKINS, aged 50 years, died Brookhaven, Miss., Nov. 30, 1890; wife of Capt. James A. Hoskins; 13 children, 12 surviving her.

ANNIE BIVENS born June 23, 1860; died Jan. 5, 1891; member of West Jackson (Tenn.) Methodist Church.

SELEMA CLARK born in 1822; died Jan. 11, 1891; burial in Trinity Churchyard.

FANNIE G. HALL daughter of Thomas Chappell, born June 15, 1848; died Town Creek, Ala., Jan. 17, 1891; married J. P. Hall, Dec. 21, 187; 2 children.

GEORGE COOK infant son of J. W. and M. J. Cook born Sept. 2, 1889; died January 4, 1891.

 

February 21, 1891

Rev. J. C. POYNER, local elder in Methodist Church, Cottage Grove, Tenn., died Feb. 7, 1891. [See obituary, February 28, 1891 issue]

ELIZABETH CULLOM McHENRY daughter of Judge James W. and L. H. McHenry, died Nash., Jan. 9, 1891

 

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THOMAS J. TROWELL born July 13, 1840; married Fannie T. Farrar, May 9, 1873; died Dec. 16, 1890; 3 sons, 1 daughter.

F. M. LUTES born Nelson Co., Ky., Dec. 27, 1826; a teacher; married Sallie J. Hummel, May 27, 1874; died Dec. 31, 1890.

MERTIE EUGENIA BLANTON daughter of the Rev. James O. and Bettie Blanton, born July 5, 1874; died May 22, 1890.

MARY V. DEAREN born Green Co., Ky., Mar. 4, 1808; died Jan. 25, 1891; married Richard Dearen in 1837; 5 children, 3 surviving her.

Dr. W. G. COMMONS born Oct. 15, 1823; married Mary M. Boon, Nov. 5, 1845; died Boonville, Tenn., Jan. 19, 1891.

BESSIE LEE daughter of S. L. and Fannie CASEY, born Sept. 8, 1880; died Smith's Grove, Ky., Dec. 8, 1890.

FANNIE IKARD daughter of Dr. William Moore, Franklin Co., Tenn., born July 9, 1862; married Joe S. Ikard, July 25, 1881; 2 daughters; died August 3, 1889.

LOU WALTON daughter of Dr. Alva D. and Rebecca Cage, born Montgomery Co., Tenn., May 12, 1833; died near place of her birth, Nov. 17, 1890; married Dr. Isaac B. Walton, June 12, 1849.

EVIE RAIFORD STEGER wife of Gus Steger, daughter of Prof. John J. Steger, born Marshall Co., Miss., May 16, 1859; died Moscow, Tenn., Jan. 6, 1891; married Dec. 26, 1876; 2 daughters, aged 12 and 5 years old.

LOUISE MARTIN BEALL, nee Rind, born New Orleans, La., Dec. 12, 1835; died Crystal Springs, Miss., January 25, 1891.

MARIA GIBSON born in Ala., Feb. 21, 1820; moved to Hill Co., Texas about 4 years ago; died Jan. 29, 1891.

SALLIE COX wife of B. Cox, died Dyer Co., Tenn., Jan. 17, 1891; 3 children.

AMANDA McCARTY, nee Golbraith, born Hawkins Co., Tenn., Dec. 4, 1825; died near place of her birth, Dec. 20, 1890; married Absalom T. McCarty, Aug. 15, 1850; 1 son, 2 daughters, 1 surviving her.

MARY MICHEL TATE born in 1833; died Jan. 19, 1891.

ANNIE MAY infant daughter of the Rev. J. C. and Elizabeth STEVENS born May 23, 1890; died Jan. 16, 1891.

KITTIE LOCK born Oct. 28, 1858; died Jan. 19, 1891; married William Lock, Oct. 8, 1879; 3 children.

RACHEL M. DUNCAN wife of the Rev. David Duncan, died Dec. 29, 1890; burial in Talladega, Ala.; born Union Dist., S.C., Aug. 11, 1815; married Dec. 3, 1835; "when young she was a charming singer."'

ELMER FLY, only child of J. T. and E. Fly born Sept. 19, 1890; died Jan. 18, 1891.

Mrs. MARY S. BAIRD born Nov. 14, 1828; died Jan. 1891; 1 son.

W. H. MOSS born Oct. 8, 1825; married (2) Sarah J. Price (died June 2, 1882), May 21, 1851; (2) Rachel A. Jones, Mar. 14, 1883; died Nov. 5, 1890, Hickman Co., Ky.

CHARLES H. CAMERON born Jan. 19, 1851; married Anna J. Knox, Nov. 27, 1879; died Giles Co., Tenn., January 7, 1891.

LILLIE MOORE daughter of Howel T. and Gracie Moore, near Brownsville, Tenn., born May 16, 1874; died Dec. 7, 1891.

MARY KATIE CAVENER, aged 9 years, 6 months and 6 days, daughter of George G. and Nancy J. Montgomery, died Dec. 29, 1890; left husband and parents; burial in Hope Cemetery.

 

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ISAAC DOUGLAS FRANKLIN, fourth son of Dr. J. H. Franklin, Sumner Co., Tenn., died Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 22, 1890; burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.

SUSANNA MURRELL, nee Naylor, born Adair Co., Ky., Feb. 4, 1818; died Dec. 11, 1890.

MOSES J. CHAPIN born Alleghany Co., N. Y., Nov. 10, 1830; died Sherman, Texas, Oct. 27, 1890.

LAWRENCE T. MARTIN son of B. E. and Dora B. Martin, born Jan. 20, 1886; died Jan. 9, 1891.

MINNIE HEARN GILLESPIE wife of William Gillespie, daughter of Granville Hearn, died Franklin, Tenn., Jan. 31, 1891 in her 25th year of age.

ORMAN BYRON TAYLOR son of Samuel and Lee (Orman) Taylor, born Lincoln Co., Tenn., April 29, 1861; died near Howell, Tenn., Sept. 28, 1890; married Fannie Long in 1885.

ELIZABETH BARTLETT daughter of John and Jane Radford born Marshall Co., Tenn., Oct. 12, 1812; married Cyrus H. Bartlett, Wilson Co., Tenn. in 1829; died Oct. 1, 1890.

THOMAS EDWARD MARSHALL oldest son of Junius L. and Artimissa Marshall born Breckinridge Co., Ky., Jan. 8, 1869; died Dec. 28, 1890.

JOHN HENRY RAGSDALE born Granville Co., N.C., Feb. 4, 1805; died Palestine, Texas, Nov. 1, 1890 in residence of son, Thomas Ragsdale; moved to Tenn. in 1835 and to Texas in 1857; twice married.

 

February 28, 1891

MARY HOLTON KENNER born Mar. 10, 1821; died Nov. 1, 1890; married L. W. Kenner, June 20, 1837; 3 sons, 6 daughters.

ROBERT ANDREW RAIFORD youngest son of Robert Raiford, born Marshall Co., Miss., 1855; died Panola Co. Miss., Dec. 29, 1890; married Cora L., daughter of Alfred Canon in 1877; 3 children; one daughter, Octa, died 3 months before his death.

THOMAS H. BLEDSO born in N.C., April 8, 1807; died Dec. 22, 1890; moved to Tenn. in 1818.

ANN E. FLY, nee Champion, wife of J. M. Fly, born March 1, 1854; died near Nolensville, Tenn., Jan. 6, 1891; 1 son, 2 daughters.

MARGARET A. WEST daughter of J. F. and Lucinda Hooks, born Stewart Co., Tenn., June 22, 1832; married Dr. W. A. West, Oct. 16, 1851; died Indian Mound, Tenn., Jan. 23, 1891.

