GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS,
THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, 1897-1899

By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2002

JULY-DECEMBER 1898

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July 7, 1898

WHARTON REGISTON born Mar. 4, 1865; died June 20, 1898; youngest brother of Rev. John W. Registon, Tennessee Conference.

REBECCA SUSAN JENKINS born Mason Co., Tenn., Feb. 6, 1842; married W. Hitt Adams, Oct. 18, 1866; 6 children; moved to Kansas in 1871; died Stillwater, Indian Territory, Apr. 24, 1898.

SERENA A. PYEATTE, nee Young, born in Tx., Mar. 13, 1865; married John H. Pyeatte, Oct. 1, 1885; 6 children; died Custer Co., Indian Territory, May 9, 1898.

ELIZABETH VIRGINIA SCOTT daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Gause; married Rev. James M. Scott, born N.C., 1831/32; moved to Lauderdale Co., Tenn. when young; married Apr. 3, 1856; 7 children; no death date given.

ADDIE COBB wife of T. D. Cobb, daughter of Rev. George Johnston, born N.C., April 15, 1848; died May 3, 1898; married Dec. 11, 1867.

WILLIAM ETTER son of James L. Etter, born Hawkins Co., Tenn., Aug. 10, 1838; died near Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 5, 1898.

 

July 14, 1898

JOHN FRANKLIN son of John A. and Mary C. Black, born Pickens Co., Sept. 21, 1871; died in Texas, May 25, 1898.

M. E. BRASHEAR wife of M. E. Brashear, born Mar. 1, 1863; died Apr. 30, 1898.

CASSIE GRACE wife of Thomas J. Grace, Falkner, Miss., born Feb. 28, 1839; married Dec. 1, 1859; 13 children; died May 18, 1898.

Tribute of Respect for Colonel R. L. COLEMAN, member of Board of Weaverville College, N.C., who died recently; by this board.

Mrs. THEO BETTIS born Feb. 21, 1845; died near Memphis, Tenn., May 29, 1898; married Oct. 11, 1865; 10 children.

 

July 20, 1898

Rev. HESLEP RILEY TUCKER born Hardin. Co., Tenn., Sept. 2, 1851; died Mar. 7, 1898; son of Riley W. and Laura Abell Tucker; licensed to preach, Methodist Church, 1874; married Abigail J. Deloach, Sept. 18, 1873; 4 sons, 3 daughters.

Rev. JAMES RUFUS DEMPSEY born Rockingham Co., N.C., Dec. 13, 1825; died New Franklin, Mo., Apr. 22, 1898; married (1) Melvina Coleman, 4 children; (2) Mary E. Linebaugh, 10 children.

 

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SARAH MALINDA BEASLEY daughter of William B. and Sarah Duncan, born Hampstead Co., Ark., Mar. 10, 1842; died Bakersfield, California, Mar. 22, 1898; married Nov. 3, 1875.

 

July 28, 1898

P. H. SOUTHALL born Dec. 23, 1819; married (1) Elizabeth Steel (died Feb. 16, 1860), 1851; 3 children; (2) Synthia Ann Kenard, Sept. 5, 1861; 3 children; died April 4, 1898.

C. CROWE KING daughter of John Crowe, Franklin, Ky., born Jan. 3, 1872; died June 21, 1898; alumna of Logan Female College; spent a year of study in Germany; married Preston Lee King, Feb. 1897; left an infant who died July 4, 1898.

Rev. N. A. D. BRYANT born Moore Co., N.C., July 29, 1816; ordained deacon, Methodist Church, 1841; ordained elder in 1843; died Weaver, Texas, Jan. 1, 1898; married (1) Susan S. Jaslip; 4 sons; (2) Virginia C. Ingrram, 5 children. First wife died May 24, 1854.

EUNICE B. JACKSON, nee White, died Dyersburg, Tenn., June 13, 1898 aged 78 years; born Sumner Co., Tenn.; married (1) Mr. Hewlet; (2) Mr. Fenner; (3) Alexander Jackson with whom she had three children, two sons being Samuel M. Jackson, Dyersburg and Robert F. Jackson, Nashville, Tenn.

