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SADLER, ALEX: Alex Sadler, living near here, who had been sick for some time, died last Saturday, aged 59 years, and was buried at Joshua Dickens place. He leaves a wife and four children. He was a Methodist, belonging to Bank's Chapel, M. E. Church. (Maggart) [Date: 11/5/1896, Vol. X, No. 3, Page 1]

SANDERS, MRS. VICTOR: Mrs. B. Marchbanks was called to McMinnville last Saturday by the death of Mrs. Victor Sanders, which occurred Friday at Bellbuckle, the interment taking place at McMinnville. (White County) [Date: 5/7/1896, Vol. IX, No. 29, Page 1]

SAPP, ---: A young man by the name of Frazier stabbed to death a young man by the name of Sapp, in Big Bottom, White Co. last Sunday. They were playing and got mad and fought with the result stated above. Frazier was arrested [Date: 6/3/1897, Vol. X, No. 33, Page 3]

SAVAGE, WIFE OF JAMES: James Savage's wife, who has been an invalid for a number of years, died at her home two miles from this place last Saturday. (Overton County) [Date: 5/31/1894, Vol. VII, No. 31, Page 3]

SAYLORS, JANE: Mrs. Jane Saylors, a highly esteemed old lady, who lived in the 7th district, died last Friday, aged 77 years. (White County) [Date: 3/11/1897, Vol. X, No. 21, Page 1]

SAYLORS, SON OF JAMES: James Saylors' son, of White county, died last Monday. [Date: 10/5/1899, Vol. XIII, No. 40, Page 5]

SCARBOROUGH, CHILDREN OF W. F.: W. F. Scarborough, of the third district has lost two children in the past few days with brain fever, and two more are very sick at this time. (Cumberland County) [Date: 3/28/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 21, Page 6]

SCARBROUGH, ALEX: Alex Scarbrough, an old and respected citizen of Solon, White county, died Monday. He was one of White County's oldest citizens and a good man. (White County) [Date: 9/9/1897, Vol. X, No. 47, Page 10]

SCARBROUGH, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM: The little three year old daughter of William Scarbrough who has been sick for the last seven months died last Saturday. (Cumberland County) [Date: 10/17/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 50, Page 1]

SCOTT, BABY OF MR. & MRS. E. Y.: The little baby of Mr. and Mrs. E. Y. Scott died Monday night of membranous croup. (Dekalb County) [Date: 9/9/1897, Vol. X, No. 47, Page 10]

SCOTT, BENT: Last Friday, at the saw mill of Smith & Ferguson, in the edge of Overton county, Bent Scott was shot and killed by Ben Quarles. It is said that Scott's wife filed a bill for divorce and had sued out an attachment for Scott's property and Quarles was executing the writ when Scott resisted him, or to say the least of it, a difficulty arose over it. It is said that Scott seized an ax and was about to use it on Mr. Quarles, who fired not him with a Winchester rifle. Scott then turned to run when Quarles fired again striking him in the back and killing him instantly. Quarles has not been arrested so far as heard from. [Date: 5/27/1897, Vol. X, No. 32, Page 3]

SCOTT, INFANT OF MR. & MRS. J. F.: The infant of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Scott, died very suddenly last week. It was only ill for a few hours. The parents are deeply grieved over their sudden misfortune, in which they have the deepest sympathy of this community. [Date: 12/21/1899, Vol. XIII, No. 51, Page 8]

SCOTT, JOHN: a negro named John Scott was drowned Tuesday in Blue Spring creek, near its mouth, which was much swollen by the recent rains. (White County) [Date: 1/20/1898, Vol. XI, No. 14, Page 8]

SELLS, SON OF JOHN: A son of John Sells was drowned in the West Fork yesterday. He was on a raft when it was torn to pieces. Everybody jumped off and succeeded in swimming to the bank except Sells who was drowned. (Overton County) [Date: 3/28/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 21, Page 6]

SETTLE, T.: T. Settle, a prominent citizen of Gainesboro, died at his home at that place on Monday Dec 18th. [Date: 1/4/1894, Vol. VII, No. 10, Page 5]

