ront Porch Memories 101~200
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
101 CORBANDALE
January 28,1897--G.H. Harding, of Davidson County, returned home after a few days visit to Dr. S.A. Marable’s family. Dr. S.A. Marable and son, Howard, have gone to Nashville. The Doctor is a delegate to the Masonic Grand Lodge.
Humphrey Woodjaw
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
102 DISTRICT 17
December 8,1934--Prayers are asked by W.W. Thompson, District 17 farmer, for his wife who has been confined to her bed for 27 years by invalidism in order that she might regain her strength sufficient to be moved. Mr. Thompson explained that the place on which he is now residing has been sold and it will be necessary for him to move. He asked all churches to offer prayers that his wife might regain her strength sufficient to permit moving.
From: The Leaf Chronicle
103 CORBANDALE
July 2,1903--Blackberries are ripe and a good crop, but peaches for canning are scarce.
Squirrels are plentiful as shown by J.S. Sexton’s success. He killed 109 squirrels and a crow out of 104 shots last week.
Mrs. J.R. Williams and daughter, Miss Jessie, have been quite sick but are improving.
B.U. Swift is able to be out after his severe spell of cramp colic.
From: The Leaf Chronicle
104 FRIENDSHIP
January 24,1906--For the last week, or 10 days, the dark cloud of affliction has hovered over our little home. My wife has been very ill with erysipelas, but we are rejoicing today that the cloud has been raised and she is in a fair was to recover.
Truly God has been good to us, whereof we are glad. We wish to express our thanks to our friends and neighbors for their many kindnesses during the time. All was done that could be done both by the physician and neighbors in waiting on and preparing such delicacies as she could eat. Affliction draws us nearer together by the ties of friendship.
Reverend Cornelius Ava Barnes
From: Leaf Chronicle
105 PALMYRA
August 4,1915--Mr. Mimms Fessey caught a large blue catfish weighing 38 pounds and treated his neighbors to a nice mess of fish.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
106 SICK
August 4,1915--Little Mary Alice Glenn is able to be up, after a light attack of appendicitis.
August 10,1915---Brown Harvey is sick, but improving slowly.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
107 DISTRICT 20
July 16,1907--Considerable excitement exists in District 20 over the discovery of a wild animal which is running at large. Sunday night, George Britt was attacked by the animal in the public road but jumped over a fence and succeeded in reaching a house before the animal got hold of him.
It is supposed to be a bear which escaped from some small show. Mr. Britt said it had a chain round its neck. Today, bear tracks were found which led into the woods and a posse will be formed to hunt the animal down and capture it.
July 18,1906--The posse formed in District 20 to look for the bear which attacked George Britt Sunday night, made a search for the animal but failed to capture him. The tracks were followed for some distance when it began to rain and the search was abandoned.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
108 HEMATITE
December 21,1910--Mr. Emmett Bull, the popular agent and telegraph operator for the L&N at Hematite Junction, is quite ill. He was taken sick several days ago and has been growing worse. He is being tended by his family physician, Dr. J.S. Edwards of Erin. The office is in charge of Homer Lowery, a supply operator from Cumberland City.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
109 SHILOH
January 23,1888--
C.P. Winstead, teacher of the public school in District 21, was in our city last week.
C.J. Swift, of McAllister’s Cross Roads, a Methodist divine, spent one day here recently.
February 28, 1888--
Hugh Allen, a student of Edgewood, is at home today.
Miss Katie Russell is visiting relatives in Arkansas.
Dr. Rye of Southside was here this week visiting his mother, who returned home with him.
J.H. Marable was here Friday surveying the land for Wyley Sykes.
Dr. John William Wickham of Palmyra was here this week.
December 3,1888--
Mr. George Armstrong, of the south side and his pretty daughter, Miss Lula, paid the Democrat a pleasant call Saturday.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
110 SAILOR’S REST
December 29,1903--Ike West, formerly one of the wealthiest citizens of Montgomery County, was tried by a jury this morning on the charge of lunacy. For several years Mr. West's mind has been failing, and he is in bad health. A jury was impaneled, and after hearing the testimony, found that Mr. West was incapable of managing his property, and recommended to the court that a guardian be appointed. This will probably be done at once. Mr. West has a life interest in a tract of land containing 100 acres near Sailor’s Rest, and his household effects. He is seventy-five years old, and is now at the home of Thomas Minor, of Cumberland City.
Before the war, Mr. West was worth about $125,000. He at one time owned 14,000 acres of land in Houston, Stewart, and Montgomery Counties. This fortune was entirely swept away and for a long time he has been living alone on the land which was deeded to him during his life. He is unmarried.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
111 SHILOH
May 27,1936--A large diamond back rattlesnake, three feet and eight inches long and having ten rattles and a button was killed in the Shiloh Community Tuesday afternoon by Harland Wilkerson, employee of Farmers’ Warehouse and J.G. Walker, on of the partners in the firm.
The two men were motoring toward Clarksville on Highway 13 when they ran over the snake. Not recognizing that the reptile was of the extremely poisonous type, Mr. Wilkerson said they drove probably a quarter of a mile before stopping. Returning, they found the snake “stunned” and made quick work of him with rocks.
The huge snake was on display at the Farmers’ Warehouse today and was seen by hundreds of curious citizens. It was the first rattlesnake reported killed in this county for many years.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
112 SICK FOLKS
September 3,1889--
Mrs. Jonathan S. Miller, who has been very sick with typhoid fever at the residence of her sister Mrs. James Rollow, near Rossview, had improved sufficiently to be brought home last Wednesday, in company with her mother, Mrs. W.P. Keesee.
September 3,1889--
Dr. C.E. Dixon has been on the sick list for ten days, grappling with malaria.