MARY F. LEE born Nov. 29, 1817; died July 2, 1898; married Empson Bridges, 1834; 3 children, two being Empson and Goodman; (2) J. W. T. Lee, 1846; 8 children. Lee died June 1862.

W. C. BRADFORD, Sr., born Stewart Co., Tenn.; died Cumberland City, Tenn., June 29, 1898.

 

August 4, 1898

M. F. PARKER born April 30, 1827; died Gibson Co., Tenn., April 2, 1898.

MARY E. REID born Shelby Co., Tenn., Dec. 1843; died July 12, 1898.

LITTLE MOE son of B. H. Johnson, born May 2, 1892; died June 18, 1898.

Miss CLARA M. MURPHEY daughter of Prof. A. G. Murphey died July 3, 1898.

CAROLINE BRANDON, nee Weaks, born Feb. 6, 1837; died New Concord, Ky., Feb. 20, 1897.

JOHN W. WIDDERFIELD born Charlottesville, Va., Mar. 10, 1826; died Trinidad, Calif., July 4, 1898; married Mary E. Kinchelo, May 1850; 2 daughters.

ANDRW. P. DOWNING born Mar. 13, 1820; died Carroll Co., Tenn., Mar. 3, 1898; married Kezia A. Brooks, Oct. 11, 1841; she died July 1, 1891.

GEORGE H. STINSON born Bath, Miss., Mar. 30, 1827; moved to Camden, Ark. in 1848; married Virginia McCollum, April 1857; died May 16, 1898.

Tribute of Respect for Miss EUGENIA PRIVETT; by Clopton Sunday School, undated.

 

August 11, 1898

BERTIE LEE GILBERT daughter of Rev. J. W. Gilbert, born Oct. 25, 1883; died July 6, 1898.

JOHN WESLEY GAMSLEY born in Va., Sept. 10, 1812; married Mary Ann Jones (died Jan. 22, 1893), May 11, 1821; died May 30, 1898.

JAMES MOREMAN born Oct. 28, 1829; died Apr. 24, 1898.

Mrs. LUCY J. WILLIAMS born Dec. 3, 1823; died July 14, 1898.

LEMUEL W. MOORE born Feb. 22, 1871; died May 17, 1898.

Miss FANNIE I. BAXTER, Sharon, Tenn., born Sept. 30, 1870; died July 9, 1898.

Mrs. ELIZABETH SMITH born Oct. 6, 1853; died Mar. 23, 1898.

Tribute of Respect for Capt. C. J. FOSTER who died recently; by Sunday School, First Methodist Church, Shreveport, La., undated.

 

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Tribute of Respect for Miss BERTIE GILBERT who died July 6, 1898; by Charlotte Sunday School dated July 10, 1898.

WILLIAM HALE born Dec. 1872; died May 10, 1898.

 

August 18, 1898

EWELL W. GILBERT son of John E. and India P. Gilbert, Prospect, Tenn., died July 12, 1898 aged 32 years, 2 months and 19 days.

E. C. PERDUE born Jan. 14, 1829; married (1) NATHAN MOORE, Sept. 12, 1848; 3 daughters; (2) J. J. PERDUE, May 7, 1861; 2 daughters; daughter of Adam and Aquilla Brown, early Methodists; died June 25, 1898. [Madison County, Tennessee]

LOUISA AMIS VAUGHT born Culleoka, Tenn., July 25, 1854; died Nashville, Tenn., May 17, 1898; married Bayless D. Vaught, 1873. Sister of Rev. L. R. Amis, Tennessee Conference.

JAMES POLK WHITE born Humphreys Co., Tenn., Jan. 3, 1845; died July 1, 1898; served as sheriff of Humphreys Co.; buried in Waverly, Tenn. cemetery; married (1) Fannie Tubbs; 3 children; (2) Florence Ridgeway.

VIRGIL S. TURNER son of J. C. and Rebecca Turner, born Iredell Co., N.C., May 13, 1846; married Ida D. Gaither, Jan. 22, 1872; died July 6, 1898.

