MY RIVERSIDE CEMETERY TOMBSTONE
INSCRIPTIONS SCRAPBOOK PART V
by Jonathan K. T. Smith
1994CARTMELL DIARIES VOLS. 21-30
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p 35. March 15, 1904
Noticed in yesterdays paper the death of Mrs. Harris, Isabelle, widow of G. N. Harris. did not state how old she was. was about 80 maybe a little more. I remember her from about 1840. She was married then to Robt. Elder about 1852. married G. N. Harris. only one child living C. N. Harris with whom she was living. Mr. G. N. Harris was a merchant in Jackson many years (ante bellum). Mrs. Harris was a Miss Giles. born I believe in Murfreesboro. Her father moved to Holly Springs.
Mrs. Harris is possibly buried in a now-unmarked grave in one of the several Harris lots.
p 39. April 1, 1904
John W. Gates died yesterday morning. had been sick a long time. He was a well known character having been identified with newspapers and a resident of Jackson since a mere child. 1842. W. W. Gates his father came to Jackson and started the West Tenn. Whig. /John W. Gates/was a popular man & had he applied himself would have made considerable character. was fond of pleasure. every one liked John Gates. April 3. John W. Gates was buried this evening. 2 of his children live in New York. /His/ remains were kept until today on that account.
JOHN W. GATES, 1841-1904
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p 58. June 2, 1904
Noticed in todays paper the death of Mrs. J. S. Swayne, Maggie M. Johnson, oldest daughter of Dr. Julius Johnson now decd. Col. John M. Johnson, father of Dr. Julius Johnson married a sister of Dr. Robt. Fenner. died in Jackson many, many years ago. when I was a boy. I remember him well. Ed Johnson a son was of the firm of Jones, Johnson & Co. broke in the general break up of 1837….Mrs. Swayne was born in 1846. married in 1888. Swayne died a few years ago. no children.
MAGGIE JOHNSON, WIFE OF J. S. SWAYNE, Married June 5, 1888. Died June 1, 1904
p 69. July 10, 1904
Bethel Robertson died last night, oldest son of W. P. Robertson. leaves a wife and 2 children. a member of the Pres. Church….Bethel had consumption. had been in delicate health for months. never was stout.
Perhaps Robertson is buried in a now-unmarked grave in the W. P. Robertson lot or nearby.
p 73. July 28, 1904
Capt. McMillan died this morning 3:30. had been sick some 2 weeks (flux). aged 50 or more. married a daughter of Tom Gates. born in Madison Co. traveled for some house. He was capt. of a co. in Spanish American war.
ANDREW MURRAY McMILLAN, March 8, 1882-July 26, 1904
p 76. July 30, 1904
John J. Williams died yesterday, an old resident of Jackson, a well known, we may say an eminent civil engineer. Had written several books on that subject…. I have heard it said that he read medicine…. I think he was a member of the Episcopal church….
JOHN JAY WILLIAMS, 1818-1904
p 88. September 17, 1904
Was somewhat surprised to hear of the death of Hays Brown which occured /sic/ this morning. Saw him in his house a few days ago. He has been in bad health for some time.
HAYS BROWN, September 12, 1859-September 17, 1904
p 115. December 20, 1904
Charly Wright phoned me tonight that Stod Caruthers was deced. a dear friend, a true one. I heard this evening. He was sick, had been for 2 or 3 days. I remarked I must go in and see him. too late now. His wife (Ella Brown) and 3 young daughters are surely bereaved. a better husband and father perhaps never lived. He was bout 60 years of age. born in Feb. 1845. born in Jackson. the last one of the family of the children of James Caruthers who died during the war. his mother was a McCorry, an own cousin of Judge Henry W. Mccorry who died recently and only a week or so ago John McCorry son of H . W. died. . . .
STODDERT CARUTHERS, February 21, 1845-December 20, 1904
p 115. December 29, 1904
Noticed the death of John Dado in paper. He was born in Switzerland. came to Jackson 20 or 25 years ago. He and his wife kept a restaurant and by close attention to their business accumulated a small fortune of may /be/ 30 or more thousand dollars. every one liked John Dado. don't think he has but one child wife of Robt. Reavis.
JOHN DADO, February 5, 1847-December 27, 1904
p 123. January 16, 1905
heard this evening Miss Musa McCorry died about 3 o'c1ock. She was an aunt
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of Stoddert Caruthers who recently died. as Stod was the last of his immediate family so Miss Musa is the last of her family. She was a sister of Henry W. McCorry who died during the war between the states. I think he was the only son. The father and mother of the family emigrated /sic/ to America. Settled in Knoxville, came to Jackson when old where they had 4 daughters living. Stod's mother being one of them. Mary who married Wm. Henderson. Miss Ellen who died years ago and Miss Musa. There were 2 other daughters Mrs. James P. Clark of Nashville and Mrs. Trimble. Tom Clark who lived and died in Jackson was one of their children. Miss Musa was a good woman. I don't know how it came about that she was a Catholic. have heard it said was induced to because because /sic/ the Pope acknowledged the Southern Confederacy. I don't know that he did acknowledge. I know Miss Musa was intensely southern and took great interest in every thing pertaining to the old Confederate soldier. The chapter Daughters of Confederacy was named for her. when Mrs. McCorry died she left 4 children. Miss Pet, Mary, Tom, Henry W. Tom was killed at Shiloh. Mary married John Freeman since the war. Miss Pet never married. She was raised by Miss Musa, were like mother and daughter and she will feel her loss deeply. Within the last few months Henry W. and his son John McCorry, Stod Caruthers, Nat Henderson, Miss Musa have passed away.
