Blount County TN Archives News.....News Articles June 18, 1883
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EAST TENNESSEE NEWS June 18, 1883
Monday, June 18, 1883



Milly Ann Wear, a well known colored woman, died on the 30th ult., after a

lingering illness.



Died---At his home, in the vicinity of Maryville, on the morning of the 10th

inst., Mr. William Hamilton Thompson, in the 58th year of his age. Deceased

was a son of the late Robert Thompson, of Baker’s Creek, and was born on the

24th day of November, 1826. He was a clever man and a good citizen and will be

much missed in the community in which he lived. His remains were deposited in

Magnolia Cemetery on the 11th inst. Funeral services by Rev. P.H. Henry. He

leaves surviving a widow two daughters and two sons, one of the sons living in

Omaha, Nebraska.



A few weeks ago Mr. James Ferguson, an old and respectable citizen of the 10th

District of this county, left with his family for Washington County, Iowa,

where a son and daughter and other friends were living. The sad news now comes

to us that on the 24th of February he was taken with a congestive chill and

died in the 77th year of his age. He leaves a large number of kindred and

friends in this county.



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