Genealogica1 Abstracts from Reported Deaths
The Nashvi11e Christian Advocate 1850-1851

By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2003

JULY-DECEMBER 1850

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July 5 and July 12 issues not available

 

July 19, 1850

JAMES HAMILTON SMITH son of Rev. W. A. and Julia A. Smith; died June 16, 1850 aged 13 months and 3 days old [May 3, 1849].

DELLA CARGILL FLETCHER oldest daughter of J. J. Fletcher, Limestone Co., Ala., died May 28, 1850 in the 19th year of her age.

ZACHARY TAYLOR, president of the United States, died July 10, 1848.

JANE S. CAMPBELL daughter of A. and Lydia Morrison; wife of D. Campbell; born Wilson Co., Tenn., Sept. 20, 1823; married in 1839; died Perry Co., Tenn., April [10 or 20] 1850.

SUSAN F. DANLEY wife of Dr. James S. Danley; died Monroe Co., Ark., April 15, 1850 in the 25th year of his age.

ANNA GILMORE wife of John Gilmore; born in Virginia, Oct. 25, 1777; died Lawrence Co., Tenn. April 28, 1850; moved to middle Tennessee in 1830; joined Methodist Church, 1808.

MARTHA HUNTER wife of Thomas J. Hunter born June 17, 1817; died Lexington, Ky., April 18, 1850.

JAMES McGEE born Jan. 23, 1817; died April 24, 1850. Middle Tennessee.

LUCINDA WYCHE wife of Dr. John F. Wyche died of cholera in Shelbyville, Tennessee, July 14, 1850 in the 48th year of her age. Resident of Madison Co., Alabama.

JOHN REED, SR. died Boone Co., MO, June 7, 1850 aged 86 years, 2 months and 1 day old [April 6, 176]; veteran of the Revolutionary War; participant in battle of Guilford Courthouse; moved to Kentucky.

JOHN HARVEY born Halifax Co., Va., 1784; moved with parents to S.C. about 1794; moved to Carroll Co., Tenn., 1838, where he died recently.

JAMES BRIDGES BOON son of J. B. and Elizabeth Boon, born April 23, 1849; died near Cotton Grove, Madison Co., Tenn., April 30, 1850.

Colonel JOHN McCLELLAN died Nashville, Tenn., July 4, 1850; cholera.

Mrs. PIERCE wife of Rev. Dr. Lovick Pierce died recently.

 

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July 26, 1850

BARNET RANDLE died Gonzales Co., Texas, June 5, 1850 in the 41st year of his age; born and reared in Stewart Co., Tenn.; moved to Texas in 1837; husband and father (3 ch.)

ABLE EASTMAN died May 7, 1850 aged 23 years. [Warren Co., Miss. ?]

LOCKY S. WATSON wife of Dr. J. M. Watson; daughter of Colonel Bedford and Sally Brown, Georgia; died July 4, 1850 in the 35th year of her age.

MALVINA PERRY wife of H. J. Perry; daughter of Jesse (dec.) and Drucilla Comstock; born Munfordsville, Ky., Sept. 5, 1823; married Dec. 1845; died Mt. Sterling, Ky., June 25, 1850 (buried with her infant child).

MELVILLE COX HOLLOMAN son of J. B. and N. H. Holloman; born Dec. 12, 1849; died Jan. 2, 1850.

Dr. DABNEY LIPSCOMB, Columbus, Miss., born Abbeville Dist., S.C., May 6, 1803; served in recent session of the Mississippi legislature; died shortly afterwards of a long illness; his wife bore their last child in the last few days of his life.

BETSY C. GARRETT widow of Rev. William Garrett died Nashville, Tenn., July 16, 1850 in the 73rd year of her age.

 

August 2, 1850

CHARLES ABLERT SUTTON son of Samuel J. Sutton, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.; died July 17, 1850 "two days after he was. seventeen months old" [about February 15, 1849].

INFORMATION WANTED. JACOB SMITH, if living, would have been about 80 years old; moved from Alabama to Oldham Co., Ky. about 6 years ago and lived there until the summer of 1848; where had he gone? If anyone knew, contact his only son, Nathan Smith, Spring Hill, Marengo Co., Alabama.

J. HOLT died Hartsville, Tennessee, July 22, 1850.

H. WINSTON's son, WASH, died Hartsville, Tenn., July 22, 1850.

Tribute of Respect for JAMES B. HOLLIS who died in Manchester, Tenn. June 24, 1850; by the Fairfield Lodge #48, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, dated June 26, 1850; of which group he had been a "respected" member. [The September 20, 1850 issue carried a tribute to his memory presented by his fellow freemasons in Smithville, Tennessee.]

SARAH FRANCES McGRUDER daughter of Josiah H. McGruder died Shelby Co., Ky., July 13, 1850 in the 21st year of her age.

AMELIA BIGLEY daughter of John (dec.) and Nancy Scallorn; born Madison Co., Ala., Jan. 28, 1814; married D. H. Bigley, Aug. 5, 1830; died June 30, 1850.

JANE R. EVANS daughter of William and Frances Gibson; born Montgomery Co., Tenn., Feb. 15, 1815; moved to Yazoo City, Miss., 1832 and married Samuel W. Evans, Feb. 26, 1833; moved to Panola Co., Miss., 1837; joined Methodist Church, 1842; died June 18, 1850; consumption.

GIDEON GRAY born Warren Co., Ky., Jan. 30, 1805; died near Big Spring, Ky., May 29, 1850.