SEYMORE, B. W.: The PRESS has just received information of the death of Mr. B. W. Seymore of Marietta, Ga. He was well known by some of our people , and was a most excellent gentleman. [Date: 8/10/1899, Vol. XIII, No. 32, Page 5]

SHANKS, SON OF FRANK: Boma, March 18 -- The eldest son of Frank Shanks died last week. [Date: 3/21/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 20, Page 5]

SHEPPARD, CHILD OF JAMES: James Sheppard's child died Sunday and was buried Monday. [Date: 3/21/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 20, Page 5]

SHERREL, EPHRAIM: There have been three deaths in our neighborhood since Christmas -- three of lung trouble and one of old age. The victims were Mrs. J. C. Barr, Mrs. Sherrel, Alfred Judd and Ephraim Sherrel. Burton, April. 3 [Date: 4/6/1899, Vol. XIII, No. 14, Page 1]

SHERREL, MRS.: There have been three deaths in our neighborhood since Christmas -- three of lung trouble and one of old age. The victims were Mrs. J. C. Barr, Mrs. Sherrel, Alfred Judd and Ephraim Sherrel. Burton, April. 3 [Date: 4/6/1899, Vol. XIII, No. 14, Page 1]

SHERRILL, REBEKAH: Mrs. Rebekah Sherrill, an old and highly respected woman, died at her home in the 2d district of this county last Monday morning. [Date: 4/7/1898, Vol. XI, No. 25, Page 5]

SHIELDS, T. W.: Mr. T. W. Shields, who has been sick with fever for several weeks, died Wednesday at 12 o'clock. A more extended notice will appear in next issue. [Date: 8/5/1897, Vol. X, No. 42, Page 5]

SHIPLEY, ELI: An obituary notice of Eli Shipley, who died at his home near Irby last Saturday, will appear next week. [Date: 2/18/1897, Vol. X, No. 18, Page 5]

SHIRLEY, MRS. JOHN: Mrs. John Shirley, who had been ill so long with consumption, died at her home in Granville last Friday. (Jackson County) [Date: 8/20/1896, Vol. IX, No. 45, Page 1]

SHORES, MRS.: Mrs. Shores, of Cassville, died last Sunday at the advanced age of ninety-five. She was the mother of Mrs. S. R. Shanks, of this place, who with her son W. M. attended the funeral. [Date: 3/28/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 21, Page 5]

SIMPSON, MRS. TOBE: Mrs. Tobe Simpson, of near Old Zion, died Sunday morning of fever. She leaves a husband and several children to mourn her loss. She was a good wife and mother. (White County) [Date: 10/7/1897, Vol. X, No. 51, Page 8]

SIMS, G. D.: G. D. Sims died at his home in White county Saturday, Feb. 15, 1896, aged 62 years. (White County) [Date: 2/27/1896, Vol. IX, No. 18, Page 1]

SIMS, MARTIN: Martin Sims Dead -- One of the Oldest Inhabitants of the State was He -- Last Thursday at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Wayne Owen, Martin Sims quietly breathed his last. The immediate cause of his death was a slight tough of fever, though his feeble condition on account of his advanced age being 96 years old, had much to do with it. Uncle Martin, as was familiarly called, was born in North Carolina in July in 1800, but had lived in Putnam county, Tenn., ever since it was formed until a few years ago when he went to his granddaughters to live. Martin Sims was a remarkable character. First of all he was a truly good man. He had been a devout member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church for more than 75 years. His home was hospitality personified, and always open to receive all who come with its portals. He was a pillar of the church, a bulwark of strength, and a guide post for the generations that have followed him. He was a prosperous man, and freely gave his substance to the poor, always abounding in charity. He was possessed of a broad liberal mind, endowed with splendid mental faculties, and always used his talent for good and the upbuilding of humanity. He was a life long Democrat, having great faith in the common people, and believed they were right. He prayed that he might be spared so that he might cast his last vote for the greatest living man. . . . [Date: 10/22/1896, Vol. X, No. 1, Page 5]

SLIGER, ADAM: Adam Sliger, an aged and respected citizen, died at his home last night and was buried this evening, Rev. Henry Carr conducting the funeral services. (Goffton) [Date: 10/8/1896, Vol. IX, No. 51, Page 4]