SETH T. MARTIN born Tishomingo Co., Miss., Nov. 11, 1853; married M. B. Ward, Dec. 1874 and moved to Texas with her father, the Rev. Moses L. Martin; she died Jan. 12, 1883; he married Mattie B. Martin, Sept. 6, 1883; had 6 surviving children. He died Feb. 1, 1891.

MARY CAGE DOUGLASS wife of T. Frank Douglass, wife of Dr. John F. Cage, Sumner Co., Tenn., born Sept. 1, 1844; died east Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 27, 1890; 3 daughters, 2 sons.

GEORGIA WARD ALLEN daughter of E. H. and A. A. Allen, died Jan. 4, 1891, Jefferson Co., Ky.

MISSOURI E. TURNER, nee Nichols, wife of F. Y. Turner, aged 49 years died July 2, 1890.

MINERVA A. HOLT, nee Abell, born April 19, 1836; died Jan. 16, 1891; married (1) James Doran, 1866; (2) A. J. Holt, Sept. 28, 1878; no children but reared 12 orphan children.

MARY PASCHAL infant daughter of Sam and Jennie Mullens, Triune, Tenn., died Dec. 31, 1890 aged 6 months.

MARY DINWIDDIE born Allen Co., Ky., 1814; married the Rev. William Dinwiddie (died 1872); 10 children, 8 surviving her; she died Feb. 3, 1891. One son was the Rev. A. G. Dinwiddie, St. Joseph, Missouri.

DAVID WILLIAM GRAHAM son of Dr. J. T. and Leona Graham, born Lincoln Co., Tenn., July 14, 1888; died February 7, 1891.

 

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MIRANDA BAILEY daughter of the Rev. David and Nancy Hodges, born Giles Co., Tenn., Oct. 6, 1815; moved at age 6 years to Franklin Co., Ala.; married (1) Jeremiah T. Talbert at age 18 years; 3 children; (2) M. Bailey; died Tishomingo Co., Miss., Dec. 3, 1890.

PRUDIE HENRY wife of John T. Henry died Jan. 11, 1891 aged 38 years.

DAVID JUSTICE born June 3, 1817; Methodist preacher; died recently.

J. W. BROWN born Aug. 8, 187l; died Jan. 29, 1891.

J. B. SUTTON died Montgomery Co., Ala., Jan. 10, 1891 aged 24 years, 9 months and 20 days old; oldest son of Dr. C. P. and M. C. Sutton.

J. L. THROGMORTON died Dec. 6, 1890 aged about 45 years; youth spent in Weakley Co., Tenn.; moved to Arkansas in 1889.

MARVIN W. BISHOP son of M. W. and Dixie Bishop born May 5, 1889; died Jan. 27, 1891.

HENRY BLACKWOOD born Franklin Co., Tenn., Aug. 22, 1824; died Jan. 24, 1891; pneumonia.

Rev. J. W. JOHNSON born near Tuscumbia, Ala., Sept. 28, 1825; moved to Miss. in 1842; joined Methodist Church in 1843; married Margaret C. Davis in 1855; Methodist preacher and teacher; died near Paris, Tenn., August 22, 1890.

DANIE HASKELL nee Hardin, born April 27, 1874; died Jan. 21, 1891; married Stephen Haskell in 1888.

Mrs. MARGARET MIZELL born in Ga., June 8, 1818; died Ellis Co., Texas, January 25, 1891.

C. S. INGRAHAM born Providence, Rhode Island, May 1, 1813; moved to Ky., then to Mo., then to Texas in 1854 where he died Jan. 23, 1891.

WILLIAM L. TUCKER died Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jan. 20, 1891 aged 81 years.

MAGARET ZANO WILLIAMS born White Plains, Ala., Feb. 2, 1846; married Emory T. Williams, Dec. 14, 1871; died Jan. 23, 1891. Sister of the Rev. T. A. Kerr, No. Ala. Methodist Conference.

SARAH ANN WHITSON, born near Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jan. 23, 1823; daughter of William and Martha Freeman; married John Whitson; 12 children; died Greenville, Miss., Feb. 5, 1891.

MARY MOORE wife of W. B. Moore born in N.C., Feb. 22, 1817; died Haywood Co., Tenn., Dec. 29, 1890.

MARTIN L. HORMAN born Dec. 15, 1833; died Jan. 26, 1891; his wife, Harriet N. Hormon, nee Stingley, born Aug. 19, 1832; died Dec. 1, 1890. He was a farmer-merchant.

Rev. J. C. POYNER born Humphreys Co., Tenn., Mar. 29, 1822; licensed to preach in Methodist Church in 1853; ordained deacon Nov. 1858; ordained elder in Nov. 1866; local Methodist preacher; married (1) Mary J. Luter (died July 1, 1882), July 22, 1845; (2) Mrs. Mary Jane Wilson, Oct. 31, 1883. He had 9 children, 4 surviving him. Died Cottage Grove, Tenn., Feb. 7, 1891 from a stroke.

FANNIE F. BURROW, nee Wright, born July 29, 1839, Giles Co., Tenn.; married Dr. J. Burrow, Oct. 4, 1860; died Dec. 29, 1890.

FRANK McKENNA died Feb. 2, 1891 aged 7 months and 11 days old.

 

March 7, 1891

MAMIE H. CONNERLY daughter of S. S. Stanton, wife of J. A. Connerly, born 1866; died Dec. 15, 1890; one child. Presbyterian.

MARTHA MOORE wife of Alexander Harbison born Anson Co., N.C.; orphaned in youth; married in 1844 and moved with husband and 3 children to Williamson Co., Tenn. in 1854 where she died Feb. 13, 1891.

 

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DOVE MAY KENDRICK wife of John H. Kendrick, daughter of Capt. R. M. May, died Jackson, Tenn., Dec. 16, 1890.

Mrs. REUBEN HARRELL died Rutherford Co., Tenn., January 19, 1891.

LOTTIE FRANCES infant daughter of J. G. Futrel born July 23, 1890; died Feb. 5, 1891.

ANNIE HORTON HANSON daughter of J. D. and Sallie (Short) Hanson, born Sept. 4, 1884; died Sardis, Miss., Jan. 20, 1891.

ELIZABETH WISE, nee Armstrong, born Sumner Co., Tenn., June 9, 1804; married J. H. Wise, March 25, 1819; joined Methodist Church in 1830; died March 30, 1890.

CAROLINE FULGHUM died Pegram Station, Tenn., Feb. 7, 1891 in the 70 year of her age; daughter of Thomas and Sallie Feribee; married Benjamin Fulghum; 4 daughters.

JANE DALE born Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. 3, 1821; moved to Texas; married E. V. Dale, Aug. 1855; joined Methodist Church in 1858; died Dec. 14, 1890.

JOHN W. JONES born March 1, 1834; died Feb. 4, 1891, Sumner Co., Tenn.; married (1) Sarah C. Journegan, 1864; (2) Martha J. Barnes, 1875. He had 8 children.

ELIZABETH P. WIGGINS nee Mathis, wife of James E. Wiggins, born Sept. 20, 1852; married Jan. 12, 1869; died Jan. 21, 1891. Graves Co., Ky.

Miss MARY HAWKINS, aged 56 years, died Lincoln Co., Tenn., Feb. 9, 1891.

Mrs. Dr. BROCK died Jan. 13, 1891 aged 35 years; wife of Dr. B. B. Brock.

ROBERT son of Baxter and Jennie MACBEE died February 5, 1891.

ALONZO LEE son of I. A. and Docia HUNTER born Sept. 16, 1889; died Feb. 11, 1891; his twin, Dale, surviving.