SUSAN WELLER born Williamson Co., Tenn., Aug. 2, 1823; married (1) Elliott Hill (died 1841); (2) John D. Weller, Dec. 24, 1848; died Miss. Co., Ark., May 30, 1850.

ELIZABETH A. ROBB wife of Rev. James B. Robb, Alabama Conference; died Claiborne, Ala., June 15, 1850 in the 23rd year of her age.

CATHARINE T. CHEVIS oldest daughter of David T. and Elizabeth F. Chevis; born Caroline Co., Va., Dec. 20, 180l; died Vermillion Parish, La., June 8, 1850.

 

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VIRGIL S. REESE died Yalobusha Co., Miss., May 8, 1850 in the 14th year of his age.

MARY P. SOUTHALL wife of A. H. Southall; daughter of Major John H. and Mourning Baily; born June 27, 1816; married Jan. 17, 1832; moved to Franklin Co., Ala., 1836, where she died June 23, 1850; five children.

Tribute of Respect for DANIEL Y. HARPER, Sumpter Co., Ala.; by alumni Society, LaGrange College, Ala., dated July 4, 1850.

CATHARINE NORMAN born in Virginia, Aug. 13, 1786; moved to Kentucky, then to Indiana; then to MO, where she died May 25, 1850, Buchanan County, of typhoid fever.

MARY MEADOWS wife of Hiram Meadows; born Giles Co., Tenn., Sept. 7, 1800; died Miss. Co., Ark., June 10, 1850.

 

August 9, 1850

MARY WELLS GARRETT daughter of Rev. Moses Speer; born Davidson Co., Tenn., Jan. 9, 1809; married Rev. Greenberry Garrett, Nov. 15, 1832; died June 7, 1850.

ELIZA Q. MILLER born Woodford Co., Ky., Sept. 22, 1824; married S. K. Miller, May 3, 1848; died St. Joseph, MO, July 2, 1850.

JUDITH F. BONNER born Charlotte Co., Va., Nov. 15, 1811; married William Bonner, July 25, 1843; died. June 1, 1850. Her mother, MARTHA E. MOSLEY, died about three weeks before Judith's death.

JOHN S. WILLIS died near Canton, Miss., June 6, 1850; husband and father.

MARY GREENLEE daughter of Harden and Nancy Hulsey; born and reared in Independence Co., Ark. where she died July 9, 1850; married James Greenlee, Sept. 19, 1844; two daughters.

BARBARA H. EDMONDSON daughter of John and Mary Edmondson, Williamson Co., Tenn.; born June 11, 1838; died July 9, 1850.

JOHN W. WRIGHT died Marshall Co., Miss., June 7, 1850 in the 47th year of his age.

THOMAS J. HOLMAN born June 30, 1815; married Frances Bradley, June 20, 1843; died June 17, 1850; three children.

ELIZABETH U. CHANDLER daughter of John W. and Elizabeth Chandler, died July 13, 1850 aged 5 months and ten days old [February 3, 1850].

 

August 16, 1850

MARY SHARP daughter of Samuel and Nancy Sharp; died Morgan Co., Ala., recently, aged 17 years (notice of death dated August 7, 1850).

ELIZABETH A. ASHBY daughter of Rev. B. S. Ashby, MO Conference, died Glasgow, MO, July 7, 1850 in the 13th year of her age; ward of her aunt, Elizabeth Thompson.

SUSAN DOWNARD born Bracken Co., Ky., March 15, 1828; died July 7, 1850.

ERNESTINE CORDILLA HILL, nee Soule; wife of Rev. J. J. Hill; died Covington, Ky., July 26, 1850.

Rev. EBENEZER McGOWAN born London, England, Feb. 17, 1767; died April 30, 1850; came to the U. S., 1784, settling in Dinwiddie Co., Va. where he married Sally Still, 1786, and had children, James (deceased, with family); John and Elizabeth (who died young); he married, secondly, Frances Baugh, 1797; thirteen children; moved to Mecklenburg Co., Va. where he mercantiled with Samuel Goode, for whom he named one of his own sons, Samuel Goode McGowan; moved to Rutherford Co., Tenn., 1816, where he died. He was a local Methodist preacher for about sixty years.

MARY ANN ENGLISH, Tippah Co., Miss., died March 7, 1850 aged about 45 years; married Edward F. English, November 21, 1820.

 

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August 16, 1850

MARTHA ELIZABETH RIVES born Davidson Co., Tenn., Jan. 20, 1820; died Nashville, Tenn., of cholera, July 17, 1850; married Robert Campbell, Sept. 8, 1842; three daughters and one son, GRANVILLE OWEN CAMPBELL who died July 24, 1850.

ANGELINA A. ONEAL died Montgomery Co., Tenn., June 26, 1850 in the 27th year of her age.

 

August 23, 1850

JOSHUA J. GEE died Davidson Co., Tenn., Aug. 18, 1850 past the age of 80 years.

Colonel JAMES W. McCLANAHAN born Sept. 21, 1822; died July 3, 1850. Mexican War veteran; husband and father (one daughter).

HARVY BRANCH son of John and Elizabeth Branch; died June 24, 1850; born Oct. 10, 1824; moved from Dyer Co., Tenn. to New Madrid, MO, 1840; died of cholera on a steamboat and was buried on "the Illinois shore."

Tribute of Respect for JOHN M. JACKSON, dec.; by Moulton Division #16, Sons of Temperance, dated August 3, 1850; of which society he had once been a member.