ELIZA J. TRANBARGER, nee Bailey, born Buncombe Co., N.C., Mar. 12, 1826; married A. J. Tranbarger, Sept. 1846; 8 children; died April 25, 1898.

ELIZABETH THOMPSON, nee Ransom, born Rutherford Co., Tenn., Jan. 13, 1814; married Lawrence Carr Thompson, 1830; 7 children; a son, Rev. John Thompson; died June 27, 1898.

Dr. R. H. C. RHEA born Hopkins Co., Ky., Feb. 1, 1828; died April 11, 1898; a son, Dr. F. H. C. Rhea.

JANE H. HAMILTON, nee Hugley, born Feb. 1, 1815; married W. A. Hamilton, 1832; 3 sons, l dau.; moved to Texas in 1850; no death date given.

GREENBERRY CULBERSON born June 30, 1859; died near Hanover, Ala., May 2, 1898.

 

August 25, 1898

Rev. WILLIAM R. WARREN, retired member of Tennessee Conference, Methodist Church, born

Dec. 27, 1830; died Franklin, Tenn., July 8, 1898; his "last wife," formerly a Henderson; several children.

Capt. CLAIBORNE J. FOSTER born Monroe Co., Ala., Aug. 4, 1834; died Shreveport, La., June 22, 1898; married Eunice Burruss.

 

September 1, 1898

THELMA CLEMENTS daughter of Merit K. and Emma Roberts Clements, died Athens, Ala., July 12, 1898 aged 14 months, 6 days old.

DANIEL HERMAN BROYLES son of H. W. D. Broyles, born Nov. 8, 1881; died July 15, 1897.

JOHN F. HODGE born Jan. 19, 1845; died Aug. 14, 1898.

Major J. W. PORTER born in Ky., Nov. 18, 1827; died DeWitt, Ark., July 15, 1898; married (1) Elizabeth Marshall, Oct. 27, 1853; 5 children; a Confederate veteran; (2) Calpurnia D. Musgrove, 1871; 4 children.

JULIA A. HALL, nee Smithson, born Pleasant Hill, Ala., May 24, 1824; died Bessemer, Ala., June 27, 1898; married J. A. Hall, March 31, 1857.

NANNIE SINCLAIR born Hardin Co., Tenn., Dec. 7, 1874; married Harris Leath, Jan. 31, 1897; died Savannah, Tenn., Mar. 3, 1898.

BESSIE IDA CARTER daughter of S. P. and M. P. Carter, died Oakland, Tenn., Aug. 8, 1898 aged 22 months and 5 days old.

 

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Tribute of Respect for Rev. R. P. GANNAWAY, retired member of Tenn. Conference, Methodist Church; by 4th Quarterly Conference, Montgomery Circuit, dated Aug. 6, 1898.

 

September 8, 1898

ELIZABETH W. ALEXANDER "Bessie" daughter of J. W. and M. D. Alexander born Maury Co., Tenn., Aug. 25, 1877; died there, Aug. 6, 1898.

JOHN P. SEAY son of Major W. W. and Ann Seay, born Smith Co., Tenn., April 16, 1826; died in same county, June 10, 1898; married Jane Vaughan; 1 son, 2 daughters.

MARTHA ANN OWEN wife of George Owen, died June 23, 1898 aged about 50 years.

THOMAS JAMES BERKELEY FERRELL born N.C., Mar. 20, 1814; moved to Smith Co., Tenn. in youth; married Penelope Gibbs, Nov. 19, 1834; 13 children; died Aug. 19, 1898.

JODIE E. son of Dr. D. J. and M. F. STEVENSON born Lee Co., Miss., Sept. 10, 1878; died July 18, 1898.

ANN E. ALEXANDER, nee Suttle, born Albemarle Co., Va., Mar. 31, 1814; died Rutherford Co., Tenn., Aug. 12, 1898; married Albert G. Alexander in 1835.

MOLLIE WEBB wife of James Webb, daughter of James and Jane Wood, born Pontotoc Co., Miss., 1850; died July 13, 1898.