MUSIDORA CLARK McCORRY, DAU. OF THOMAS & SALLIE PARKER McCORRY, June 26, 1821- January 16, 1905
p 128. February 1, 1905
Anna Snider phoned to me this morning that Mrs. Lyon died this morning. Mary Lyon widow of W. W. Lyon (Wade) deceased. She was a sister of Jane, Martin's wife, a daughter of David Reid, a lawyer who lived in Jackson before the war. There 4 girls and one son. Miss Sophia died about a year ago. Janie about 3 or 4 years ago. Alex several years ago. only one now remains. Lil Caldwell a widow.
MARY REID, WIFE OF WADE W. LYON, Died February 1, 1905
p 129. February 6, 1905
Mrs. Hughes nee Elinora Snider died in J. this morning. Mr. Hughes had been dead near 20 years. one daughter now living, Mrs. McCall and she not likely to live long. Dr. Snider settled in Jackson at an early day -in the early 30s, practiced medicine up to or just before the breaking out of the war. when he sold his property (a nice estate) and moved to Magnolia, Miss. an unfortunate move for him and his children. After the war the children except one came back to Jackson. Mrs. Snider died not long after the war. Dr. Snider came to Jackson and died at John Lancaster's about 76.
ELENORA M. SNIDER, WIFE OF D. W. HUGHES, 1835-1905
p 132. February 20, 1905
N. W. (Nath) Whitlow died yesterday. was buried this evening. aged 78 or 79. among the oldest settlers of this county. I remember his mother living on the Brownsville road some 4 miles from town /Jackson/ when I was a boy. He married a daughter of Thos. Webb who came here some years before the war from Virginia. Halifax Co. I think. old man Nath has been quite feeble for 2 or 3 years. taking very short steps, a sure indication of giving way. He has some boys about town, steady & seem to be doing well. one has a grocery. one a store.
NATHAN WHITLOW, 1826-1905
p 139. March 21, 1905
Jesse Harper a well known character died suddenly about 1 o'clock this evening. was about town all morning….He was post master just after the war. once county judge and I think mayor &c. a Republican.
JESSE H. HARPER,1826-1905
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p 140. March 27, 1905
Miss Emily McCowat died today, aged 88. The oldest member of the Presbyterian church in Jackson.
Miss McCowat is probably buried in a now-unmarked grave in the P. C. McCowat lot.
p 144. April 7, 1905
Noticed in todays paper the death of R. W. Haynes of Jackson. was buried today. 65 years of age. a lawyer. son of Langdon C. Haynes dec. who was in his day an orator of considerable distinction. a member of the Confederate congress. I heard him speak in Jackson in 1860…. Bob Haynes was a prominent member of the Methodist church, a mason, Knight of Pythias &c. His brother Dave died recently in Jackson.
ROBERT W. HAYNES, ADJ. 62nd N. C. INF. CSA, 1840-1905
p 158. June 9, 1905
Heard this morning that John L. H. Tomlin died suddenly last night after eating a hearty supper. usual health. Some 81 or 82 years old. had been married twice. lst wife Miss Elder who by that marriage has 2 daughters (married) living & one (married) by his last wife (Elvira Hurt). He had for many years been confined to his house and yard. used cruches /sic/. I think hurt from a buggy striking him years ago. was an elder in Pres. church but have not seen him at church in maybe 10 or 12 or more years.
JOHN L. H. TOMLIN, 1824-1905
p 160. June 23, 1905
Went in to funeral and burial of Sam Caldwell half past 4 this evening. Services at the residence conducted by Dr. McDonald. He was a king, gentle good hearted man, aged some 50 or 55. unmarried. He lived a quiet life on a farm near Malesus. The country seemed to suit him better than in town. might have lived with Will and his sister Miss Mamie but that he might have something to do he lived on the farm…. a good family, none better. only 3 of the family now remain. Will ass't cashier 1st Nat. Bk. Miss Mamie a cripple from infancy & Mrs. Johnson of Memphis.
ROBERT SAMUEL CALDWELL, SON OF W. A. & R. D. CALDWELL, March 20, 1852-June 22, 1905
p 160. June 23, 1905
Heard this evening that Mrs. Duncan wife of C. C. Duncan manager of Cumberland Telephone died suddenly today.
