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- DEATH and
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- JONESBORO
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- McCorkle,
D.V.
- Died at Chattanooga on the 21st inst., Mr. D.V. McCorkle,
after a painful illness of several weeks. The deceased was
thirty-five years of age, and was engaged in the Drug business
in Chattanooga. He established a wide reputation for probity
and integrity in all the relations of life, and Chattanooga has
lost a citizen whose enterprise and public spirit contributed
greatly to the building of the town. Vol. III. #20, Thurs.,
January 25, 1872
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- McCurry, Nancy
- Sad Accident: We are informed that Miss Nancy McCurry, of
Flag Pond District, was killed on last Saturday by a tree
falling upon her. She was resting on the bank of Indian Creek,
and seeing a tree start to fall near by she attempted to run
out of danger, but was not able to make her escape. Vol. III.
#49, Thurs., August 15, 1872
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- McDonald, Rev. Mr.
- Drowned: Rev. Mr. McDonald, a minister of the Presbyterian
Church, and a teacher at Philadelphia, in this county, was
drowned at Hunters' Ford on Nola Chucky river on last Sunday,
in the attempting to ford the river for the purpose of
attending an appointment to preach on Sunday morning. His horse
steped [sic] upon a smooth rock and threw him off, where the
water was swift, and although the water was not more than two
or three feet deep, he washed down before assistance could
reach him, and never arose. He was found and taken out of the
river about 3 o'clock in the evening. He leaves a wife and
numerous friends to mourn his loss. Vol. III. #17, Thurs.,
January 4, 1872
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- McGee, Rhoda
- Died also near Cherry Grove last Friday morning, Mrs. Rhoda
McGee, aged 80 years.
- Vol. III. #49, Thurs., August 15, 1872
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- Mitchel, Elizabeth
- Died near Cherry Grove on last Sunday morning, Mrs.
Elizabeth Mitchel, wife of Wm. Mitchel. Vol. III. #18, Thurs.,
January 11, 1872
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- Morelock, Rebecca
- Died in Greene county last Friday, Mrs. Rebecca Morelock,
aged 80 years.
- Vol. III. #49, Thurs., August 15, 1872
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- Morrison, Whitfield
- Whitfield Morrison, son of Wm. D. Morrison, of this county,
died of lockjaw, a few days since.Vol. III. #18, Thurs.,
January 11, 1872
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- Mulkey, Hiram D.
- Hiram D. Mulkey, living near this place, died last Monday
night. Vol. III. #30, Thurs., April 4, 1872
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- Murr, Alexander
- Died near this county on Thursday, the 18th inst., Mr.
Alexander Murr. Vol. III. #33, Thurs., April 25, 1872
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- Murrell, child of
- Also on the same day, at Morristown, the youngest child of
Mr. G. M. Murrell. We tender to our afflicted friends the
deepest sympathies. Flowers too rare and beautiful for earth
are created for the bright garniture of Heaven.Vol. III. #22,
Thurs., February 8, 1872
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- Nave, daughter
of
- Died February the 5th, in Carter county, the infant
daughter of Lieut. Isaac Nave.
- Vol. III. #23, Thurs., February 15, 1872
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- Orr, Anna
- Departed this life on Tuesday the 6th of August, 1872, in
Elizabethton, Tennessee, Mrs. Anna Orr, consort of Mr. James W.
Orr, in the 37th year of her age.
- It was a beautiful conceit of the ancients that "those whom
the gods love die young," and alas, how frequently are we
reminded of the sentiment, in the early and untimely death of
the purest and most promising of earth. The lady who is the
subject of this notice, has been cut off in the meridian of her
noontide existence, whilst the brilliant sunlight of Hope was
gilding and adorning the bright and beautiful perspective
before her, whilst the glowing dreams of early years, which are
always calculated to fill the mind with bright and bouyant
[sic] expectations of future happiness were like a lovely
rainbow illuminating with radiant brightness the distant
horizon of future life.