JOHN F. WESTMORELAND born Giles Co., Tenn., Dec. 10, 1832; died Athens, Ala., Aug. 17, 1898; married (1) Mary Nelson (died June 30, 1889), Oct. 5, 1854; (2) Sallie Rice; merchant.

 

September 15, 1898

Rev. R. P. GANNAWAY born Rutherford Co., Tenn., Aug. 8, 1818; died Aug. 6, 1898; joined Methodist Church Sept. 10, 1837; licensed to preach therein, 1859; married Mary A. Tarpley; 3 sons, l dau.

Rev. B. M. STEPHENS born Bedford Co., Tenn., Oct. 17, 1826; ordained deacon, Methodist Church, 1847; ordained elder in 1849; married S.C. Turney, 1859; transferred from, Tenn. Conference to No. West Texas Conference; no death date given.

Dr. T. E. MURRELL born Bolivar, Tenn., Nov. 1, 1850; died Denver, Colorado, June 26, 1898; married Mary B. Mizell daughter of Rev. A. Mizell, Tenn. and Ark. conferences; their son, Edgar, was born February 13, 1890.

J. L. HARTON son of Rev. J. P. Harton born Huntsville, Ala., June 8, 1822; died Madison Co., Tenn., Jan. 12, 1898; member of Ebenezer Church.

ROBERT A. JORDAN born Williamson Co., Tenn., Feb. 28, 1843; married Laura Rucker; 4 sons, l dau.; died Aug. 28, 1898.

GEORGE L. McFALL born Maury Co., Tenn., Feb. 6, 1816; married Sallie A. Barnett, July 17, 1845; died Aug. 8, 1898 in a railway accident; buried Wheatley Cem., Dallas Co., Texas.

MARTHA L. HARTON daughter of J. L. Harton, born Dec. 31, 1856; died May 13, 1898; invalid for fifteen years.

 

September 22, 1898

KATHERINE HARRIS daughter of James A. and Margaret Rice Harris, died recently.

RUTH HOLMES born Desha Co., Ark., Nov. 9, 1877; died July 6, 1898.

NELLIE MYRTLE HOUSTON, daughter of W. W. Houston, died Aug. 22, 1898 aged 6 months old; burial in Big Springs Cemetery.

B. R. BELL son of Ira and Edith Bell, born N.C., Aug. 21, 1827; moved to Carroll Co., Tenn. when a boy; then moved about 1839 to Marshall Co., Miss. and died there June 12, 1898.

 

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Mrs. MAGGIE L. BILES WALTON born Mar. 4, 1865; died Aug. 17, 1898.

JOHN W. BLACKWELL born Allen Co., Ky., Mar. 3, 1814; died Mar. 19, 1898; married Sarah L. Powell; 5 children.

DEWEY LOWRANCE FINLEY and SAMPSON MARTIN FINLEY sons of Z. T. and, Maggie L. Finley, born June 26, 1898; Dewey died July 11 and Sampson died July 29, 1898.

CHARLES E. NAYLOR died Sept. 8, 1898.

MATTHEW LYDDELL BACON died recently; a laudatory sketch, no biographical data given.

JAMES E. FREEMAN died Martin, Tenn., July 8, 1898; born Nottoway Co., Va., Nov. 12, 1828.

WINNIE BILBREY born Mar. 4, 1874; died June 14, 1898; married C. A. McElhany, Dec. 25, 1895; a son, Arthur Earl, born March 11, 1897 died July 14, 1898.

 

September 29, 1898

MALCOM McNABB born Cocke Co., Tenn., Feb. 19, 1813; died June 21, 1898; married (1) Sarah

Baker, Oct. 1836; 7 children; (2) Elizabeth Easterly, Feb. 14, 1865.

Mrs. I. J. ASWORTH died July 7, 1898.

LOYD one of twin sons of J. A. Reed, born Mar. 30, 1898, died June 19, 1898.

JULIA ANN LAGRONE died Calhoun Co., Miss., May 15, 1898; married Rev. C. M. Lagrone, Jan. 8, 1874; daughter of Thomas Maudlin; had her 66th birthday last February; 2 surviving children, including a son, J. T. Davis.

