List of Death Notices from 1876 Morristown Gazette
This is a listing I made of death notices while doing an index to the 1876 Morristown Gazette. Some of the notices give information while others simply mention the death. To give you some idea what the record contains, and to make these more available to people, I have gone through the obituaries and printed gleanings from them below.
This is for the Morristown Gazette newspaper, for the year 1876. The code below is (month - date / page - column.) So (1 -2 / 3 - 4) would be January 1, page 3, column 4. If you have any questions about this, send me an email.
Allen, Col. George W. 4-12/2-4 (died April 9, Wolf Creek, TN)
Alexander, Dr. W. W. 8-9/3-2 (died Athens, TN)
Anderson, John H. 11-1/2-6 (died Oct. 10 Mississippi, formerly of Hamblen County)
Bassett, Prof. R.S. 10-4/2-6 (died Sept. 24 near Mooresburg)
Beats, Thomas 6-28/3-2 (died June 9, consumption, age 20)
Beatty, Capt. David 9-13/2-6 (died Fentress County)
Beckner, Abraham 3-29/3-1 ( crushed by machinery, Hawkins County)
Bewley, Carroll 10-11/2-5 (parents: J.M. and Lizzie Bewley)
Biggs, Miss 3-1/3-1 ( died Hawkins County, living at Robert Rogers)
Blair, Francis P. 11-15/2-5 (born April 12, 1791; note: obituary partially missing)
Briscoe, John P. (Mississippi) 12-20/2-4 (of Mississippi, "assassinated", cousin of Dan Briscoe of Morristown)
Browne, Alice (Nashville) 12-13/2-5 (died two years ago, father: James Browne)
Browne, Bessie (Nashville) 12-13/2-5 (died Nashville, age 2, diptheria, father: James Browne)
Burem, Margaret S. 7-26/3-2 (died July 2 at Burem's Station, born April 10, 1818; husband: A.L. Burem)
Carmichael, --- 9-20/2-7 (black woman, buried Bethel grave yard)
Carter, (Infant) 7-19/2-3 (died July 15, buried Bethel graveyard; father: Bob Carter)
Carter, Rev. D.B. 6-14/2-4; 6-14/2-5; 7-5/1-6 (heart disease, age 74, buried Liberty Hill Cemetery)
Cate, L.W. 12-13/2-4 (died Athens)
Cheney, Prof. J.H. 7-19/2-4 (killed in accident in Virginia, from Missouri)
Cobb, Oliver 10-4/2-6 (killed Sept. 23 by Charles Phillips)
Cooley, Lizzie D. 11-29/2-4; 12-13/27 (died Dec. 1, Knoxville, consumption, buried Grey Cemetery; husband: Fleming Cooley; father: Maj. A.H. Tarr)
Cooley, Mrs. Lucy A. 9-13/2-5 (died Sept. 8, Knoxville, formerly of Morristown)
Crane, Mr. Joseph E. 6-28/2-5 (died June 23, brain fever, age 29; wife: Anna Sears Crane; buried Liberty Hill Cemetery)
Cunningham, Dr. A. 6-28/3-2 (died June 16, Rutledge, age 35)
Curtis, Hi 5-17/2-5 (shot by Sheriff of Cannon County, in Middle Tennessee)
Dall, Dr. T.H. 2-2/2-3 ( age about 40, typhoid pneumonia, buried Morristown Cemetery next to wife, possibly Dail)
Davidson, Henry 6-21/2-5 (struck by lightning, Robertson County)
Demarcus, William 5-31/2-4 (died May 22, Knox County, shot by Hugh Mynatt)
Dicky, Rev. James W. 4-12/2-4 (died April 4, Washington County, typhoid fever)
Doss, Isaac 6-21/2-5 (struck by lightning, Robertson County)
Eames, Ellen 11-8/2-4 (died Nov. 6, Mossy Creek, husband: Curtis Eames, note: paper misdated Nov. 9)
Edington, Joseph 12-20/1-6 (died November? 19; possibly December; Knox County; fell from precipice)
