PUTNAM COUNTY HERALD

1903 - 1913

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JACKSON, ANDREW J.: Death visited our town Dec. 29 and claimed as his own Mr. Andrew J. Jackson. The end came peacefully and quietly. Mr. Jackson had long wished to die, but was willing to live as the Lord saw fit. He was 78 years old and had been an invalid half of these years. He had lived in several states, coming here about ten years ago. He was a leader in establishing Oberlin College on a firm working foundation. His friends were numbered by his acquaintances. Funeral ceremonies were held Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. E. Wheeler, assisted by Revs. H. E. Partridge and L. T. Smith. Music was rendered by Misses Dodge and Morley and Messrs. Clark and Phillips. [Date: 1/6/1909, Vol. VII, No. 1, Page 8]

JACKSON, BESSIE: Bessie, the 6 year old girl of Chas. Jackson, died last Monday night and was buried Wednesday at the Randolph graveyard. [Date: 1/18/1905, Vol. II, No. 50, Page 1]

JACKSON, BETTY: Mrs. Betty Jackson, wife of Eph Jackson, died last week of typhoid fever. [Date: 10/3/1907, Vol. V, No. 31, Page 4]

JACKSON, JANE: The death angel came into our midst Sunday, Sept. 8, and claimed for its victim our dear friend Mrs. Jane Jackson. Mrs. Jackson was the wife of Mr. James Jackson, who has been dead for several years. She was 67 years and the mother of eleven children. Her remains were laid to rest at the Sand Springs cemetery. She was a devoted christian and a good mother. . . . [Date: 9/19/1912, Vol. X, No. 38, Page 3]

JACKSON, MRS. ACE: Mrs. Ace Jackson died a few days ago. [Date: 3/9/1911, Vol. IX, No. 10, Page 1]

JACKSON, MRS. GRUNDY: Mrs. Grundy Jackson, of near Baxter died Monday, July 15. She was a daughter of Geo. West. [Date: 7/18/1912, Vol. X, No. 29, Page 6]

JACKSON, MRS. J. T.: Mrs. J. T. Jackson died Friday night and was buried Sunday at Sand Springs. [Date: 1/18/1905, Vol. II, No. 1, Page 50]

JACKSON, NANCY: Aunt Nancy Jackson died last week and was buried at Sand Springs. She was the oldest person in this country anywhere, being about 100 years old. She had several girls and two sons and many friends to mourn her loss. She was a good, christian woman. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved family. [Date: 4/28/1910, Vol. VIII, No. 17, Page 4]

JACKSON, W. E.: Capt. W. E. Jackson, a passenger conductor on the Tennessee Central, died suddenly of heart disease at his home in Harriman last Friday. [Date: 10/7/1908, Vol. VI, No. 36, Page 1]

JAQUESS, ELIZABETH J.: Elizabeth J. Jaquess (Lewis) of Munday, Tex., departed this life Nov. 9, 1911, being 78 years 11 months and 7 days old. Was born in Virginia Dec. 2, 1832, left there when a child and came to East Tennessee. At the age of 16 she joined the M. E. church, South, in which lived until the death angel called her home. In 1850, Dec. 19, she was married to Malcome M. Jaquess. There were nine children born to this union of holy matrimony, eight of whom are yet living so far as we know. Soon after the marriage in 1851, they moved to middle Tennessee, where they raised their family and lived until 1897, when they came to Texas and have lived for the last several years in the community where she died, and had many warm friends there. Some who were friends in Tennessee, were there to wit: Russell Scithy and Oliver Lee, Tom Peek and family, Sampson Bartlett's family, Lee West, and Jeff Roberts, and I don't know how many more. Five of her daughters and the writer (M. S. Jaquess) were there during her last days; the writer arrived Tuesday nigh and she lived until Thursday morning. My father was sitting on the porch trying to look for me, but it was so dark he could not see me until I was in a few feet of him but when he spoke to me and mother heard my voice she knew me. She was in her right mind until the last. She went to sleep about 2:20 a. m. Thursday morning and never woke up again. She died without struggle or groan. It brought to our mind the song "Asleep in Jesus, Blessed Sleep," from which none ever wakes to weep. The Pastor of the M. E. church and Harvey Delaney, another old time Tennessee friend, preached the funeral at the M. E. church in Munday, Texas. We then went to what is known as the Johnson Cemetery, where the remains were laid to rest until God sees fit to have Gabriel blow the trumpet thus announcing that great and notable day of the Lord. Our father is making his home with Mr. and Mrs. John Fleming, Munday, Texas. [Date: 12/7/1911, Vol. IX, No. 49, Page 11]