Rev. JAMES C. BRADSHAW born Weakley Co., Tenn., May 7, 1834; licensed to preach, Methodist Church, 1873; his second wife was Mary Hope Thompkins.

ALICE CARMACK, nee Long, born Russell Co., Va., April 20, 1867; married George S. Carmack, Jan. 1, 1896; died Sept. 2, 1898.

JOSIE CAMPBELL daughter of John and Elizabeth Reaves, died Hardeman Co., Tenn., July 11, 1898; married J. J. Campbell, Jan. 1, 1880; 7 children.

M. M. RUSSELL born Sept. 20, 1821; died Mar. 17, 1898; married Rachel Jones, 1841; 11 children.

NANNIE ELIZABETH CAMPBELL BROYLES born Hardin Co., Tenn., Feb. 22, 1840; married H. K. Broyles, Nov. 2, 1858; died Sept. 9, 1898.

IDA O. JOHNS, nee Hilliard, born Springfield, Tenn., Mar. 22, 1856; died Trilly, Florida, Sept. 10, 1898; married Feb. 2, 1875.

MOLLIE A. McGEE wife of Rev. J. M. McGee, born Dyer Co., Tenn., May 29, 1849; died Friendship, Tenn., July 9, 1898.

 

October 6, 1898

LEWIS T. WHITE died near Goodlettsville, Tenn., Sept. 18, 1898; married Mary Ann Davis (died 1864), 1834; children, John F. and Mary Elziabeth. Son of Dr. William White.

Miss ALLIE SWAN born Warren Co., Tenn., Apr. 21, 1878; died Mar. 19, 1898.

N. S. GREENWOOD born Talladega Co., Ala., Sept. 27, 1830; died Aug. 8, 1898; married M. C. Rhymes, Nov. 24, 1853; 9 children.

 

October 13, 1898

ROSS ETTA HILL wife of Dr. J. H. Hill born Sept. 2, 1873; died Aug. 6, 1898.

M. A. YAGER daughter of George and Polly Peak, born Jan. 22, 1829; married Benj. G. Yager, Oct. 24, 1850; died Sept. 8, 1898.

 

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F. H. LOCKETT born Mecklenburg Co., Va., Jan. 28, 1818; died Haywood Co., Tenn., Sept. 12, 1898; married (1) Martha Short; (2) Susan C. Smith, 1847; 8 children.

J. A. CALDWELL died Aug. 12, 1898 aged about 70 years; burial at Shiloh; married Lizzie Markham; 6 children.

ANN ELIZA CLARK daughter of John and Elizabeth Murrell Clark born near Lawrenceville, Va., Nov. 15, 1817; moved west with her widowed mother and five siblings to no. Ala. in 1832; married Overton Harris, 1847; died June 26, 1898.

HARRIET HARDIN VANCLEAVE, nee Jackson, born in Va.; Oct. 15, 1827; died Sept. 18, 1898; married William E. Vancleave, April 1, 1846 and moved to Henry Co., Tenn. in 1849.

SARAH M. WELBURN daughter of W. W. and A. P. Welburn, born Gibson Co., Tenn., April 15, 1833; died Sept. 14, 1898. Last name spelled WELLBURN.

JULIA P. FRANKLIN, nee Wilburn, married M. Franklin, May 2, 1866; 3 sons, 2 daus.; born Athens, Ala., June 29, 1845; died Sept. 5, 1898.

MAGGIE GEST, nee Patterson, born Mar. 14, 1867; married W. A. Gest, April 3, 1889; died Columbus, Ky., April 21, 1898.

 

October 20, 1898

Rev. W. R. McKENNON died recently; no biographical data given.

MARY P. ROBERTS, nee Roger, born Madison Co., Ala., Mar. 20, 1814; married Capt. Nathan Roberts, Oct. 20, 1831; died July 12, 1898.

ELISHA A. BROOKS born Maury Co., Tenn., 1836; married Angeline Grimes, 1866; died May 20, 1898.

ELIZA J. ATKINS, nee Appleberry, born Sept. 14, 1859; died Sept. 25, 1898; married E. T. Atkins, Jan. 29, 1880.