Rev. REESE V. SELF born Greene Co., Tenn., Dec. 9, 1820; moved to MO, 1840; licensed to preach in Methodist Church, 1846; married Mary Lindsay Crain, 1846; died in residence of his brother, Elisha H. Self, Cape Girardeau, MO, June 20, 1850.

ISAAC MILLER, Fairfield, Nelson Co., Ky., died about July 27, 1850 in middle-age.

LUCY ANN BURK wife of Dr. V. J. Burk; daughter of Captain Joel and Mildred Barnett; born Oglethorpe Co., Ga., April 12, 1819; moved to Noxubee Co., Miss. in her 15th year of age; died Camden, Ark., July 17, 1850; one daughter, three sons.

MARTHA P. HARGIS daughter of S. and Nancy A. Hargis; died Franklin, Ky., July 1, 1850 aged 14 years and 1 month old [June 1, 1836].

ERNESTINE CORDLIA HILL wife of Rev. J. J. Hill, Ky. Conference; fourth daughter of Bishop Joshua Soule; born Livermore, Maine, Jan. 7, 1812; died Covington, Ky., July 26, 1850.

KINGDOM POTOSI TUCKER son of Riley W. and Laura A. Tucker; died Hamburg, Tenn., Aug. 3, 1850 aged 3 years, 8 months and 15 days old [November 18, 1846].

RUFORD ASTOR ROZZELL infant son of Ruford A. and Elizabeth Rozzell, died Wilson Co., Tenn., July 25, 1850.

JOHN B. CURD died Somerset, Ky., August 7, 1850.

Dr. GERARD TROOST, native of Holland, a distinguished science professor, University of Nashville, died August 14, 1850.

 

August 30, 1850

SELETHA SMITH wife of B. M. Smith, Sumpter Co., Ala., died August 5, 1850.

JOSEPH GREEN BYNUM son of Rev. F. and Eliza E. Bynum; died near Mt. Pinson, Madison Co., Tenn., August 5, 1850 aged 1 year and 4 months old [April 1849].

LOUISA PARKER born Walker Co., Ala., August 5, 1825; died recently.

ESTHER JOSEPHINE CRAIG, Harrison Co., Texas, died July 5, 1850 in the 29th year of her age.

Mrs. MARGARET TAYLOR born S.C., April 12, 1789; died July 30, 1850.

JOSEPH D. WILLIAMS son of Eli Williams, native of Chatham Co., N.C.; married Adaline Cooper, 1839; died July 16, 1850 in the 45th year of his age; moved to Henderson Co., Tenn. and about 1832 to Holmes Co., Mississippi.

FRANKLIN BANCROFT son of Daniel F. Bancroft, died May 30, 1850 aged 1 month and 14 days old [April 16, 1850].

 

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SARAH BROCK wife of Enoch Brock; born N.C., Nov. 21, 1786; moved to Weakley Co., Tenn., 1840, where she died April 30, 1850.

SARAH W. DAVIS wife of Henry W. Davis; daughter of John Robertson, Maury Co., Tenn.; died Benton Co., Tenn., June 29, 1850.

SAMUEL THOMPSON died Benton Co., Ala., June 24, 1850 aged over 80 years.

JOHN CARUTHERS born Lincoln Co., N.C., March 4, 1770; moved to Lincoln Co., Tenn.; died June 26, 1850.

GEORGE W. PERTLE born Wilson Co., Tenn., Feb. 18, 1814; moved to Kentucky; died May 27, 1850; three children.

JOHN BOND born in S.C.; reared in middle Tennessee; died June 1850 in the 48th year of his age. Dr. ___ ABBOTT died in Bond's residence recently.

SARAH W. POWELL daughter of Charles Dalton; wife of J. R. Powell; born N.C. and moved to Tennessee, 1822; died Obion Co., Tenn., June 13, 1850.

JANE E. STROUD wife of Captain William Stroud; born District of Columbia, June 14, 1821; daughter of Lloyd and Eliza Pumphrey; reared a Roman Catholic but joined the Methodist Church; died Desha Co., Ark., June 13, 1850; three. children.

ELVIRA BRYAN wife of John T. Bryan; daughter of James and Flora McFarland, Lowndes Co., Alabama, died June 7, 1850.

PRUDENCE M. ADAMS died May 27, 1850 in 31st year of her age. Tennessee.

ROBERT L. REED died June 18, 1850 in 21st year of his age. Macon County, Tennessee.

ESTHER ALEXANDER born in Tenn., Oct. 7, 1798; died June 19, 1850, Macon Co., Tenn. Her brother, MADISON B. ALEXANDER, died June 24, 1850 in the 36th year of his age.

JOHN TRINDLE died May 24, 1850 aged 52 years and 19 days old [May 5, 1798]; Ray Co., MO. His Sister, HANORAH W. BEAR wife of Jacob Bear, born Ross Co., Ohio, Dec. 17, 1813; died May 5, 1850.

 

September 6, 1850

JOHN B. CRUNK died Sumner Co., Tenn., August 18, 1850 in the 65th year of his age.

Smallpox swept through Mt. Pinson, Madison Co., Tenn. and vicinity this summer and killed Rev. TUCKER, C. H. WILLIAMS (a teacher) and two HUNTSMAN children.

Rev. JAMES B. HOLLIS born Rutherford Co., Tenn., Oct. 14, 1810; died Coffee Co., Tenn., June 24, 1850; son of David and Elizabeth Hollis; married Martha Saffle, 1827. Methodist preacher in Tennessee Conference; ordained deacon, 1840; ordained elder, 1842; several children.