SLIGER, ELIZABETH: Mrs. Elizabeth Sliger Killed -- One of the foulest murders in the history of Putnam county, was committed about four miles south of Cookeville on the Sparta road last Friday night at 6 o'clock, at the house of John Sliger. The facts in the case as we learned them from John Sliger, the husband are about as follows: Mr. Sliger says that he, his wife Elizabeth and Altha Crabtree the latter a young girl who was living with them were sitting before the fire. Mrs. Sliger and the girl were knitting. A table with a lamp on it was between them. Mrs. Sliger to the right of the table facing the fire place the girl was on the left, and he Sliger to the left of the girl, that a window was a little to the right facing Mrs. Sliger. He says that he and Mrs. Sliger had been smoking and that he had his boots off, and just before the fatal shot he had gone to the door which opened to where they kept their drinking water and got a drink, while there he saw a light in the South-East, like a house on fire which he called to the attention of the women to, and that both of the women came to the door to see it. He says he turned and went back in the house, passing the window and noticing the curtains were up or drawn aside he stepped to the window and let down the curtains, and from there went to the seat he had been occupying. The women resumed their former positions around the table when all of a sudden he heard a great crash of broken glass and the loud report of a gun or something. He said he thought he was shot, but in an instant he saw the head of his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Sliger, fall forward on the table and also saw a speck of blood on her temple. He says he sprang forward and caught her and screamed for help but she was already dead. Her head was litterally (sic) crushed to pieces, three buckshot was taken from her head next day. Sliger says he saw no one, nor heard any one. A jury of inquest was impaneled by Coroner J. A. Countiss, who investigated the case for three days, and we learn, although we have not been able to see it, that they reported that she came to her death by the hands of John Sliger (alias John Messenger) and that there was a conspiracy between said Sliger, or Messenger, and John Sliger the husband, to commit the dastardly deed. As we go to press John Sliger, alias John Messenger, is on trial before a committing magistrate charged with the office. It was a black foul murder without an apparent excuse or provocation. [Date: 1/24/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 12, Page 4]

SLOAN, MRS. FRANK: Mrs. Frank Sloan, who lived near Virgil, died last Saturday after a lingering illness with consumption. She was one of those good christian women who bore up under her afflictions with a fortitude that was marvelous. She leaves a family and a host of friends who deeply mourn her loss. [Date: 11/4/1897, Vol. XI, No. 3, Page 5]

SMITH, ELLEN: Miss Ellen Smith, daughter of Uncle Ben Smith, died in this city last Saturday. Miss Smith was an excellent woman in every respect, and her aged father has the sympathy of the entire community. [Date: 4/29/1897, Vol. X, No. 28, Page 5]

SMITH, GRANDCHILD OF HARRISON: The grandchild of Harrison Smith, of Monoville, upon whom an operation was performed recently, has since died. (Smith County) [Date: 7/19/1894, Vol. VII, No. 38, Page 6]

SMITH, HETTIE ROSE: Hettie Rose, the little four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stonewall Smith, who lives on the Gipson heir's farm, died last Thursday evening and was buried Friday on Salt Lick creek. The little girl was taken with fever several days ago from which she never recovered. The parents have the sympathy of the entire community. (Jackson County) [Date: 8/27/1896, Vol. IX, No. 45, Page 1]

SMITH, HUGH B.: Hugh B. Smith, Sr., a prominent and highly respected citizen, of Granville, died suddenly on July 1 of heart disease. (Smith County) [Date: 7/15/1897, Vol. X, No. 39, Page 1]

SMITH, INFANT OF MR.: The little six-month old child of a Mr. Smith, living above Pleasant Shade, was found dead in bed last Friday morning. It only weighted about seven pounds, having been sick since it was born. (Smith County) [Date: 5/10/1894, Vol. VII, No. 28, Page 2]

SMITH, J. G.: J. G. Smith, of Trenton, Ala., died on Jan. 28, 1896. He was a brother of Gen. W. G. Smith, of Sparta. (White County) [Date: 2/20/1896, Vol. IX, No. 17, Page 1]