September 6,1889--
Mrs. Galbreath, whom the LEAF noticed as suffering very much from a paralytic stroke since last Friday night, was reported considerably improved yesterday.
September 20,1889--
We regret to note the protracted and serous illness of William Yates, son of Jerome Yates, of this city.
September 27,1889--
J.W. Stone, who lost one of his children last week, has another that is critically ill with typhoid malarial fever and meningitis. Mr. Stone is an industrious, worthy man, and deserves the sympathy of the community in his affliction.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
113 CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS
October 10,1900--Carrier Jo Dean, of rural free delivery Route #1 in this county, had a runaway yesterday. He had stopped his horse in front of Squire Steele’s residence and started up the walk to deliver some mail when the animal became frightened and started to run. He ran for about two miles, when just in front of J.W. Fambrough’s residence the buggy caught on a post, very much to its detriment and that of the harness, and the animal stopped.
The curious part of it all is that the house, not withstanding the fact that he was running away, turned into every place where he has been accustomed to stop along the route.
From: The Chronicle
114 MCALLISTER’S CROSSROADS
August 22,1874--A little child of Mr. T. Batson, about two years old, got lost a few days ago, and wandered around in the woods for some time, until she was found by a colored woman named Martha Buckner.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
115 PALMYRA
November 14,1914--Professor J.G. Rollow, who is Principal of Palmyra High School, was in the city this morning and when talking with him regarding his school, we were informed that the workings of the school had been greatly interfered with by the unusually large percentage of pupils who were forced to leave school on account of sickness. It was learned that around Palmyra there are many cases of Typhoid Fever. There seems to be an epidemic of the fever in that section. One of the students of the school recently died as a result of the ravages of this disease. It is believed that the fever has been contracted by drinking impure spring water.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
116 CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS
December 14,1878--Mr. F.B. Arms exhibited to us this week the skin of a cat which he had killed in the hollow near his house on the south side. In all respects it seemed to have characteristics intermediate between the domestic breed and the well-known short-tailed wild cat of the woods. It was black with white belly, much larger than the domestic cat with a shorter tail, but not so short as that of the wild cat. In our opinion it is hybrid, the offspring of that known rake, the domestic Thomas, and some too susceptible female of the woods.
From: Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle
117 DAILY HILL
March 10,1892--Squire Mockabee, the curiosity hunter of District 13 brought to the Leaf Chronicle office this morning a portion of a petrified rattlesnake. It is plainly evident that it was a rattler of enormous size, and had coiled himself up to take a nap probably when life departed. Seventeen of the rattles are plainly marked. Squire Mockabee has several such curiosities which he has picked up from time to time within a certain area upon his farm. He is going to take them to the World’s Fair with him.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
118 DEER
December 12,1935--Believe it or not there are deer in Montgomery county and within a mile and a half of Clarksville. There are eight witnesses who declare they sighted the rare species of game about half way between the city and St. Bethlehem on Highway 13.
Mr. Sam Weems said he had never seen a deer before, but recognized the animal from pictures. He also saw a deer in a zoo a long time ago he said. Mr. Weems said the deer appeared to be in strange country, possibly had been driven out of Cheatham county by hunters or foresters.
About two weeks ago a deer was seen in the vicinity of Marion Community, it is said.
From: Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle
119 PALMYRA
October 27,1891--E.W. Powers in District 19 near Palmyra last Saturday morning saw a very large and rare bird among the tall timbers on his farm and managed to get within 100 yards of the bird, brought it to the ground with his rifle. The bird was only winged and when Mr. Powers approached it would not surrender and he had to kill it. The strange bird proved to be a gray eagle and six feet from tip to tip, the claws measuring nearly eight inches in the span. Mr. Powers carried his eagleship to Tarsus Grange Fair where it was seen last Saturday by hundreds of people.
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
120 DISTRICT 16
February 2,1878--In District 16, a negro man named Hugh Batson has caught 3 coons, 2 groundhogs, and 1 fox without the aid of a dog. He caught them with a steel trap.
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
121 DISTRICT 20
June 30,1883--A son of Mr. Elija Trotter, in District 20 of this county, killed a rattlesnake recently which was 3 feet and a half long and 8 inches in circumference. The snake had 11 rattlers, which indicate that he was as many years old.
From: Kathryn Reynolds
122 WHY OUR ANCESTORS SETTLED HERE
Why our ancestors settled here. In the early days of settlement in the 1700's, the northern part of Robertson, Montgomery and Stewart counties in Tennessee and the southern part of Christian, Todd and Logan counties in Kentucky was a flat to gently rolling prairie. The various Indian tribes considered it a common hunting ground so there were not even any Indian villages on it. There were few trees because every autumn, the Indians set fire to the prairie and killed the game as it was driven out by the flames. In this way they had their supply of food for the winter. The prairie was bare and ugly all through the fall and winter but in the spring was covered with thick, deep, green grass and bright wild flowers as far as you could ride a horse in a day and still not see the end of it. Hard for us today to imagine the vast grassland, no obstructions, with the wind blowing the grass in waves, with herds of buffalo, deer and antelope here and there, flocks of grouse, quail by the thousands, geese and ducks, wild parquets, frequent glimpses of small animals, a paradise. There were wolves, coyotes and bears, too. So many bears that one hunter could kill as many as a hundred in few days. Some wrote that in the river were fish as much as four feet long.
The southern parts of Robertson, Montgomery and Stewart counties were hilly and rough. A beautiful country of forest with giant trees, rocky ledges and tall cliffs, huge gushing springs, wildflowers and the perfume of honeysuckle vines, myrtle and other sweet smelling shrubs and vines. Abundant wild grapes, mulberries, blackberries the size of quarters, raspberries, walnuts and buckeyes. It was a garden spot before the forests were cut leaving the hills bare.
