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SOME DEATHS NOTICES IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS

Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith

Mr. Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith of Jackson has published seven genealogical miscellanies for Henderson County.  He wishes to share this information as widely as possible and has granted permission for these web pages to be created.  We thank Mr. Smith for his generosity.  Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2001

[Note: The civil districts cited as places of death from late 1903 are the districts as they existed before that time.]

In photocopies from a nineteenth century scrapbook, donated to the Henderson County Library, by William Logan Barry, the following death notices appear, which with the aid of a perpetual calendar make it possible to reconstruct a few death notices some of which, judging from format and style, from 1873 on appeared in the LEXINGTON REPORTER.

General ROBERT EDMUND /EDWARD/ LEE died "at his residence in Lexington, Va." on October 12, 1870 in the sixty-third year of his age. /He was born January 19,1807./ "For four long years, amid the blood and anguish, the sufferings and desolation of civil war, he was the central figure around which gathered the hopes of a great people, struggling for principles they deemed holy."

SALLIE M. WITHERSPOON, wife of WILLIAM WITHERSPOON, daughter of DAVID RICE died in Madison County, Tennessee, November 24, 1871 aged 31 years.

GEORGE W. POOL died in Lexington, Tennessee, November 7,1871 aged 69 years, 1 month and 3 days old; from a stroke. A native of Pascatauk /Pasquotank/ County, North Carolina, he "emigrated to Tennessee when a young man about forty-five years ago. Forty-two years ago he was married in this county to . . . Mrs. CATHARINE POOL who was a daughter of the late JOHN HARMAN." Having started with meager finances he had accumulated a comfortable estate before the war; he had been a supporter of the southern Confederacy.

INFANT SON of WILLIAM J. and FANNIE J. BROOKS, aged ten days, died in Jackson, Tennessee, December 22, 1872.

G.W.D. /GEORGE WASHINGTON DAVIDSON/ HARRIS "well-known throughout West Tennessee died at his residence in Dyersburg, Tenn., December 9, 1872 in his 79th year. /He was a long-time minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South./ ". . . and his venerable wife who had passed through the storms of fifty-three winters with him followed him" to the grave December 10, 1872. /Her name was Elizabeth Davidson Harris./

MARY HOWARD, infant daughter of C. E. HOWARD, died in Mifflin, Tennessee in the residence of Dr. B. H. Brown, January 16, 1873 aged two months.

ELIZABETH A. BROWN, wife of Dr. B. H. BROWN, died in Mifflin, Tennessee, January 13, 1873 aged about 45 years.

JAMES J. PEGUES, a native of Marlborough, South Carolina, in the 47th year of his life, died in Water Valley, Miss., March 6, 1873.

IDA BELL, daughter of JOHN BELL, aged about fourteen years, died in Henderson County, March 14, 1873.

MATTIE E. JONES, wife of Dr. J. H. JONES and step-daughter of J. G. BROWN, aged about 35 years, died in Lexington in the residence of J. B. Brown, March 28, 1873.

NANNIE BELL, wife of C. F. BELL, aged 18 years, 9 months,15 days, died in Henderson County, _______ 29,1873.

F. M. /FRANK/ DARDEN died _______ 15, 1873 near Jacksonport, Ark., aged 39 years; a native of Henderson County, he had lived in Ark. for only two years; he was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.

LACY MILLER, wife of JOSEPH C. MILLER, died in Henderson County, _______ 16, 1873 aged about 35 years.

MARY A. DOYLE, daughter of JOHN DOYLE, died near Lexington, _______ 29, 1873 aged 10 years.

ELLEN FULLER, wife of JAMES FULLER, died January 22, 1874 aged about 45 years; her husband was chairman of the Henderson County court.

Hon. ELIJAH WALKER died in Savannah, Tennessee, January 1, 1874 in his 63rd year; "well and favorably known in the history of the jurisprudence of Tennessee."

JOHN B. RODDY died near Mifflin, Tenn., May 2, 1874 aged about 30 years; pneumonia.

Mrs. THINY LOVING died near Crucifer in Henderson County, May 3, 1874 aged about 70 years.

FREDONIA TAYLOR, wife of T. L. TAYLOR, died February 2,1874.

R. JANE HALL, widow of ISAAC C. HALL, died of consumption in the residence of J. A. TEAGUE, March 21, 1874 in her 60th year; she was born and partially raised in the York District of South Carolina and moved to Henderson County when young; a member, first of the Presbyterian Church and later the Methodist Church.