BLANCH C. DAVIS, WIFE OF C. C. DUNCAN, January 25, 1871-June 23, 1905
VOLUME 22, July-December 1905
p 1. July 3, 1905
Went to burial and funeral of Mrs. D. M. Parker (Callie) aged 76 in a few days.... a good woman. sister of Tom McCutchen, Mrs. W. W. Gates &c. Her husband died 20 or 25 years ago. one daughter who married Ed Mallory died 8 or 10 years ago. granddaughter Callie Mallory /died/a few years ago. She was one of the finest of the girls raised about Jackson or anywhere else. Mr. Mallory has been dead 5 or 6 years. 2 grandsons John and Charlie Mallory are all of the family of Mrs. Parker now living. John is a young lawyer. Charlie a lieut. in U.S. Navy.
CALLIE KING PARKER, July 26, 1829-July 1905 /no day inscribed/
p 7. July 17, 1905
Noticed in todays paper the death of Harvey Brown over 80 years of age. maybe the oldest citizen of Madison Co. as long as I can remember the family lived in Jackson. The father and 3 boys Lock, Harvey and Loft Brown. don't remember of their mother living. when boys they were race riders. Lock kept
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bar for Ham King for many years, then connected with livery stables &c.
If buried in Riverside Cemetery, Harvey Brown is likely buried in a now-unmarked grave.
p 31. August 31, 1905
John G. Jester buried today. 59 years old. has done a big business in Jackson for 30 or more years. Painter, paper hanging &c. employed a large no. of workmen. feeble for a year or more. consumption.
Jester lies in an unmarked grave beside his wife, Rose H. Jester, lot #4 according to his descendants.
p 36. September 9, 1905
Mrs. Robert I. Chester was buried in Jackson yesterday. She was raised in Lebanon -a Miss Riddle. Robert Chester is a son of Robt. H. Chester. lives in Jackson, only son living of Robt. I. Chester. a little younger than I am. about 76 years of age.
Perhaps this is Margaret Chester, whose tombstone states that she died in 1905.
p 49. October 4, 1905
W. D. /T. / Nelson died this morning about 2 o'clock. He married Rebecca Hurt, daughter of Robt. Hurt and Susan Allen (DeBerry) Hurt. had been /married/ twice. first wife was a daughter of Mathew DeBerry a brother of Mrs. Hurt and of Ann Ingram. one son Will is of his first marriage living. by his last marriage 3 or 4 sons and as many daughters. He was an elder in the Pres. church. President of the 2d Nat. Bank. had been in declining health for 3 or 4 years…. will be buried tomorrow morning 10 o'clock.
W. T. NELSON, 1846-1905
p 66. November 1, 1905
Noticed in todays paper that Jim Elrod died yesterday evening near Beech Bluff. aged about 70. was surprised. Saw him pass here a few days ago walking said he was going to Crockett Co. I think it was Saturday evening. Seemed as well as usual. had no idea he would die so soon. (whiskey has been his ruin) born in Jackson. Son of Jas. Elrod a prominent merchant of his day. a brother (1/2) of Mrs. Pattie Bates and Mrs. Lindsy. Mrs. L. lives at Denver. her son a Judge of considerable reputation in his effort to reclaim the young &c.
JAMES ELROD, May 10, 1833-November 1, 1905
VOLUME 23, January-December 1906
p 51. February 13, 1906
The young man Ormond Butler killed on railroad J. C. switch last Sunday /February 11/ morning. was a sad affair. foot caught in a frog or something of the kind. 2 or 3 cars passed over him. He leaves a young wife and infant child. married a daughter of Mrs. Goram (Dosh Hall).
WILLIAM ORMOND BUTLER, October 15, 1882-February 10, 1906
p 63. February 27, 1906
Notice in this evenings paper the death of Milton Brown Gilmore a grandson of Milton /Brown/ at one time a prominent lawyer and politician of Jackson. His mother a widow living in Jackson. 3 daughters of Judge Brown live here. all widows. Mrs. Gilmore, Dancy & Caruthers.
MILTON BROWN GILMORE, April 27, 1866-February 27, 1906
p 63. February 27, 1906
Also the death of Ben Howard Jr. son of Ben Howard attorney general for circuit (a year). man not much above 21. . . .
B. J. HOWARD, August 1, 1886-February 27, 1906
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p 214. August 4, 1906
Noticed in todays paper the death of Mrs. Hammerly, an old citizen, aged 85 She and her husband moved to Jackson in 1863. He has been dead many years One of the oldest ladies of Jackson.
VIRGINIA B. HAMMERLY, January 21, 1821-August 4, 1906
p 215. August 6, 1905
Todays paper gives the sad announcement of the death of Miss Holland, youngest daughter of Mr. Holland, long a merchant in Jackson, now dead. The mother is living, 2 married sisters one living in Jackson, Mrs. Ev Bond one living in St. Louis & 2 brothers. She was in her 17th year. The family came to Jackson soon after the war from S. Carolina. The young die, the old die, all must die.