Rev. STEPHEN HEARN born Montgomery Co., N.C., Jan. 8, 1796; married Prudence Coggins, 1818 and moved to Madison Co., Tenn.; licensed to preach in Methodist Church, August 23, 1828; ordained deacon, Nov. 8, 1840; died April 19, 1850.

Rev. POMPEY DANIEL (a black man) died Hardin Co., Tenn., July 5, 1850 in the 90th year of his age and 59th as a local Methodist preacher (having gotten his first license to preach from Bishop Francis Asbury).

A poem dedicated to the memory of ELIZABETH KOOGLER who died in Muskingum Co., Ohio, August 3, 1850.

CATHARINE DAVISON daughter of Daviss and Catharine Clark; born Nelson Co., Ky., Sept. 9, 1787; married April 16, 1804 to Philemon Davison; ten children; died Hancock Co., Ky., May 11, 1850. Her husband was born in western Pa., June 6, 1785 and died in Hancock Co., Apr. 29, 1845.

 

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ELIZABETH WOLF wife of Rev. Jacob J. Wolf; daughter of William and Sarah Williams; died Hardin Co., Tenn., July 2, 1850 aged 41 years.

DR. S. C. GERREN died Carroll Co., Miss., August 19, 1850; born Randolph Co., N.C., 1808; joined Methodist Church, 1832 and moved about that time to Mississippi.

WILLIAM PHILLIPPS died Smithland, Kentucky, July 17, 1850 aged 57 years.

BENJAMIN WIRT born in Virginia, July 6, 1773; moved to Shelby Co., Tenn., 1826, where he died April 22, 1850.

RACHEL BARDING wife of Davis Barding, Shelby Co., Tenn.; born Virginia, 1794; moved to Shelby County in 1836 and died August 4, 1850.

RICHARD LEAKE, native of Virginia, for fifteen years a resident of Shelby Co., Tenn.; died in August 1850 in the 54th year of his age.

 

September 13, 1850

Mrs. J. J. PULLEN born in Alabama, 1810; married in 1825; died July 28, 1850; maiden name: Couch.

ESTHER SWIGART daughter of Elisha and Susannah Turner, born Dickson Co., Tenn., June 24, 1812; died Clarksville, Ark., Aug. 11, 1850; married Feb. 15, 1831; joined Methodist Church in Haywood Co., Tenn., 1841; moved to Clarksville in 1844.

WILLIAM EIDSON born in Kentucky, May 15, 1793; died July 8, 1850; married Maria Harwood; three children.

BISHOP BASCOM died in Louisville, Kentucky, Sunday, September 8, 1850. [HENRY BIDLEMON BASCOM, born May 27, 1796; elected a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South shortly before he died.]

 

September 20, 1850

Rev. JOSIAH WHITAKER died in Harrison Co., Ky., August 21, 1850; born Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 30, 1799; moved with parents to Boubon County, Ky., November 1792; joined Methodist Church, March 1793; married Susan Honey, April 4, 1799; licensed to preach in Methodist Church, 1813; a local preacher until 1818 when he entered the Ohio Conference as an itinerant preacher; filled numerous appointments, including a mission for black folk in Lexington, Ky., 1837-1839; retired in 1846; he provided a permanent home for his family although he traveled far from home at times.

MARY ELIZABETH HAYES daughter of Colonel William D. and Caroline Hayes; born Nov. 3, 1833; died August 15, 1850. Athens, Alabama.

SARAH MITCHELTREE, native of Fermanagh, Ireland, came to the U. S. when fourteen years old and settled in Kentucky where she married John Mitcheltree; died Nicholas Co., Ky., August 12, 1850.

 

September 27, 1850

SARAH ELIZA NEAL daughter of Jesse and Lucretia Neal; born Athens, Ala., July 3, 1831; died near Marion, Ala., July 27, 1850.

JOHN N. AUSTIN born Nashville, Tenn., July 13, 1829; died August 4, 1850; his father and two sisters predeceased him; his mother and one sister survived him.

MARY A. HITCHCOCK wife of B. T. Hitchcock; died Coahoma Co., Miss., March 13, 1850 aged 27 years and 6 months old [September 1822].

HARRIET S. ADAMS born St. Louis Co., MO, Aug. 22, 1802; married Burrel B. Adams, Jan. 1, 1818; died May 6, 1850.

 

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ANN REBECCA DUNNEVANT daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Tucker; born May 31, 1828; married Isaac D. Dunnevant, May 7, 1845; died August 26, 1850. Dyersburg, Tennessee.

LUCY K. BURDITT wife of Joel H. Burditt; daughter of Lynch and Lucy Brooks; born June 22, 1805; died August 20, 1850. Middle Tennessee.

JAMES COLMAN died June 30, 1850 aged 70 years and 5 months old [January 1772].

JOSHUA I. GEE died Neely's Bend, Davidson Co., Tenn., Aug. 18, 1850 in the 83rd year of his age.

A. A. E. DAVIS daughter of John and Nancy Mitchell, Washington Co., Va., died Aug. 20, 1850 in the 36th year of her age; married Joseph Clark Davis, Jan. 15, 1843.

 

October 4, 1850

DANIEL H. WILLIAMS died Davidson Co., Tenn., Sept. 8, 1850; member of Sons of Temperance.

ROSY BANKSTON wife of Ignatius Bankston died Bolivar Co., Miss., July 6, 1850.

MARY ANN RICE died eight miles from Gallatin, Miss., Sept. 2, 1850; born Fairfield District, S.C., 1809; married Captain C. B. N. Rice, August 10, 1836; moved to Copiah Co., Miss., 1837.