KATIE A.POOL died in Lexington, Tennessee, July 2, 1874;born in Montgomery County, Tennessee, August 18, 1812, the daughter of Major JOHN HARMON who moved to Henderson County in 1819. She married GEORGE W. POOL, June 18, 1829 and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1839.

ISAAC SMITH died _______ __,1874, having been "severely injured at Pittsford on Monday"; he had been a railroad employee for about ten years.

GEORGE THREADGILL "an aged and respected citizen of this county" died October 3, 1874; long suffered from diabetes.

MILTON S. EDWARDS died in Lexington, Tenn., August 16, 1875 aged 36 years; left widow and two children.

Mrs. TABITHA TIMBERLAKE died in Lexington, Tenn., August 13, 1875 aged 75 years.

Mrs. AMANDA GRISWOLD died in civil district five, Henderson County, August 16, 1875 aged 33 years; she left a widower and four children.

ADDlE V. LONG, wife of JAMES H. LONG and daughter of Rev. JOHN BROOKS, died in west Jackson, Tennessee, December 3, 1875.

The wife of BANKS JONES, "an aged lady," died in October 1876

Two obituaries identified as coming from the Jackson, Tennessee newspaper:

CHARLES CALLOWAY BROOKS died April 22, 1872,son of the Rev. JOHN BROOKS, in the 21st year of his age.

Colonel SAMUEL L.GANNAWAY died September _______,1875 in Jackson, Tennessee, aged about 58 years; he was one of the oldest printers in west Tennessee; before the Civil War he was editor of newspapers in Jackson and Brownsville; served in the Confederate army; later moved to Illinois and moved about a year and a half ago to Jackson where he died suddenly.

 

WILLIAM V.BARRY (1858-1948) established the newspaper, THE LEXINGTON PROGRESS, in Lexington in 1884 and was its editor for many years; reportedly a good many of the issues of this newspaper were destroyed/ruined when Barry's dwelling and shed were damaged by the cyclone that struck Lexington in early afternoon, March 13, 1913. Some of the death notices of local and/or regional people in extant issues follow below:

May 26, 1893
Mrs. MATILDA COX, widow of MILINER COX, who had been murdered several years ago, died May 14, 1893 in the residence of her daughter, Mrs. MANERVA JOYNER in Civil District 14; aged 84 years.

March 16,1894
Hon. W. T. LOGAN died Feb.18, 1894. A tribute of respect for him, by Bayham Lodge #86, Camden, Tenn., February 26, 1894 extolled his worthiness.

Mrs. LUCY JONES died March 14, 1894 3/4 miles west of Decaturville, in a "ripe old age."

BESSIE HALBROOKS, daughter of WILLIS HALBROOKS, died Feb.15,1894 aged 4 years.

July 24, 1896
Dr. A. B. HOLDER died in Memphis last week.

July 6, 1900
J. M. BUCK, SR. died June 29, 1900 in Civil District 11 aged 75 years; left 9 living children; burial at Mt. Gilead.

Miss PEARL McMILLAN, daughter of Dr. J. G. McMILLAN and wife, aged 17 years, died in Decaturville, Tenn., July 2, 1900.

Mrs. CAROLINE McKENZIE, wife of WILLIAM McKENZIE, aged 65 years, died near Reagan in Civil District 11, July 4, 1900.

SAMMIE DARDEN, month old son of FRANK M. DARDEN, died of meningitis, June 30, 1900; burial in Antioch Cemetery.

May 31, 1901
ROBERT A.SHAEFER born April 24, 1888; died May 9,1901; tribute of respect to his memory by the Sunday School at Lexington's Methodist Church.

October 11, 1901
LESSIE WINSLOW, aged 20, wife of ROBERT WINSLOW, died October 7, 1901 in the residence of her father-in-law, T. H. WINSLOW in Civil District 7; left widower and an infant; daughter of JACK WHITE of Civil District 2.

December 6, 1901
JOSEPH BELL, died in residence of his son, S. D. BELL in Civil District 2, November 29, 1901 aged 88 years, 2 months, 23 days. Born 8 miles from Nashville in Davidson Co., Tenn. and at age 11 came to Henderson County and settled on the farm where he died; married MARTHA J. MONTGOMERY and had four children; she died and he married TABITHA MANNING and had four children, two of whom survived him, S .D. BELL and Mrs. J. L. WHITE. A Cumberland Presbyterian at Beech Grove since age 18.