HATTIE B. HOLLAND, 1890-1906
p 224. August 16, 1906
Geo. Robinson died in town today. born in Henderson Co. about 48 years ago. has followed the undertaker business most of his life. as a boy with his father. regarded as one of the best embalmers in the country. a kind & generous fellow….
GEORGE ROBINSON, no dates
p 275. October 8, 1906
Miss Mattie Pegues died this morning. She went to Mont Eagle 1st of June for rest &c. operation. contracted typhoid fever. a nice lady. She & her sister Miss Eva have managed well & made a competency. daughter of Asberry Pegues & g'daughter of Hazell Hewett one of the first settlers of the county.
MATTIE J. PEGUES (Died) October 8, 1906
p 287. October 21, 1906
George Spencer a young dentist and a fine one too has died. about 20 or 25...just across the street in the calaboose. He was very disapated /sic/. sad too sad.
GEO. SPENCER, 1867-1906
p 342. December 19, 1906
Capt. J. W. Woolard was buried in Jackson today. about 75 or 76 years of age. had been in declining health for a year or more but the immediate cause was pneumonia. He was a soldier in the Mexican as also in the great war of 61:65. long a citizen of Madison Co., a magistrate for 10 or 12 years. had been married twice. leaves 2 married daughters, Mrs. Mathis of Jackson & Mrs. Emmons of Corinth, Miss. last wife was Mrs. McCoy, now dead, no children.
JAMES W. WOOLLARD, March 4, 1832-December 17, 1907 /1906/
p 343. December 20, 1906
Frank Campbell youngest son of Frank Campbell died today in Jackson. consumption. also Mrs. Clay Nance daughter of Jim Anderson dec. consumption.
The east part of lot #235 is designated as that of Frank Campbell in the 1939 Index of Lot Owners, Riverside Cemetery.
MARTHA ANDERSON NANCE, April 18, 1867-December 22, 1906 /sic/
VOLUME 24, January-December 1907
p 13. February 20, 1907
Mrs. Harris wife of a son of C. N. Harris. the daughter of Robt. Chester. died today leaving an infant a few days old. February 27. Attended funeral and burial of Alex Campbell from the old residence of the Campbells. Mrs. Harris
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was buried just after. both at Riverside Cemetery
ALEXANDER W. CAMPBELL, JR., July 5, 1874-February 19, 1907
KATE CHESTER HARRIS, 1882-1907
p 19. March 21, 1907
Mrs. Tom Polk buried today. sick (cancer) for near a year.
WILLIE ROGERS POLK, March 1, 1855-March 20, 1907
p 24. April 7, 1907
G. H. Ramsey died yesterday morning. buried this evening. born in Gibson Co. aged 72. had been a citizen of Jackson since soon after the close of the Civil War. a clever man. leaves one daughter Mrs. Berkely. does not live here. was married twice. last wife Mrs. Lavinia Arnold (Ford).
GREENVILLE H. RAMSEY, 1836-1907
p 52. June 30, 1907
Syd /Bond/ baby died at 12 o'clock. am sorry. a great blow on Syd & Dink.
Probably buried beneath one of the unreadable small tombstones on Syd Bond lot.
p 95. November 13, 1907
Saw in this morning paper that John L. Brown had died at the home of Dick Sneed in Oklahoma or Indian Territory. Dick Sneed married his niece a sister of Earnest Bullock. For the last 3 or 4 years he had spent most of his time with Sneed or his niece. He never married & needed the attention of a home. John L. Brown was the oldest native born citizen of Jackson. The paper states that he was the first male child born in Jackson but this is a mistake. Jessie Russell who was among the earliest settlers of Jackson said a man named Jones who stoped /sic/ at his house for a short time had a son born to him who was the first male if not the first child born in Jackson… John Brown was born Sept. 23, 1824. His father was a physician, practiced in Jackson until his death about 1832 or 33….John L. Brown was a good and useful man in his day, filled places of responsibility -was clerk of Supreme Court of Tenn. , clk of the circuit court for a good many years. practiced law for a no. of years. I knew him from a time I can't rember /sic/…. /He/will be buried in Jackson.
In all likelihood buried in a now-unmarked grave in the large family of his parents.
VOLUME 25, November-December 1907; January-May 1908
P1. November 14, 1907
I. N. Seale who died in Washington last Monday /November 11/ was buried in Jackson today. He had lived in Jackson. connected, superintendent of a division of M & O /Mobile & Ohio/ Railroad when the M & O became under the control of the Southern. He went to Washington and his home had been there for the last 10 or more years. He was a popular railroad man in the prime of life and held a prominent position in the Southern road. He was born in Tupelo, Miss. where his father and perhaps his mother and two brothers live. His death is greatly regretted.