JARED, BRICE BYRNE: B. B. Jared Dies Suddenly -- The people of this, his former home were greatly shocked Monday to of the sudden death at Hot Springs, Ark. on Monday morning of Brice Byrne Jared. With his wife, he had gone to Hot Springs a few days ago to spend the winter, both having recently had attacks of rheumatism. The cause of his death was apoplexy. He was born and reared in the eleventh district of this county and was for many years a prominent citizen of this city. For the past ten years he had resided in Nashville where he was proprietor of the Jared Hotel. He was sixty-one years old and had been a consistent member of the Methodist church for forty-eight years. He was an upright citizen and enjoyed the esteem of all who knew him. He is survived by his wife and son, H. M. Jared. He leaves several brothers and sisters and a large family connection to this county. His remains were interred at the city cemetery Wednesday afternoon, funeral services being conducted at the home of his son by Rev. W. M. McClearen and the burial being conducted by the Masonic fraternity. [Date: 11/16/1911, Vol. IX, No. 46, Page 4]

JARED, BRYAN: The friends and relatives of Gus Jared's family in Putnam county will grieved to learn of the death of little Bryan Jared, 5 1/2 year old. He was a sweet little fellow, the admiration of his parents. He told his mother a few days before his death that he wanted to hear angels. Our Father knows it all and doeth all things well and took the little jewel home. (Leonard, TX) [Date: 10/23/1913, Vol. XI, No. 43, Page 4]

JARED, C. C.: C. C. Jared died at his home near Ditty on Sunday. He was buried in the family graveyard near Buffalo Valley. Mr. Jared was about 59 years of age. He leaves a widow and several children among them W. W. Jared and Mrs. Solon Maddux of Buffalo Valley. [Date: 8/22/1907, Vol. V, No. 25, Page 1]

JARED, ETHEL: Ethel Jared aged 20, died at the home of his father Sept. 7, 1908. [Date: 9/16/1908, Vol. VI, No. 33, Page 5]

JARED, JESSE: Another Murder -- Jess Jared was killed at his home in the lower end of the county last Saturday afternoon by John Watts. His head was nearly blown off with a shotgun. The men were neighbors and both good citizens. Watts has not been captured, so far as we are informed. [Date: 2/17/1909, Vol. VII, No. 7, Page 1]

JARED, MOSES A.: The many friends of Moses A. Jared in this county will be pained to learn of his death, which occurred at his home in Cureall, Mo., Sept. 28, 1903. He was 78 years of age, and a gentleman highly esteemed for his upright and honorable character. Three children who live in Putnam County survive him, B. B. Jared of Cookeville, P. Y. Jared of Buffalo Valley, and Mrs. W. A. Hollaway of Gentry. Also several other children scattered throughout the west. We extend condolences to the stricken family. [Date: 9/30/1903, Vol. I, No. 34, Page 1]

JARED, MRS. R. L.: Mrs. R. L. Jared died at her home in Nashville Sunday, after a long and exceedingly painful illness. She had been in a hospital much of the time during the past year, and had undergone several operations. The funeral was held in Nashville on Monday. [Date: 7/22/1909, Vol. VII, No. 29, Page 4]

JARED, MRS. WILL: Mrs. Will Jared of Gentry die at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. B. Bruce, Tuesday night. March, 14. [Date: 4/5/1905, Vol. III, No. 9, Page 4]

JARED, JR., ROBERT L.: DIED--At the family residence in Baxter, Tenn., on the morning of April 28, at seven o'clock, Robert L. Jared, Jr., infant son of Robert L. and Fannie Jared, aged 9 months and 24 days. [Date: 5/4/1904, Vol. II, No. 13, Page 1]

JARVIS, E.: Hon. E. Jarvis died at home in Sparta last week. He was 63 years old, a Methodist, lawyer and legislator, begin the author of the Jarvis law, which has saved the state millions of dollars. [Date: 3/13/1913, Vol. XI, No. 11, Page 5]