 

March 14. 1891

GEORGE W. HARLAN born Shelby Co., Ky., Sept. 28, 1823; as a youth of about 16 years came with parents to "near" Clifton, Mo. and lived there until 1857; married Susan A. Strite that year and settled near Otterville, Mo. where he died Jan. 13, 1891.

WILLIAM T. HUGHES born Feb. 25, 1825; married Mary Jane Henning, Aug. 19, 1846; died Jan. 29, 1891 his wife born July 12, 1829; died Jan. 30, 1891. "Together in life, in death they were not divided and both sleep in the same grave in the old family graveyard."

HIRAM RICHARDSON born Moore Co., N.C., Feb. 16, 1830; married Julia A. Young, Dec. 18, 1860; died Jan. 18, 1891; served two terms in the state legislature.

FOUNTAIN PITTS SEAR son of the Rev. S. B. and Mary Sear, born Jan. 15, 1846; died Williamson Co., Tenn., Dec. 16, 1890; active member of the Greenbrier Methodist Church.

URIEL JONES born Aug. 14, 1822; died Sumner Co., Tenn., Jan. 22, 1891; married Sarah J. Leddy, August 14, 18514 daughters, 3 sons.

Rev. GEORGE E. BUTLER died near Downey, California, Feb. 5, 1891; had served as a chaplain in the Confederate army and had lived in Arkansas before moving to California.

MATILDA L. WOMACK, nee Moxley, born Wilson Co., Tenn., Aug. 4, 1823; died Greer Co., Texas, Jan. 31, 1891; married Richard Womack, May 17, 1838 and moved to Benton Co., Ark. in 1855; 12 children.

SARAH C. DUNHAM widow of Joseph H. Dunham, born in N.C., April 24, 1824; died Grimes Co., Texas Jan. 26, 1891; married in Tenn. Dec. 12, 1848 and immediately "left" for Texas, settling off the Brazos River.

AMME S. G. MOORE born Dec. 20, 1822; died Feb. 19, 1891; married thrice; he had 3 daus., 5 sons.

 

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ISAAC MIZE born Logan Co., Ky., May 2, 1815; died Aug. 10, 1890; left widow and 6 children.

JOHN MARION CATHEY infant son of C. M. and M. C. Cathey, born June 13, 1890; died Feb. 11, 1891.

HATTIE BETHEL daughter of Bethel and Ada HOWARD, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., died Feb. 20, 1891 aged 17 months.

JAMES MADISON 2 year old son of Prof. J. E. DUNN died Avondale, Ala., Jan. 30, 1891.

 

March 21, 1891

GUS. McGAVROCK second son of John and Emily McGavrock born Davidson Co., Tenn., Sept. 27, 1858; christened as a child by his uncle, the Rev. John B. McFerrin; died Selma, Calif., Feb. 2, 1891; remains returned for burial in family cemetery lot in Gallatin, Tennessee where his brother, Ed A. soon joined him.

EDWIN A. McGAVROCK, third son of John and Emily McGavrock, born Davidson Co., Tenn., Aug. 22, 1860; baptized by his uncle, the Rev. John B. McFerrin; died Fresno, California, Feb. 11, 1891. "Tell mother I will meet her in heaven. I am not afraid to die. I am happy."

SAMUEL HARPER born Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 17, 1836; served in federal army; later lived in Louisville, Ky. where he died Feb. 18, 1891, a day after his 51st birthday; married in Pittsburg and left a widow and 2 daughters; burial in New Albany Cemetery.

JAMES C. ALSOBROOKS born March 9, 1828; died Lauderdale Co., Tenn., Dec. 8, 1889; married Mary E. Somerow, Sept. 12, 1849; farmer.

M. E. BRAMMER, nee Hunter, born Christian Co., Ky., Oct. 2, 1849; married A. S. Brammer, April 4, 1875; moved to "near" Pilot Grove, Texas in 1883 where she died Feb. 14, 1891.

MARY J. BARNETT daughter of Robert and Nancy Allison, born Gibson Co., Tenn., May 4, 1828; died Weakley Co., Tenn., Dec. 10, 1890; married David P. Barnett (died 1862), August 16, 1853; 4 children.

J. J. BASS son of Afrey and Charlotte Bass, born in N.C., Jan. 28, 1818; moved with parents to Franklin Co., Tenn.; moved to Tippah Co., Miss. in 1841; married (1) Louisa Claxton, 1842; (2) Eliza Cernada Mathis. 1856 (fourteen children); died near Corinth, Miss., Feb. 14, 1891.

JIMMIE LEE MASON born July 21, 1868; died Aug. 14, 1890.

Mrs. MARY E. FORD born March 9, 1863; died Red Banks, Miss., Sept. 10, 1890. Baptist.

MARY B. HOLCOMB, nee Richardson, born Goochland Co., Va., Aug. 19, 1808; died Union City, Tenn., Feb. 6, 1891; moved at age 5 years to Lynchburg, Va. where married Henry W. Holcomb (died 1865), Jan. 23, 1834; 6 children, 3 surviving her; moved to Hickman, Ky. in 1869; married Dr. W. W. Hall, Union City.

Mrs. GEORGE A. SMITH died near Florence, Ala., Jan. 26, 1891.

THOMAS B. SMITH born Feb. 15, 1823; died Feb. 8, 1891.

CHRISTOPHER THOMAS FOSTER born Sept. 17, 1836; Madison Co., Miss.; died Jan. 19, 1891; left widow and 5 children.

CATHERINE H. McMAHON wife of William V. McMahon, daughter of Walter and Mary Hill; granddaughter of the Rev. G. [Green] Hill of Williamson Co., Tenn.; born Rutherford Co., Tenn., Sept. 25, 1825; died April 21, 1890; 3 children.

NATHAN RUSSELL born Nov. 16, 1814, Logan Co., Ky.; died Robertson Co., Tenn., Dec. 20, 1890.

ALICE L. LEINBACH, nee Rush, wife of T. J. Leinbach, born New Madison, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1854; married Sept. 3, 1881; died Feb. 13, 1891.

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GIDEON B. FLOWERS born Hickman Co., Tenn., 1830; died Oct. 18, 1890; married (1) Sarah A Rhodes (died August 1859), June 16, 1852; 3 sons; (2) Mary E. Johnston, May 19, 1860. He had 7 children.

Rev. HARRISON A. GRAVES born in Ky., 1821; in early life moved to Williamson Co., Tenn.; licensed to preach in Methodist Church in 1840; preacher for many years; twice married; died Sequin, Texas, March 1, 1891.

JOHN HENRY NEWBILL born Lunenburg Co., Va., Jan. 10, 1800; married Mary Gigger (died March 10, 1874), Mecklenburg Co., Va., in 1830; died Giles Co., Tenn., Feb. 1, 1891.

JANNIE MARVIN "Daisy" BARBEE daughter of Dr. J. A. and Isabella Barbee, niece of J. D. Barbee of the Methodist Publishing House, born Lincoln Co., Tenn., May 7, 1875; died Hopkins Co., Texas, Jan. 29, 1891.

SARAH M. TAPSCOTT daughter of Rintchen B. and Nancy Johson, born Shelby Co., Illinois, July 18, 1842; moved at age 12 years with her mother to Paducah, Ky.; married (1) John Moss, St. Louis, 1858; (2) N. B. Tapscott, Dec. 4, 1864 (9 children, 7 surviving her); joined the Presbyterian Church in 1863; the Methodist Church in 1866; died Feb. 22, 1891.

MARY McSPADDEN wife of Frank M. McSpadden, born Eldorado Co., Col., Aug. 2, 1868; married April 9, 1890; died Chelsea, Indian Territory [Oklahoma], Feb. 25, 1891.