I. N. Seale, Died November 1907
p 1. November 14, 1907
The remains of Rev. John A. Harrison have been brought to Jackson for burial. He was rector of St. Lukes Episcopal church for many years before and after the Civil War for 25 or 30 years. a good man. beloved by everyone of all denominations. He went from Jackson to Demopolis, Ala many years ago & had charge of the church there up to the time of his death. He was an old man.
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Some 80 years old. His wife and a son died while living in Jackson and are buried here.
Trinity Episcopal Church records (Demopolis, Ala.) show that John Alexander Harrison died November 14, 1907, aged nearly 84 years. There are no tombstones in the Harrison lot on the south slope of the cemetery.
p 14. December 2, 1907
Mrs. McDonald phoned out to Mrs. Taylor this morning and Mrs. Taylor to Ada /Cartmell/ that Miss Laura Pyles died this morning. her father and /mother/ moved from S. Carolina at an early date. Settled at Red Mound in Henderson Co. where he merchandised for a no. of years. (Pyles & Simmonds) He was also clerk of the county or circuit court for some years. moved to Jackson about 1840. He and Mr. Simmons /sic/were in partnership in the mercantile business maybe to the beginning of the war. Miss Laura was born at Red Mound. an older sister married Geo. Holmes. lived at Covington, Tenn. She died during the war leaving 2 boys, Jimmie and Walter, both now living. Jimmie is blind, caused from a fever when a few weeks old. Walter lives in New York. There were 3 boys (brothers of Miss L.) the youngest Walter died at Tupelo, Miss. during the war, some 18 or 19 years old. only one now living Willis. Mr. & Mrs. Pyles or Miss Laura never joined the church tho' they were regular attendants of the Pres. church and to took /sic/ much interest in the church. They were rather peculiar in some respects but no clever people never /sic/ lived in Jackson.
LAURA C. PYLES, 1833-1907
p 57. March 16, 1908
Frank Campbell died this morning. sorry to hear it. He was raised principally if not entirely in this county. His father died in Ark. his mother was a Miss Theus. died at her mothers home 8 miles SW of Jackson in 1845 or 6. remains were brought to Jackson prior to 1845. Dr. A. A. Campbell a brother of the father of Frank Campbell made some remarks at the Pres. church when the remains were taken. I don't think there were but 2 children, Frank & a brother. He Frank lived with Dr. Warmack on the old Theus farm a number of years, grew up & attended school in Jackson. He was a civil engineer. at one time county surveyor. married a Miss Warmack. He was a useful man. about 68 years maybe not quite so old. 62 years since his mother died. was sick about a week. leaves 3 children. Mrs. Symmons a widow with I think 3 children. one single daughter. one son who lives in Memphis. March 17. Ada & I went in to the funeral & burial of Frank Campbell from the residence on Baltimore Street. Services by Dr. McDonald and Amos Jones.
Probably buried in the Frank Campbell lot in Riverside Cemetery (Index of Lot Owners, Riverside Cemetery, 1939)
p 91. May 18, 1908
Mrs. Jim Anderson died today. She was a daughter of Mr. Dunaway, a Cumberland Pres. preacher. Jim Anderson was a brother of Hugh Anderson. been dead 25 or more years. old citizens.
Perhaps Mrs. Anderson is buried in a now-unmarked grave in the Anderson-Dunaway lot.
VOLUME 26, May-November 1908
p 65. September 8, 1908
Mrs. Gilmore has died. oldest daughter of the late Judge Milton Brown. her husband was an eminent surgeon of Mobile, Ala. been dead many years. She leaves no children. had 4. 2 died in infancy. 2 Milton and Hervey grew up to manhood but are dead. She was 67 years old. born in Jackson, Tenn. in 1840.
ELIZABETH JANE GILMORE, August 22, 1840-September 8, 1908
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p 70. September 17, 1908
Anna Symons died last night about 10 o'clock. had but little hope for her recovery for a week or more….She was no society girl. a Christian girl. September 18. Went to funeral & burial of Anna Symons. She makes 4 of this family who have died in perhaps a little over one year. Mr. Symons, Frank Campbell, her gf & a grown son and now the daughter.
ANNIE NEILSON SYMONS, November 14, 1890-September 16, 1908
VOLUME 27, November-December 1908; January-December 1909
p 37. February 27, 1909/
/Someone phoned to say that/ Dr. McDonald had just died. found dead in the bathroom….Mrs. McDonald has been sick 2 or 3 weeks, quite sick. They have a son who lives in N. York, only child. He had come home or to see his mother a few /days?/ ago. She was much better this morning….Dr. McDonald was about 54 years old but a stout and healthy man. has been pastor of the church I think 6 years….
This man may be buried in Riverside Cemetery.
p 41. March 9, 1909
Will McCutchen drowned himself in the lake at water works last night. Hung his overcoat in the band house and left a note in the pocket. they soon fished him out. He is /sic/ a son of the late Capt. Tom McCutchen, an old resident of Jackson. was p'master under Cleveland.