JERNIGAN, SALLIE J.: Mrs. Sallie J. Jernigan died at Bloomington Springs, May 22, 1911, in her 76th year. She leaves nine children. Mrs. Jernigan had been a member of the Methodist Church for 61 years. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. W. Baxter. [Date: 5/25/1911, Vol. IX, No. 21, Page 5]

JOHNSON, BEDFORD: Bedford Johnson died last Sunday. [Date: 11/1/1905, Vol. III, No. 39, Page 2]

JOHNSON, CYRUS F.: Cyrus F. Johnson died at the home of his son, Q. X. Johnson, in West Cookeville. While apparently in good health he sustained a stroke of apoplexy on Wednesday from which he never rallied. He was sixty-five years old, a member of the Presbyterian church and a Confederate soldier. His remains were taken to Nashville on Saturday and were interred in Mount Olivet cemetery. He leaves a wife and several grown children, all of whom are married. [Date: 8/31/1911, Vol. IX, No. 35, Page 1]

JOHNSON, FANNIE: Aunt Fannie Johnson died two weeks ago -- was suddenly taken away, being sick only three hours. [Date: 6/1/1911, Vol. IX, No. 22, Page 6]

JOHNSON, JAMES: James Johnson died last Sunday at his home in Monterey of typhoid fever. He was about thirty-five years old and leaves a wife and three children. His remains were interred at Smyrna cemetery Monday afternoon. He was a son of Capt. S. S. Johnson and a brother of Mrs. Quimby of this city. [Date: 10/17/1907, Vol. V, No. 33, Page 1]

JOHNSON, JOHN: Grandpa John Johnson of Laurel Hill died Dec. 20. [Date: 1/2/1913, Vol. XI, No. 1, Page 4]

JOHNSON, JOHN: John Johnson of near Sparta died recently. He was a splendid citizen and highly esteemed by all who knew him. [Date: 3/10/1910, Vol. VIII, No. 10, Page 7]

JOHNSON, LOGAN: The writer was sorry to hear of the death Mr. Logan Johnson of Waterloo. [Date: 4/18/1912, Vol. X, No. 16, Page 3]

JOHNSON, LOGAN: Logan Johnson died at his home near Waterloo April 12 and was buried at West cemetery the 13th. His many friends and relatives have our deepest sympathy. [Date: 4/25/1912, Vol. X, No. 17, Page 2]

JOHNSON, LOU: Miss Lou Johnson, daughter of John T. Johnson of Waterloo, died Jan. 25. She was 19 years old, and a young lady who had many friends. [Date: 2/3/1904, Vol. I, No. 52, Page 1]

JOHNSON, LUCINDA: Lucinda Johnson, daughter of Columbus and Mary Johnson, of Monterey, was born March 21, 1899; died March 27, 1909, aged 10 years and 7 days. She left a heart-broken father and mother and two brothers who sadly miss her sweet presence in their home. . . . [Date: 7/29/1909, Vol. VII, No. 30, Page 5]

JOHNSON, LUCY: Miss Lucy Johnson died on Monday, May 16, 1910, of consumption. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Johnson and a lovable young lady. [Date: 5/19/1910, Vol. VIII, No. 20, Page 5]

JOHNSON, MARTHA: Aunt Martha Johnson died last week Thursday and was buried at Smith Chapel Saturday in the presence of a large crowd. She leaves a host of relatives and friends. [Date: 10/3/1912, Vol. X, No. 40, Page 7]

JOHNSON, MRS. H. W.: Mrs. H. W. Johnson died at her home in this city Jan. 16, 1913, after a long illness with consumption. Mrs. Johnson was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Pendergrass, and an excellent Christian woman. She leaves a husband and several children. [Date: 1/16/1913, Vol. XI, No. 3, Page 3]

JOHNSON, MRS. S. L.: On the 19th of Sept., 1912, the death angel came and visited the home of S. L. Johnson and called from him his loving wife. Mrs. Johnson had been sick a long time and suffered untold pain. . . . She leave three sons, three daughters and a tender husband to mourn the loss of a devoted mother and faithful wife. Mrs. Johnson had beenn (sic) a member of the Church of Christ for many years, and has lived a devoted Christian life., . . . Mrs. Johnson's remains were laid to rest. in the old family graveyard at Smith's Chapel, where many of her friends met her and paid her their last tribute of honor in this world. [Date: 11/14/1912, Vol. X, No. 46, Page 5]