MARY ELNOR HELM daughter of William Helm died near Auburn, Ky., Oct. 29, 1890.

DANIEL BLANTON son of D. N. and Alice Blanton, born April 7, 1890; died Feb. 6, 1891.

AMANDA M. HUGHES widow of Colonel R. E. Hughes, Robertson Co., Tenn., died Jan. 18, 1891; born Aug. 28, 1813, Sumner Co., Tenn.; daughter of Alexander Oursler and Helen (Daugherty) Oursler who moved from Baltimore, Maryland to Robertson Co.; he was a surveyor; married March 1, 1832; 9 children, 6 surviving her.

JOHN SPENCER HART son of Henry and Judith Hart, born Robertson Co., Tenn., July 25, 1818; died near Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 15, 1891; married (1) Mrs. Martha Miller (died 1871), 1843; 3 children; (2) Sallie McGavrock, October 1873.

MARY JANE GORDON, nee Toft, born in Winchester, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1867; died Montgomery Co., Tenn., Feb. 22, 1891; one child aged about 15 months old.

LOUISA MITCHELL wife of W. M. Mitchell (Jan. 30, 1816-Jan. 16, 1891), born March 12, 1837; died Dickson Co., Tenn., Nov. 14, 1890; one son.

NORA ALICE daughter of A. J. and H. J. CLAXTON, born Feb. 8, 1889; died Nov. 26, 1890.

IDA COALSON, nee Lemons, born April 11, 1864; married J. B. Coalson, July 17, 1883; 5 children; died Feb. 13, 1891.

 

March 28, 1891

NANCY M. RAYNOR, nee McLellan, born Hancock Co., Ga., Sept. 1, 1810; moved with parents to Covington, Miss. in 1817 and to Holmes Co., Miss. in 1828 where on July 8, 1828 she married Thomas C. Raynor (born Dickson Co., Tenn., August 4, 1807; died Oct. 6, 1862), a Methodist preacher; 6 children.

MATTIE ALFORD, nee Burns, born Wayne Co., Tenn., Jan. 29, 1864; married J. B. Alford, Aug. 29, 1886; died Feb. 7, 1891.

DAVIDELLA G. LAKE oldest daughter of Colonel George S. Golliday, born Grenada, Miss., Aug. 21, 1842; died Feb. 6, 1891; married George Lake, Dec. 27, 1866; 1 daughter, 4 sons.

FRANCES HENDERSON MITCHELL daughter of Allen and Mary Avery, born Wilson Co., Tenn., Sept. 3, 1820; married G. G. Mitchell, Nov. 27, 1839; died Milan, Tenn., Feb. 18, 1891. Burial in Louisville, Ky. "She believed in her doctrines, walked in her precepts and rejoiced in her prosperity."

 

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DOCIA J. FOUST wife of E. T. Foust, born Humphreys Co., Tenn., May 31, 1859; died Henry Co., Tenn., Jan. 1, 1891.

HANNAH ETTA daughter of W. D. McPHERSON born Nov. 12, 1866; died Williamson Co., Tenn., Feb. 7, 1891; her mother died when she was 7 years old and she was reared by a stepmother.

HUGH BLACKWOOD born Franklin Co., Tenn., Aug. 22, 1824; died Jan. 24, 1891.

WILLIAM ALBERT MOORE son of W. J. and Elizabeth Moore, born near Lawrenceburg, Tenn., Nov. 20, 1871; died Dec. 18, 1889; burial in Mt. Ararat Cemetery.

J. R. LENSY born Henderson Co., Tenn., July 18, 1870; died Jan. 10, 1870.

BARBE ETTA GEORGE youngest daughter of T. F. and Roda George, born Sept. 22, 1858; died Pontotoc Co., Miss., Feb. 2, 1891.

MARY LEE ROMINES, nee Holford, born May 23, 1861; died Feb. 2, 1891; married Thomas J. Romines, Sept. 23, 1888.

 

April 4, 1891

LUCINIA A. HARRISON widow of William S. Harrison died Petersburg, Va., Sept. 10, 1890 in the 82nd year of age; daughter of Nathan Anderson, Chesterfield Co., Va.; moved to Petersburg in 1859.

Rev. A. B. JONES born Aug. 11, 1816; died McNairy Co., Tenn., Mar. 8, 1891; married Lucinda P. Scott, Nov. 1, 1838; licensed to preach in Methodist Church August 27, 1859; ordained deacon Nov. 17, 1867; ordained elder Nov. 24, 1872.

DAVID GARDNER born June 1819; moved to Gibson Co., Tenn.; married Martha A. Thomason in 1840; died March 3, 1891.

ALBERTA EGLANTINE "Birdie" ADAMS born Paducah, Ky., in 1875; died there, Feb. 13, 1891.

Tribute of Respect for J. W. HEWGLEY who died March 27, 1890; by Third Quarterly Conference [place not given]; undated.

ALBERT G. YARBROUGH son of Henry M. and Mary B. Yarbrough, born Dec. 21, 1837; married Anna S. Boon, Dec. 14, 1862; died Feb. 3, 1891.

L. B. SHIRLEY born Laurens Co. [Dist.], S.C., Aug. 13, 1820; moved with parents to Ala. in 1831; married (1) Martha Savage, Aug. 12, 1845; (2) Sophronia Anders in 1870; he had 1 son, 3 daus.

SALLIE M. THOMAS, nee Miller, born Bedford Co., Tenn., 1830; died Benton Co., Ark., March 11, 1891; married R. H. Thomas in 1867; a child, Mrs. Lula Black.

CECIL son of the Rev. James L. and Maggie Bowling, born July 8, 1887; died Feb. 17, 1891.

ANN GRIFFITH, nee Cropper, born Warrington, Lincolnshire, England, Jan. 1, 1812; died Columbia, Ky., Feb. 27, 1891; married David Griffith, Utica, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1834.

JOS. H. JONES born Sept. 27, 1815; died Giles Co., Tenn., Feb. 27, 1891; leaving widow, 4 sons, 4 daus

Mrs. ELIZABETH JONES born Green Co., Ky., May 20, 1815; married William Jones in 1833; died February 27, 1891.

JOHN HENRY ROGERS son of John Rogers born Oct. 23, 1858; died Hill Co., Texas, March 3, 1891; leaving widow, children.

CRAMPTON HARRIS WHITESIDE born now-Hamblen Co., Tenn., Nov. 15, 1862; died Morristown, Tenn., March 11, 1891; graduate, Vanderbilt University, 1876; lawyer.

GEORGE MINTER born near Whiteville, Tenn., Apr. 23, 1862; died there, Feb. 12, 1891; his father died in 1857 leaving a widow and 7 children.

SAMUEL J. WALLACE born Blount Co., Tenn., Feb. 15, 1836; died Prentiss Co., Miss. Feb. 12, 1891; left widow and 4 children.

W. R. ABERNATHY born Giles Co., Tenn., Jan. 12, 1855; died Oct. 24, 1890; married H. J. Rogers, Feb. 1, 1876.

 

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WILLIS JOEL SETTLE born in 1848, Lebanon, Tenn.; died Mar. 13, 1891; "over six feet tall and splendidly proportioned"; died in a fire March 13, 1891.

MATT L. SEXTON only child of Sallie Sexton, Nashville; died Mar. 10, 1891 aged 15 years, 5 months and 9 days old.

MARTHA A. PRATHER born Orange Co., N.C., Dec. 8, 1812; married James H. Atkinson, Nov. 25, 1836; 5 daughters, 3 sons (all daughters predeceased her); died Alameda Co., California, Feb. 5, 1891; two sons mentioned, James and Thomas.