WILL McCUTCHEN, no dates
p 46. March 21, 1909
Bob walked out this evening. Said Mrs. Fenner died this morning, widow of Dr. John S. Fenner and youngest child of John H. day who died as well as I remember in 1857. I think she is or was 62 or 3 years of age. leaves 2 daughters, Mrs. Marthan /sic/ Skene a divorced widow & Mrs. Cummins of Nashville. She had been in bad health for 2 or 3 years….John H. Day came to Jackson at an early day, early thirties perhaps and was a prominent citizen. an educated man. taught school. Proprietor of a hotel, a magistrate, farmer, &c.
VIRGINIA DAY, WIFE OF JOHN S. FENNER, Died March 21, 1909
p 69. May 24, 1909
Mrs. J. T. McCutchen was buried this morning. has been expected to die at any time for last 2 weeks. She was a daughter of Greenberry Adamson, formerly lived in Jackson /and/ died about the close of the Civil War. a son drowned himself in the lake at water works 2 or 3 weeks ago, a great shock to her. had not been well since.
MRS. ANNIE T. McCUTCHEN, 1848-1909
p 73. June 13, 1909
John R. McKinney died this morning or last night in Jackson…. I knew the family in Hardeman Co. before the Civil War. had been a citizen of Jackson 12 or 15 years….
JOHN R. McKINNIE, 1849-1909
p 74. June 14, 1909
and tonight at 7 o'clock Mrs. Hybernia Neill died. had been in failing health for several months. She was the widow of Gil Neill who has been dead many years. leaves 2 grown children, Falls & Mrs. Emma Gates whose husband died years ago, no children. Gilbert Neill was the son of Wm. Neill, the son of Gilbert Neill. My fathers first wife Margaret was a daughter of Gilbert Neill. He came to Madison Co. I think in 1820 before Jackson was located. entered land at what is now known as Beech Bluff. My father coming
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with him so soon as Jackson was located he /Cartmell/ moved to Jackson where in 1826 his wife died, leaving 2 daughters….
HIBERNIA NEILL, October 1, 1847-June 14, 1909
pp 79-80. July 2, 1909
Went to town about 3 o'clock and down to the cemetery (Riverside) where Bob Fenner was buried. came, his remains, on NC St. Louis train. had been living a no. of years at Oceola /sic/, Ark. Son of Dr. Robt. Fenner. oldest and only one /sic/. There were 5 or 6 boys, 4 daughters are now living. Rebecca & Lizzie now living in Florence, Ala. & Fanny and Rosatil living in Jackson. all are old women. I suppose oldest Rob, near 80. younger one about 60. Their mother was a sister /of/ T. P. Jones who was a son of Atlas Jones and one among the 1st settlers of Madison. His brother Calvin Jones settled near Bolivar where is located the insane asylum for West Tenn. Bob Fenner was a member of Co. L, 6th Tenn. Infantry. I think he was wounded at the battle of Perryville. was a good soldier. the grandfather settled at Cotton Grove this county (Madison) soon after the county was organized. His wife was a sister of Col. Tom Henderson. a brainy family. Robt. Fenner, MD. Dr. Erasmus Fenner a leading physician of New Orleans in his day. John M. Fenner farmer. a younger brother Jule /?/ who I think was killed by a fellow student at Lexington, Tenn. There were a no. of daughters of old Dr. Fenner, all superior women. one of them married Dr. Carpenter, a Jackson pioneer and built the old Lafayette Inn where now is Tigrett's Bank….
Gravesite in Riverside uncertain.
p 88. July 28, 1909
Dr. Wil /sic/ Chester was buried in Jackson today. died in Memphis where /he/ had gone for treatment. I think he had some stomach trouble. did not know he was so bad off. He was the oldest son of Robt. Chester now living and about 79 years old. His mother was Mary Long a daughter of W. H. Long. He was some 54 or 5 years /old/. He had practiced medicine in Jackson for many years. to some extent. I have heard it said he gave less medicine than any doctor & must have been more successfull /sic/.
W. L. CHESTER, M. D., August 15, 1854-July 26, 1909
p 117. November 10, 1909
Went to town this morning to attend funeral and burial of Mat Buntin's mother. Mat married Susan Wright. Mrs. Buntin aged about 76 years.
She probably lies in a now-unmarked grave in Riverside Cemetery.
p 127. December 14, 1909
Fred W. Adamson cashier of Jackson Savings Bank died this morning. He had been county court clk. was an enthusiastic Elk and belonged I think to some of the other orders. don't know whether he belonged to the church but his family were Episcopalians and he attended that church.
FREDERICK WILLIAM ADAMSON, 1850-1909
VOLUME 28, January-December 1910
p 12. February 7, 1910
Jo Will Tyson died yesterday. an elder in the Presbyterian church. a good man. /Belonged to/ an old family of this county of good citizens. his wife and 2 or 3 children survive him. He married a daughter of the late B. R. Person. a sister of Alex Person. ___ Landis also died today, an old citizen. Tyson had pneumonia. Landis Bright's disease.
