WARREN COUNTY, GA - Newspaper - 1875 Tornado Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: keernst@hotmail.com Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/warren.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm The following names were included in a series of articles in the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel. The full reports can be seen at http://www.augustaarchives.com and they have graciously given me their permission to share these. March 20, 1875 Tornado's of Georgia, South Carolina Summary of names mentioned in Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, March 21-26, 1875: Warren County, Ga: 1. Mrs. Wright broken ribs 2. Mrs. Lewis Jones broken back, neck broken, killed 3. Mr. F. B. Fielding - badly bruised, can walk about 4. Mr. Thomas Gheesling - a watchman at Georgia Railroad Depot was killed, train cars were blown over and he was crushed to death 5. Dr. Pilcher son killed but later story retracts death 6. Rev. J. Wellington was preaching at Elam Baptist Church, building destroyed (also listed as Rev. J. Ellington) 7. Mrs. S. Robinson injured 8. Mrs. Martha Howell dangerously wounded 9. Benjamin P. Atkinson dangerously wounded 10. F. Turner jaw broken 11. Mrs. T. J. Pilcher arm broken 12. Lewis Jones head and face wounded 13. W. C. Barksdale, Robert Barksdale, Starling Avery, Mrs. Katherine Nelson, R. W. Nelson, W. A. Anderson, Mrs. Hubert, Mrs. Atchison, J. S. Dozier, Rev. J. Wellington slightly injured in church 14. John Hubert property damage 15. Mrs. Hubert property damage 16. Mrs. Virginia Hubert damage 17. John W. Hubert property damage 18. Mrs. Catherine Nelson property damage 19. R. W. Nelson property damage 20. Rev. T. J. Pilcher property damage 21. The Linn's place in Mayfield, property damage 22. Mr. Skipper - wounded 23. Mr. T. C. Kneller hurt 24. Mr. Edward Skinner hurt 25. Mr. Albert Tunison bruised 26. Conductor Johnson mentioned 27. Dr. R. W. Hubert property damage 28. Wm. Mays property damage 29. A. J. Mays property damage 30. W. H. Toy property damage 31. Mr. Swain property damage 32. William Wilburn died 33. Chas. S. Dubose mentioned. 34. A. S. Morgan mentioned 35. Judge E. H. Pottle mentioned 36. M. R. Hall mentioned 37. C. E. McGregor mentioned 38. W. J. Walker mentioned 39. T. S. Hundley mentioned 40. W. H. Pilcher mentioned 41. W. E. Anderson mentioned 42. Joshua Nicholls mentioned 43. Harrison Reese mentioned 44. R. F. Norman mentioned Glascock County, Ga.: 1. Mr. Mathias, his wife and children were killed 2. Mr. Vincent Davis killed, property damage 3. Dr. Barton was preaching at Zoar Church 4. J. L. Usry sent message to Dr. Barton 5. Sheriff Benj. Ivey mentioned 6. B. B. Kitchens wounded, his wife and child killed and his wife's brother, Mr. Brooks killed 7. Mr. Brown 8. Wm. McNeal 9. Ezekial Matthews wife killed 10. Mrs. George W. Cooper killed 11. Mrs. Thompson Pool killed 12. Mrs. Matthews killed 13. Richard Beckwith his child killed 14. Mr. V. Davis deaths at his farm 15. John Braddy mortally wounded 16. Mrs. Betsy Pool mortally wounded 17. Mrs. Nancy Toler mortally wounded 18. Bose Kitchens mortally wounded McDuffie County, Ga. 1. Henry T. Ivey - property damage 2. Mrs. A. C. Bacon property damage 3. John W. Morgan property damage, daughter injured 4. James A. Benson property damage 5. John E. Smith damage 6. Captain John T. Stovall - fractured leg in two places, his wife's ankle was crushed, property damage. He is later reported to have died. 7. Mr. Dorsey - of Columbia, SC killed 8. J. N. Morgan property damaged, and his two daughters badly injured 9. Jno E. Smith property damage 10. Mr. H. T. Wright mentioned 11. Solon Reese wife injured, property damage 12. A. W. Faucett property damage 13. S. P. Hutchingson property damage 14. H. W. Young property damage 15. Maj. A. E. Sturgis property damage 16. Mrs. Watson mentioned 17. Jas. P. Verdery mentioned 18. Davenport Jackson mentioned 19. John E. Benton mentioned 20. R. H. Pearce mentioned 21. Paul C. Hudson, Esq. mentioned Columbia County, Ga: 1. Mrs. P. E. Walton property damage 2. Mr. D. C. Moore Ordinary of County went to Augusta to obtain coffin for Miss Bailey 3. Mrs. Bacon property damage 4. John Bartlett his youngest child killed and property damage 5. Mrs. Jesse Walton property damage 6. Mr. Ellis Walton his child killed, property damage 7. Wm. Benton badly bruised 8. Little Charlie Avery clothes were stripped off his body by the wind and coarse sand was driven into his flesh, the grains were later removed 9. George Dorsey property damage 10. Dave Banks property damage 11. George Grey wife injured, property damage 12. Dr. Bailey property damage. His sister, Miss Maggie Bailey was not killed but has fatal injuries and Miss Malone seriously injured and expected to die (this family mentioned in both Appling and Columbia article) 13. Near Appling Courthouse Miss Sallie Darcy very seriously injured 14. S. P. Hutchinson, Solon Reese (Reese and Hutchinson also mentioned in McDuffie), ___ Boston property