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Wilson & Haley Family

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(from the archived RCHC Web site) Submitted to The Rockwood Centennial book in 1968 (original source unidentified) Note:  No grammar editing was performed on the archived content when reposting it here. In 1804 Dr. John Cloud Haley and his family … Continue reading →

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Rockwood Mine’s Deadly Gas Explosion in 1926

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Click thumbnails to view larger images. Click the links below to view full articles free at Newspapers.com “Pa Didn’t Have a Chance” (Clarence Stevens’ son) “Fate Plays Its Cards” “Only Five in Explosion Saved” (from the archived TN News Project Web … Continue reading →

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Welcome to … Historic Rockwood

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(from Rockwood 2000 archived Web page) Rockwood was founded in 1868 as the property of the Roane Iron Company.  Prior to the Civil War, little iron was produced in Roane County.  The aftermath of the war left Tennessee in a … Continue reading →

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General John Thomas Wilder, Rockwood Founder

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(from Steven Schoenherr’s archived Web page, dated 2006) John T. Wilder, known as the “Friendly Carpetbagger” was the leader of the Lightning Brigade of Indiana and hero of the battle of Chickamauga in Sept. 1863 where he and his men … Continue reading →

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Richard Gilliam Dunlap, Attorney & Legislator

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(from Kenneth Dunlap‘s archived Web site and the Hugh Dunlap article at the archived RCHC Web site) “Tennesseans Turned Texans” Richard G. Dunlap was born in Knoxville, Territory South of the River Ohio 05 Sep 1796.  He was the first … Continue reading →

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James Fletcher Tarwater, Industrialist

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(from the archived RCHC Web Site) Note: minor edits were made to correct grammar errors. James Fletcher Tarwater was born in Dandridge, Tennessee, November 4, 1847, the son of Rev. William Tarwater, a Baptist Minister.  In 1863, he enlisted in … Continue reading →

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Miss Rebecca Sanborn, Educator

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(from the archived RCHC Web Site) Teacher in the Public Schools at Rockwood. Miss Rebecca Sanborn, who is principal of the overflow school at Rockwood, was born in Michigan in 1873, moving to Rockwood in ’82; graduating in the high … Continue reading →

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Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, Congressman

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(biography linked from the archived RCHC Web Site) Source: Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia, 2000 Rayburn, Sam (1882-1961), American politician, a Democrat, active in the United States House of Representatives for 25 consecutive terms. He was born Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn on … Continue reading →

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Franklin Davis Owings, Attorney & Postmaster

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(biography at the archived RCHC Web Site was incorrect) Source: Knoxville Journal & Tribune, 24 April 1898, page 17 F. D. Owings, A Prominent Attorney Who Stands at the Head of His Profession in Roane County Of the young sons … Continue reading →

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Sewell Howard, Industrialist

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(from the archived RCHC Web Site) Sewell Howard was born November 23, 1856, in Morgan County Tennessee, the son of Nathan and Christine Cook Howard.  He attended the public schools of Morgan County before moving to Rockwood with his parents … Continue reading →

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