There was a very large Indian village on Yellow Creek with smaller villages scattered about. They all came together certain times of the year for worship, business and trade. Wearing their finest buckskins, feathers and jewelry, bringing hides, furs, and other goods to trade. Some tribes knew how to melt the silica sand to make glass beads, some farmed and brought seed to trade. They wove mats, carved little animals for toys, dried meats and fish, and made wooden and leather cooking utensils. it was a time of singing, dancing, playing music, finding new wives and husbands. Meetings went long into the night by the light of big bonfires. This would go on for several days. The white people round about would listen to the drums and watch the glow in the night sky from the fires. The young people today have no idea of the hardships of life then nor do they know of the beauty lost by over-civilization. They cannot imagine this countryside without the roads and houses, no bridges over the river, no stores, few doctors. How can they picture a school graduation with two students? Church services were in a brush arbor. Food didn't come in cans but had to be grown or killed and had to be cooked over wood fires. It took all day to wash clothes, endless buckets of water carried from the creek, all the while watching for bears, snakes, and bandits. People went to town, when there was one, once a month. It took all day, sometimes more, just to get there.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
123 CORBANDALE
January 10,1896--
Mrs. Emma Cruze and two little sons, Eugene and Daniel of Texarkana, Texas, are visiting Mrs. Batson and relatives, of this place.
August 5,1896--
Mr. Cochran of Bedford County, father of Mrs. J.J. Shaw, is on a visit to the parsonage.
Mrs. Justice Goble and children of Cincinnati, and Miss Lena Pettigrew, of Decaturville are visiting Burrell W. Owens' family.
From: Semi-Weekly Leaf Chronicle
124 LOUISE
April 24,1896-- W.L. Green, M.D., who has been with us for the past two years, left last week for Big Rock, and will continue his practice at that place. Dr. Green is a fine physician, and we wish him much success.
Busy Bill
From: Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf Chronicle
125 MCALLISTER'S CROSS ROADS
Mr. Robert Gardner and family, of Robertson County, have moved near this place.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
126 LONE OAK
January 5,1910--Mr. & Mrs. B.F. Harris celebrated their 50th anniversary on December 29,1909.
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
127 MCALLISTER’S CROSS ROADS
July 14,1883--A mad dog went into the house of Mr. W.E. Dickson a few days ago and caught Mrs. Dickson by the dress before she knew what he was about. She jumped on the table and called her husband who came to her rescue and killed the rabid canine.
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
128 PLEASANT MOUND
July 19,1884--On Sunday last, Messers. Dave Corlew and Richard Mills killed a horned snake near Pleasant Mound on the South side. The snake was lying across the road. He was 6 feet long and about 10 inches in circumference, spotted brown and gray, the gray spots being mingled with the brown. There was a horn about an inch long on its tail, slightly turned up at the end a small groove in the top of it and when touched, a small sting would dart out of the groove.
Several years ago, a snake of similar appearance was killed near the same locality, but this is the first time to have made its appearance in a long time. They are supposed to be deadly poison.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
129 CORBANDALE
December 15,1928--Mrs. Carl Eden and Miss Louella Eden spent Thursday with Miss Ruby Winfree, who with her brother Winton left Friday for Detroit.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
130 SHILOH
February 19,1940--Mrs. Burrell Allen of Shiloh, Mr. & Mrs. Cuylar Dunbar and Mrs. T.R. Moore of Dotsonville attended "Gone With The Wind" in Nashville.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
131 CHERRY GROVE
January 4,1900--Dr. Ussery and wife, whose marriage was noted in a last week issue of the Leaf Chronicle, have gone to housekeeping today, moving into their new home at Cherry Grove. May it be a happy home and may they both live long to enjoy it.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
132 SHILOH
February 28,1888--J.D. Fletcher's new residence is nearly completed. It is quite an addition to the place.
From: Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle
133 MCALLISTER'S CROSSROADS
July 7,1891---Miss Anna Swift has gone to Yellow Creek to teach school.
From: Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle
134 SHILOH
August 18,1892--Miss Lucy Nolen, who has been visiting relatives at Erin and Cumberland City, has returned to her home at this place.
From: Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle
135 SHILOH
March 18,1892--Miss Katie Russell gave the young folks quite an interesting musical Sunday night.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
136 CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS
December 12,1900--Mrs. Sallie Manning, a good woman deeply interested in education, paid our school a most welcome visit this week.
E.C.M. District 13
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
137 LOUISE
May 22,1917--Mr. Cecil Shy called on Miss Beulah Baggett of Louise Sunday.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
138 CUNNINGHAM
October 19,1932--Accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Vera Marsh, Edward Marsh of the Cunningham Community went to St. Louis Tuesday night for observation at the Shrine Hospital in which he has been a patient on three or more occasions for treatment as the protege of the Clarksville Unit of Al Menah Temple of the Order of the Mystic Shrine. The L&N railroad furnished free transportation for the mother and child to St. Louis and return.
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
139 MCALLISTER’S CROSS ROADS
August 1,1885--Your dear readers may think by our living way over on the back side of the county and having to drink branch water, and by so many jurors having been obtained in the Morrow case from this, the 16th District, that we hardly ever see or hear anything, but we know that General Grant was born in Ohio April 27,1822, and was the sixth child, and his father was a leather dealer, and that he married Mia Julia Dent of St. Louis in 1848, and we heard of his death in a few hours after he died, and we have heard about the was being over, and we know that we have a prospect for a good crop.