JOE WILL TYSON, March 5, 1852-February 6, 1910
JAMES K. LANDIS, 1838-1910
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p 15. February 16, 1910
Anna Snider phoned out early this morning that Col. J. H. Duke had died at 5 o'clock this morning. two weeks today last was his birthday, 80 /the/ 3 of this month. He had invited 6 of us to take dinner with him at the Southern Hotel (Mrs. Day). Then hale and hearty…. Pneumonia set in and /he/ soon passed away. He came to Jackson in the 50s. He and Wiley Wood had a store to the beginning of the war. leaves a widow /a/ sister /of/ John Wisdom. 2 children, grown and married…. He will be missed, highly esteemed. kind hearted, enterprising, in good circumstances. May be worth $50,000 or more.
JOHN H. DUKE, 1830-1910
p 21. March 1, 1910
Saw in todays paper the death of Thos. N. Epperson, living 8 or 10 miles n' west of Jackson. 10th district. aged 63 years. The Grippe & heart trouble. leaves a wife & 6 children. He was born in Jackson. His mother was a Newsom. The paper says about 33 years ago he married Miss Bettie Smith but he had been married before to a Miss Yancy. He was a sister /sic/ of Alex Person's first wife…. He had been taking an active part in county affairs the last year or two.
THOS. N. EPPERSON, October 11, 1847-February 28, 1910
p 21. March 2, 1910
….but heard of the death of Dr. Arrington, another of our old citizens, a fine dentist. March 3. I rode to town, went to the burial of Dr. Arrington (Riverside).
JOHN A. ARRINGTON, D.D.S., 1841-1910
p 24. March 11, 1910
Another of the old citizens passed away this evening at 4 o'clock. He had /been?/ greatly afflicted with rheumatism for many years. Dr. B. F. /F. B. / Hamilton, a familiar figure about Jackson. I don't think he had walked a step in 12 or 15 years. Carried by a negro /sic/ man & put in a buggy who drove him wherever he went for many years….He had been married twice. first wife a Miss Walsh. 2d Miss Hudson. His wife & 1 daughter survive him. 2 daughters & one son of his first also. 2 sons died. George and Will both young have died since he was so badly afflicted with rheumatism. was a Confederate soldier. had been wounded. drew a pension. was for a few years a oil inspector. 55 years old.
FRANK B. HAMILTON, SR., July 2, 1843-March 11, 1910
p 37. April 15, 1910
Saw in todays paper the death of Nolan S. White. has been in wretched health for a year or more….He was connected as President of the Bank of Madison, failed 10 or 12 years ago. had been book keeper at the Southern Seating & Cabinet Co. was a Confederate soldier. was born in La. 1839 &c.
NOLAN STEWART WHITE, December 28, 1838-April 13, 1910
p 54. May 31, 1910
Noticed in this mornings paper the death of Billie Butler. He was born in Jackson or maybe near by about 70 years ago. His father Wm. O. Butler. mother was Miss ___ Hale daughter of Spirel Hale. He was a gr. son of Dr. Wm. E. Butler who owned most of the land on which Jackson was located east of Shannon Street. ____ Shannon owned west of Shannon Street. . . . He married a daughter of Capt. Tom Henderson. His (Tom Henderson) first wife was Miss Patterson. His (T. Hs) 2d wife was a sister of Billie Butler, Mary Orman Butler &c.
WILLIAM E. BUTLER, 1840-1910
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p 56. June 3, 1910
Mrs. Ella Chester was buried this evening. died in Nashville, operated on for cancer I think. widow of Dr. Sam Chester deceased many years.
ELLA RAGLAND, WIFE OF DR. S. H. CHESTER, March 5, 1885-June 2, 1910
p 58. June 9, 1910
Bob Reavis was buried this evening…. He was some 38 or 9 years old. leaves a wife & 2 small daughters. a sad death. His g'father Thomas Reavis was a pioneer settler of Jackson at least he must have come there in the early thirtys.
Reavis may be buried in a now-unmarked grave in the J. M. Reavis lot.
p 64. June 24, 1910
Mrs. Balch was buried this evening. She was Mary Wilbun. aged about 45, a most excellent woman.
MARY WILBON BALCH, 1865-1910
p 80. August 6, 1910
Saw in todays paper the death of Mrs. W. E. Dunaway. . .
LULA, WIFE OF WM. E. DUNAWAY, 1860-1910
p 83. August 19, 1910
Dr. Manly died at 5 this evening. has been paralized /sic/ for a week or longer. aged 70 years or more. He had spent most of his life in the vicinity of Medon. elected county physician a few years ago. Since then has lived in Jackson. an old time physician, clever man.
DR. C. A. MANLY, October 16, 1834-August 20, 1910 /sic/
p 127. December 22, 1910
little g'daughter /Rebecca Vandenbrook/ of Mrs. Tucker (Snider) died today. am sorry.