SMITH, JAMES: Mr. Jas. Smith, of Nettle Carrier, who has been sick for two or three years of paralysis, died Sunday evening. (Overton County) [Date: 8/15/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 41, Page 1]

SMITH, JAMES T.: James T., the infant of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Smith died last week. (Jackson County) [Date: 1/24/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 12, Page 3]

SMITH, JONATHAN: Jonathan Smith and family, who recently moved from this place to Chanute, Pickett county were shocked by lightening one day last week, from the effects of which Mr. Smith died on Sunday. [Date: 8/5/1897, Vol. X, No. 42, Page 5]

SMITH, MATHEW: Mr. Mathew Smith, an old and highly respected citizen of the 15th district, died last week. Mr. Smith was an old Confederate soldier and was for many years surveyor of the county. He was a man of integrity and much usefulness, sober, upright, full of charity and kindness to those dependent upon him. A good husband, and indulgent father and a useful citizen. Peace to his memory. [Date: 8/5/1897, Vol. X, No. 42, Page 5]

SMITH, MRS.: Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Minor, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Cason, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Maxwell, Mrs. Emily Gibson, Frank Sadler and Miss Annie Gore, L. K. Smith, and Miss Blanche Cason, J. J. Gore an Miss Flora Bilbrey, attended the funeral of Mrs. Smith, at Hurricane, Sunday. (Jackson County) [Date: 6/7/1894, Vol. VII, No. 32, Page 1]

SMITH, MRS. MATT: News reached us Monday that Mrs. Matt Smith, who is well known in this county, died at her home near Celina on last Saturday, while undergoing a surgical operation for a tumor. (Overton County) [Date: 11/4/1897, Vol. XI, No. 3, Page 8]

SMITH, MRS. THEO: Mrs. Theo Smith Dead. -- We are pained to announce the death of the wife of Theo. Smith, Esq., of this place, which occurred yesterday afternoon. She had been an invalid for many years, but it was not until recently that her health showed signs of dissolution. She was a woman whose life was replete with good deeds, an humble Christian, at all times ready to do the Master's will. She bore her infirmities bravely. The family have the deepest sympathy of the community. The funeral will take place this afternoon from the Staley hotel, where she resided. She will be buried in the cemetery. [Date: 10/5/1899, Vol. XIII, No. 40, Page 5]

SMITH, MRS. WALTON: Mrs. Walton Smith, who has been an invalid for several years, died at her home in Cookeville last Thursday morning. Capt. Smith had been absent from home for days looking after his canvass. He was this place when the sad news reached him, which was so unexpected he was almost prostrated with grief. (Overton County) [Date: 5/3/1894, Vol. VII, No. 27, Page 3]

SMITH, NORMAN: Death of Master Norman Smith. . . . Last Tuesday at noon the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Smith was made desolate by the death of their only son, Norman. He had been sick only a few days of appendicitis. Of a bright, happy disposition, full of life, and ever ready with quick answer to all who knew him, it seems doubly sad that he should die. . . [Date: 6/22/1899, Vol. XIII, No. 25, Page 4]

SMITH, SALLIE: Miss Sallie Smith, living near Alpine, died of dropsy last Saturday. (Overton County) [Date: 8/19/1897, Vol. X, No. 44, Page 1]

SMITH, SEPT: Nim Bullington shot and killed Sept Smith at Liberty last Wednesday. (Dekalb County) [Date: 8/26/1897, Vol. X, No. 45, Page 1]

SMITH, SON OF MR. & MRS. AD: The little three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ad Smith met with a painful death last Friday. It accidental set down in a vessel of hot water, receiving injuries from which it died Friday morning. It was a very bright and interesting little boy, the idol of its parents, and have the sympathy of all in their great sorrow. (White County) [Date: 5/27/1897, Vol. X, No. 32, Page 1]

SMITH, TILMAN: Tilman Smith, who lived near Eagle Creek, died of fever, last Sunday. (Overton County) [Date: 11/18/1897, Vol. XI, No. 5, Page 8]