Fruit is fine, especially the blackberries, and a great many of the old women are sending for a few quarts of whiskey to put in the wine and cordial to save it. I doubt about them saving it very long is if they let their husbands find out that they have put whiskey in it, and sometimes they might take a little taste themselves when they feel bad. If the berries don’t fatten Capt. Gilbert this season I think we will have to give him up.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
140 PALMYRA
March 29,1889--Yesterday morning J.W. Lyle, from near Palmyra, applied for a marriage license. Clerk Mosely proceeded to fill out the same but on counting his money, Lyle found that he lacked fifty-five cents of having the required sum, having in vain ransacked every pocket. Finally he asked Tim Driscoll, who acted as surety for him, to advance him the fifty-five cents. Tim didn't have that much on him and Lyle coolly took his departure minus the license, apparently satisfied that he wasn't to blame.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
141 CUNNINGHAM
December 5,1930--Mack Jones and Burrell Batson attended the pie supper at Lone Oak Saturday night.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
142 CUNNINGHAM
July 7,1933-- Billie and Jewell Batson went out hunting Tuesday afternoon. While Jewell had the good luck to kill thirteen hawks, Billie killed four polecats. They were satisfied and came in with their game.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
143 PALMYRA
May 15,1899-- James Swift killed a large rattlesnake recently in the woods where he was logging. It had nine rattlers and was the size of a man’s arm.
From: Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle
144 SHILOH
August 18,1892--G.B. Sugg and Mr. Hendrix, two of our oldest citizens, are very sick with fever, and it may be that they will not recover.
The doctor reports a great deal of sickness in the country.
From: Daily Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle
145 HEMATITE
September 19,1891--Squire H.H. Mockabee of the 18th District brought in two curious stones Friday morning, one appearing to be a hind-leg of a hog petrified and crystallized, the other an Irish potato and looks like sandstone. The hog’s leg was found in a gully some ten feet deep. Mr. Mockabee made search for the other parts of the animal and found sticking in the side of the bank part of the head showing one jawbone, the teeth and one large tusk broken off and one eye. The leg shows the natural crook and joints, also the hoof. This was about ten foot below the surface and below it was a solid bed of limestone covered with tough red clay.
From: The Daily Leaf Chronicle
146 PALMYRA
December 30, 1896--Christmas Eve, Dr. S.A. Marable, brother to Dr. T.H. Marable of this city, who lives in the lower portion of the county, sustained a serious loss while doing some Christmas trading in the store of Lewis & Hussey at Palmyra. He accidentally left his pocketbook on the counter for a few minutes and when he missed it, no trace of the purse could be found.
The pocketbook contained about $50 in money and a number of notes and papers of value, making the total loss quite heavy. At the time the money was lost, the store was filled with people of all classes, both white and colored, who were trading, and the purse was evidently picked up by somebody who appropriated the contents as far as they were able, never reporting the find. So far as learned, Dr. Marable has no clue to the party taking his book.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
147 THE BEND
May 4,1918--Mr. Marvin Waller attracted quite a bit of attention in the city this morning with 5 red fox puppies which he had in a wire coop strapped on the runningboard of his auto.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
148 LOUISE
August 23,1929--With 87 in a pile, Montgomery County issues a challenge for records in the wholesale slaughter of Copperhead snakes.
From the Louise Community in the 22nd District come the true story of the bulk killing of the reptiles recently. There were two mother snakes and 85 young reptiles of the dangerous breed.
The scene of the snake slaughter was in a tobacco field near the dividing line between the farms of Clarence Harvey and Ranzy Underwood. The reptile families were discovered under a stump by Roy and ___ Underwood, brother & sister, who were working in the tobacco.
Other witnesses were Ranzy Underwood and family, Miss Robbie Trotter, Clarence Harvey and son Denver Harvey who were summoned to the scene.
From: The Daily Leaf-Chronicle
149 SOUTHSIDE
March 23, 1923--
William Lyle, Rodney Workman and Lewis Wyatt came home from the Clarksville High School last week suffering from flu. Workman and Wyatt returned to school on Monday.
July 9,1923--
Leon B. Hunter, who has been seriously ill, is improving nicely.
From: The Daily Leaf-Chronicle
150 SOUTHSIDE
August 5,1896--Typhoid Fever is reported to be quite prevalent in the vicinity of the post office and a number of persons are down with this type fever. George Talley lies in a serious condition and John Jones is not expected to recover.
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
151 CORBANDALE
August 15,1924-- A nice “pull in” was made by Bomer Lewis, Corbandale farmer, this morning when he drew from the water of the Cumberland River near Corbandale on his trotline, a forty-five pound yellow catfish. The water dweller fought vigorously, but Lewis’ skill as a fisherman proved too great for him.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
152 DISTRICT 13
November 29,1913-- B.T. Hogue, who is in the butchering business, extracted from the body of an eight month old calf, a tapeworm sixty feet long, measured by the rule. The animal seemed in perfect condition otherwise, and Mr. Hogue has no idea how this parasite found its way into the intestines of the animal. It was destroyed after being inspected by several neighbors, but Mr. Hogue has since found that he might have sold the worm for more than the calf was worth had he preserved it on alcohol, as its size would have put it in the class of museum freaks.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
153 ST. BETHLEHEM
July 26,1889--If any of your readers know who painted Rob Atkin’s goat a very vivid carmine color, the will please let us hear form them at once, as several of our hitherto highly respected citizens are accused of this bit of ornamentation. It was rumored on the streets that Squire Harrelson, Brother Travis, Dr. Wyatt, Mr. Hambaugh, Mr. Whitefield and Brother Watts were suspected, and if the real author is known it would be a source of gratification to these gentlemen to know that their skirts have been cleared.
Sawdust
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
154 SICK FOLKS
November 1,1889--
H.O. Wyatt, an old and highly esteemed citizen of the south side, is very ill with erysipelas in his hand and arm.