W. H. FISHER, "Hickory Bill", died in Civil District 3, November 26, 1901; a Methodist; burial in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery. [Note: Decatur County--DD]

January 24, 1902
BLANCHE WATSON WADLEY daughter of D. L. WADLEY and wife, died Lexington, Jan. 19, 1901 aged 2 years, 10 months, 15 days; burial in Lexington.

January 31, 1902
HUBERT KNOWLES, aged about 34 years, died of consumption, in Civil Dist.6, January 25, 1902; left widow and several small children; burial in Chapel Hill Baptist Cemetery.

J. R. BLOUNT "Jim Dick" died Perryville, Tenn., Jan. 29, 1902; married several years ago to ROSETTA daughter of C. P. DENNISON of Decaturville; had two children.

Dr. A. W. FESMIRE died January 25, 1902 in Civil District 7; burial in Antioch Cemetery.

February 14, 1902
Dr. A. W.FESMIRE born 1846; died Jan. 25, 1902; married JANE CARRINGTON, 1867; joined Methodist Episcopal Church at age 24; living were his father, JOHNNIE FESMIRE and his step-mother, JANE FESMIRE.

IRVING BLANKENSHIP died near Maple Spring this week.

September 5, 1902
WILLIAM M. TAYLOR, child of W. M. TAYLOR, died September l, 1902; One of the twins born August 5, 1901; his twin was IDA who survived; burial in Lexington Cemetery.

January 9, 1903
Mrs. MARY WILLIAMS, aged 75 years, plus, died January 6, 1903 in Civil Dist.19 in residence of her son, JOHN WILLIAMS; widow of GRAY WILLIAMS; mother of H. F.WILLIAMS also.

July 24, 1903
Rev. R. G. HOLCOMB, Methodist preacher, died in Henry, Tenn., July 17, 1903; left a widow and two children.

July 31, 1903
Rev .JONATHAN LUTON died a few miles from Decaturville July 26, 1903; local Methodist preacher.

August 14, 1903
Captain THOMAS B. PAINE, commissioner of agriculture in administration of Gov. Benton McMILLIN, died in Lexington, Tenn., August 8, 1903; lived in Savannah, Tenn. but died in Lexington on a business trip. He was state superintendent of education, 1883-1887 and had been superintendent of the Jackson, Tenn. schools for 12 years.

E. W. LEWIS died August 12, 1903; a stroke; lived in Henderson Co. all his life.

August 28, 1903
VICTORIA E. HALL wife of FEEK HALL and daughter of HENRY GIBSON, died Aug. 24, 1903 five miles west of Lexington; left widower and 2 month old son.

CORNELIA BURSEY, 31 year old wife of J. T. BURSEY and daughter of HARRISON THOMAS died in south Lexington of consumption, Aug. 23, 1903; was second wife of her widower and mother of five children, three surviving her.

LEMUEL A. STANFORD, aged about 60 years, died August 26, 1903; burial Beech River Cemetery; prominent old citizen of the county.

September 18, 1903
Rev. B. F. BARTLES, formerly of Lexington, died in Lebanon, Tenn., Aug. 27; left widow and children.

CARTER MADISON, oldest resident of Lexington, died Sept. 14, 1903; born in N.C., April 16, 1830; came as a child to Henderson County; his mother died in 1879; neither he nor his sister, Miss "Puss" Madison ever married; burial in the Lexington Cemetery.

ABNER POWERS, 15 year old son of ANDREW POWERS died in Civil Dist.14, Sept.11l, 1903; burial at Judson.

October 16, 1903
JOHN PARKER, aged about 35 years, died at residence of his brother, R. B. PARKER, near Luray, Oct. 13, 1903; burial in Shady Grove Cemetery, Hardin Co., Tenn.

November 6, 1903
HANNAH JANE ESSARY wife of NATHAN C. ESSARY died in Chesterfield, Oct.29, 1903; burial in Union Cemetery.

Mrs. MARY YOUNG, aged about 65 years, died 4 miles north of Lexington, Nov.3, 1903.

SAM MOORE died near the old academy, Nov.4, 1903; left widow, four children.

November 13, 1903
HANNAH JANE INGRAM, daughter of LARKIN and POLLY ANN INGRAM, born Perry (now Decatur) Co., Tenn., April 1826; married NATHAN C.(Uncle Buck) ESSARY, August 28, 1846;died Chesterfield, October 29, 1903; of 11 children, 4 died and 7 survived her. Surviving: LARKIN, WESLEY, SARAH ANN, wife of P. R. DENNISON; G. W.; AUGUSTA, wife of WILLIAM EVANS of Texas; BELLE, wife of ABNER McCALL. Burial old Union Cem.