ELIZABETH J. CROCKETT daughter of Thompson and Elvira Jarratt, born Trousdale Co., Tenn., June 23, 1828; died [date not given]; married W. E. Crockett, Dec. 1843.

WILLIAM A. BENSON born Smith Co., Tenn., Aug. 24, 1827; died June 28, 1898, leaving a widow and four children.

MARY MOORE born Dec. 24, 1850; died Aug. 27, 1898; married J. W. Moore, Jan. 3, 1886.

E. S. HARRISON daughter of William and Salvania Willet, born Clarksville, Tenn., Jan. 19, 1819; married Carey Harrison, Dec. 1835; moved to Shelby Co., Tenn. in 1836 or '37; died near Capleville, Tenn., Aug. 15, 1898.

 

October 27, 1898

ADDIE BORNING REEVES daughter of Rev. John and Laura Borning, born Feb. 11, 1868; married George A. Reeves, Oct. 25, 1883; died near Johnson City, Tenn., Aug. 29, 1898.

MARTHA P. BARTON born Petersburg, Va., June 27, 1816; died June 21, 1898.

WILLIAM CLAGGETT was buried Sept. 27, 1897; his widow, Elizabeth Hornbeak Claggett was buried Sept. 6, 1895.

WILLIAM C. PULLEN youngest child of J. E. Pullen, born June 25, 1886; died Sept. 10, 1898.

 

November 3, 1898

EDWARD BREDELL WAPLES born Dec. 25, 1814 near Dagsbow, Delaware, one of 11 children of

a sea captain father; married Nancy Graves, 1845; 9 children; grocer; no death date given.

LUCY F. COOK, nee Winbourn, wife of Roland J. Cook, Phillips Co., Ark.; born DeSoto Co., Miss., Mar. 18, 1842; died Oct. 11, 1898.

 

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Rev. WILLIAM H. ADAMS born Warren Co., Ky., Dec. 15, 1820; died Tipton Co., Tenn., Oct. 3, 1898; ordained deacon, Methodist Church, 1844; ordained elder 1846; Confederate chaplain; married three times, father of 9 children.

ANNIE BYRUM STONE CROSSETT born Chatham Co., N.C., Dec. 6, 1869; married W. A. Crossett, April 13, 1892; died Amarilla, Tex., July 26, 1898.

JESSE THOMAS PURYEAR son of J. W. and Virginia Puryear, born Courtland, Ala., Jan. 3, 1864; died Oct. 3, 1898.

ELLA KITCHING daughter of James H. and Mattie Kitching, born Dec. 4, 1878; died recently.

Miss EDITH GARNER born August 1878; died Oct. 9, 1898.

JOSEPHUS PARSONS born near Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 14, 1843; graduate of E. M. Institute; married Permelia Higdon, Feb. 25, 1878; died May 28, 1898.

ANNIE LEVERT HARRISON wife of T. W. Harrison, daughter of Robert B. Cox, born Pulaski, Tenn., married May 16, 1888; died Alvarado, Tex., July 30, 1898.

JOHN F. WESTMORELAND born Giles Co., Tenn., Dec. 10, 1832; died Athens, Ala., Aug. 17, 1898.

JANE PHILPOT born April 1827; died Oct. 4, 1898; married Samuel Philpot, 1875; he survived her at the age of 88 years.

 

November 10, 1898

Rev. T. W. WALKER, local elder, born Aug. 26, 1811; died Aug. 28, 1898; licensed to preach, Methodist Church, 1845; married (1) Mary McFalls, Oct. 28, 1832; she died Jan. 28, 1845; (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Larimore who died Sept. 21, 1872; married Nov. 28, 1845; (3) Mrs. Anna Sharp (died Sept. 25, 1896), Jan. 3, 1875; had children with first two wives.

Dr. CHARLES H. SEVIER born Haywood Co., Tenn., Aug. 25, 1839; married Cora Anderson; died Sept. 30, 1898.

EDWARD SAMPLE RAINS born Feb. 10, 1871; died Sept. 21, 1898; served in Santiago campaign.

