A group of faculty and doctoral students in the Educational Leadership Department at ETSU (East Tennessee State University) are researching one-room schoolhouses in Tennessee. They are looking for anyone who can provide information about these schools, especially the Rock Hill … Continue reading →
MARRIED On the evening of the 3rd inst., at the residence of W.P. HAMILTON, by Rev. B.G. MANARD, Mr. Jos. A. GROSS and Miss Nannie L. ROSS. On Tuesday, the 1st inst., by Rev. H.B. SMITH, Mr. Jno. D. WRIGHT … Continue reading →
The following notice appeared in the 29 Jan 1878 issue of Bristol News regarding the death of Amos JAMES. He was a resident near Sprig Hill, Henry county, Tenn. He married first to Nancy C. WILSON, daughter of Wm. and … Continue reading →
Married – At the Thomas House in Bristol, Tenn., on the 11th inst., by Rev. P. ROHR, Mr. Samuel E. HACKNEY and Miss Alice VERMILLION, all of Russell county, Virginia. Source: Bristol News, 29 Jan 1878, pg. 3. Available via ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov.
Continue reading →The remains of Mrs. Margaret Lones HELMS, wife of John E. HELMS, editor of the Morristown Gazette, arrived yesterday morning from Morristown, where she died last Tuesday morning. A large circle of sympathizing friends were at the depot with hearse, … Continue reading →
DIED – On the 15th of Dec., 1877, 15 miles south of Greenville, Tenn., of pneumonia and dyptherie, Mr. R.S. WASHAM. Aged about 44 years. He was a brother of Mr. L.C. WASHAM, of this vicinity. Source: Bristol News, 8 … Continue reading →
The following article appeared in the 8 Jan 1878 issue of the Bristol News. It provides details of a self-accidental shooting of Peter VADEN, late of Montgomery County, VA. He was in the company of David TRANBARGER, Walter COOK. He … Continue reading →
Married – On the 18th day of December, 1877, at Maiden Spring, Tazewell county, Va., at the residence of the bride’s father, by H.S. BROWN, Mr. Alex H. GREEVER and Miss Jane M. BOWEN, daughter of Gen. R.T. BOWEN. Source: … Continue reading →