SUE T. SPENCE wife of the Rev. J. M. Spence, Memphis Methodist Conference, born Haywood Co., Tenn., June 25, 1837; died Clinton, Ky., Oct. 1890; married (1) M. B. Hale (died 1878); (2) Spencer, November 11, 1881.

JAMES A. GEORGE born in N.C., Jan. 10, 1823; died Feb. 28, 1891; as a child moved to Lincoln Co., Tenn.; a poor orphan; married thrice; father of 12 children.

SARAH ANN MORROW born Cookstown, Ireland, June 20, 1815; died east Nashville, Tenn., in residence of son, Henry B. Morrow, Feb. 11, 1891; daughter of the Rev. William Gilliam, a Wesleyan preacher who came to the U. S. in 1834; married Rev. John Morrow (died 1871), 1836; 12 children; one mentioned being William H.

MARGARET JANE DIX only daughter of Wright and Nancy Barnes; born Sumner Co., Tenn.; died Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 21, 1891 in her 63rd year of age; married (1) John Q. Todd; 4 daus., 3 sons; (2) Capt. William Dix in 1875.

MARGARET J. COOK wife of J. W. Cook, born June 26, 1853; died Feb. 24, 1891.

 

April 11, 1891

Rev. JAMES ALEXANDER HENDERSON, MD, son of John A. and Eva (McCulloch) Henderson, born St. Louis, Mo., May 1828; died LaGrange, Ky., Jan. 29, 1891; orphaned young; Methodist preacher many years.

W. R. ROGERS, lawyer, Dayton, Washington, born Greene Co., Tenn., Feb. 26, 1857; died Mar. 8, 1891; moved to Butte Co., Col. in 1870; graduate, Greenville-Tusculum College, April 21, 1882; law, Vanderbilt University, May 29, 1884; moved to Dayton in 1885 and practiced law.

JOSEPH DAVIS born April 29, 1830; married Harriet Adcock, May 28, 1854; died Knox Co., Tenn., Feb. 4, 1891; mechanic.

Colonel S. H. RICKMAN born Jan. 29, 1805; died Trousdale Co., Tenn., Mar. 13, 1891; born and reared in house where he died.

LUELLA CATHEY daughter of George T. and Sarah Cathey, born Obion Co., Tenn. July 3, 1863; died near Rives, Tenn., March 23, 1891; married E. W. Stovall, Oct. 5, 1879; 2 sons.

Dr. J. R. HAWK born Wayne Co., Tenn., Sept. 26, 1833; died Freestone Co., Texas, Mar. 14, 1891; married (1) Huldie Barham; (2) Mrs. M. J. Roberts; moved to Freestone County in 1870.

JOSEPHINE WOOLLARD daughter of Charles and Mary Mitchell, born July 7, 1846; married S. M. Woollard in 1869; 7 children; died recently.

WILLIAM K. HARDIN born in Ga., Sept. 4, 1807 and moved to Hardin Co., Tenn. where he died April 20, 1889. His wife, SARAH O. HARDIN, born Feb. 9, 1822, died March 17, 1891; they were married December 10, 1838.

 

April 18, 1891

TALITHA E. E. daughter of R. W. and Martha L. RAY, born Hardin Co., Tenn., Oct. 8, 1853; married W. S. BURKS, Aug. 27, 1868; died Feb. 4, 1891; 6 children.

B. G. HILLIARD born Maury Co., Tenn., Nov. 23, 1819; married Ophelia Stanfield, 1847; 9 children; moved to Robertson Co., Tenn. in 1853; died in Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 4, 1891.

MARY A. DINNING born Sept. 19, 1825; married A. J. Dinning, Oct. 6, 1848; died March 11, 1891.

 

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SUSANNAH ELIZABETH VARNELL wife of Benjamin Varnell, sister of the Rev. H. T. Hudson, died Mocksville, N.C., March 11, 1891 aged 65 years, 6 months and 16 days old.

LONNIE BENTLEY born Calhoun Co., Miss., Oct. 10, 1859; died Bentley, Miss., Nov. 14, 1890.

MARY CORINNE SMITH daughter of Dr. Lawrence and Susan E. Smith born Nov. 21, 1867; died Cusseta, Ala., Feb. 28, 1891; graduate, Wesleyan Female College, 1885.

URIAH JACKSON born Stewart Co., Tenn., Aug. 24, 1823; married Margaret Clark, Aug. 6, 1845; moved from Humphreys Co., Tenn. to Texas in 1883; 2 sons, 3 daughters; died Buffalo Gap, Texas, December 9, 1890.

FINIS W. PERKINS born June 2, 1829; died March 8, 1891; burial in Blooming Grove Cemetery in Weakley Co., Tennessee.

ELIZA JONES WILLIAMS born Hartford Co., N.C., July 24, 1811; died McCracken Co., Ky., March 9, 1891; married John Wiggins; one son, John C. Wiggins, Paducah, Ky.; (2) Joseph G. Williams; 5 sons, 5 daughters.

MARTHA ANN VANCE, nee Cathey, born Haywood Co., Tenn., Mar. 13, 1844; died Feb. 25, 1891; married David Vance, Oct. 27, 1868; 7 children.

Miss MARY ANN McGLASSON, "Polly Ann", born July 1, 1827; died Cumberland Co., Ky., Mar. 12, 1891.

WILLIAM G. THOMAS born May 29, 1811; died Mar. 21, 1891; husband and father.

ELIZABETH KING aged 62 years died Lake Co., Tenn., March 14, 1891.

 

April 25, 1891

JAMES ABRAHAM FITZHUGH born Davidson Co., Tenn., April 24, 1845; died Nolensville, Tenn., Jan. 13, 1891; Confederate veteran; merchant.

ELIZABETH FRANCES BIGGS daughter of Otho and Lucy Wheat, born Adair Co., Ky., July 11, 1828; married the Rev. B. F. Biggs, July 4, 1849; died Hunt Co., Ky., Feb. 22, 1891; 8 children.

RACHEL WILLIAMS born Sept. 1815; died Feb. 12, 1891; married Steven Williams in 1833.

GEORGIE BUCK SEARIGHT died recently; void of biographical details; a panegyric only.

DOLLY SHAW born in N.C., Oct. 15, 1807; died Oct. 27, 1890.

MARGARET M. PERDUE born April 8, 1839; daughter of the Rev. Absalom Davis, Louisville Meth. Conference; married J. M. Perdue, Aug. 6, 1870; 4 daughters, 2 sons; died January 15, 1891.

CATHARINE JOYCE THOGMORTON, nee Mabry, wife of P. G. Thogmorton, born Henry Co., Tenn., May 21, 1862; married July 7, 1882; died Milan, Tenn., March 5, 1891.

Miss AVILLA W. MOORE born Haywood Co., Tenn., Nov. 15, 1825; died there, March 1, 1891; assisted her father, Howel T. Moore, to rear his other children.

MARY A. HALTOM daughter of N. P. and Martha J. Haltom born Chester Co., Tenn., May 15, 1871; died January 14, 1886.

MAGGIE DEAN daughter of Obe L. and Tabitha E. Grimes died Mar. 24, 1891 aged 1 year, 7 months and 12 days old; obituary submitted by "Aunt Sallie Kennedy."

 

May 2, 1891

Rev. WILLIAM MOORES born Smith Co., Tenn., Jan. 26, 1808; preached his first sermon, July 3, 1835; married (1) Juliet S. Hardwick, Virginia; (2) E. Maria Greening, Jan. 21, 1844; having served in the Ala. Meth. Conference he transferred to the Ark. Conference in 1846; moved to California in 1870; died there, January 3, 1891.

