Genealogy and History
ONCE PROUD LITTLE CAPITAL PASSES INTO HISTORY Surrenders Charter After An Existence of Ninety Years – Spacious Harbor Once Crowded With Craft – Destroyed by Federal Troops During Civil War – Once a Rival of Memphis For Supremacy. (By J. H. Curtis, in Memphis Commercial Appeal, Sunday April 17.) Randolph, once the proud and haughty…
Adeline Geneva Delashmit Adkison – Mrs. Adeline Adkison burned to death at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Abe J. Fite of Atoka, Friday morning about 9:00 o’clock. Just how the nearly 89-year old woman’s clothing caught fire may never be entirely explained. Mrs. Adkison’s son, Joseph Bernard Adkison, filled the coal stove in the…
Mariah Luvenia Delashmit Beaver: Mrs. S. D. Beaver, widow of the late S. D. Beaver, of Beaver, died at her home Saturday, April 25, at 2 p. m., following an illness of 10 days. Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian Church at Beaver Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, interment occurring at Ravenscroft cemetery. Rev….
Parents Stephen Daniel Beaver, farmer and merchant of the Fourth District, is a son of Dr. S. B. and Elizabeth Beaver, and was born in Fayette County, 1853, and is one of nine children, five of them living; Mrs. Frances Freeman, Mrs. Isabella Sloop, James B., S. D. and Sarah A. Allison. The father was…
Campground Items 7 Dec 1922: Mrs. T. E. Williams and children spent Thanksgiving with relatives in the Salem community. The Misses Trebin, sisters of our teacher, Miss Trebin, were week-end visitors of Miss Jessie Williams this week. Their home is in Rosemark. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pace, of Drummonds, visited Mrs. Molly Willis, Mrs. Pace’s…
Ella Simonton Walker was born on 23 Aug 1869, in Covington, Tennessee. Her father was Capt. Charles Bryson Simonton (1838-1911), and her mother was Mary Andros McDill Simonton (1845-1918). On 28 Dec 1899, she married Mark Anthony Walker. They had four children during their marriage. They were Mary Eleanor (1900-1945), Charles Simonton (1904-1952), Anna May…
21 Mar 1835 – Tornado – Eight were killed and many injured in one of the state’s most destructive tornadoes up to that time. It occurred in the southern part of Tipton County. 24 Apr 1908 at 3am F2 Tornado in Fayette and Tipton County – Two homes and three churches were damaged or destroyed…
Mark Anthony Walker was born on 24 Jun 1869, in Brownsville, Tennessee. He was the son of Squire James Empson and Ellen Anthony Walker. He married Ella Simonton on 28 Dec 1899 in Tipton County, Tenn. Ella was the daughter of Charles Bryson and Mary Andros McDill Simonton. During their marriage they had four known…
Charles Bryson Simonton: Lawyer; born Tipton Co., Tenn., Sept. 8, 1838; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William and Catherine (Ferguson) Simonton; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents John and Martha (Strong) Simonton; maternal grandparents James and Catherine (Ferguson) Ferguson; graduated from Erskine College, Due West, S.C., with degree B.A. Aug. 17, 1859; served as Capt. of Co….
Just who is the Bozo anyway? Clown battles Weststate barbecue restaurant over rights to name. Mason, Tenn. – Over the years, plenty of clowns have appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court. But now the court has been asked to hear what could be called Bozo vs. Bozo, a case pitting the “World’s Most Famous Clown”…