Fain, Miss Nannie 5-24/3-1 (died May 13, Rogersville, age 21-22, consumption, father: Gen. R.G. Fain)
Flagg, Martha 3-1/3-1 (died Hawkins County, husband: Maj. H.S. Flagg)
Foster, Mr. 7-19/2-3 (drowned in Clinch River; from Johnson County)
Fuller, --- 11-22/1-8 (murdered 8 miles from Woodbury)
Gammon, Mrs. W.D. 4-5/2-4; 6-7/2-5 (died Bean Station, March 29; father: Judge James T. Shields; buried family burial ground)
Gillenwaters, Judge E.E. 3-29/2-3; 4-5/2-5; 4-5/3-1 (died Elizabethton, pnuemonia and pleurisy)
Goetz, Dr. Edward 6-21/2-5 (died Knox County, born 1818 in Germany)
Gorman, Thomas S. 11-1/1-8 (tribute of respect)
Gorman, Thomas L. 12-20/3-2 (died Oct. 18, Cocke County, consumption and laryngitis, age 63)
Greer, William Houston 4-12/2-4 (father: Rev. A.J. Greer)
Hale, Charles 5-3/2-6 (died Knox County?, age about 85, within one quarter minute of wife)
Hale, Clarissa 5-3/2-6 (died Knox County?, age about 85, within one quarter minute of husband)
Harding, Rev. J.C. 12-20/3-1 (died November, Indianapolis, consumption, previously of Rogersville)
Harris, Mrs. Mary A. 11-15/2-6 (died consumption, age 40, husband: Ira Harris)
Harry, D.C. 7-26/3-1 (died in Texas)
Helton, James 4-5/2-3 (Knox County, KY; shot by Jasper Helton)
Hicks, W.J. 4-5/2-4 (died Knoxville, April 30)
Hodge, Mrs. Catherine 3-1/3-1 (died Hawkins County, from Carter County)
Hopkins, George 8-23/3-1 (died Hawkins County, cholera morbus)
Hutton, George D. 5-17/2-4 (died April 10, Blount County, gunshot, suicide)
Ivory, Mrs. Caroline 6-28/3-2 (died June 24, Grainger County, consumption; husband: William Ivory)
King, Samuel M. 6-21/2-3 (suicide, June 9, Nashville)
Kittrell, Rufus 6-28/2-4 (killed by Thomas Owen)
Lathim, Thomas 5-17/2-4 (died April 13, Rutledge, age 51)
Lawson, Thomas 8-30/3-1 (caught in machinery, Hawkins County, age 18, father: Wesley A. Lawson)
Lida, Jimmie Rhodes 4-5/2-4; 4-12/2-4 (drowned March 1; Jefferson County; age 16)
Love, Rev. Isham 6-28/2-4 (died June 17, Philadelphia, TN, rheumatism of the heart)
Love, Col. Robert 9-13/2-5 (died Sept. 1, Johnson City)
Loyd, John W. 9-27/2-8 (died Sept. 23, father: G.W. Loyd)
Magee, Robert 5-10/2-4 (died April 8, Hamblen County, found dead, suffered from epilepsy; father: George Magee)
Martin, Napolean B. 6-21/2-3 (killed June 10, Meigs County, by Dick Tillery)
McBath, Maj. Will R. 11-29/2-4 (died Nov. 18, Knox County)
McClung, Mrs. Anna 1-19/2-5 ( died Knoxville, Dec. 29, 1875 of typhoid pneumonia; husband: Hu. L. McClung; born in Greeneville, Jan. 28, 1825; father: Col. George T. Gillespie, mother: Eliza Carter Gillespie)
McClure, Sam 8-30/3-1 (died August 23, age about 50, shot by ambush)
McFarland, Dr. B.F. 8-16/2-3 (died Chatanooga, age 65, buried family burial ground at Mossy Creek)
McKinney, Lieut. 12-13/4-1 (killed in action versus Cheyenne Indians along Powder River, Nov. 25, native of Memphis, member of 4th U.S. Cavalry, relative in Knoxville)
McNeal or McNeill, George 5-31/2-3; 6-21/3-2 (died May 18, Hancock County, shot by Lafayette Rhea)
Meek, C.W. 12-20/2-3 (died Jonesboro)