- But although she has been summoned in the bloom of life to
the "undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller [sic]
returns," she was found ready and waiting for the serious and
important change, for she professed religion at the age of
thirteen, and joined the M. E. Church, and afterwards, in the
year 1853, she joined the Christian Church under the
ministration of Rev. M. E. Love, in which church she continued
to live and finally died a pious and exemplary member. She has
left behind her, to endure for a time the sorrows and
perplexities of earth, two dear little children of tender
years, who will have to buffet the tempestuous storm of life,
unaided by the beacon light from a mother's ever watchful and
devoted care. But "He who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb"
will doubtless lead and direct them on through this wilderness
of sorrow in answer to the prayers of their pious mother, who
lived the life of a christian [sic] and died the death of the
righteous, and has gone to put on her bright robe of heavenly
immortality which was fashioned and reserved for her in the
bright and lustrous regions beyond the stars.
- She has also left an affectionate husband to deplore and
lament the irreparable loss of a devoted wife. But he has the
consolation of knowing that he need not "sorrow as one having
no hope," for his loss is her eternal gain. If he be oppressed
too heavily with feelings of desponding and corroding sorrow at
his irreparable loss, he should be comforted and animated by
the recollection of the last words which were uttered by her
whom he had chosen to share with him the joys and sorrows of
earth, until the tender tie which united them together should
be severed by the unseen and relentless hand of the divine
Unknown. Just before the light of her earthly existence was
extinguished and her immortal spirit precipitated on the great
ocean of eternity, she said to her weeping friends who stood
around her: "Weep not for me, I am going home." These words
spoken by a dying christian [sic] just about to enter into the
full fruition of all the pleasures and enjoyments of Heaven,
pre-eminently serve to overthrow and refute all the sceptical
philosophy in regard to the future state of being which has
been advanced by Hume or a Gibbon, by a Voltaire or a
Bolingbroke, by a Hobbs or a Lindal. Oh! what cheering words
were these to her mourning friends. In the sunlight of day, as
well as in the stilly hours of night, these last words of the
loved and lost one will doubtless come to the disconsolate
husband like a soft and sweetly harmonious dispason [sic] of
Heavenly music which alone emanates from celestial harps when
their silvery strings are tuned and swept by angels' hands. And
oh, that these last, last words of a dying mother may be
treasured up in memory's shrine by her little orphans, and if
their brittle thread of life shall be extended out to years of
maturity they will serve to afford them most pleasant and
agreeable recollections in many dark and gloomy hours, and will
always serve in a very eminent degree "as lamps to their feet
and as lights to their paths" all along the journey of life.
Surely none can meditate upon the last words of this dying
christian [sic] without saying in the fullness of their hearts:
"Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be
like hers." The death of the righteous contrasted with the
death of the sinner at all times affords the most pleasant and
agreeable reflections; the death of the sinner is fruitful of
nothing but thoughts of the most dismal and gloomy character.
In the one case we can permit our thoughts to visit the radiant
climb of everlasting happiness where the angels dwell, and
where they tune their golden harps to songs of eternal praise
around the glittering throne of God. Whilst in the other case
we are oppressed with those gloomy reflections which burden the
mind whilst meditating upon the awful condition of an immortal
spirit doomed to an eternity of wretchedness and misery. The
friends and relations who stood around the couch of this devout
christian [sic] lady and witnessed her last strife with the dim
destroyer of all earthly happiness, can testify abundantly to
the Poet's assertion that
- "The chamber where the goodman meets his fate
- Is privileged beyond the common walks
- Of virtuous life quite in the _?rge of Heaven."
- And when this faithful and conspicuous votary of
christianity [sic] entered the dark valley of the shadow of
Death, oh, then how consoling and inspiring it was to think of
the sacred promise of Him who hath said "Be thou faithful unto
Death and I will give thee a crown of life."