November 5,1889--
Miss Annabel Major has been quite ill for the past week. She is suffering from typhe malarial fever. Her condition yesterday was as favorable as could be expected.
November 12,1889--
Miss Annabel Major is still quite ill, though her condition was slightly improved yesterday.
Leander W. Crotzer, a worthy citizen of South Clarksville, is quite ill of pneumonia.
November 15,1889--
Sam R. Daley, who has been quite sick, for several weeks with typhoid fever was reported better yesterday. His friends will be glad to see him out again.
November 19,1889--
Leander W. Crotzer, whose illness was mentioned in our last issue, it is thought, cannot recover
November 22,1889--
Little Fannie Tempest Herndon, who has been confined to her room from sickness for a few days, will be able to be at school very soon.
Andrew Jackson, an aged citizen of South Clarksville, was taken suddenly ill while at his store Wednesday and had to be removed to his home in an unconscious condition. For some time he was unable to speak, but yesterday he had rallied enough to talk. He is quite weak still.
November 26,1889--
Mrs. Eli Rudolph, of District 11, is critically ill of pneumonia. She is a sister of Leander W. Crotzer, whose death is chronicled elsewhere. Her friends have little hope for her.
November 29,1889--
News was brought to the city yesterday that T.T. Harper, a magistrate of this county, was in a dying condition at his home near Collinsville. He has inflammation of the stomach.
Jonathan W. Adams is very sick at his home on 1st street. Mr. Adams visited his father in Nashville some six weeks ago, and was taken ill there. He has pneumonia.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
155 SICK
October 21,1889--Mrs. J.J. Garrott continues quite ill at her home in New Providence, having been confined to her bed for several weeks.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
156 NEW HOMES
January 14,1897--
M.T. Easley has moved to the Omar neighborhood. T.M. Williams, (Singing Tom) of Antioch, moved into the house vacated by Mr. Easley.
J.L. Fletcher has bought and moved to the Oliver place. Mrs. Oliver going to Lee’s Mill.
January 25,1897---
Mr. George B. Plummer and wife are now ensconced in their new house erected on the land purchased of Squire Robert A. Harvey.
January 25,1897---
Albert L. Green has sold his farm to Mr. Joe Bridges and moved with his family to Louise. Mr. Bridges has just erected a neat and substantial residence.
Rev. R.C. Swift is building a new home.
Mr. E.E. Rye has made the last payment on his land. He and his wife are now living at home in their new house.
Mr. Jim Durham has removed with his family from Barren Fork to the Chapel Hill neighborhood, in District 17.
Mr. Ezra Swift has removed from Dickson County to the old homestead near here.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
157 MCALLISTER’S CROSSROADS
January 25,1897---Mr. Oney S. Harvey had a swarm of bees to make their appearance on last Sunday, the earliest I ever heard of.
From:Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
158 CALLED HOME
R.J. Allman, while visiting his children near Henrietta last week was called home by sickness in his family at Corbandale.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
159 FEELING BETTER
July 19,1889--W.J. Crotzer, of this county, returned from Hot Springs, Arkansas, yesterday, whither he went four weeks ago for rheumatism. We are glad to state he was very much benefited by the trip. W.W. Naive, of Peacher’s Mill, also returned from the same place a few days ago, after receiving substantial benefits from the waters.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
160 SOUTHSIDE
July 9,1923--Rodney Workman and William Lyle have gone to Detroit in search of the money tree.
Mrs. Fred Davis of Springfield is visiting relatives here.
Miss Dorothy Davis of Nashville is here for a few weeks to visit relatives.
Miss Maggie East of Clarksville is visiting her uncle, Mr. J.H. Moore.
Miss Mary Nell Harris of Lone Oak is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. M.E. Dickson.
From: Tobacco Leaf Chronicle
161 CLARKSVILLE
April 29, 1890--Mrs. A. F. Smith and family have moved to the residence [?] corner of Seventh and Madison.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
162 DISTRICT 13
December 2,1897--Robert Moody, of District 13, passed through the city today in charge of relatives enroot to Nashville, where he will be placed in the state asylum. Mr. Moody is about 80 years old and enjoyed good health until four years ago, when his mind began to give way. His wife died about three months ago, and since that time he has not been in his right mind. He is worse at times, sometimes becoming violent.
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
163 CORBANDALE
March 8,1884--Messrs. Perry Harned and Paul Marable killed 10 coons last Friday, nine of which were in one tree.
Mr. Harned has killed, with his dog, 47 coons this winter.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
164 ALLIGATORS
July 19,1889--Boys who are in the habit of bathing in the Cumberland, or going for a swim in the clear and cool depths, will be well to keep their eyes open, else they may find themselves minus a toe of perhaps a foot, which some hungry alligator has appropriated to himself and of which he will make a meal. We are growing tropical and there are alligators in the Cumberland. Says Tuesday’s American.