JAMES W. COOPER, aged 27 years, died near Batesville, Miss., March 17, 1871.

JOHN A. GOFORTH born Hawkins Co., Tenn., Aug. 27, 1863; killed Feb. 15, 1891.

HOWELL BRANCH born April 21, 1818; died March 3, 1891. Crockett Co., Tennessee.

 

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ELIZABETH TUCKER wife of the Hon. E. J. Tucker, Somerville, Tenn., daughter of Colonel S. R. and L. A. Spight, Ripley, Miss.; born Haywood Co., Tenn., Feb. 7, 1836; died Somerville, March 17, 1891; married (1) B. F. Crittenden, March 29, 1861; (2) Tucker, Oct. 17, 1869; burial in Ripley, Miss.

HANNAH CRAGG LITHGOW wife of Hon. J. S. Lithgow, Louisville, Ky., died March 28, 1891 in her 77th year of age.

LAURA JENNINGS wife of J. B. Jennings, born April 26, 1848; died Mar. 26, 1891; daughter of Dr H. N. and Lydia Jackson, Crockett Co., Tenn.

MARGARET LEVERETT widow of Johnson P. Leverett, died Aug. 29, 1890; married Feb. 14, 1832; moved from Jefferson Co., Tenn. to Miss., then to Texas, where last 35 years of her life were spent.

 

May 9, 1891

MARIA R. PORTWOOD wife of Zebulon Portwood, Attala Co., Miss., died Aug. 21, 1890; daughter of John Brown; born in S.C., Jan. 9, 1811; married in 1841 and moved to Attala County in 1844; burial in Kosciusko Cemetery.

Miss EVELINA COVINGTON born Robertson Co., Tenn., Jan. 15, 1861; died Dec. 9, 1890.

JEFF LUTON born June 2, 1866; died of pneumonia, Feb. 19, 1891 at his grandfather, William Armstrong's residence in Cross Plains, Tenn.

MARTHA J. BELK, nee Allen, born Desha Co., Ark., June 4, 1856; moved with parents to Lawrence Co., Ark. in 1858; married G. W. Beck in 1874; 5 children, 2 surviving her; died Elm Springs, Ark., March 21, 1891.

MARY "Aunt Polly" ALLISON born Aug. 29, 1809; died April 7, 1891; married (1) V. F. Lentz, Jan. 8, 1835; (2) Robert Allison; she died 12 days after her husband's demise.

JAMES POLK son of G. L. and A. M. HULSEY, born Lincoln Co., Tenn., Jan. 17, 1891; died in residence of W. G. Hulsey, March 29, 1891.

HARLAN JEROME infant son of L. C. and J. E. WYATT died March 31, 1891.

EMILY HAMIL, nee Bunnell, born March 10, 1855; married Dr. B. Hamil, Nov. 4, 1885; died Hart Co. Ky., March 24, 1891; orphaned she was reared by her uncle, C. J. Walton, Louisville, Ky.

Mrs. SALLIE E. BYRNES, nee Gwynn, born Jan. 4, 1861; died Dec. 30, 1890, 2 miles south of Adams, Tenn.

ATTIE WATSON PAYTON, 8 years old, died in residence of Dr. C. J. and M. E. Walton, Louisville Ky., of spinal meningitis, Jan. 26, 1891; reared by them after her mother's death in Dec. 1887.

Mrs. LYDIA A. HICKS born May 1, 1821; died Feb. 12, 1891.

JESSE F. WILLIAMSON born Rowan Co., N.C., Feb. 23, 1823; died Newbern, Tenn., April 24, 1890; married Sarah F. Williamson, Jan. 1, 1847; 4 daughters, 2 sons.

JOHN MILES BARNETT born in S.C., Nov. 23, 1809; moved to Madison Co., Tenn., Nov. 30, 1825, where he died April 1891 having fallen in his yard, "clearing away the leaves;" married thrice.

EMMA HULSEY daughter of W. J. and Sarah A. Hulsey, born Lincoln Co., Tenn., Sept. 17, 1873; died Sept. 20, 1890.

ELIZA ANN BOON, nee Bobbitt, born in N.C., 1814; moved to Madison Co., Tenn. in 1827, near Cotton Grove; died in residence of son-in-law, James M. Boon, Jackson, Tenn., Jan. 15, 1891; member of Hays Avenue Methodist Church.

E. T. RINEHART wrote that her mother [no name given] died in Anderson Co., Ky., April 14, 1891 aged 71 years; 3 children.

 

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ELLIE NORA TOMLINSON only child of Wyat R. and Nora Tomlinson, born July 11, 1889; died near Whitehaven, Tenn., Feb. 7, 1891.

 

May 16, 1891

ABRAHAM MAURY KINZER born in then-Maury Co., Tenn., Jan. 25, 1822; son of George and Elizabeth Kinzer; married Elizabeth Lusk, Nov. 4, 1844; 4 sons, 3 daughters; 5 children surviving him; located on his farm on Leiper's Creek between Water Valley and Williamsport; died April 3, 1891; active Methodist layman.

LESLIE LYLE son of Edgar and Annie Orgain, born Dec. 18, 1887; died Feb. 20, 1891.

CATHARINE M. EADS widow of the Rev. W. Riley Eads, born Aug. 1833; died Oct. 25, 1890.

DREWRY RAMBO born Lexington Co., S.C., May 9, 1824; died Bluffton, Ga., Jan. 9, 1891; married Regina de Graffenreid, Dec. 1845 who died in 1886.

FRANCES E. BLAKEMORE, nee Hufstetler, married the Rev. A. J. Blakemore, Aug. 25, 1875; died Harrisburg, Ark., Mar. 22, 1891; 3 children, one an infant.

ELIZABETH B. STORY daughter of Daniel Cameron, born Maury Co., Tenn., Oct. 3, 1813; married James Story, Mar. 25, 1830; died March 25, 1891.

MARTHA FLOYD born Oct. 17, 1831; died Mar. 12, 1891; married W. W. Floyd, Aug. 9, 1849.

JOHN BEN SHELTON, in his 47th year of age, died Rutherford Co., Tenn., Dec. 23, 1890.

Rev. BENJAMIN WATSON son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Watson, born Hyde Co., N.C., April 10, 1810; died Jefferson Co., Ark., Mar. 23, 1891; licensed to preach in Methodist Church in June 1831; transferred in 1841 to Memphis Methodist Conference; presiding elder of Paris District, 1842-1844; transferred to Ark. Methodist Conference in 1849; president of Saulsburg Institute, Batesville, Ark.; president of the female college, Tulip, Ark., Jan. 1855; took charge of Pleasant Ridge Academy, 1868-1872; he stated that he had delivered 7000 sermons in his long career.

ANGELINA BELLE OSBURN daughter of James N. Osburn, Nashville, Tenn., died Feb. 7, 1891 "a little more than thirty years of age."

ANNIE MARTIN born Sept. 11, 1811/12; died April 12, 1891.

ROBERT LINNS son of T. F. and N. B. McCORD born Feb. 2, 1884; died March 20, 1891.

NANCY LAYTON, member of Glenn's Chapel Methodist, died Oct. 11, 1890; 4 children.

HATTIE BENNETT wife of Ebb E. Bennett, daughter of R. H. and Tempie Vaughan, died, Jan. 12, 1891 aged 23 years; 1 daughter.

 

May 23, 1891

Mrs. T. W. TARPLEY died Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 24, 1891; widow of Thomas D. Tarpley; one child, Arthur B. Tarpley.

HALL JACOB son of George M. and Virginia E. CRESAP born Elizabethtown, Ky., June 9, 1870; died of typhoid fever, Feb. 15, 1891.