- In conclusion I would say to the bereaved husband that
although his dear companion has gone down to the dreary tomb in
the bright noontide of her life yet the bright pathway in which
she walked on angel's wings to the __?__ of everlasting rest,
where, in the society of angels, she will forever be employed
in the delightful service of singing hymns of praise to Him who
permitted John the Divine, in the Apocalyptic vision, to gaze
upon the entrancing beauties and the glorious magnificence of
the Heavenly world, and on one occasion said to him, "Write
blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth;
yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors and
their works do follow them. W. R. F.
- Vol. III. #52, Thurs., September 5, 1872
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- Pugh, David
- Johnson City Item: On last Thursday, near this place, a
very shocking affair occurred, of which David Pugh was the
unfortunate victim. The circumstances surrounding the case as
far as can be gathered, seem to be about as follows: On
Thursday, August the 1st, about nine o'clock in the morning,
Mr. Pugh took his gun, (an old army musket) and walked out in
his corn field for the purpose of shooting some squirrels or
birds which had infested his field for some time. After going
about one hundred yards from his house he got upon an old stump
which stood in his field, for the purpose, it is thought, of
looking around more accurately, and in endeavoring to place his
gun upon the stump, the breech missed its object, passing on
down until the hammer of the lock struck near his feet, the
muzzle at that time being near the abdomen. Just at this
juncture the gun fired, throwing the contents in the direction
of the region of the heart, which consisted of almost a handful
of turkey shot. He dropped his gun remarking to a little boy
who was with him "I have killed myself," and started in a run
toward the house. He ran about thirty yards and fell on his
face. His wife heard the report and started in that direction.
Her frantic cries brought two or three men to the scene, who
carried him to the house. Dr. Mongle was summoned immediately,
but he had been dead sometime before the Doctor arrived. It is
thought, however, that he did not breathe after he was taken to
his house. Mr. Pugh was a young man about 21 years of age. His
sudden and violent death is greatly regretted by all those who
knew him. Vol. III. #48, Thurs., August 8, 1872
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- Remine, F.
Josephus
- Died, at the residence of his parents in Greene county, one
mile West of Limestone Depot, on the morning of the 13th inst.,
after about four days illness of inflamation [sic] of the
stomach, F. Josephus Remine, son of Henry C. and Sarah E.
Remine, aged fourteen years, two months and nineteen days. Only
a few minutes before his death he arose from his bed and walked
across the room, talked with a strong voice, and said he
suffered no pain. He "remembered his Creator in the days of his
youth," having attached himself to the M. E. Church at the age
of eleven, he lived a consistent member, and regular attendant
at Church and Sabbath School, a dutiful son, and a kind, and
loving brother.
- "When life's tempestuous storms are o're,
- How calm he meets the friendly shore,
- Who lived averse to sin!
- Such peace on virtues path attends,
- That, where the sinner's pleasure ends,
- This good boy's joys begins."
- Vol. III. #41, Thurs., June 20, 1872
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- Roberts, Cynthia J.
- Died on the 10th December, 1871 at Milburntown, Tenn., Miss
Cyntha J. Roberts. Aged 26 years. The subject of this notice
had been a member of the Methodist Church for fourteen years.
She was a regular attendant of the Church, was noted for her
great piety and earnestness of zeal in the cause of Christ. She
had been afflicted for many months and suffered greatly, and as
dissolution approached nearer and nearer, she seemed the better
prepared and more anxious to leave this world of trouble, and
enter into the joy of Heaven. Vol. III. #23, Thurs., February
15, 1872
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- Shaver,
Michael
- Died on last Saturday morning in this place of brain fever,
little Michael, son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Shaver, in the
fourth year of his age. Vol. III. #37, Thurs., May 23, 1872
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- Shipley, J. Edward
- Terrors Of The Storm King. Last Thursday, in the early part
of the afternoon, a terrific tornado of wind, attended with
rain and hail and travelling with indescribable fury and
swiftness swept through the Southwestern portion of the County.