November 27, 1903
MARY A. KIZER, daughter of THOMAS and SARAH M. KIZER, born Feb. 12, 1837; married WILLIAM R. BIRD, August 14, 1853; had seven children; her husband was killed at battle of Franklin in 1864; she married S. M. YOUNG, Jan. 14, 1869 and had 3 children; among surviving children were T. D. BIRD, Mrs. J. T. STANFORD, Mrs. J. T. HARMON was the only child of the Young marriage still living. Died in residence of her son, A. S. BIRD, November 11, 1903.

THOMAS M. WADLEY died Nov.19, 1903; a widower, he left children: MORGAN, DAISY, wife of HAWKINS GARNER; ERNEST; TOMMIE, a 12 year old girl; burial Chapel Hill Cemetery.

Hon. F. POPE McCOLLUM of Beech Bluff died Nov. 24, 1903 in residence of his sister, Mrs. S. J. EVERETT in Jackson, Tenn., aged 42 years; unmarried; sometime state representative and member of Henderson County court.

JOHN FESMIRE, aged about 24 years, died in residence of his great uncle, JOHN FESMIRE, in Civil Dist.7, November 3, 1903; brother of Miss MAGGIE FESMIRE.

December 4, 1903
SANFORD DENNISON born Dec.14, 1824; died Nov. 22, 1903 at residence of his son, Dr. C. A. DENNISON, Shawneetown, Indian Territory; brother of ROBERT DENNISON and O. P. DENNISON; left another son, W. H. DENNISON of Civil Dist.7; a Primitive Baptist; moved to Texas "many years ago."

December 11, 1903
Mrs. S. E. SUTTON, "an aged lady" and mother of Prof. R. L. SUTTON, died in Perry Co.,Tenn., Dec. 4, 1903; burial in Lexington.

December 18, 1903
Nine month old son of J. A. DENNISON and wife and only grandchild of Hon. JAMES A. ENGLAND died Decaturville, December 17, 1903.

January 8, 1904
Miss TENNIE WILLIAMS died near Stegall, Dec. 25, 1903; burial in Bethel Cemetery; her sister, NANCY WILLIAMS, died January 2, 1904; sisters of Mrs. W. R. MULLINS.

January 22, 1904
In memory of VICTOR D. WOOD who was killed January 20, 1903. "It was hard to part with Victor . . . but we will try to meet him some sweet day by and by."

February 26, 1904
Mrs. BECKIE SKIPPER wife of Rev. SION SKIPPER died February 23, 1904.

GEORGE H. HAYS died 7 miles west of Lexington, Feb. 23, 1904; left widow and children.

March 4, 1903
JOHN ARMSTRONG died in Lexington, February 29, 1904.

VELMA PARKS, nee HIGGS, wife of T. W. PARKS, born Feb. 17, 1870; died Feb.13, 1904; left a widower and small son.

Tribute of Respect for E. E. STEGALL, father of W. L. STEGALL, by Linton Lodge #109, Knights of Pythias; he had died recently.

March 11, 1904
JAMES T. PRIDDY, long a resident of Henderson County had moved to Gibson Co., Tenn. where he died last week; one of the 10 children of GEORGE PRIDDY and the first among them to die.

CARRIE ARNOLD SUTTON, daughter of Prof. R. L. SUTTON died this week.

GUY HENRY MOFFITT, 2 year old son of JOE H. MOFFITT and wife died March 3, 1904 of whooping cough; burial in Hepzibah Cemetery.

March 25, 1904
Mrs. J. B. WEBB died Feb. 11, 1904.

GEORGE MASSEY died a "short time ago" in Wildersville, Tenn.

DON DOUGLASS, aged 60 years, died several days ago; Confederate veteran.

CARRIE SUTTON, daughter of Prof. R. L. SUTTON died March 6, 1904 aged 16 months.

April 22, 1904
ANNIE GRAY MUSE, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. VIOLA MUSE died Bells, Tenn., April 13, 1904 aged 14 years, 18 days.

April 29, 1904
Mrs. W. T. LEWIS died April 22, 1904 in Henry Co., Tenn.; daughter of WILLIAM ALEXANDER of Lick Creek; married last October.

HELEN SMITH, old, respected black lady, died last week.

May 6, 1904
JOHN WEBB, aged 52 years, died 6 miles west of Lexington, April 29, 1904; left widow and 10 children. Sons, FEEK, JOE and NEWT of Deport, Texas; SAM and WILL of Henderson County; a daughter, Mrs. JIM DICK HOWARD lived in Jackson. Burial in Antioch Cemetery.