ANNA ELIZABETH YOUNG, nee Phillips, wife of Capt. W. A. Young, born Nov. 14, 1847; died Sept. 2, 1898; married January 18, 1866.

EMILY A. GREEN, eldest daughter of Maj. R. D. Cross; died Whiteville, Tenn., June 2, 1898, aged 62 years; widow of Capt. T. A. Green.

RALEIGH R. DODSON born Nov. 2, 1880; died Aug. 23, 1898. Friendship, Tenn.

ROBERT BEN SIGLER eldest son of Robert I. and Sallie C. Sigler, born Wythe Co., Va., June 17, 1892; died Shelby Co., Tenn., Oct. 5, 1898.

ONIE DANIEL daughter of E. L. Daniel, died Waco, Texas recently aged 19 years.

 

November 17, 1898

Rev. JOHN M. CARR died Nov. 6, 1898.

ELI HENRY TISDALE born Montgomery Co., N.C., Jan. 22, 1825; died Oct. 8, 1898; married Rose A. Floyd, Dec. 19, 1845; 3 children.

N. S. McGLATHERY died Corinth, Miss., May 13, 1898; born Morgan Co., Ala., June 18, 1821; married Samuel E. McClathery, Aug. 21, 1839.

WILTON INEY MITCHELL daughter of D. A. and S. W. Mitchell, born Clay Co., Ala., Oct. 16, 1889; died Oct. 26, 1898.

CORA RICHMOND ALEXANDER born Shelby Co., Tenn., April 10, 1869; died Jan. 21, 1898; married Edward Alexander, April 23, 1892.

 

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Dr. HENRY R. WILLIAMS born May 10, 1830; died east Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 16, 1898; married Julie S. Pillow, Feb. 5, 1857.

ELIZABETH JONES GRIZZARD born Mar. 13, 1828; died Warren Co., Tenn., Mar. 4, 1898; married Isaac Grizzard, Oct. 20, 1847.

EMMA PETRIE BELL wife of John F. Bell, daughter of H. G. and Mary Petrie, born Aug. 21, 1851; died Oct. 10, 1898; married Nov. 20, 1879.

PHOEBE HEARN daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Hendrickson, born Williamson Co., Tenn., Oct. 18, 1844; died Sept. 13, 1898; married Rev. S. L. Hearn, Oct. 10, 1861; ten children.

 

November 24, 1898

Rev. W. J. ROBERTSON died recently.

MARIAH HELM BRASHEAR, nee Avit, born Breckinridge Co., Ky., Oct. 25, 1823; died Owensboro, Ky., Sept. 26, 1898; married William Brashear, Nov. 10, 1842; 9 children.

LOVELL COFFMAN born Limestone Co., Ala., Dec. 21, 1817; died recently; married three times; father of fifteen children.

CHARLES WESLEY son of Thomas W. and Ann E. COLLEY born Washington Co., Va., Mar. 25, 1895; died Oct. 15, 1898.

BASCOM TRIBBLE died recently near Shelbyville, Tenn.

MALVERN H. TICER born Mar. 4, 1877; died Oct. 9, 1898.

HENRIETTA RANDALL wife of J. L. Randall, daughter of J. F. Taggart, born Lamar Co., Ala., May 12, 1841; died Tx., May 18, 1898; married September 6, 1866.

 

December 1, 1898

WILLIAM HURT RIGGS son of Rev. Adam S. and Sarah M. Riggs, born Dec. 12, 1855; died Sept. 23, 1898; married (1) Minnie Curtis, Dec. 14, 1881, one son; (2) Ruth Smith, Dec. 2, 1892, 4 children.

MARTHA A. WEST born in Va., Aug. 31, 1816; married Thomas W. West, Mar. 28, 1835; died Alexandria, Tenn., Sept. 23, 1898.

LYDIA JANE MINCE daughter of William and Martha Mince born Feb. 24, 1877; died Nov. 3, 1898.

