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BARNES, E. Bruce (d. 1953)

BARNES, E. Bruce (d. 1953)

Warren Native Dies At Home In Texas E. Bruce Barnes, native of Irving College community of Warren county, died at his home in Austin, Texas, April 11, following an extended illness.  Funeral services and burial took place there.  A son of Isaac and Susanna Hill Barnes, Mr. Barnes had resided in Texas over half a century. He was a practicing attorney and for a number of years was clerk of  the Texas Public Service Commission. He was the last surviving…

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BARNES, Martha Driver (d. 1953)

BARNES, Martha Driver (d. 1953)

Collision Fatal To Mrs. Barnes           A collision involving a pickup truck and a semi-trailer transport near Painesville, Ohio late Thursday afternoon claimed the life of a former resident of Warren county. Fatally injured in the collision was Mrs. Martha Driver Barnes, 54, widow of John T. Barnes. She had made her home in Painesville for the past two years.   According to information received here., Mrs. Barnes was riding in a pickup truck with her daughter-in-law, Mrs….

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Biography: ETTER, W. (Capt.)

Biography: ETTER, W. (Capt.)

Capt. W. Etter, merchant and farmer, was born near Irving College, Tenn., August 21, 1841, and is the son of H. R. and Jane Etter. The father, born in Hawkins County, Tenn., January 6, 1818, died January 6, 1880. He came to Warren County in 1887 and engaged in merchandising in connection with farming. He was successful although broken up by the war. The mother was born near Trenton, Ga., and died in Warren County, September 20, 1859. She was…

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AUSTIN, Thulia Shockley Grissom (d. 1953)

AUSTIN, Thulia Shockley Grissom (d. 1953)

Rites Tuesday For Mrs. Bob Austin, Aged Resident Mrs. Thulia Shockley Austin, pioneer resident of Van Buren county, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. Clay Brier, on Ben Lomand Drive in Westwood, Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. Mrs. Austin was 91 years, 7 months old. She had been ill for about two months. A native of Van Buren County, Mrs. Austin was born November 29, 1861. She was a daughter of Phillip Shockley and Bettie Rhodes Shockley…

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