SMITH, W. P.: Rev. W. P. Smith Dead. RIVER HILL, Sept. 4. -- Rev. W. P. Smith died at his home near this place on the 31st of August after a short illness with typhoid fever. His death was unexpected and a great shock to the community. Bro. Smith was a C. P. minister for 55 years old and had made a considerable reputation as an educator, having taught in Cookeville, Oliver Springs and White county. He was a splendid type of Christian manhood, and his loss will be keenly felt by the church and public generally. [Date: 9/9/1897, Vol. X, No. 47, Page 1]

SMITHSON, MRS. R. L.: Last Saturday morning at 3 o'clock, Mrs. R. L. Smithson quietly fell asleep, surrounded by the immediate members of her family and friends. For weeks and months she has suffered from that most terrible of all diseases -- consumption -- till her life just wasted away. She leaves a husband and a little boy four years old. (DeKalb County) [Date: 3/21/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 20, Page 6]

SMITHSON, MRS. R. L.: Our readers will be pained to learn of the death of Mrs. R. L. Smithson, which occurred last Friday at Liberty. She had suffered many months with consumption and her death painfully awaited by her many friends. Her husband, Prof. Smithson, is principal of the High School at this place, and has the deepest sympathy of the entire community in his sad bereavements. [Date: 3/14/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 19, Page 5]

SMOTHERMON, INFANT OF REV. B. T.: The infant of Rev. B. T. Smothermon died Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, after an illness of several days. The remains will be interred in the Cookeville cemetery this afternoon. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of the entire community. [Date: 12/3/1896, Vol. X, No. 7, Page 5]

SNODGRASS, CHARLEY: Charley Snodgrass, col., died last Sunday. He drew a pension from the government, which will stop, as he left no family dependent on him. (White County) [Date: 2/18/1897, Vol. X, No. 18, Page 1]

SNODGRASS, INFANT OF MR. & MRS. C. E.: We have just learned the sad news of the death of the little child of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Snodgrass, of Crossville. (White County) [Date: 6/7/1894, Vol. VII, No. 32, Page 8]

SNODGRASS, THOS.: Killed Himself. Crossville, Nov. 5. -- Thos. Snodgrass, of this place, killed himself today by jumping in a well. Mr. Snodgrass has been in bad health for some time which preyed on his mind until it culminated in this fatal act. He was a younger brother of Hon. C. E. Snodgrass. [Date: 11/10/1898, Vol. XII, No. 6, Page 1]

SPAIN, WM.: Last Thursday at his home near here, occurred the death of Mr. Wm. Spain. (Dekalb County) [Date: 2/3/1898, Vol. XI, No. 16, Page 8]

SPARKMAN, WM.: Wm. Sparkman, of Van Buren county, dropped dead about a week ago. He had been logging, and had walke up the hill near Reno's mill, when he suddenly fell backward and soon expired. His death is attributed to sun stroke. (White County) [Date: 7/9/1896, Vol. IX, No. 38, Page 1]

SPARKS, ROBERT: Robert Sparks, who lived one mile south of town, died Sunday of fever. (White County) [Date: 11/22/1894, Vol. VIII, No. 4, Page 6]

SPECK, G. E.: Died from vaccination. The remains of G. E. Speck came up on the train Friday from Nashville. Mr. Speck had been attending the University of Nashville and would have graduated this year. He had been ill for several days, so we are informed, but was improving when he was vaccinated by the city authorities, which resulted in his death. He was a son of Harve Speck, of Livingston, and was a young man of the highest order, and the for him looked brilliant indeed. [Date: 3/9/1899, Vol. XIII, No. 10, Page 6]

SPECK, MARY: Mrs. Mary Speck, wife of John Speck, died at her home yesterday and was buried in the cemetery the same evening. Mrs. Speck had suffered much and for a long time with disease which could not be controlled. She was a good patient christian woman and leaves a husband and three little children and many friends to mourn her loss. [Date: 7/23/1896, Vol. IX, No. 40, Page 7]

SPENCER, INFANT OF MR. & MRS. J. S.: The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Spencer died last Thursday and was laid to rest in the cemetery east of town, Friday. (Cumberland County) [Date: 6/14/1894, Vol. VII, No. 33, Page 2]