ELIZABETH BLANTON STORY, nee Cameron, born in 1813; married James Story, Mar. 25, 1829; died Mar. 25, 1891; 5 sons, 6 daughters.

W. F. PERKINS born Jan. 2, 1829; died Mar. 8, 1891.

CATHARINE FARRIS daughter of the Rev. Joseph and Elizabeth Smith, born Franklin Co., Tenn., Sept. 6, 1822; died Bedford Co., Tenn., Mar. 22, 1891; married S. K. Farris, Oct. 21, 1843; 11 children; 9 surviving her.

Rev. SOLOMON WALKER JONES born Granville Co., N.C., Oct. 18, 1820; married Mary B. Gooch, Dec. 1838; moved to Ky. in 1841; licensed to preach in Methodist Church July 20, 1855; a Methodist preacher for 36 years; died Madisonville, Ky., March 12, 1891.

 

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JACOB F. ENGLISH, native of Giles Co., Tenn., born March 6, 1844; son of Thomas and Susannah English; married Hattie Harrison, May 25, 1871; 4 children; died Williamson Co., Tenn., April 19, 1891.

M. A. E. SHAW daughter of K. D. and C. E. Rogers, born April 20, 1850; died March 6, 1891; 2 children

HUGH DAVISON born Jan. 29, 1887; died Mar. 15, 1891; son of W. T. and E. E. Davison; grandson of Mrs. H. J. Thompson.

RICHARD HENRY STEM born Feb. 11, 1822; died April 10, 1891; married Sallie Garrett, July 10 1839; died "suddenly, sitting in his chair"; a farmer.

LYDIA ADELINE PUTNAM, nee Reader, born Howard Co., Ark., Dec. 24, 1861; died in same county, April 3, 1891; married John T. Putnam, Jan. 8, 1878; 7 children, 5 surviving her.

LUCY McMURRAY daughter of the Rev. Shepherd and Eliza Duvall; married in 1888; died Hill Co., Texas, Mar. 9, 1891 aged 48 years, 6 months and 3 days old.

TOMMIE WILSON HIGHTOWER son of William E. and Lizzie Hightower, born Limestone Co., Ala. Dec. 1885; she died in Tenn., November 1890.

 

May 30, 1891

RISA H. HALL, nee Dismuke, born Barber Co., Ala., Jan. 1, 1854; moved with parents to Texas in 1856; married the Rev. Dr. T. H. Hall, May 20, 1871; 10 children, 8 surviving her; died April 5, 1891.

ANNA TURRENTINE, nee Thompson, born in N.C., Jan. 26, 1799; married the Rev. Daniel Turrentine (died 1833) 74 years ago and moved to Shelbyville, Tenn.; lived awhile with her mother, Elizabeth Thompson off Duck River; then moved to Davidson Co.; mentioned were a son, the Rev. A. D. Turrentine and several daughters [not by name].

LUCINDA MALORY daughter of John and Sarah Malory born Williamson Co., Tenn., Jan. 10, 1813; died on the farm on which she had been born, April 16, 1891; joined Methodist Church on Sept. 9, 1873.

Tribute of Respect for the Rev. A. B. JONES who died Feb. 8, 1891; by Adamsville Masonic Lodge #338; undated.

ELIZABETH DUFF ADAMSON widow of Dr. Moses F. Adamson, Maysville, Ky.; her middle name was that of her grandfather, William Duff; daughter of William and Harriet Ingram; married in her 19th year of age; born April 7, 1825; died March 6, 1891; 6 sons and 2 daus. surviving

ROBERT MATHEWS died Dixon's Springs, Tenn., March 9, 1891 aged "14 summers"; youngest son of James Mathews.

JESSE T. ARMISTEAD born Feb. 13, 1839; died Jan. 4, 1891, Jackson Co., Tenn.; son of Fred and Sallie Armistead; married Louisa Cornwell, Smith Co., Tenn., in 1869; 10 children, one of them and their mother predeceased him.

JEMIMA BURROW born in 1814; died Mar. 16, 1891; married B. A. Burrow in her 19th year; 14 children, 7 surviving her.

M. W. JONES widow of Prof. Henry F. Jones born in NC.; died Aug. 12, 1890; moved to west Tenn.

JAMES H. TATE born Sept. 30, 1856; married Emma Jones, Dec. 12, 1875; joined Methodist Church Nov. 12, 1885; died April 13, 1891.

MARGARET LOY wife of B. F. Loy; daughter of Tolbert and Sarah Perkins, born Green Co., Ky., July 5, 1873; died April 2, 1891; no children.

MARY JANE BALTHORP born Davidson Co., Tenn., April 19, 1834; married E. F. Balthorp, Nov. 24, 1852; died March 24, 1891; 2 of her children predeceased her.

MARTHA McREYNOLDS, nee McRae, born in Va., Oct. 3, 1816; died Todd Co., Ky., Mar. 2, 1891; married Kenneth McRae, Dec. 16, 1840.

JANE ALLEN born Sept. 11, 1814; died March 7, 1891. A Baptist.

 

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June 6, 1891

T. G. HARGROVE born Montgomery Co., Tenn., April 29, 182l; married Susan Whitton, Dec. 7, 185l; died April 8, 1891; freemason.

WILLIE A. MILLER son of W. N. and S. M. Hessey, granddaughter of the Rev. John Hessey, dec.; local Methodist preacher; born Franklin Co., Tenn., Sept. 2, 1869; died Feb. 11, 1891.

Tribute of Respect for Mrs. ALICE McMURRY "our beloved sister and co-laborer" who died recently; by Ladies' Aid Society, Mt. Zion Methodist Church; undated.

HENRY JONES son of Hal J. and Addie Copeland, Birmingham, Ala., died recently.

SAMUEL MOORE FLETCHER born Buncombe Co., N.C., July 8, 1827; died Greer Co., Texas, April 19, 1891.; married Susan A. Byers, 1852; 14 children, 10 surviving him.

Mrs. SALLIE E. CHAMBERS born Aug. 16, 1857; died Mar. 15, 1891; joined Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 16, 1870; joined Methodist Church in September 1877.

ALEXANDER EDMISTON born Lincoln Co., Tenn., April 15, 1839; died New Market, Ala., Jan. 28, 1891; son-in-law of the Rev. J. L. Brown.

BETTIE C. RICE daughter of the Rev. Miles H. and Mary Christian, born Muhlenburg Co., Ky., July 5, 1851; married John F. Rice, Sept. 21, 1871; died Greenville, Ky., March 28, 1891; a wife and mother.

ELIZABETH T. MAYHEW daughter of William and Sarah Walker, born Allen Co., Ky., Oct. 20, 1833; died Franklin, Ky., April 11, 1891; married the Rev. W. W. Mayhew, Aug. 11, 1853. Simpson Co., Ky.

JAMES GOODNER ALLISON son of R. D. and L. D. Allison, born Alexandria, Tenn., June 22, 1860; died Anthony, Ky., April 22, 1891.

JOSEPH CARTER born Orange Co., N.C., Mar. 4, 1820; married Mary A. Carter, 1844; moved to Madison Co., Tenn. in 1867 and in a year, into Jackson, Tenn. where he died March 2, 1891; a member of Hays Avenue Methodist Church.

CALIE HUGO wife of O. G. Hugo, only daughter of J. N. and Martha W. Edgar, DeWitt Co., Texas, born Maury Co., Tenn., May 29, 1852; died Frio Co., Texas, Mar. 2, 1891 to which county she moved in 1883.

WILLIAM C. HOLLADAY, aged 27 years, died Smith Co., Tenn., March 11, 1891.