Two fishermen, Green Anderson and John Davidson, saw a young alligator basking in the sun yesterday and brought it in as a trophy. He may have come up from a tropic clime to spend the summer. The length is about 18 inches. Others are said to have been seen near the city at different times recently.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
165 YELLOW CREEK
March 10,1910--It is said that Mrs. A.P. Davis, wife of Dock Davis, a miller living on Yellow Creek, is personally supervising and assisting in the making of her own shroud. Mrs. Davis has been afflicted with tuberculosis for several years and during the past few months has become rapidly worse until her attending physicians announced to the husband that they could not cure her and that dissolution was likely to take place at any moment. Upon this announcement by Mr. Davis to his wife, the latter sent for Mrs. Jackson, a milliner, and without any extraordinary emotion or excitement the afflicted woman calmly and coolly dictated to the milliner the mode and fashion of and assisted in the work of making the last garment that will cover her mortal body. Mrs. Davis is strictly a matter-of-fact woman and possesses power of self-control and endurance peculiar to her sex.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
166 SHILOH
May 8,1907--It was my privilege to spend last Saturday night with brother J.D. Fletcher and family. About 2:00 Sunday morning he was awakened from his slumber by the ringing of his telephone bell. When he answered the call he was startled by the heaving shouting and crying and rejoicing, and a voice saying, “I am so Happy! Happy!” When he inquired Who it was the voice came back again, saying, “It is Belle, Belle, and I am well once more!” It proved to be Mrs. Belle Allen, of Shiloh, who has been bedridden for the last three years. Saturday night she thought she was dying, and they sent for her doctor. He came and left medicine for her. After he was gone she began to think of her condition, and that for three years she had taken medicine and was no better. Then she concluded to appeal to the Great Physician and leave her case in his hands, that the glory of her healing might all be his. As she lay there, thinking and praying, all at once she felt that she was healed and sprang up from her bed rejoicing, saying, “I am Well! I am Well!” She dressed herself and went to her father-in-law’s house and told them the good news and telephoned the glad tidings to her neighbors and friends. She felt she could not wait till morning to tell them. By invitation, Mrs. Fletcher and myself, visited her Sunday evening and found her bright and happy, with the one great desire to give God all the glory for her healing.
C.A. Barnes (Baptist Preacher)
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
167 CORBANDALE
July 29,1924--Kyle Outlaw stopped in Clarksville this morning enroute to Kingsport where he will bring a horse back to Corbandale that has been given him by a relative. As Kyle will ride the horse on his return trip, a distance of about 400 miles, no one is envying him the trip. He expects to return in a few days.
From: Evening Tobacco Leaf Chronicle
168 SALEM
November 8,1890---Up to date there has been found but one man in the county who did not know there was to be an election last Tuesday. That man was none other than E.B. Bagwell, of the south side. He laid around home all day and when the children came home from school in the evening they asked him if he went to the election. He stood them down that the election was on Thursday and not on Tuesday. To set himself right on the matter, he walked up to Wes Orgain's, a 1/2 mile distance, and borrowed a Leaf-Chronicle, and to his dismay he learned from its columns that the election was over. If Mr. Bagwell took the "Great and Good" as every patriotic citizen should, he would not have been cheated out of the glorious privilege of voting. It keeps its readers better posted than that.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
169 THE SCARE ABOUT ST. BETHLEHEM
September 19,1878--Various rumors have been afloat in the city about yellow fever at St. Bethlehem. The facts in the case, as we glean from Dr. Sypert, a prominent physician of that neighborhood, are as follows: Within the last week, there have been five deaths near and in the village. The first was little Sammy Bell, a four year old child of Mr. Bell, and this was followed by the death of Mrs. Bell, the little boy’s mother. Next came Mr. William Collier, a young man nineteen years old.
These all died with a malignant malarial fever, according to Dr. Sypert, who was the attending physician of the Bells, and who young Collier a few hours before he died, he being a patient of Dr. Whittaker. They all had some of the symptoms of yellow fever, but not the same fever that is now raging in New Orleans and Memphis. Dr. Sypert thinks that it is more akin to the character of fever now at Hickman.
The next death was Mrs. Harry Dudley, who had the same fever, but died of heart disease, with which she had been afflicted for years. The fact that Mrs. Bell and her child had the black vomit produced a sensation among the natives. Though the doctors say this is not always an attendant to yellow fever, and is not infrequently found in cases of fever in this country. We have taken pains to collect these facts and give the authority because of the many rumors which float around among the people. Our people can rely upon it, if any yellow fever, pronounced such by the physicians, should appear in this vicinity, we will apprize them of the fact.
From: Clarksville Newspaper written by Mabel Steeley
170 HOUSE FULL OF GIRLS
“What in the world do you do with 10 daughters?”
This is a unique problem as well as a blessing of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Huggins of the Stringtown community.
When asked the question above buy the reporter, Mrs. Huggins replied, “Just love them all and give them chores to do.” She admitted however tat during the school term, she does most of the work herself.
The day begins at the Huggins home at 4 a.m. when Mrs. Huggins arises to get her husband off to his job with the county where he has been employed on the road gang for 10 years.
Then she arouses the seven daughters still at home and gets the six off to school. The 10 daughters range in age from 25 to 4 years. The girls at home are Cathy Diane, 11; Wanda Sue, 4; Vickie Lynn, 6; Donna Kay, 9; Maxine 14; Betty Ann, 16 and Stella Faye, 18. The girls who have married and moved away are Peggy Jean, who lives in Los Angeles, Ruth Vernell in Toronto, Ohio and Martha Ellen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Huggins lists her two biggest problems as the washing and ironing and buying shoes. She washes twice a week on a wringer-type washer and has about 80 dresses per week to launder. Stella Faye, the oldest daughter at home, helps a great deal with this task.
“It takes about 50 pairs of shoes per year for the girls and when you have to buy several pair at the same time, it is pretty expensive.”
“What are the problems of the father in a household of all girls?” Mrs. Huggins replied, “He has no special problems. He is just so proud of all of them. Everywhere he goes, people comment on his family of daughters.”
The family of 10 daughters was brought to our attention by Captain P.V.H. Weems, who formerly lived here, but who now resides at Annapolis, Maryland. While visiting old friends in Montgomery County last summer, Captain Weems began talking to Mrs. Huggins and found she had lived as a child on the Weems farm in Dickson County. Their friendship developed and through the auspices of Captain Weems, a complete set of Compton’s Encyclopedia, for which he authors articles on navigation, has been presented to the family to help the girls with their education.