 

December 8, 1898

Rev. SAMUEL B. CARSON born in Tenn., Oct. 13, 1816; died Oct. 10, 1898 near Zolfe, Florida; married (1) Jane Hawks, 8 children; (2) Janie Nunnalls, l dau.

Tribute of Respect for Miss LIZZIE DOBSON who died recently; by College Grove, Tenn. Sunday School, undated.

REBECCA MINOR FISK born Logan Co., Ky., July 29, 1818; married Rev. Robert Fisk, Aug. 31, 1843; died Russellville, Ky., Oct. 23, 1898 a residence of her only living daughter, Mrs. Bettie McClean.

 

December 15, 1898

GEORGE H. MILLER born Oct. 12, 1853; died Oct. 13, 1898.

ABNER GRANT born Cincinnati, Ohio, Mar. 29, 1837; married Tabitha E. Wilson, 1859; died Nov. 8, 1898.

LUCINDA CAROLINE HILL wife of Rev. Richard Hill, died Mar. 19, 1898; daughter of John

and Elizabeth Hill, granddaughter of Rev. Green Hill. Born Rutherford Co., Tenn., Apr. 27, 1825; married January 13, 1842.

JAMES TAYLOR HANKS born Breckinridge Co., Ky., May 3, 1844; married Ann Ricketts; death date not given.

MARY ANN CONLEY born Oct. 14, 1829; died Nov. 15, 1898; married E. J. Conley, May 9, 1866.

 

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NETTIE SCOTT daughter of Sam M. and Mattie E. Scott, died Oct. 1, 1898 aged 3 months, 19 days old.

Mrs. REBECCA AUSTIN died Pine Bluff, Ark., October 29, 1898.

HATTIE L. RANDLE daughter of Rev. Richmond Handle died Dec. 2, 1898, Big Cave, La.

 

December 22, 1898M

W. W. R. ELLIOTTE, SR. born Rutherford Co., Tenn., Aug. 14, 1813; died Dec. 3, 1898 in residence of son-in-law, Colonel Joseph Manson, Soulsbury, Tenn.; son of William and Elizabeth Wilson Elliotte, native of North Carolina. His father was born in 1767; his mother in 1775; married Jennie W. Ferguson, 1838; 9 children; merchant. His wife died Mar. 13, 1874.

MATTIE BARR SPERRY born Lebanon, Ohio, Dec. 9, 1841; daughter of Amos and Martha H. Barr; married John N. Speery, Sept. 1, 1863; 2 children, H. L. and Mattie B., wife of Dr. Gee H. Price, Nashville. Two children, John and Charles, died in infancy.

JAMES A. COSTEN born Maury Co., Tenn., Dec. 23, 1853; married Martha O. McDonald, Oct. 27, 1864; died Dec. 9, 1898.

GEORGIE ELLA EUBANK born May 27, 1871; died Dec. 2, 1898.

Miss ALICE PRIEST born Williamson Co., Tenn., Mar. 3, 1868; died Mayfield, Ky., Aug. 18, 1898.

WILLIE POTTER wife of Harry V. Potter, died Oct. 21, 1898; daughter of Dr. Shannon.

MARTHA ANN REEVES born Baltimore, Md., Dec. 7, 1829; married Jesse Reeves, July 24, 1851; died August 1, 1898.

WILLIAM THOMAS OVERALL born June 11, 1843; died Dec. 25, 1897.

 

December 29, 1898

Colonel JOHN A. BLAIR born Hardeman Co., Tenn., Aug. 23, 1835; graduate, University of

Miss., 1860; twice married; died Tupelo, Miss., Nov. 1, 1898.

"Sister" OOLEY wife of W. R. Ooley, born Aug. 12, 1842; died Nov. 8, 1898; daughter of Jordan and Julia Saunders; married (1) James Lusk; (2) William R. Ooley, February 7, 1875.

MARTHA POOR born Dec. 5, 1829; died Dec. 7, 1898.

Miss MARY G. SPIVEY born Autauga Co., Ala., June 29, 1834; died Dec. 11, 1898.

Tribute of Respect for WILLIAM LUTON who died October 15, 1898 in his 79th year of age; by Sunday School Committee, undated.

 

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