Major JOHN BOSTICK, native of Virginia, served in the Revolutionary War; had a large family, including a son, Rev. Absalom Bostick (dec.). Died Williamson Co., Tenn., Sept. 20, 1850. [This surname was often pronounced Bostick and as such this man was listed as John Bostick, applying (R1040) for a Revolutionary War pension, in which it was mentioned that he had lived in Surry Co., N.C. about the time of the Revolution; later lived in Richmond Co., N.C. but moved to Williamson Co., Tennessee where he died. He had a number of children, whom he mentioned in his last will and testament.]

HENRY, black slave of Wesley W. Neely, Warren Co., Miss., died somewhat before September 3, 1850.

THOMAS HARRIS died Davidson Co., Tenn., August 12, 1850.

MARY MOORE SHORT daughter of William J. and Jane E. Short died Aug. 6, 1850 aged six months. Pulaski, Tennessee.

 

October 11, 1850

Dr. WILLIAM H. HARWELL son of William and Sarah Harwell, born Mecklenburg Co., Va., Nov. 2, 1811; moved to Florence, Ala., 1838 and married Nancy E. Wood; died August 14, 1850.

JAMES WASHINGTON KELLEY infant son of Briggs W. and Mary Goodrich, Lewisburg, Tennessee; died September 20, 1850 aged about ten months old.

ELIZABETH L. ALLEN, St. Charles Co., MO.; native of Franklin Co., VA.; died June 18, 1850 aged 30 years, 4 months and 1 day [February 17, 1820]; daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Lacy and moved with them to MO in the fall of 1840; married John B. Allen, Feb. 1813 [1831?]; surviving was an infant, born June 14, 1850.

JOHN D. MALONE son of William M. (dec.) and M. J. Malone; died Rutherford Co., Tenn., August 16, 1850 in the 25th year of her age.

DOROTHEA PAYNE born Susquehanna Co., Pa., 1798; moved with parents to Nicholas Co., Ky., then to Monroe Co., Ill. and lived there and in St. Louis until she went to live with her daughter, Mrs. Charles Carroll, near Nashville, Tenn.; died September 14, 1850.

EMILY GLENN wife of Dr. James R. Glenn, Madison Co., Tenn., died Sept. 10, 1850; reared in Franklin Co., N.C.

HENRY COSSITT only son of F. D. and F. J. Cossitt, LaGrange, Tenn.; died Sept. 12, 1850 aged 2 years and 17 days old [August 25, 1848].

 

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CATHARINE BABB widow of Matthew Babb, died Tishomingo Co., Miss., Sept. 8, 1850 in the 68th year of her age.

MARY ANN ENGLE wife of John A. Engle, Camden, Ark.; born July 25, 1825; educated in Maysville, Ky.; married July 3, 1844; moved to Florence, Ala.; died Camden, Ark., August 25, 1850.

MARY ANN GREEN, nee Brownlee, wife of Lewis Green, died Columbus, Miss., July 1, 1850; born July 16, 1824. Their daughter, MARY ELLEN GREEN, died recently aged 3 months and 25 days old.

BETSY JANE STEPHENS wife of John P. Stephens died Hempstead Co., Ark., July 25, 1850 in the 20th year of her age.

MARGARET A. GILLESPIE daughter of Nathaniel and Margaret Stockton; born Lawrence Co., Ala., April 17, 1826; married Dr. C. C. Gillespie, Jan. 4, 1849; died May 31, 1850. Drew Co., Ark.

 

October 18, 1850

Rev. GEORGE W. DYE died Montgomery Co., Tenn., October 7, 1850.

NANCY G. WHITE daughter of Eli and Cynthia Cherry, born Hardin Co., Tenn., March 28, 1827; married A. C. White, February 2, 1843; died July 3, 1850.

OCTAVIA B. GOSSETT oldest daughter of German Gossett; died Sept, 1, 1850 in the 15th year of her age. Liberty, Tennessee.

Rev. FOSTER H. BLADES died "Inglewood," Harrison, Texas, Aug. 28, 1850 aged 35 years; married (1) Ophelia, daughter of Peter Swanson; two children, one, Doty, surviving; (2) Julia A., daughter of Joseph M. Taylor, Harrison County, July 4, 1850. Licensed to preach in Methodist Church, Sept. 15, 1832; ordained deacon, Sept. 14, 1834; ordained elder, Oct. 23, 1836; a local preacher; had been studying law as well.

SARAH J. HERNDON wife of Edward Herndon; only daughter of William B. Griffin; died Sept. 19, 1850 in the 22nd year of her age. Missouri.

JOHN YOUNT, an older man, died in Callaway Co., MO, September 25, 1850.

 

October 25, 1850

LAVINIA WATKINS wife of Joseph Watkins; daughter of George and Martha Penn; born Patrick Co., Va., August 9, 1806; died September 20, 1850.

JANE HOLDEN wife of William Holden; daughter of George and Anna Mallard; died July 24, 1850 aged 36 years; moved to Dallas Co., MO, 1840, then to Green Co., MO in 1847.

LEONARD PUCKETT born May 6, 1810; moved from Rutherford Co., Tenn. to Henry Co., Tenn., January 1833; died August 17, 1850. His daughter, MARY C. PUCKETT, born May 11, 1850; died August 17, 1850.

ELIZABETH TURNLEY daughter of John and Elizabeth Spindle; joined Methodist Church in Spotsylvania Co., Va.; moved to Tenn., 1817, with husband, John Turnley. Died Cannon Co., Tenn., June 23, 1850 aged 97 years.

