Genealogy and History
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…
Sunday, March 1, 1959 [continued from Section 2 – Story of Mary and Aunt Mary Cotton] At the door, I was still tickled and his face turned red and he too started laughing – he was a sweet, good Uncle Jim. He had steak, biscuit, hot coffee and other things all hot for us to…
Wednesday, January 28, 1959 Jimmy was a sweet boy and Frances would remember he visited many times with “Miss. Nichols” and Martha was visiting us at the time. As her brother Walter stated once here, when he and I were out looking at the shrubs and flowers. There would have to be a heaven, if…
Tuesday, January 6, 1959 I want to tell you this funny thing about Aunt Mary Cotton and me (she was papa’s aunt and my great aunt). I have spent time in her home, first when Grandma, her sister, 20 years older would go there. After through the years I would visit her. She lived till…
James Franklin Williams was born in 1842 in West Tennessee. James Franklin was a son of Carney E (~1816 – ~1857) and Frances Williams (~1811-1880). His father, Carney, was born in Jamesville, North Carolina, the son of Kinney and Frances Williams. His mother, Martha, was born in Virginia to Captain Joseph Edward (~1785-1842) and Nancy…
Modern Enoch Arden – The Pathetic Story of a Tennessee Confederate Soldier PERFIDITY OF HIS OWN BROTHER Jeff Maxwell Bore His Sorrow in Silence for Nearly Forty Years – Lost His Wife and Money While Fighting for His Country’s Cause – Death at Last Paves the Way for Talk. Covington, Tenn., July 12. – E….
Old Covingtonian Passes Away; Aged 72 Years – Mr. Henry Clay Harsson died at his residence, No. 1171 Englewood Place, Memphis on Friday afternoon, December 28, at 2 o’clock. He had been in failing health for quite a long while, but uremic poisoning was the immediate cause of his death. His remains were brought to…
AGED CITIZEN PASSES TO THE GREAT BEYOND Martin Van Buren Harrison: One of our oldest and most beloved citizens of Tipton county, Mr. Martin Van Buren Harrison (known as Uncle Mark) passed away May 14, at the home of Mr. John Billings, near Garland. Uncle Mark was a Confederate soldier who joined the army at…
Mrs. Meckie Hilliard died at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Virginia Poindexter, in the vicinity of Clopton, at 6 o’clock Sunday night, and was buried at Clopton graveyard at 3 o’clock Monday, the funeral service being conducted by Rev. R. A. Wood, pastor of the church there. Mrs. Hilliard was a daughter of the…
The above image is that of a quarter-plate tintype, probably taken the spring of 1862, of Sidney E. Sherrill. During this time Sherrill helped organize a company of confederate volunteers in Tipton County. On March 1, 1862, Company K, 51st Tennessee Infantry Regiment, was officially formed and Sherrill was elected the company captain. Captain Sherrill…