STALLINGER, THOMAS: Thomas Stallinger, of New Middleton, died at that place last week. (Smith County) [Date: 1/30/1896, Vol. IX, No. 14, Page 1]

STAMPS, SANFORD: Sanford Stamps, an aged and highly respected old mountaineer, died at his home near Rector last week. [Date: 9/26/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 47, Page 8]

STANTON, LIZZIE: the death of Mrs. Lizzie Stanton, of White Bluff, Tenn., last Friday, was intelligence of a very sad nature to many of her relatives and friends in this section of the county. She was born and raised here and was a daughter of Garland Stanton, Sr., and wife of Park Stanton. She was forty years old, and during all of her life was devoted to the Christian religion. In her disposition she was gentle, kind, and amiable, and earned for herself an amiable reputation. Her remains were brought to Mr. John Sadler's last Saturday night and interred Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. She selected her burial place near the house on account of Mrs. John Sadler, who is her sister and to whom she was much attached. Rev. M. N. Ford delivered a very touching prayer and talk at the grave in referring to the life and character of Mrs. Stanton. Two or three hundred people assembled to show their respect for her. (Gabbatha) [Date: 3/19/1896, Vol. IX, No. 21, Page 1]

STANTON, LOU DITTY: Mrs. Lou Ditty Stanton, died at the home of her father last Wednesday evening of congestion of the brain. She was only sick a few days, although having been complaining several weeks. She leaves a little girl only fourteen months old and a number of friends to mourn her death. [Date: 7/30/1896, Vol. IX, No. 41, Page 5]

STANTON, SR., SID: Mr. Sid Stanton, Sr., of the 10th dist., died last Saturday and was buried Sunday. [Date: 4/22/1897, Vol. X, No. 27, Page 5]

STEWARD, HANSE: Died -- Last Saturday, Hanse Steward, col., of heart disease. (Boma) [Date: 7/25/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 38, Page 4]

STEWART, ELIZA MAY: Monday morning about 7 o'clock Eliza May Stewart, the 15-year old daughter of Samuel Stewart, met a horrible death by being crushed by a falling tree. The accident occurred near the girl's home two miles above Sparta. She been to the house of F. J. McBride and was returning home when she occasion to pass near where a tree was being cut or sawed down by Mr. Stewart and his boys. The tree was ready to fall when she was spied and she was told by one party to run one way and by another to run the other, when becoming confused, she ran directly under the falling tree, and horribly mangled. She was literally crushed to the ground, he head being almost mangled and her boys and lower limbs horribly broken and bruised. (White County) [Date: 11/26/1896, Vol. X, No. 6, Page 1]

STEWART, INFANT OF WILLIAM: The two-year-old baby of Wm. Stewart of West Side, died Monday night. [Date: 1/23/1896, Vol. IX, No. 13, Page 5]

STEWART, JESSE: Jesse Stewart, an old citizen of White county, committed suicide by hanging Thursday of last week, at the residence of Prof. James Nowlin, five miles west of Sparta. Stewart had procured a plow line and hung himself from a beam at the side of the barn while the men about the house were at work. (White County) [Date: 6/20/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 33, Page 2]

STEWART, JOHN: Jumped In A Well. -- John Stewart, of the 7th district, committed suicide Tuesday morning by jumping into his well, dying shortly after the fatal leap. The cause for his rashness is not known, save that his mind had been wandering for a few days. [Date: 12/16/1897, Vol. XI, No. 9, Page 5]

STEWART, JOSIE: Mrs. Josie Stewart died at her home at Boma Monday and was buried near here Tuesday. She leaves a husband and two small boys to mourn her departure. (Byrne) [Date: 8/19/1897, Vol. X, No. 44, Page 1]

STONE, EVERT: Evert Stone, son of mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Stone of Cherry Creek, died recently, in his fourteenth year. Evert was a most promising boy, bright and happy. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family. [Date: 8/4/1898, Vol. XI, No. 44, Page 5]

STORY, E.: The many friends of the Hon. E. Story, of Sparta, will be pained to learn that he is lying at the point of death, and all hopes of his recovery despaired of. Later -- We learn just before going to press, that Mr. Story died Tuesday night. [Date: 2/21/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 16, Page 5]