MAJOR GRAVES, aged 75 years, died April 29,1 904 in Civil Dist.17; left widow and 3 sons,2 daughters. Baptist.

May 13, 1904
N. H. WADLEY, aged 56 years, died May 6, 1904; burial in Lexington Cemetery.

May 20, 1904
ALLIE JANE DENNISON born Decaturvile, Tenn., March 13, 1884; died in the same house in which she was born, May 12, 1904; younger child and sixth daughter of CURRY P. and NANCY J. DENNISON; married August 27, 1902 to B. E. BUTLER and moved to Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 1904; burial in Decaturville.

LUCY McHANEY, daughter of Dr. A. A. McHANEY died Kennett, Missouri, May 14, 1904 aged 8 years, 10 months, where she was attending school and living with an uncle, JOHN C. McHANEY.

WILLIAM R. McADAMS died May 9, 1904 in Civil Dist.5; his wife, SALLIE, died May 9, 1904; both buried in Big Springs Church Cemetery.

GEORGE WASHINGTON DIFFEE born old Civil Dist.7, June 9, 1830; died in Lexington, May 15, 1904 in residence of his daughter, Mrs. CARRIE BELL; married JOSEPHINE WADLEY in 1856 and had 12 children, 10 of whom survived him.

June 17, 1904
THELMA BEATRICE BELL only child of CHARLIE BELL and wife, died June 11, 1904. Born August 15, 1902. Burial in Beech Grove Cemetery.

July 1, 1904
GLADYS LANCASTER, daughter of J. M. LANCASTER, died June 19, 1904 aged 1 year, 3 months,18 days.

July 8, 1904
LIZZIE KIRBY, colored, living at the Shrewsbury place, found dead in bed, July 7, 1904.

July 15, 1904
MARY ANDREWS, wife of Dr. DOLPH ANDREWS, daughter of Dr. WILLIAMS, died Spring Creek, Madison Co., Tenn., July 3, 1904; raised near Parker's Cross Roads; sister of Mrs. N. J. SANDERS.

J. B. YOUNG, aged about 53 years, who lived west of Lexington, died July 11, 1901

August 12, 1904
JOHN C. (Jack) HARMON died 6 miles north of Lexington, August 7, 1904; left a brother, A. W. Harmon; sister, Mrs. L. B. GRADY; burial in Harmon graveyard.

Miss AMERICA BRAY "an aged lady" died near Luray several days ago.

M. M. MULLINS, aged 65 years, died south of Lexington, Aug. 7, 1904; left widow and 4 children.

September 23, 1904
Mrs. R. W. WALLACE died recently, west of Lexington.

October 7, 1904
JULIAN ELLER, brother of J. A. ELLER, died Parker, Texas, Sept. 28, 1904; aged 50 years; a "quite corpulent" man.

JOSEPH WALLACE ROSS, 18 months old, son of M. W. and S. L. ROSS, died Sept. 30, 1904; burial in Bethel Cemetery.

October 14, 1904
Mrs. MARY THREADGILL born March 2, 1824; died Oct. 6, 1904; mother of 12 children, 6 surviving her; burial Bethel Cemetery.

December 2,1904
NED MUSE, colored, died November 25, 1904 at residence of E. E. MUSE; aged "up in the 80s"; as a slave he had belonged to DANIEL C. MUSE, father of E. E. MUSE.

December 9, 1904
G. W. BEACHAM, who lived in Civil Dist. 11, got into an argument with a colored youngster in south Lexington, who struck him with a brickbat and killed him, December 7, 1904.

January 13, 1905
Mrs. JUDIE YARBRO, aged person, died Decaturville, Jan.11, 1905.

OSCAR DUZAN died January 3, 1905 in Lexington.

ROBERT A. BIRD son of J. P. BIRD died Chester Co., Tenn., Dec. 22, 1903, 9 months old.

January 27, 1905
THOMAS H. PAFFORD, photographer, brother of D. D. PAFFORD of Lexington, died near Camden, Tenn., Jan. 22, 1905 aged 45 years, 10 months,14 days; burial Lexington Cemetery.

April 7, 1905
Young son of HAMP GARDNER died 3 miles south of Sardis, Tenn., of smallpox, April 1, 1905.

April 21, 1905
NORRIS HART died April 16, 1906 in Lexington.