From: Daily Times Herald, Dallas, Texas
171 FINDS BROTHER AFTER MANY YEARS
February 28,1911--A Hopkinsville, Kentucky, dispatch says: John T. Markham, seventy-two years of age, poor, a brick layer and plasterer, learned today that his brother, whom he last saw as a four-year-old child, forty-six years ago, is president of the Illinois Central Railroad. John T. Markham is a native of Ireland and a Confederate veteran. Charles T.’s step-father removed north with his family from Clarksville, Tennessee, just after the Civil War. The brothers had
entirely lost sight of each other until John, seeing in a newspaper that the president of the Illinois Central was named Charles and born in Clarksville, called him up at Chicago by long distance telephone and established the relationship. They are the only surviving members of the family.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
172 DISTRICT 20
January 11,1905---A deer was killed this morning near Joe Baggett's farm in the 20th District. The animal has been at large in that section several weeks but succeeded in eluding the hunters who have been on the lookout for it
until today.
From: The 83rd Illinoisan
173 DR. COOPER
March 17,1865--Dr. Cooper, Post Surgeon, has been severely afflicted for some weeks past. We are pleased to learn this morning that he is convalescing and trust he will soon regain his wonted health and be able to discharge the numerous and weighty duties of his position.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
174 CUNNINGHAM
December 7,1929---Henry Hargrove of South Bend, Indiana came to spend the Thanksgiving holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Hargrove of Cunningham.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
175 PORT ROYAL
February 4,1890--Miss Mary Cage, our attractive music teacher, has a mild form of malarial fever. Her sister, Miss Mattie, equally proficient in teaching the sweet art, is with her and takes charge of her class during her illness.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
176 SPEEDY RECOVERIES
November 13,1930---Lewis Whitfield, who has been confined to his home near St. Bethlehem for a number of days by an infection of his left arm, was able to be in town today and reported his condition much improved.
Mrs. Walter Gray, who underwent an operation at the hospital a number of days ago has been removed to her home on Elder Street and is doing nicely.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
177 CLARKSVILLE
July 12,1889--Captain Smith is remodeling his residence on Main Street, between 3rd & 4th and adding to it. When completed it will add much to the beauty of this already fine street.
George E. Coke has built a neat and attractive residence on 5th Street, in rear of the Dangerfield residence.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
178 BACK HOME
November 12,1930---Mrs. Bertha Manning, who has been a patient at the Wautuga Sanitarium for the past five months, is much improved and will return home this week.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
179 FORREST HILL
July 9,1889--F.W. Bourne, one of Port Royal’s prominent young merchants, has been seen on our side of the river several times of late. Continues to come “Latin”, the girls have no objection.
Ely
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
180 CLARKSVILLE
July 5,1889--L.E. Ragsdale has bought the S.F. Beaumont residence on Madison Street, near the city. The price paid was $12,000.00. There are nine acres in the place, which is well improved with good brick residence, all necessary outhouses, handsome lawn, etc. Mr. Ragsdale has secured one of the best suburban homes about the city.
From: The Weekly Chronicle
181 "THE DARK DAY"
September 7,1878---The dark day was so called on account of the remarkable darkness that extended throughout America. The obscuration commenced about 10 o'clock on the morning of May 19, 1780, and continued until the middle of the next night. Birds sang their evening song, disappeared and remained silent, fowls went to roost, cattle sought the barnyard and candles were lighted in the houses. The true cause of this remarkable phenomenon is not, and probably never will be known.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
182 SICK FOLKS
July 2,1889--
Mrs. Eliza J. Drane, the vulnerable relict of the late Dr. Drane, is lying very ill at her residence in this city. Yesterday her condition was a little more favorable that it had been, and some hope of her recovery was entertained. Mrs. Drane is 81 years old; probably the oldest native of Clarksville now living within its limits.
July 5,1889--
Dr. Lupton has been quite sick for several days
John Wilson is up, after an illness of several weeks.
July 9,1889--
Mrs. Jennie Page has been quite sick with flux, but is improving
Eugene Daniel, who has been sick for the past week, was able to come out this morning.
J.F. Wood has gone to Nicholson Springs to recuperate. He has suffered lately from nervous prostration. He will be absent two weeks probably.
Reverend Josiah Carneal, who was dangerously injured some weeks ago in a runaway, has recovered sufficiently to be removed to his home on West Fork.
July 12,1889--
W.H. Hinton, has been quite sick for some time; threatened with inflammation of the stomach.
J.J. Mart, an aged and esteemed citizen, is very ill at his home on the Edmondson’s Ferry Road, near the city it is thought that he will survive but a few days. His sons, Richard, from Union County, Kentucky and John, from Elkton, Kentucky, are with him.
July 19,1889--
Mrs. Mary J. Kirby, of this city, has been very sick at the home of Arthur Oneal, in District 21 for several days. Her sister, Mrs. W.A. Shelby, went to her bedside several days ago, ____________ Would admit of the change to bring Mrs. Kirby to her home in this city last evening.
July 26,1889--
Dr. T.H. Marable was called by wire to Davidson County on Wednesday to see his sister, Mrs. E.G. Warfield, who is very sick there.
July 30,1889--
Thomas McCorkle is recuperating at Idaho Springs. He has been on the sick list for two weeks.
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
183 EDMONDSON’S FERRY
August 20,1889---A little child of R.T. Wyatt of the Edmondson Ferry neighborhood was reported very sick of fever yesterday morning.