The Northern line of its belt extended to this place, and its
fearful rage lasted about thirty minutes. The incessancy of a
thunderous roar, and the flashes of lightning that constantly
pierced and seamed the deep, dense, blackening folds of the sky
warned our citizens, in awful tokens, that the demons of the
storm were executing a fearful mission to the South of us. At
length, the rain which had fell in solid sheets began to grow
into sparser volume, the hurricane swept by leaving a track
scarred with fallen trees, prostrated fencing and roofless
buildings, and the overhanging world again put on a smile of
sunshine and peace.
- Were these the only scenes and events connected with this
violent visitation of the angered heavens, they would have
excited but little comment and soon passed from memory.
- But an estimable young man whom all highly esteemed, the
idolized of his parents, sisters and brother was caught in the
sweep of the mad, wild winds which had no pity for the anguish
of bruised, stricken hearts, and he was crushed and mangled
into a horrifying death. Mr. J. Edward Shipley, the unfortunate
and lamented victim, was in a clearing with his father although
they were some distance apart. When the storm was coming up,
Edward was seen running across the clearing in the direction of
his Uncle's house. The falling tree struck the terrified boy on
the head whilst he was running. He must have experienced no
agony for the mesenger [sic] of death must have done its work
at once. His body and the fatal spot were bespattered with his
brain and blood, and the frightful chasm in his skull revealed
the terribleness of his sudden taking off. When the sad news
reached the town and was repeated from lip to lip, every cheek
was blanched with horror, the stoutest [sic] heart turned sick,
and the strongest body excreted with excitement. Citizens in
large numbers, hastened to the dreadful scene to find the
robust, manly body a gore-bestrewn, mangled corpse. The
bereaved family had arrived and the shrieks of agony and
despair took the place of howls of the tempest.
- The deceased was kind, pure, upright and generous, and his
manhood was forming into a beautiful symmetry whose proportions
were graced by noble virtues and sublime excellencies. He had
not an enemy, all were his friends, and his death touches into
the liveliest emotions , the sympathy of every heart. His
cortege was one of the largest we ever saw in Jonesboro, and
the town stopped its business and bustle to pay a last tribute
to his memory. The sorely bereaved have the fullest measure of
human condolence, but God, and His angel, Time, can only heal
the wounds and allay the pangs of their sorrowing hearts.
- The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. L. M. French
and J. L. Mann at the residence of Mr. S. T. Shipley, and
committed to its sacred keeping until the time when the now
inscrutable providences of God shall be unfolded to us in the
light of eternity.
- Vol. III. #33 April 25, 1872
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- Shipley, J. E.
- Tribute of Respect. At a meeting of the students of the
Holston Male Institute, Jonesboro, Tennessee, the following
committee was appointed to draft resolutions to express their
condolence on the death of their fellow student, Mr. J. E.
Shipley, on this, the 18th instant, viz: Jehu Morris, L. C.
Peoples, R. N. Dosser, J. T. Wilds, A. F. Neil and F. P.
Broyles.
- Resolved, That, whereas it has pleased an All-wise
Providence to remove our fellow student, J. E. Shipley from
this to another mode of existence; we sincerely deplore his
loss not only as a school mate in the prosecution of knowledge,
but also a young man of respectability and merit.
- Resolved, That the session of our school be suspended with
the approval of our teachers, and that we attend the funeral
and interment to-morrow [sic].
- Resolved, That we tender to the bereaved our deepest
sympathies in their sad affliction and that a copy of these
resolutions be sent to the family of the deceased, and
published in the several papers of our town. Vol. III. #33,
Thurs., April 25, 1872
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- Stonecypher, Absolom
- Last week, Mr. Absolom Stonecypher died very suddenly at
his home, near Limestone Depot. We learn that he complained to
a member of the family of being sick, when he laid down upon
his bed and in a short time expired. He was about middle-aged
and was always stout and healthy. Vol. III. #22, Thurs.,
February 8, 1872
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- Thornburgh, Mrs. M.