REBECCA ANN LEWIS wife of James S. Lewis; born in Virginia, Jan. 17, 1809; married Dec. 6, 1827; died Madison Co., Ala., August 30, 1850; eight children.

SALLY MORGAN wife of Rev. John Brooks, Madison Co., Tenn., died October 1, 1850.

Captain JAMES WALKER, a descendant of Rev. Jesse Walker; native of North Carolina; moved with parents to Davidson Co., Tenn.; moved to Illinois, 1817; died August 27, 1850 in the 57th year of his age.

MARY DIRICKSON died White Co., Tenn., August 11, 1850 in the 61st year of her age.

CATHARINE S. HARRIS born in N.C., Sept. 12, 1820; married "Brother" Harris, Jan. 25, 1837; died September 16, 1850.

 

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GEORGE CATO born Monroe Co., Alabama, May 4, 1832; died Leake Co., Miss., Aug. 18, 1850.

JESSE OWEN, native of Virginia, died Marshall Co., Miss., August 13, 1850 in the 67th year of his age; had initially moved from Virginia to Limestone Co., Ala.

SARAH C. CARTER daughter of M. and R. Carter; born June 25, 1835; died Aug. 7, 1850. Hawesville, Ky. Her brother, JOHN H. CARTER, born August 18, 1823; died July 27, 1850.

Tribute of Respect for ISAAC W. PATTERSON, dec.; by Middleton Division #129, Sons of Temperance, dated August 24, 1850.

ANGELINE A. HANES born April 22, 1836; died August 22, 1850.

ROBERT BOLDING son of Rev. James Bolding died Sept. 19, 1850 in the 21st year of his age.

 

November 1, 1850

TIMOTHY A. WALTON son of Isaac A. and Mary Walton; died Clarksville, Ark., Oct. 9, 1850 aged 19 months and 3 days [March 6, 1849].

MARY S. HILL wife of Thomas J. Hill; daughter of William and Nancy Hill; died August 19, 1850 in the 54th year of her age. Bolivar, Tennessee.

THOMAS W. SILVER oldest son of Silas Silver; died St. Louis, MO, Aug. 17, 1850 aged 20 years.

MARTHA L. TORIAN wife of E. P. Torrian; Trigg Co., Ky.; daughter of L. C. and T. A. Duval; born Union Co., Ky., Sept. 29, 1827; married Nov. 12, 1848; died September 23, 1850.

Rev. WILLIAM MAGRUDER died Sparta, Tenn., August 31, 1850. Methodist preacher; husband and father (3 children).

SARAH SUSANNA LIPSCOMB, native of Maury Co., Tenn., daughter of Rev. L. [Lewis] Garrett, died September 19, 1850.

MARTEY S. LEE born Mar. 19, 1827; married John Lee, Aug. 3, 1846; died July 1850; two children.

BEN ANNE TARRANT daughter of Rev. R. M. and Elizabeth Tarrant; born Nov. 6, 1848; died Oct. 16, 1850. Memphis Conference.

Tribute of Respect for RICHARD R. BRANSFORD, dec.; by Quarterly Conference, Carthage Circuit, Tennessee Conference; undated.

Tribute of Respect for W. H. HARWELL, dec.; by Masonic fraternity, Clifton, Dover Circuit, Tenn., dated Sept. 26, 1850.

Tribute of Respect for JOHN WILLIAMS, dec.; by Dillahunty Masonic Lodge #11, Marshall Co., Tenn., dated September 23, 1850.

DABNEY A. MARTIN, native of Virginia, moved to Kentucky but soon moved to Wilkes Co., Ga., then to Morgan Co., Ala., where he died Oct. 3, 1850 in the 73rd year of his age.

GEORGE HENRY WILBURN son of James and Sally Wilburn; born Madison Co., Ala., March 11, 1822; married Mary Amanda Nance, August 23, 1843; moved to Washington Co., Texas, 1846; joined Methodist Church, August 25, 1848; died Sept. 13, 1850.

WILLIAM T. COLE, native of Dinwiddie Co., Va., died Fayette Co., Tenn., Sept. 19, 1850 aged 64 years; moved to Maury Co., Tenn., 1818; to north Mississippi, 1834 and to Fayette County in 1846.

JAMES B. COX died Lexington, Ky., Sept. 28, 1850 aged 23 years; served, in Mexican War; brother of Thornton Cox, merchant, Lexington.

WILLIAM READ born Montgomery Co., Tenn., Jan. 6, 1817; son of John and Dicy Read; moved with parents to Alabama, 1822; to Madison Co., Ala. where he married Mira L. Dodson, 1837. Went with brother, John F. Read, to California where he died, Nevada County, July 6, 1850.

JAMES J. B. SCOTT, native of Jefferson Co., Miss., died Sacramento, Mississippi, July 10, 1850; a young man in his twenties.

HENRY D. GRAINGER born Sumner Co., Tenn., 1804; died July 16, 1850.

 

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November 8, 1850

JOHN NORVELL born Franklin Co., N.C., Sept. 26, 1778; moved to Sumner Co., Tenn., 1805, then to Bedford Co., Tenn., 1807 where he died Oct. 9, 1850.

SUSAN HICKMAN born Washington Co., Va., Nov. 11, 1832; died September 29, 1850.

MAHALA C. GILLUM wife of John C. Gillum; daughter of Jerry and Mary Stark; born Logan Co., Ky., April 25, 1829; married Dec. 24, 1839; died Sept. 20, 1850.