JOHNSON, MRS. WAYMAN: Mrs. Wayman Johnson, formerly of this place, who was at Brushy Mountain passed away Nov. 3, 1907. The remains were brought to Pleasant Hill and put away by the I. O. O. F. [Date: 11/14/1907, Vol. V, No. 1, Page 1]

JOHNSON, MYRTIE PENDERGRASS: We were sad to learn of the death of Myrtie Pendergrass Johnson. One by one the Lone Oak congregation are passing to the other world. [Date: 2/13/1913, Vol. XI, No. 7, Page 1]

JOHNSTON, FRANK: Frank Johnston, of this city, foreman at the Cookeville Vener Cos. plant in White county, was accidentally killed at the mill one day last week. He went to saw a piece of timber when it bound on the saw and was thrown, striking Johnston in the stomach. He was brought here and died of his injuries the next day. He was taken to his old home near Mt. Pleasant for burial. Mr. Johnston was a good citizen. He leaves a wife and three children. [Date: 8/29/1912, Vol. X, No. 35, Page 1]

JONES, AUGUSTUS: Mr. Augustus Jones died Thursday night at his home in Eatonton, Ga. About six years ago Mr. Jones married Miss Nora Lee of this city, a daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Z. P. Lee, Mrs. Jones and one child survive her husband. [Date: 3/13/1907, Vol. V, No. 2, Page 1]

JONES, GEO. W.: Geo. W. Jones died Sunday night. His remains will be sent to Livingston today for burial. He leaves a wife and several children. [Date: 11/2/1911, Vol. IX, No. 44, Page 3]

JONES, JOHN FISHER: We are sad to report the death of Mr. John Fisher Jones, which occurred here last Friday morning at 5 o'clock. He heard the eastbound local come in and went to the depot to see how many of the train crew wanted breakfast at his son's boarding house. He was standing on the main track talking to the fireman when he was caught under a switch engine and terribly mangled, suffering intensely until 11 o'clock, and went peacefully to sleep and never awoke. Appropriate funeral services were conducted at the Holiness church by Revs. A. P. Welch and Lige Weaver. He was buried in the city cemetery by the side of his wife, who died about 17 months ago. He is survived by one son and a daughter, both of Monterey, Chas. Jones and Mrs. Alvin Countess. Mr. Jones was a devout Christian man, and had a host of friends in Monterey, as well as all over Putnam county. We extend our deepest sympathy to the bereaved ones. Monterey has indeed lost a good man. [Date: 12/9/1909, Vol. VII, No. 50, Page 5]

JONES, LINDA: Miss Linda Jones died Tuesday morning and was buried at the Shady Grove cemetery. [Date: 2/12/1908, Vol. VI, No. 2, Page 2]

JONES, LUKE: Luke Jones died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1907, at the home of his parents near Buffalo Valley. He was a popular young man with all who knew him. [Date: 3/6/1907, Vol. V, No. 1, Page 1]

JONES, MARVIN: In an affray near W. M. Henry's store in the third district last Sunday evening, Rutherford Hyder shot and killed Marvin Jones, and was himself shot in the hip and shoulder. The trouble is said to have occurred over some remarks made by Hyder about a sister of Jones. Marvin Jones was 19 years old. [Date: 3/21/1912, Vol. X, No. 12, Page 1]

JONES, WADE: Esq. Wade Jones died at his home near Buffalo Valley on Monday, Nov. 11, 1907 and was buried at the family graveyard near Silver Point on Thursday. He was one of the county's best known citizens and a man in prosperous circumstances. [Date: 11/14/1907, Vol. V, No. 37, Page 1]

JONES, WIFE OF ELMUS: Bro. Elmus Jones' wife died Dec. 24th 1909. Burial benefits have been ordered paid. [Date: 1/13/1910, Vol. VIII, No. 2, Page 3]

JUDD, ELIJAH: Elijah Judd died Sunday night July 3rd, and his remains were laid away in the Judd graveyard the 4th to wait the resurrection morn. The relatives and friends have our sympathies. [Date: 7/6/1904, Vol. II, No. 22, Page 3]