May 5, 1905
Mrs. T. B. HAMILTON, aged about 40 years, died 5½ miles north of Lexington, May 4, 1905.

May 19, 1905
Mrs. W. H. (Lizzie) McKINNEY died McLemoresville, Tenn., May 11, 1905 in her 37th year.

JOHN MINCEY died May 5, 1905, aged man, in Civil District 18.

June 23, 1905
NANNIE DAVIS wife of J. H. DAVIS died June 21, 1905, Chesterfield; flux; left also 5 children.

July 7, 1905
M. FESMIRE "Uncle Si" died July 4, 1905, a resident of nephew, Lafayette Fesmire in Civil Dist.7; burial in Antioch Cemetery.

June 29, 1906
JACKIE EVALINE WHITEHORN, daughter of JOSEPH and SARAH WHITEHORN, born Oct. 25, 1865; died June 21, 1906; married THOMPSON A. ENOCHS, Dec. 21, 1891; had a daughter, HESTER, "now" 13 years old.

July 20, 1906
ELLA STEWART wife of W. H. STEWART, daughter of JOHN M. WADLEY, died July 3, 1906 near Lavinia, Tenn.

August 24, 1906
C. Y. BRAY, aged 38 years, died Aug. 11l, 1906 in Civil Dist.7.

M. A. BUCK, aged 70 years, died Aug. 10, 1906 in Civil Dist. 10; burial Mt.Gilead.

September 7, 1906
LYDIA ELIZABETH WHITE, born Bridgeworth, England, March 23, 1834; came to U.S. with her father, 1840; educated in New York Conf. Seminary, graduated 1855; married Oct. 21, 1858, J. P. BRANNOCK; moved to Lexington in 1905; mother of 6 children.

October 12, 1906
JAMES HAMILTON, aged 75, plus, died Civil Dist.7, October 10, 1906.

MARTIN A. BUCK died Aug. 10, 1906, aged 69 years, 24 days; married MARY E. CRAVEN, March 1, 1859; had ten children.

November 9, 1906
LYDIA ANN PETERSON, aged 79 years old as of June 20, 1906, died Nov. 8, 1906; burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Civil Dist. l.

December 14, 1906
KIT DOUGLASS was shot and killed in Civil Dist. 1, Dec.7, 1906, aged 75 years; "ambushed."

August 2, 1907
EUGENIA ELIZABETH SUTTON, daughter of ROBERT L. and SUE SUTTON, born Rutherford, Tenn., Nov. 18, 1885; died July 20, 1907; burial Lexington Cemetery.

 


In this same scrapbook is a clipping:

Marriages In December [1871]

J. W. Bramfield and Miss A. J. Lewis
James Boyd and Miss M. J. Taylor
Mr. N Cole and Miss M. A. Smith
Geo. Webb and Miss M. J. Legitt
D. H. James and Miss S. J. Hamilton
J. O. Durham and Miss M. B. McKnight
J. T. Rains and Miss M. J. Hall
E. B. Weatherly and Miss M. G. Bivens
J. T. Haskins and Miss A. C. Mayo
Wm. McCrary and Miss S. J. Lacey
E. S. Halton and Miss M. T. Rogers
R. T. Smith and Miss A. M. Barr
M. M. Robbins and Miss A. E. Johnson
J. W. Pearce and Miss L. B. Marion
J. K. Hathaway and Miss E. D. Taylor
T. J. Stone and Miss A. E. Pierce
R. F. Britten and Miss F. Harris
D. R. Bell and Miss J. M. Davis
D. E. Wageter and Miss A. C. Hopper
J. T. McDaniel and Miss S. J. Corbett
All of this county

Also, the marriages:
JAMES R. BLACKMON to MARY E. HOWARD, April 30,1872.
ISAAC O.BROOKS to IDA L. BROOKS, d/o J. J. BROOKS, May 6, 1872.
JOHN TIMBERLAKE to M. E. HARRISON, April 16, 1872.
FELIX H. RHODES to ANNA E. JONES, December 21, 1871.
Capt. J. W. CARROLL to SAMANTHA GALBRREATH, December 14, 1871.
J. J. CROOK to MATTIE ROBINSON, December 20, 1871.
L. N. TIMBERLAKE to AMANDA LIPSCOMB, December 24, 1871.
Dr. J. A. CROOK to MATTIE CAWTHON, December 18, 1872.
J. B. RODDY, S.C. to FREDONIA E. McHANEY, May 14, 1872.

Other works by Jonathan K. T. Smith can be found at the Madison County Records Repository at TNGenWeb.

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