Ansearchin’ News Our young friend and occasional contributor, T. W. Bullock Esq., has returned after ruralizing nearly two weeks out in Marshall, Bedford, and Lincoln counties, looking about as usual. He reports all right in these counties. Everybody is at … Continue reading →
See The Fine Looking Women Here Fayetteville ~ 1834 Copyright © 1998, Julie Hampton Ganis. All Rights Reserved. From Philip Cruse to his nephew, Allison Stirewalt ~ 1834 LINCOLN TN 2 Folded letter sheet, stampless. Circular postmark: Fayetteville, Te Aug 28 … Continue reading →
A Bell Tolls in Fayetteville ~ 1848 Copyright © 1997, Frederick Smoot. All Rights Reserved. From Ebenezer Hill to his daughter, Emily Ann Hill ~ 1848 LINCOLN TN 1. Red circular postmark: Fayetteville, Tenn Jan 16, and blue manuscript rate … Continue reading →
Notes copied from a paper lent by Albyne Gowen Blythe, wife of Rees Blythe, Fullerton, California. Rees is a grandson of James Blythe, brother of my grandfather, Joseph Blythe. Albyne’s brother, Tom Gowen, had the complete group of notes duplicated … Continue reading →
John WARDEN was born in North Carolina in 1826, son of Robert and Elizabeth (PILCHER) WARDEN. His early education was very limited, he never having received more than six months’ schooling during his life. At the age of six years … Continue reading →
B. S. PAPLANUS, a merchant of Petersburg, Tenn., was born in Hungary, Europe, and being left an orphan at an early age, he resolved to make the New World his home, and accordingly came to the United States in 1871, … Continue reading →
D. M. SANDERS is a native of Lincoln County, Tenn., born in 1846, and his early days were spent in attending the district schools and assisting his parents on the farm. After attaining man’s estate he was married to Mrs. … Continue reading →
William J. LANDESS, farmer and tanner of the Sixth District, was born October 9, 1852, in Lincoln County, Tenn. The father of our subject, John LANDESS was born in Kentucky, November 11, 1799, and was of Dutch extraction. He acquired … Continue reading →
Pleasant HALBERT‘s birth occurred in Williamson County, Tenn., in 1811. His parents, James and Elizabeth (SMITH) HALBERT, were born in North and South Carolina in 1771 and 1788, and died in 1833 and 1813, respectively. The father was a farmer, … Continue reading →
Hon. Isham P. DISMUKES (deceased), one of the leading members of the Fayetteville bar, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., April 19, 1832, son of Marcus L. and Delia (WADKINS) DISMUKES. He received a thorough literary education in the Fayetteville … Continue reading →
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