JUDD, MILLARD: News reached us today of the death of Millard Judd at the home of his father, Esq. W. F. Judd, seven miles north of this city. We did not learn any further particulars. [Date: 4/10/1907, Vol. V, No. 6, Page 1]

JUDD, MRS. JOHN: Mrs. John Judd died at her home three miles north of town on Friday, Feb. 28, 1908, aged about 27. She was buried at the Smyrna cemetery. [Date: 3/4/1908, Vol. VI, No. 5, Page 1]

JUDD, MRS. S. R.: Mrs. S. R. Judd died at Bonita, Tex., May 15, 1911, with dropsy and heart failure, after five weeks illness. She was 61 years of age and was formerly Miss Frank Lack of Cookeville, Tenn. She leaves a husband, one son and seven step-children to mourn her death. (Bonita, Tex.) [Date: 6/1/1911, Vol. IX, No. 22, Page 3]

JUDD, MRS. W. W.: Sensational Shooting -- Last Friday night Mrs. J. C. Barnes boarded the shopping train at Buffalo Valley, walked through the coach to the rear platform, and without speaking a word opened fire with a pistol on Mrs. W. W. Judd where she was standing. Every shot took effect and Mrs. Judd was instantly killed. Mrs. Barnes then quietly stepped off the train and started home. Sheriff A. L. Weeks was on the train in the smoking car, and overtook Mrs. Barnes just after she left the train and told her he would have to arrest her. She gave him her pistol and quietly submitted to arrest, but did not want to come to Cookeville on the train on which the tragedy occurred. The sheriff accompanied Mrs. Barnes home and during the night she broke down from the nervous strain and was not able to come to Cookeville until Monday. On that afternoon she was arraigned before Esq. J. R. Douglass, a warrant charging murder in the first degree having been sworn out by W. W. Judd. . . . Mrs. Barnes is the wife of Jesse C. Barnes, and lives on a farm near Buffalo Valley. Mrs. Judd was the wife of W. W. Judd, station agent for the T. C. railroad at Double Springs. Mrs. Judd was brought home on the train on which the tragedy was enacted. She was buried on Saturday evening in the presence of about 1,000 people. The cause of the shooting was alleged intimacy between Mr. Barnes and Mrs. Judd. The tragic action is another case of the "unwritten law," usual in that a wronged woman sought vengeance. [Date: 6/6/1912, Vol. X, No. 23, Page 7]

JUDD, SARAH: This community was made sad to hear of the death of Mrs. Sarah Judd, who died Jan. 4. Mrs. Judd was a good Christian lady and was loved by everyone. [Date: 1/8/1908, Vol. V, No. 49, Page 4]

JUDD, WAYNE: Wayne Judd was run over and killed by a freight train Sunday night about 5:30 o'clock, just east of Sycamore Cut, about two miles west of town. His body was terribly mutilated. The remains were brought here and Esq. C. J. Davis and jury held an inquest. There is some talk that the young man had been murdered and his body placed on the track, but nothing of that character was brought out at the inquest. It appears that Judd and several other young men had been drinking, and got into a row, as is usual in such cases, after which they started up the railroad towards town. The other parties left Judd a short time before he was killed. [Date: 9/13/1905, Vol. III, No. 32, Page 4]

JULIAN, GEORGE W.: On Thursday night, Jan. 26th, George W. Julian, familiarly known as Uncle Bird Julian, breathed his last. Mr. Julian was in his eightieth year and has been a resident of Putnam county since his birth, April 25, 1825. He died after an illness of six weeks at the home of his son, Geo. Julian, and endured patiently his suffering to the end. Five children survive him and his devotion to them was the comment of the community. It is said of Uncle Bird that he was a good man, and many loved him for his kindness to them. He died in the faith of the Lord Jesus, and the funeral services were conducted at the home of George Julian, by Rev. Denham. [Date: 2/15/1905, Vol. III, No. 2, Page 1]

JULIAN, R. F.: Last Thursday Dr. R. F. Julian of Bloomington was shot and killed at Baxter by Ewing Jones who was drunk. [Date: 12/9/1903, Vol. I, No. 44, Page 8]