STRASSNER, MATTIE: Gen. W. G. Smith received news of the death of his cousin, Mrs. Mattie Strassner, who died at Columbus, Ind., Aug 26. She has visited Sparta several times. (White County) [Date: 9/8/1898, Vol. XI, No. 49, Page 10]

STROMER, MRS. VERNE: Mrs. Verne Stromer died at the home of Mrs. G. W. McCully, two miles northwest of town last Sunday morning. [Date: 10/22/1896, Vol. X, No. 1, Page 5]

STULTZ, HORSELY A.: H. A. Stultz Dead. Last Sunday morning Mr. Horsely A. Stultz, died at his home in Cookeville. He had been afflicted for about six years during which time he bore his sufferings without a murmur. He was a gentlemen of high order, sober and industrious. He was possessed of splendid business talent, and accumulated a sufficiency of this world's goods. He was devoted to his family, whose wants were at all times well supplied. He was born in Bloomington, Ill., in 1832, and has been a citizen, of Cookeville, for about ten years. His funeral Monday afternoon was attended by a large crowd of sympathizing friends who join with the family in mourning the loss of a good man. Services were conducted by Rev. T. J. Baker. [Date: 9/14/1899, Vol. XIII, No. 37, Page 5]

STULTZ, MRS. JACOB: Mrs. Jacob Stulz of the Pleasant Valley community died last week after a brief illness. Burial and funeral at the Stewart grave yard. Rev. M. Judd officiated. [Date: 9/10/1896, Vol. IX, No. 47, Page 5]

SUTTON, INFANT OF MR. & MRS. R. S.: Sept. 8, 1894 -- Died on the 21st of August, infant of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Sutton. Also infant of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Carrington on the 30th ult. (St. Luke) [Date: 9/13/1894, Vol. VII, No. 46, Page 7]

SWALLOWS, INFANT OF MR. & MRS. WM.: The infant of Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Swallows of Miranda died last Wednesday night and was followed by the death of its mother only one night later. It was the wish of Mrs. Swallows that the child might die before she did, and be buried in her arms. (Overton County) [Date: 9/27/1894, Vol. VII, No. 48, Page 6]

SWALLOWS, MRS. J. M.: Mrs. J. M. Swallows, of the Third district, died on Saturday, Feb. 15. The deceased was about 60 years of age. (Cumberland County) [Date: 3/5/1896, Vol. IX, No. 19, Page 1]

SWEARNAGIN, WM.: Wm. Swearnagin, aged about 65 years, was drowned last week in the Calfkiller, at Gillen's mill, about 7 miles above Sparta. He was attempting to cross the stream in a canoe, when the canoe is supposed to have capsized, the occupant falling into the river. No one saw the occurrence, but the empty canoe was seen as it crossed over the dam. Some attribute suicidal intent to be the incident, and others say that the man disappeared, and wanted to blind his escape, but there is very little doubt that he was accidentally drowned. Search was made for the body, but with no results. (White County) [Date: 4/15/1896, Vol. IX, No. 24, Page 1]

SWETT, MRS.: Died, on the first, Mrs. Swett. She had many friends. (Burton) [Date: 5/9/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 27, Page 7]

SWIFT, CHILD OF R. F.: The little 13-month old girl, one of the twins of R. F. Swift, the cooper who recently came here from Nashville, died last Friday, and was buried Saturday. (Smith County) [Date: 7/19/1894, Vol. VII, No. 38, Page 6]

SWIFT, CROSS: Cross Swift, whom we reported two weeks ago as dangerously ill at Glasgow Junction, Ky., died at that place the 6th inst. (Overton County) [Date: 2/22/1894, Vol. VII, No. 17, Page 1]

SWIFT, SALLIE: Mrs. Sallie Swift an old and highly respected widow lady died at the home of her niece Mrs. Wilcox, in this city last Tuesday. She was about 84 years old, and has been in delicate health for years. Mrs. Swift was an excellent pious christian woman and leaves many surviving friends and relatives behind her. [Date: 3/18/1897, Vol. X, No. 22, Page 5]