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
184 PALMYRA
March 6,1880---Mr. G.W. Watwood, after living in the Kentucky Purchase several years, has returned to Corbandale to locate permanently.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
185 IDAHO SPRINGS
June 28,1889--Squire Caldwell has taken quarters at Idaho Springs for the summer. His many friends would be rejoiced if those popular waters should restore him to his former gook looks. The slightest improvement in that direction would add greatly to the reputation of the springs, provided it did not exhaust the supply of water.
From: Clarksville Jeffersonian
186 CLARKSVILLE
June 27,1855--We are truly gratified to see our old medical friend. Dr. McDaniel, again in his office. His eyes had been defective from the cataract for some time past, when recently he had a surgical operation performed on them in Nashville, which confined him to his room for the last six or eight weeks, but which, we are happy to state, proved most successful in restoring his sight, and he can now be found at his office at all times, unless professionally absent.
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
187 SALEM
August 20,1889---Mrs. Lamar Daly will leave for Texas the 5th of September.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
188 SICK
February 4,1890--Saturday night on retiring, A.R. Gholson and wife left the top of a base burning stove in the hall on and the door between the hall and their room open. Sunday morning on the arrival of the cook both were very sick indeed, and Jonathan S. Neblett, a neighbor was sent for. Mr. Neblett found the room full of coal gas and Mr. & Mrs. Gholson nearly asphyxiated. Both were very sick throughout the day, and had not entirely recovered. Yesterday truly a narrow escape for a highly esteemed couple.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
189 SHILOH
May 24,1918---Mr. and Mrs. Dancy Fort, Mrs. W.W. Tate and Mrs. F.J. Runyan went to Shiloh in District 20 yesterday afternoon where Mr. Fort made an address after which a Red Cross Auxiliary was organized and a donation of $200 made.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
190 SICK
January 31,1890--K.H. Burney has been confined to his home for several days with La Grippe.
Mrs. Thomas Ogburn, who has been very sick at the residence of Henry Hamlett for ten days, is reported better.
Sid Moore is able to be out, after a short confinement.
M.C. Northington was out yesterday for the first time in several days.
Miss Mabel Wood has been quite sick for several days.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
191 LOCUST GROVE
February 11,1890--Stone Abernathy will open a school at Locust Grove in District 16 next Monday.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
192 VISITING
January 10,1890--John R. Edmondson, of the Bend, was in the city Wednesday.
Mrs. Arthur Oneal, of the Dotsonville neighborhood, was in shopping yesterday.
George T. Sadler of District 1 was one of the LEAF’s appreciated callers this week.
W.W. Covington, on Greenwood Avenue, left a few days ago on a prospecting tour of the western States.
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
193 McALLISTER’S CROSSROADS
July 13,1886---Mr. Robert Neblett and his handsome daughter, Clara, are visiting friends and relatives on Indian Creek.
Professor A.H. Abernathy has gone to Cumberland City to teach school. He informs us that he has a fine school.
Rasmus Jackson, colored, had a horse run off of a high bluff at J.W. Blackford's last Thursday and kill himself.
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
194 PALMYRA
January 22,1886---B.D. Tomlinson was here again today serving some kind of papers on the boys.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
195 GARRETTSBURG
July 23,1889--John Willis, while driving over near Garrettsburg last Friday, got out of his buggy for some water at a roadside spring. While drinking his horses became frightened at something and ran off. He made a straight heat of nearly three miles, breaking loose from the buggy, which was considerably damaged, and were stopped in a narrow lane by a woman.
From: The Clarksville Chronicle
196 LOST MONEY
January 20,1842---On the evening of the 3rd inst., somewhere between Washington Iron Works (Martha's Chapel area) and Lafayette Iron Works (Blackford's Spring area), a roll of bank notes amounting to $303.00; and as near as I can recollect as follows: $100 dollar note on the branch of the State Bank of Alabama at Moble, number 412, which has been torn in the middle and pinned together; two $100 dollar notes, I think either Planters Bank or Bank of the State of Tennessee; $1 dollar bill on The Coleman and one $2 dollar note on Morgan, Allison & Co., Clarksville.
Plummer W. Dawson
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
197 FREDONIA
Dr. Lee Elliott of Woodford was the guest this week of Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Lawrence of Raven's Nest.
From: Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle
198 ORGAIN’S CROSSROADS
March 20,1891---Wesley Orgain of the south side, who traces his blood straight back to John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, was in town yesterday. He came to town, he said, for the express purpose of buying some molasses for his big family of boys. He had a suspicious-looking jug with him, with a corncob stopper, which he said contained nothing but molasses. Squire Caldwell says that Wesley Orgain comes from a family noted for veracity, and that he is a consistent follower of his namesake, but he does tell some things that are awful hard to believe. The Squire believes Orgain had straight liquor in that jug. Anyway, he was afraid to leave it in Squire Caldwell's care.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
199 CLARKSVILLE
November 15,1930---Mr. and Mrs. Charleton Smith and Charleton Jr. of Clarksville have moved to their new home in Springfield.
From: Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle
200 SAILOR’S REST
June 20,1891---Surveyor Shelton picked up an Indian hatchet in the woods near Sailor's Rest the other day which throws some light on the unsolved mystery as to how or with what tools the savages who first inhabited this country used in making their curious flint arrows and other trinkets. He discovered the hatchet was of unusual weight, and taking it to the railroad track, he found tools to break it when he discovered that it was made of the finest quality of iron and glazed over with something of a flinty nature. Mr. Shelton concluded that this is the tool used in making arrows, etc., but the question arises--how did they make the hatchet/ How did they separate the gross from the pure metal, securing the perfection of quality in the iron and the mold, or shape it for use? However, the quality of the metal in the hatchet is superior, and it was no doubt made from the ore banks in that region and develops the fact that Montgomery County iron is unsurpassed, if equaled in quality, in the United States.
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