A.
- A Sad Death. Mrs. M. A. Thornburgh, Of Knoxville, died on
the 23d inst., from the effects of narcotic poison. She was
sick previous to her death and the attending physician
prescribed pills of salicine and quinine. The prescriptionist
[sic] made the fatal mistake of using morphine instead of
quinine. In a few short hours the powerful agency of death,
despite the skill of several physicians, wrought its work. The
deceased was a most estimable and lovely lady and her demise
has cast a shadow of deepest gloom over the large circle of her
friends. Vol. III. #25, Thurs. February 29, 1872
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- Tilson, George
- Suicide: We learn that George Tilson of Flag Pond,
committed suicide last Friday by hanging himself. Vol. III.
#50, Thurs., August 22, 1872
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- Wartman, L.
Vance
- L. Vance Wartman, son of Jno. H. Wartman, senior Editor of
the Register, and Margaret L. Wartman, dec'd, gently passed
away on Monday morning last, in the 26th year of his age. The
disease of which Vance died was a lingering one, and well
calculated to try the power of Divine grace. Although the
subject of long suffering, he bore his illness with the gentle
spirit of one whose heart rested upon Christ. Years ago he
consecrated heart and life to God, and lived and died a
faithful Christian. He was, as long as health permitted, an
active and zealous member of Andrew Chapel Sabbath school, and
labored with all his energy, for the advancement of the
Redeemer's kingdom in that noble institution.
- Vance possessed many noble traits of character, and such as
endeared him to those with whom he mingled.--All his impulses
were generous and kind, and although young, he had already
developed points in his character which were firm and lasting,
and his affections warm and enduring. His christian [sic]
career was not marked by ostentation or show. "He walked humbly
with God." During his illness he gave unmistakeable [sic]
evidences again, of the presence of his Divine Master, and his
heart rejoiced in the love of Christ Amidst his suffer, the
stream of heavenly peace flowed into his heart, and he looked
placidly upon the dark waters upon which he expected soon to
launch his bark. As he neared the grave, to a friend he named
over the friends gone before whom he expected to meet in the
far off land; and his eyes sparkled with immortal light as he
spoke of the coming time when the ties of earth should be
served and his spirit mingle with the sanctified ones in
heaven. Vance was an obedient son, and his kindness of spirit
wore cords of affection in his parents' hearts which death
itself could not sever. He was a faithful member of the M. E.
Church, South, and died in its communion.
- He was an active, true Odd Fellow. While he lived he
endeavored to illustrate the grand principles of that noble
institution and in his protected illness he experienced at the
hands of his brethern [sic] the genuineness of their
professions of Friendship Love and Truth. Vol. III. #28,
Thurs., March 21, 1872
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- Wartmann, William Mck.
- Sudden Death. Mr. William McK. Wartman died very suddenly
at his residence in Harrisonburg, Va., last Friday. He was a
prominent, influential and highly respected citizen of that
country, At the time of his death, he was clerk of the County
Court of Rockingham County, a position he had occupied for a
number of years with the most satisfying efficiency and
integrity. The deceased was a brother-in-law of our old
townsman, Mr. James A. Ellworth, and whilst on a visit to this
place last summer won the esteem of all with whom he came in
contact. Vol. III. #27, Thurs., March 14, 1872
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- Watson, Laura
- Died on the 16th inst., Miss Laura Watson, daughter of
Isaac and Matilda Watson, aged about 17 years. Vol. III. #35,
Thurs., May 9, 1872
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- Young,
William
- Died at Johnson City, on last Sunday evening, William
Young, of consumption. Aged 58 years. Vol. III. #47, Thurs.,
August 1, 1872
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