MYRTLE AGNES KELTON daughter of J. H. and Mary L. Kelton born Dec. 12, 1890; died Mar. 22, 1891.

 

June 13, 1891

Mrs. MARTHA STEWART born Dec. 3, 1817; died near Newsom Station, Tenn., March 14, 1891.

ELIZA S. RAMSEY born Wilson Co., Tenn., Sept. 31, 1809; married Wyatt Ramsey (died 1876), May 29, 1828; died Collierville, Tenn., April 23, 1891; 7 children, only a daughter surviving.

CATHERINE E. PAGE, nee Banks, born Jan. 25, 1828; died May 2, 1891; married William W. Page, Nov. 16, 1849.

VIRGINIA RUSH ANTHONY daughter of William and Mary Owen, born Williamson Co., Tenn., Oct. 9, 1857; died near Triune, Tenn., Feb. 10, 1891; married William F. Anthony, June 3, 1884; 2 children.

WALTER G. WALKER born Marshall Co., Ky., Jan. 16, 1867; son of Tal. and Ellen Walker; died Wilberger Co., Texas, Jan. 1, 1891.

MATTHIAS CHITWOOD born Rutherford Co., N.C., Jan. 7, 1799; died KeKalb Co., Ala., Feb. 28, 1891; married Nancy Wright, Jan. 22, 1824; 10 children, 8 surviving him.

MARTHA J. SNELL born Jan. 1, 1823; died Jan. 5, 1891; married R. D. Snell, Jan. 6, 1842; 8 children, 6 surviving her.

ROBERT GRIMES born Williamson Co., Tenn., Jan. 26, 1862; died near Nashville, April 29, 1891.

ERNEST CLARENCE BRITT infant son of E. H. and Nancy E. Britt, born June 5, 1890; died Feb. 13, 1891.

PHILENIA MILLER born "York State", Jan. 1, 1807; died May 4, 1891 in Spencer; a wife and mother.

LAURA WOOD daughter of Philip A. and Laura L. Wood, born Dec. 23, 1886; died Nov. 21, 1891.

E. S. WHITEMORE born near Union City, Tenn., Aug. 1, 1861; died March 29, 1891.

 

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ELIZA F. COLLIER wife of the Rev. W. J. Collier, Tennessee Methodist Conference, daughter of Major C. G. and Nancy W. Tucker; born May 13, 1853; married Oct. 5, 1873; died May 28, 1891.

HANNAH M. RUTLAND born Clinton, Tenn., March 29, 1815; died March 10, 1891; daughter of Hugh and Mary Shirly Barton; married (1) Edward P. Carloss; (2) John W. Rutland, 1861; a stepmother.

JOSEPH C. WIGGINS died Mar. 14, 1891 aged 30 years, 4 months and 18 days old.

MALA H. COLE daughter of James W. and Emma Cole, born Aug. 1888; died Feb. 1, 1891, congestion.

 

June 20, 1891

MARY ANN GRIFFIN daughter of William and Maria Eidson, born Hartford, Ky., April 25, 1833; died September 1890; married (1) Godfrey W. Taylor (died Feb. 1860), May 5, 1852; (2) Z. Wayne Griffin (died May 22, 1885), October 1867.

LELIA DUNAVANT, nee Haynes, died Oceola, Ark., March 22, 1891; married Dr. J. H. Dunavant, Feb. 26, 1890.

CORA E. DUKE wife of Jacob Duke, born Ohio Co., Ky., Mar. 28, 1858; died recently.

MYRTLE EMILY DENSLOW born Ogle Co., Ill., April 12, 1857; daughter of the Rev. E. H. Canfield; married Orson Denslow, Feb. 5, 1880; moved to Tenn.; died Feb. 3, 1891.

Rev. OLIVER P. MATHEWS born Lincoln Co., N.C., April 20, 1826; moved with parents to no. Ga.; married Sarah E. Jordan, Sept. 19, 1854 and moved to Marion Co., Ala. in 1857; licensed to preach in Methodist Church in 1875; ordained deacon in 1879; moved to Ark. in 1886 where he died Jan. 2, 1891; 4 sons, 5 daughters, all living; a freemason.

MINNIE GERTRUDE RUSHTON daughter of George W. and Sarah L. Rushton, born Maury Co., Tenn., July 17, 1872; died Santa Fe, Tenn., March 29, 1891.

LATITIA JANE BARRETT wife of the Rev. D. E. Barrett, born Ohio Co., Ky., Dec. 14, 1850; died Dec. 20, 1890.

WILLIE ANN PEYTON wife of William S. Peyton, died Rapidan, Va., Mar. 22, 1891 aged 78 years.

ROBERT TOM MOCKBEE infant son of Baxter W. and Jennie Mockbee, born Fayetteville, Tenn., May 22, 1840; died Feb. 5, 1891.

LULA LUCIUS BRETT born Aug. 11, 1886; died Feb. 20, 1888. EARNEST BRETT born June 5, 1890; died February 13, 1891. Siblings.

ELLIS W. WARD born Wythe Co., Va., Oct. 24, 1854; died Cherokee Co., Ala., May 1, 1891; graduate, Emory-Henry College, BA and MA; married Leila Sparks, Aug. 13, 1884; medical degree from Medical College, Baltimore, Maryland.

WOODWARD BELL MURPHY son of James W. and Kittke Murphy born near Springfield, Tenn., Oct. 20 1889; died March 7, 1891.

ALICE HILL wife of J. M. Hill, daughter of the Rev. Jeremiah and M. A. Williams, born near Capleville, Tenn., July 15, 1858; married June 18, 1890; died Feb. 24, 1891.

Rev. J. D. McCUTCHEON born July 14, 1842; died near Trenton, Tenn., March 2_, 1891; one of 6 brothers of whom 4 were preachers.

 

June 27, 1891

NANCY MARTIN, nee Leemon, born Yazoo City, Miss., July 3, 1832; married George W. Martin, April 17, 1849; died Madison Station, Ala., April 10, 1891; 8 children, 7 surviving her; died from injuries when a locomotive struck her.

WILLIAM ORMAND born Wilson Co., Tenn., Nov. 16, 1823; married (1) Susan Stark, July 28, 1847; 3 sons (dec.), 1 dau.; (2) Margaret A. Crunk, Aug. 9, 1866; 3 daus., 3 sons; died Mar. 4, 1891.

ALLA BOWERS born Oct. 26, 1832; died Dec. 10, 1890; widow.

Colonel JAMES TULL MAY died April 11, 1891 aged 75 years and 2 days.

THOMAS CANNON son of Edward and Nancy A. Cannon, born Breckinridge Co., Ky., Mar. 21, 1817; married Mrs. Martha B. Stith, daughter of Elijah O. Pulliam, Mar. 21, 1852; 5 sons, 3 daus.; died Feb. 13, 1891.

 

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MATTIE A. ELDRIGE, nee Verble, born Overton Co., Tenn., Jan. 1, 1858; died Mar. 8, 1891; left a widower and 2 children.

MARTHA ANNE KOGER, nee Westmoreland; born Sept. 6, 1803; married April 13, 1821; died Feb. 17, 1891; married William Koger, Lauderdale Co., Alabama.

MARTHA MARIA RHOTON daughter of Judge John F. and Elizabeth Jack, born Grainger Co., Tenn. July 13, 1810; died Morristown, Tenn., Dec. 17, 1890; married Dr. Josiah Rhoton in 1847, who was also a local Methodist preacher; a stepmother.

SUSIE EARL STOKES daughter of Martin and Olive Stokes, died Montgomery Co., Tenn., Oct. 25, 1890 aged 16 years.

SALLIE P. REEVES born Todd Co., Ky., July 27, 1848; died recently.

 

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