damage 15. George Darcey property destroyed and his mother, Mrs. Martha Darcey killed 16. Dr. Bailey property damage. His sister, Miss Maggie Bailey was not killed but has fatal injuries and Miss Malone seriously injured and expected to die (this family mentioned in both Appling and Columbia article). Miss Malone is later mentioned as his sister, Mrs. Malone 17. George W. Grey his mother killed, property damage 18. Miss Berry killed 19. A. W. Crawford property damage 20. Wm. Walton property damage 21. Mrs. Dorsey killed 22. Prescott Williams mentioned 23. Dr Hamilton Morris mentioned 24. John E. Benton letters 25. Mr. Kelly sons hurt, property damage 26. Judge William Gibson mentioned 27. H. R. Casey mentioned 28. Julian Lankin property damage 29. Mr. Walton property damage 30. A. P. Robertson the old Robertson's place mentioned 31. Edmund Kelly injured. Baldwin County, Ga.: 1. Mr. Martin property damage, his child killed 2. Judge Hunter property damage 3. Mr. T. H. Latimer property damage 4. Richard Gouder killed 5. Mrs. Thomas Jefferson badly hurt 6. McComb estate mentioned Mr. Jos. Martin property damage 7. Dr. Hardeman property damage. 8. Mr. Brown injured, property damage 9. Charlie Harper killed. 10. Col. Tom Huson killed 11. Robert Trippe property damage 12. Mrs. Stapleton injured. Edward Lane property damage 13. Mrs. Wm. Lane property damage 14. Joseph Lane property damage 15. Chas. Johnson mentioned 16. Col. Johnson mentioned 17. Col. Fair property damage 18. Mr. R. N. Lamar property damage 19. Mrs. Lane property damage Hancock County, Ga.: 1. Mrs. Massey killed and her young child was also killed 2. Mr. S. D. Massie injured, his wife and child killed 3. Miss Berry - killed (mentioned in Columbia Co., also) 4. Mr. John T. Massey his wife and child killed, property damage 5. Miss Singleton killed 6. Jesse Reynolds property damage 7. Carter P. Whaley property damage 8. G. T. Rhodes property damage 9. Mr. Baxter property damage 10. Mr. Mitchell property damage 11. Mr. Carpenter property damage 12. J. R. King mentioned Barnwell County, SC: 1. Mr. William Woodard property damage 2. Captain Duffy conductor on South Carolina Railroad mentioned 3. Mr. Kelly right arm broken, his wife and child were killed Edgefield County, SC: 1. Dr. H. A. Shaw damage in city of Currytown 2. General M. C. Butler property damage 3. Mr. Jas. Callahan property damage 4. Mrs. Tilman property damage 5. Jos. Thurmond property damage 6. Mr. Jno. Briggs property damage 7. Mr. William H. Goodrich mentioned 8. Mr. Geo. Turner property damage 9. Mr. Whitlock property damage 10. Mr. James Holly was crushed and injuries are expected to be fatal 11. Dr. H. A. Shaw & Mr. & Mrs. Thurmond mentioned Richmond County, Ga. 1. John Elliot property damage 2. Mr. Kelly property damage 3. Mr. T. P. Branch property damage 4. Mr. Collins property damage 5. Mr. E. S. Kendrick property damage 6. Mr. Thomas Wylds property damage 7. Col. A. Walker property damage 8. Hon. A. C. Walker letter 9. Freeman Buck injured, son also injured 10. Geo. R. Sibley mentioned 11. Mr. W. H. Howard mentioned 12. Col. Zulavsky mentioned 13. Col. A. C. Walker mentioned 14. Mr. W. F. Alexander mentioned 15. James R. Randall, Esq. mentioned 16. Mr. J. H. Miller mentioned 17. Mr. W. F. Herring mentioned 18. John. U. Meyer mentioned 19. John M. Clark mentioned 20. E. P. Clayton mentioned 21. James T. Gardner mentioned 22. J. J. Cohen mentioned 23. M. A. Stovall mentioned 24. Patrick Walsh mentioned 25. H. H. Barrett mentioned 26. Mr. R. L. Crawley mentioned 27. Mr. Henry Kennedy mentioned 28. Mr. P. H. Lynch mentioned 29. Lafayette Fulcher family injured, property damage 30. Elbert Usher property damage 31. Henry Usher property damage SC. 1. Mr. Foreman property damage at Beech Island 2. George W. Turner wife's arm broken, property damage in Graniteville 3. Dr. Jennings - son-in-law leg broken, property damage, Graniteville 4. Capt. Duffy South Carolina Railroad conductor mentioned 5. Mr. Kelly wife and child killed and his arm broken Harris County, Ga: 1. H. W. Pitts injured, wife injured, three of his children killed, two others injured, property damage 2. Capt. J. H. Kennon hurt, wife and five children killed. 3. Mr. Hunt injured. 4. Wm. McGhee injured. 5. Maj. John Walton property damage 6. Clark he and his wife mortally wounded. Their child hurt. 7. Rev. J. B. McGhee injured, daughter and son injured. 8. Tom Neal hurt, property damage. 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. Jefferson County, Ga.: 1. R. Farmer injured 2. James Daniel property damage 1. Alonso Holly property damage Burks County, Ga.: 1. Major Daniel property damage 2. Mrs. Louisa Clark property damage “At other points”: 1. Dr. Hamilton property damage 2. Mr. J. E. Smith property damage 3. Mr. Dearmond property damage near Fury's Ferry 4. Mr. Joe Willin property damage near the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad 5. Mr. Robt. Butler property damage, just across river from Mr. Willin 6. Mr. Woodruff mentioned