TALBOT COUNTY, GA - Newspaper - 1875 Tornado

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The following names were included in a series of articles in the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel. 


Talbot County, Ga.: 
1.      Elisha Culpepper   killed, wife and daughter hurt. 
2.      Mrs. Burdell   hurt
3.      Mrs. Miller B. Phillips   hurt. 
4.      Mrs. Bradshaw   hurt, son hurt. 
5.      Prof. Chaplin   daughter hurt.
6.      Capt. C. Calhoun   son hurt. 

STORY FROM Bobbie Bryan Coons

Here is an interesting story concerning that tornado on
March  21, 1875:


This is about my great grandfather, Robert Sylvanus Bryan (a
school teacher) son of David W. Bryan, of Talbot County.  


Before leaving Georgia to come to Texas, a cyclone hit their
home in Redbone, Georgia on March 21, 1875 (I believe it was
a Sunday afternoon), injuring several members of the family.
One negro servant died from his injuries.  A neice, Mattie
Stinson Bryan, daughter of John Hardy Bryan, was visiting in
the home when the storm struck.  The floor opened up and she
fell through and then the floor closed back up.  No one knew
she was under there for some time due to all the noise and
confusion.  She had very long hair and finally they noticed
her hair which was all that was showing above the floor and
rescued her.  She was injured about her shoulders and always
had some deformity as a result of the injury.


It was always said that their family Bible was blown away in
the storm; howver, that is not correct because I have the
Bible.  It definitely is not in very good condition so it
probably did sustain a bit of damage.


Bobbie Bryan Coons