Miller, (Infant) 8-2/3-1 (died July 29, fever, age 18 months, father: James Miller)
Mitchell, Miss Kate 4-5/3-1 (buried First Presbyterian Church burial ground, Rogersville; father: James G. Mitchell)
Morelock, Jonathan 5-17/2-4 (died April 14, heart disease)
Morelock, Joseph B. 9-20/2-7 ( died Sept. 16, aged 32)
Morrill, James 8-9/2-4 (died Sullivan County)
Murphy, John 6-21/2-5 (struck by lightning, Robertson County)
Neill, Martha A. 1-19/2-5 and 2-2/3-2 ( died Rogersville, January 12, 1876; husband: Sam Neill; father: Col. Walker; 1st husband: Dr. Thurman)
Nichols, --- (Wilson County) 11-22/2-3 (died Nov. 12, Wilson County, shot by --- Cunningham)
Nicholson, A.O.P. 3-29/2-2 (Chief Justice of Tennessee Supreme Court, born August 13, 1808)
Neilson, Mrs. Dr. D.A. 3-1/2-3 (died Feb. 24 "last Thursday", buried Morristown Cemetery)
O'Brien, --- 11-22/2-5 (killed Nov. 15, Cocke County, by Mr. Murphy)
Owens, Jesse 6-21/2-5 (struck by lightning, Robertson County)
Randolph, Archibald 6-21/2-5 (struck by lightning, Robertson County)
Reese, Cornelia Augusta Bellvell 9-20/2-8 (died California, August 28, age 35; husband: J.M. Reese; parents: Col John and Mary A. Pryde)
Roadman, M.A. 2-9/1-5 (died Newport, January 24, buried family burial ground)
Roop, Joseph 10-11/2-4 (murdered and robbed at Flat Gap, near Nashville)
Russell, William 7-19/2-3 (died July 14, consumption, buried Liberty Hill Cemetery)
Sams, Mrs. 6-14/2-4 (died Morristown "yesterday morning" either June 12 or 13, mother of Marion Sams)
Simpson, George T. 5-3/4-3 (died March 14, Hawkins county; born: March 15, 1848; parents: John A. and Nancy G. Simpson)
Spinx, Burrel 5-31/2-3 (hanged May 27, Lebanon, TN)
Sumpter, John 12-6/2-4 (died Nov. 28, Hancock County, shot by James Louthen)
Turley, Mrs. W.H. 3-8/3-3; 3-15/3-3 (died February 27, buried Grey Cemetery, Knoxville; husband: Col. Wm.H. Turley; father: Robert McFarland; 6 daughters; brothers: Judge Robert McFarland, Hon. William McFarland; sisters: Mrs. Judge Barton, Mrs. Rev. Smith, Mrs. Kidwell; born: August 11, 1839)
Watson, Samuel 10-11/2-4 (died Sept. 26, of Nashville)
Weems, Mrs. Jennie 6-21/2-4 (died June 14, shot by William Weems, Greene County)
Wells, Miss Annie 7-12/2-3 (suicide June 30, Dalton, GA; gunshot)
West, Marth 9-27/3-1; 9-20/2-8 (died Sept. 15, Hawkins County, shot by Cap Johnson, father: Bill West)
White, George 5-3/4-3 (died April 8, age 18, lung diseases and measles, parents: William and Susan White)
White, W.W. 3-15/1-2 (throat slit February 24, Wilkes County, by Col. James M. Isbell)
Williams, William 12-6/1-4 (died Nov. 10, Madisonville, the father of S.Y.B. Williams of Bristol)
Williamson, Porter 3-8/2-4 (lynched Lebanon, Tennessee, February 27)
Willis, Nancy 2-2/3-1 ( died Lee Valley, January 21, paralysis, husband: W.W. Willis; father: John Mitchell; mother: Martha Mitchell)
Wilmeth, Burris 10-4/2-5 (died Kentucy, father: W.M. Wilmeth)
Wood, Wm. A. (Nashville) 12-6/1-4 (died Nashville, fell 33 feet while sleepwalking)
Woods, James 8-16/2-3 (died August 9, age 83)
Wright, W. Fred 3-22/2-3 (died Whitesburg)