City Directories
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The Mexican War of 1846-1848
Lincoln County Volunteers As listed in the Fayetteville Observer Dec. 24, 1914 Pryor Buchanan, capt John P. Smith, 1st Cpl. Alf S. Fulton, 1st. Lt. John M. Smith, 1st. Cpl. John V. Moyers, 2nd. Lt. George T. Cowan, 2nd. Cpl. … Continue reading →
Chronology & Important Dates
Newspapers
THE ELK VALLEY TIMES Observer & News Address: 418 North Elk Avenue, Fayetteville, TN 37334 Phone: 931-433-6151 and 931-433-6152 Published: Weekly on Wednesday
Continue reading →Goodspeed Biographies “W – Z”
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 →
Goodspeed Biographies “P – R”
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 →
Goodspeed Biographies “S – V”
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 →
Goodspeed Biographies “L – O”
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 →
Goodspeed Biographies “H – K”
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 →
Goodspeed Biographies “D – G”
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 →