REBECCA VANDENBROOK, 1901-1910
VOLUME 29, January-December 1911; January-May 1912
p 8. January 28, 1911
Milton Brown was buried in Jackson this evening. He had a stroke of paralisis /sic/ 2 or 3 years ago. lived near Okalona, Miss. oldest son living of Milton Brown who represented this district in Congress 1841. Several terms. a fine lawyer.
MILTON I. BROWN, July 23, 1837-January 27, 1911
p 27. April 5, 1911
heard this evening that Mrs. W. W. Gates died today, the oldest person living in Jackson. had been living in Jackson since 1842. W. W. Gates published a paper (W. T. Whig) 1842 to 1862, when the Yankees visited Jackson and created a disturbance. She was a sister of Mrs. J. M. Parker (Callie McCutchen), also Tom McCutchen now living in Jackson. The mother of Mrs. John Gates deceased and of Tom Gates now living. Aged __.
ANN M. GATES, 1821-1911
p 68. August 4, 1911
Asbury Peguese /sic/ died this morning at 4 o'clock at the Mayo Hospital in Minnesota….remains expected to arrive this Sunday morning 8 o'clock /August 6/, to be buried at 4 pm at Riverside Cemetery.
A. T. PEGUES, February 17, 1859-August 4, 1911
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p 94. October 25, 1911
Notice in todays paper the death of Mrs. Stribling and /sic/ old citizen. sister of Hu Anderson. about 80 years of age.
MRS. FAY STRIBLING, May 14, 1831-October 25, 1911
p 108. December 8, 1911
Bob Bond died this morning…. p 109. December 9, 1911. Ada /Cartmell/ and I went in to Bob Bonds funeral and burial at Riverside Cemetery. There were 14 children of the family. He being the last of the family. He had been married twice in Williamson /Co., Tenn. / before coming here. He was married to Miss Vaugn. did not live long. came about the close of the war I think. leaves 2 children Jo Bond & Mrs. Person with whom he had lived some years. was 83 years last Sept.
R. W. BOND, September 19, 1838-December 8, 1911
p 111. December 16, 1911
Capt. Tom Tate will be buried tomorrow evening 3 o'clock from Presbyterian church. a useful man. had been a deacon in the church for many years. for a long time an engineer on I. C. Road. had been married twice. leaves 2 sons and a daughter. aged about 70.
THOMAS TATE, January 6, 1841-December 15, 1911
p 122. February 1, 1912
Atwell Thompson, civil engineer, Jackson was buried this evening. a native of Ireland. laid off the parks Chickamauga, Shiloh and other/s/…. leave/s/ a wife, a daughter of Wade Lyon dec. no children.
ATWELL THOMPSON, 1864-1912
p 145. May 4, 1912
Bob Reavis was buried yesterday. born in Jackson about 70 years ago. had been sick several months. was a Confederate soldier &c.
ROBERT A. REAVIS, September 30, 1848-May 1, 1912
VOLUME 30, May-December 1912
p 12. June 10, 1912
intended going in to Tom McCutchen's funeral & burial as Ada said she was going but she gave it out & I did not feel like going. He was born at the old Herron place in Carroll Co. Tenn. went to California 57. was a confederate soldier west of the Miss. River.
CAPT. J. T. McCUTCHEN, 1831-1912
p 12. June 10, 1912
Mrs. Muse was buried today. died at the asylum Bolivar. widow of Judge Tom Muse. lived after the war until his death in Jackson. was a prominent Republican. If not mistaken he ran for Congress vs Atkins.
THERESA EDRINGTON, WIFE OF THOS. C. MUSE, March 4, 1837-June 8, 1912
p 14. June 15, 1912
The young lady Ruth Robinson was buried today. She was shot by a fellow 6 or 8 weeks ago because she would not marry him…. He also shot her brother 8 or 9 years old. died that night. seems as if he wanted to kill the entire family. Then shot himself, but got well &c.
RUTH ROBINSON, no dates
HAM ROBINSON, Jr., no dates
p 30. July 26, 1912
A son of Fred Adamson was buried in Jackson. I suppose he was near 40 years
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old. I have not seen him in years. He started out as Dr. but don't think he ever practiced much. had an appointment of some kind in the Navy.
DR. BENJAMIN G. ADAMSON, June 30, 1875-July 24, 1912
p 49. September 11, 1912
Will Hogsetts widow Mary Caroline (McCowat) died yesterday at her sisters home in Jackson. Will has been dead years. To be buried tomorrow.
MARY CATHERINE HOGSETT, 1851-1912
p 72. November 21, 1912
John T. Starks remains were brough /sic/ from Fort Worth & buried in Jackson yesterday. born and raised in Jackson. once recorder of the town. (I think for 20 years)
Stark is possibly buried in a now-unmarked grave in the Robert Stark lot.
p 77. December 6, 1912
Old Mr. Harris died this ev'g. aged 81-2-3 years old. moved her /sic/ from Carroll Co.
Harris is possibly buried in Riverside in a now-unmarked grave.
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