 

November 15, 1850

JAMES B. DOUGLASS, son of Isaac C. Douglass, died Sumner Co., Tenn., Oct. 2, 1850 in the 27th year of his age; one child.

FREDERICK B. WILBOURN died Madison Co., Ala., Sept. 17, 1850 in the 25th year of his age.

D. E. CURRIE, nee Hosie, died August 8, 1850 aged 23 years. Her daughter, ISABELLA A. CURRIE, died August 9, 1850 aged 2 years and 7 months old [January 1848]. Her husband, DANIEL B. CURRIE, died August 28, 1850 in the 35th year of his age; born Robinson Co., N.C.

AGNES T. OWEN wife of James S. Owen; daughter of Edwards and Nancy W. Manson; born Brunswick Co., Va., August 18, 1827; died Davidson Co., Tenn., September 27, 1850; one daughter.

MARGARET E. RENFRO daughter of Ephraim J. and Isabella Harris; wife of Joseph Renfro; born Wilson Co., Tenn., Dec. 7, 1825; married Dec. 1847; died Jefferson Co., Ark., August 16, 1850.

ASBURY TERRY born Greenville Dist., S.C., Oct. 31, 1800; married Winifred Gradin, July 1822; moved to Tippah Co., Miss., 1841, where he died September 19, 1850.

 

November 22, 1850

WINIFRED ELIZABETH HAMBLETT daughter of Thornton and Mary Ann (McNeille) Hamblett Rutherford Co., Tenn.; died near Cotton Grove, Madison Co., Tenn., Oct. 15, 1850 in the 22nd year of her age.

HENRIETTA S. CLARK daughter of Thomas J. and M. A. Daney Clark; born Lowndes Co., Miss., Jan. 6, 1840; died near Starkville, Miss., Sept. 23, 1850.

SUSAN ANN FANCHER wife of Major Thomas H. Fancher, White Co., Tenn.; daughter of James and Nancy Officer; born Overton Co., Tenn., August 15, 1817; about the age of 3 years moved with parents to White County; died May 31, 1850.

NATHAN ADAMS born in Maryland, Jan. 20, 1774; died Weakley Co., Tennessee, Oct. 13, 1850; married (1) Sarah Porter, 1805; (2) Mrs. Mary Stovall, 1845.

ANN G. FLETCHER wife of William Fletcher; born May 21, 1843; died Aug. 25, 1850. Middle Tenn.

 

November 29, 1850

SUSAN HOWLETT daughter of Wright and Elizabeth Ramsey; died on the farm where she was born in Davidson Co., Tenn., Sept. 22, 1850 aged 41 years, 1 month and 12 days old [August 10, 1809]; one son, aged 17 years old.

SUSAN McGEE wife of Joseph McGee; born Prince George Co., Va., Feb. 25, 1791; died Holmes Co., Miss., Oct. 29, 1850; moved with parents to Warren Co., Ga., then to Jones Co., Ga., 1809; married 1816; seven children.

ELIZABETH L. HOLLAND daughter of Nelson and Sarah Turner; wife of Dr. Robert C. Holland; born Lexington, Ky., Feb. 14, 1825; died Louisville, Ky., October 12, 1850.

 

December 6, 1850

Dr. JAMES P. SHAPARD, formerly of Rutherford Co., Tenn.; died Washington Co., Texas, Oct. 18, 1850 aged about 51 years.

 

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JANE GARRISON wife of Rev. H. Y. Garrison; daughter of Rev. Aaron Alexander; died Lincoln Co., Tenn., Oct. 10, 1850 in the 23rd year of her age. Her sister, MARTHA A. ALEXANDER, died August 17, 1850. Her father died September 22, 1850. Her daughter, ELIZABETH B. GARRISON, died October 7, 1850 aged 7 years.

HENRY R. FARLEY born Lunenburg Co., Va., July 8, 1810; died Morgan Co., Ala., Oct. 28, 1850; moved to Madison, Ala., 1817; married Ann Eliza Rend (died 1847), Jan. 16, 1833; moved to Morgan Co., Ala., 1834. Methodist layman.

DANIEL GUICE born in Tennessee, Dec. 10, 1787; died Franklin Co., Miss., Oct. 27, 1850; had moved to Mississippi when a boy.

 

December 13, 1850

JOHN FINN died Louisville, Ky., Dec. 4, 1850 in the 42nd year of his age; a staunch member of the Sons of Temperance.

WILLIAM AMON CAYCE son of W. H. Cayce, died Rutherford Co., Tenn., Oct. 28, 1850 in the 3rd year of his age.

IVERSON JONES born Buckingham Co., N.C. [Virginia?], July 23, 1824; moved to DeSoto Co., Miss. where he died August 12, 1850.

ISABELLA E. KILLEN wife of Thomas Killen; died Union Co., Ark., Sept. 22, 1850 aged 36 years; moved to that county from Lauderdale Co., Alabama.

C. E. FREEMAN wife of Asbury Freeman; daughter of George and Maggline Brooks; born Williamson Co., Tenn., May 3, 1823; died Dyer Co., Tenn., August 20, 1850.

DAVID NICHOL son of Benjamin and Susan Nichol; native of Davidson Co., Tenn.; moved to Carroll Co., Tenn., later to Hickman Co., Ky. where he died July 22, 1850.

SARAH E. HARWELL daughter of John and Susan Lee; born April 10, 1815; died Giles Co., Tenn., Nov. 15, 1850.

WILLIAM W. HALE son of Nicholas and Polly Hale, formerly of Jackson Co., Tenn., died Aug. 7, 1850 aged about 53 years.

