Genealogy and History
ALMYRA GLEANINGS: Miss Myrtie Hughes, who spent the holidays with her parents of this community from the 24th to the 2d inst., returned to Luxora, Ark., to resume her work in the city schools of that place. Mrs. S. T. Copeland and little son, Talmadge, of Lebanon, Tenn., are visiting her sister, Mrs. J. L….
Relics of the Civil War and of Colonial Days from: Mrs. Mary E. Harris has shown us some nubia sticks that are practically the same as those used by the ladies for knitting sweaters for the boys in khaki at the present day. These sticks, which are made of cedar and are very light, are…
Destruction of the Town of Randolph. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, writing from on board the steamer Eugene on the 25th inst., gives the following particulars of the destruction of Randolph, Tennessee: The Cairo and Memphis packet Eugene, on her last trip down – Tuesday, 22nd inst. — was hailed at Randolph about three…
This is an excerpt from a thesis by Thomas Lee Anderson on ” JOHN BENNETT WALTERS, TOTAL WAR, AND THE RAID ON RANDOLPH TENNESSEE” Raid on Randolph Tennessee – Total War Central to Walters’ thesis about Sherman’s development of a plan to wage “total war” against the Confederacy, including its civilians, is an incident that…
Joshua Thomas Hastings: Mr. J. T. HASTINGS died at Curve Monday morning and was buried at Grace Cemetery Tuesday at 10 a.m. He was 74 years of age and leaves a wife and several children. Lauderdale County Enterprise, Ripley, Tn, September 14th, 1923. Joshua Thomas Hastings was born in Oct 1848 in Tennessee. His father…
Simpson David Hastings was born on 22 Sep 1818, in North Carolina. After the death of his parents, Joshua Hastings, Jr. (1769-1830) and Elizabeth Daugherty Hastings (1780-1852), Simpson moved to Tipton County, Tennessee. Here he met and married Susana Ann Fortner on Aug 1844. They were married until her death in 1894. During their marriage,…
John Burton “JB” Anderson was born in 1811 in Allen, Kentucky. First, John married Sarah “Sallie” Jackson. She died after the Civil War. They had six children. They were Thomas Jefferson, William G, George, Andrew Jackson, Sara and Arthur David. Next, John married Mary E. They had one daughter, Addie. John Anderson was born about…
General Description The Oak Hill Farm Historic District includes approximately 213 acres of farmland straddling the Tipton and Haywood County lines. The district is comprised of two dwellings, including an 1834 Federal-style I-house, and a collection of outbuildings associated with the mid-20th century period of rural reform and agriculture. The main house, referred to as…
Lucinda Thacker was born on 1 Oct 1803, in Allen, Kentucky. Her father was Edward P Thacker, born 1 Jan 1775 in Fluvanna County, Virginia. He died on 8 Nov 1845 in Allen County, Kentucky. Her mother was Elizabeth Polly Morgan, born 18 Nov 1779 in North Carolina. She died on 6 Feb 1842 in…
James N Young was born on 12 Sep 1832, in Ireland. His father was Robert (21yo) and his mother was Grace (23yo). James (16yo) is shown living in Tipton County, Tennessee in the 1850 US Census. He is listed along with his parents, Robert (40yo) and Grace (45yo), and siblings, William (18yo), Sarah J (14yo),…