JOSEPHINE VIRGINIA PARRISH daughter of John A. S. and Mildred N. Parrish, died Madison Co., Tenn., Nov. 5, 1850 aged about 2 years.

THOMAS A. HARRIS died Macon Co., Tenn., Nov. 1, 1850; born October 8, 1835.

NANCY D. HUNT wife of Sion Hunt; died Robertson Co., Tenn., Oct. 10, 1850.

WILLIAM NEAL HOWARD son of W. R. and Louisiana Howard, died Nov. 27, 1850 aged 1 year and 6 months old [May 1849].

Tribute of Respect for SAMUEL K. L_LE [Lile], dec.; by Lafayette Literary Society, LaGrange College, Ala., dated November 9, 1850. [From Monroe Co., Miss., he was a speaker in the June 1849 commencement exercises at LaGrange. See, July 1, 1849 issue. ]

MARY E. HOOPER wife of Elias Hooper; daughter of Nathan and Mary Cloyes; born in Indiana, April 17, 1824; died Minden, La., Sept. 20, 1850.

ELIZABETH BEARD wife of J. B. Beard, born Jefferson Co., Miss., from which state she and her husband moved to Carroll Parish, La. where she died Nov. 1, 1850 in the 37th year of her age.

AGNES TAYLOR wife of John Taylor; daughter of Major Matthew P. Walker (dec.); died Nov. 30, 1850 aged 28 years, 8 months and 8 days old [March 22, 1822].

JOHN F. CARTER son of Matthew and Rebecca Carter, born no. Ala., Aug. 18, 1822; died July 27, 1850. His sister, SARAH C. CARTER, born Talladega Co., Ala., June 25, 1835; died Aug. 7, 1850. Hawesville, Kentucky.

 

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JOHN WILLIAM BIRDSONG son of Rev. John H. and Martha E. Birdson, born Sept. 14, 1845; died September 29, 1850.

MARTHA S. PULLEN wife of John W. Pullen; born Wake Co., N.C., May 1, 1796; married Oct. 28, 1813; died Concordia Parish, La., Oct. 8, 1850.

MARY C. CATHY wife of Henry Cathy; daughter of Gilbreth and Ann Neil, born Wilson Co., Tenn., Dec. 1813; moved to Madison Co., Tenn., 1822; married in 1832; moved to Marshall Co., Miss. where she died August 12, 1850.

JAMES B. GOODNER son of James and Martha Goodner, Alexandria, Tenn.; died Georgetown, California, September 5, 1850 in the 17th year of his age.

 

December 20, 1850

JOSEPH M. JAMES died Pocahontas, Ark., Nov. 13, 1850; husband and father (8 children).

MARTHA G. GARRETT wife of John Garrett; daughter of Beverly and Eliza Williamson; born Amherst Co., Va., Sept. 23, 1800; married July 23, 1823; died Hinds Co., Miss., Oct. 31, 1850.

MARY CANTER, native of Maryland; married Zachariah Canter and moved to Kentucky, then to Bradley Co., Ark. where she died recently, aged 75 years, 7 months and 12 days old.

SARAH BRIGANCE died Henderson Co., Tenn., Sept. 10, 1850; mother of fifteen children.

JAMES H. HART son of John and Lucinda Hart died Livingston, Tenn., Nov. 13, 1850 aged 11 years, 8 months and 9 days old [March 4, 1839].

ALEXANDER BARKSDALE born Halifax Co., Va., Jan. 29, 1798; married Mary Scruggs, Lauderdale Co., Ala., August 21, 1820; died Yalobusha Co., Miss., Oct. 2, 1850.

AMELIA MATILDA KNIGHT daughter of Rev. Joseph and Matilda B. Knight, died St. Mary's Parish, La., Nov. 6, 1850 in the 10th year of her age.

FRANKLIN MINTER born Sumner Co., Tenn., Feb. 9, 1823; died Hardeman Co., Tenn., Sept. 15, 1850.

NANCY SADLER born Mecklenburg Co., N.C., Nov. 28, 1791; married Anderson Sadler, Feb. 1819 and moved to MO that year; joined Methodist Church, 1820; moved to Jefferson Co., Ala., 1822 and then to Tippah Co., Miss., 1837 where she died July 20, 1850.

MARY WALKER, native of Muhlenburg Co., Ky., married Thomas Walker; as a widow she moved to Georgia, then Miss.; died in residence of her son, Joseph Walker, Tippah Co., Miss., Aug. 30, 1850 between 80 and 90 years of age.

 

December 26, 1850

Rev. SAMUEL P. V. GILLESPIE died Gilmore Co., Va., Oct. 17, 1850 aged about 60 years. [Obituary repeated in January 16, 1851 issue]

BENJAMIN LOCKHART CULLOM born July 7, 1832; died Obion Co., Tenn., Oct. 21, 1850.

SUSANNA MAYE died in residence of her son, Thomas Maye, Gaineville, Miss., Nov. 15, 1850 aged 61 years.

HOSEA NORTHCUT born Hertford Co., N.C., July 16, 1881 [1781?]; died Rutherford Co., Tenn., Nov. 8, 1850; moved to Tennessee in 1803.

BENJAMIN CAPERS CLARK son of Anderson and Frances Clark, born S.C., Mar. 18, 1831; moved with parents to Arkansas, 1844; died Hempstead Co., Ark., Oct. 31, 1850.

 

THIS METHODIST NEWSPAPER WAS RE-NAMED, BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1851, AS THE NASHVILLE AND LOUISVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.

 

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