Haywood County TN Archives History - Books .....Historical Sketch Of Haywood County 1872 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com September 27, 2005, 4:13 am Book Title: West Tennessee Combination Directory HISTORICAL SKETCH OF HAYWOOD COUNTY, TENNESSEE. BY J. G. H. BUCK, ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF THE BROWNSVILLE BEE. THE fine county of Haywood lies near the central portion of West Tennessee, and is bounded north by the new county of Crockett, east by Madison, south by Hardeman and Fayette, and west by Lauderdale and Tipton. It contains an area of eight hundred square miles, and a population of eleven thousand whites and fourteen thousand blacks. The county was organized in 1823, and was named in honor of John Haywood, one of the Supreme Judges of Tennessee. Its surface is mostly level, or gently undulating, presenting in the main a beautiful and inviting prospect. The soil is naturally very fertile and easily tilled, though generally destitute of sand. The principal streams of the county are the Forked Deer and the Hatchie rivers, streams that flow in a westerly or northwesterly direction through its entire extent from east to west. These streams are large enough to be navigated in small boats. Before the .days of railroads they were traversed in small steam crafts and flatboats, but now the rail and car have superceded these, and Brownsville Landing, on the Hatchie, six miles from the county seat, is resorted to, not for freight or passage to the Mississippi, but for purposes peculiar to the sportsman. Along these streams lie broad bodies of low-land called bottoms, that are of surpassing richness. Where not brought under cultivation, they are covered with timber of great variety in kind and great usefulness in quality. Among other kinds, we may mention white-oak, hickory, cypress, ash, etc., all useful in supplying staves, wagon material, shingles, and many other invaluable species of lumber. When our noble county shall have been developed to a greater degree, these vast brakes of timber, we think, must constitute no inconsiderable item of its wealth. The climate and soil of Haywood are extremely favorable to a great and varied industry. While in special crops other latitudes and soils may surpass it, rarely will a region be found that will grow at the same time so many agricultural products. To instance, we may state that, though the Red River country of Louisiana, or the Yazoo Valley of Mississippi, may grow better cotton; though Illinois grow better wheat, Missouri perhaps larger yields of corn, and Kentucky finer grasses and stock, yet no single one of these States can grow better cotton, corn, wheat, grasses and stock than can this county of Haywood. Haywood is, indeed, located on the golden mean between the enervating heats of more protracted southern summers and the severely pinching winters of the north. The advantages of the seasons appear to be balanced with a more even hand within her borders than within the regions further north or south. Here we raise in liberal supply the various grains that make the bread which perisheth. We raise cotton which, through the changeful years of any decade will, perhaps, prove as abundant in quantity as that in the strict cotton country further south; clover and other hay crops that would do no violence to the fair fame of Kentucky or Missouri; horses, mules, hogs, sheep, cows and poultry, that for beauty, speed, power, rapidity of growth and yield of useful commodities may well contend for the premium in the greatest fairs of the Western world; fruits of almost every kind that nourish in temperate climes, and in such profusion and perfection, such early maturity and ease of cultivation as must make this a vast fruit-growing section, when the railroads, now in process of construction, shall have given us, by competition, reasonable freights and quick transportation to the markets of St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, and other large cities of the North and West! vegetables innumerable in variety and perfect in quality; in short, whatever the hand of man, by honest toil, can cause to spring immediately or remotely from the bosom of a generous soil in a genial clime. To be added to these unsurpassed natural advantages is the fact that our country is filled with an industrious and intelligent agricultural population, men who sat not down in despair at the desolation of their homes and the emancipation of their slaves by the fortunes of war! But men who looked the disasters of those bloody years in the face, went to work to rebuild the ruined habitation, to re-inclose the fenceless farm, to rear their valued stock anew, and to re-establish their prosperity on the satisfactory foundation of self-acquired gains; in short, men who realized the truth that there is a peculiar deliciousness in the fruits of one's own honest enterprise or labor! Among such a people as this, possessing a taxable property list of seventeen million dollars, with one railroad completed, two others in actual construction, with mills, foundries and printing offices, with churches and schools innumerable, colleges and academies in abundance, with various schemes of improvement or in contemplation, with an enlightened and philanthropic public spirit rapidly improving upon its own efforts—among such a people as this, we repeat, do we cordially invite the heart and brain, the money and muscle, of the Yankee and the foreigner, the men from the St. Criox to San Diego, from the icy northern coast of Scandinavia to the isles of Greece, to come and settle, and make a home, and help to make a great people. SKETCH OF BROWNSVILLE. Brownsville, the site of Haywood county, was laid off as the county seat in the year 1823. It was named in honor of General Jacob Brown, the heroic commander of the Americans in the hard-fought battles of Lundy's Lane, in which he and' Winfield, Scott were both severely wounded. Brownsville is situated on the Memphis and Louisville roalroad,[sic] fifty six and one-half miles northeast of Memphis, and one hundred and seventeen miles southwest of Nashville. It is a thriving and enterprising city of four thousand inhabitants. During the late war the business of Brownsville was destroyed, as it was with other cities similarly situated. The place itself underwent the trying vicissitudes of passing from the power of Confederates into that of Federals, suffering calamities at almost every change. Buildings were burned, property destroyed or removed, prominent citizens driven off by the uncertainties and disasters of those troublous times, arid the entire order of civil and social life transformed. Very naturally, Brownsville, in the summer and fall of 1865, presented hardly a vestige of her former self. The few business houses that remained were closed and empty. The inhabitants were without means, and, to a great extent, without hope. Defeat had overtaken their great efforts to revolutionize the government of the Southern States. Disasters unparalleled in their lives had crushed their fortunes and well nigh their spirits. They returned from the army, or from the points of refuge which they had sought during the storm, to meditate in despair upon their ruinous prospects and possessions. Soon, however, the elasticity of an unconquered spirit became manifest, Hope began to live anew, business to revive, even under the most dreary auspices. A few brave spirits counseled resignation and heroic effort. Industry put forth her strength. The old store was opened; small stocks of merchandise were obtained. Spring came apace; the fertile soil once more turned beneath the plow. The sound of the sturdy blows was heard in the work-shop. Town property, which a short time ago was almost worthless, rose in value; a spirit of enterprise pervaded the population. Brick blocks began to arise on vacant lots; dwellings sprung up, population increased, schools were re-opened, old churches were renovated and repaired, and new ones of fairer proportions erected; colleges were revived, and the Master's gavel began to sound again in the halls of the benevolent Masons and Odd Fellows. Pair Temperance once more held forth her unpoisoned cup, and offered to the adult sleep as sweet as the child's and a conscience as quiet. In short, the impress of a more progressive influence than that of old was upon the brain and within the heart of the people. They began to inquire if it were not wise to forget the things that were behind, and to look forward to those that were before. They inquired into the necessities of their times, and the manner of supplying them. They asked for new light on the thousands of topics that interest humanity—on agriculture, mechanism, transportation, commerce, education, morals and humanity. Old ideas began to fade, new ones to be entertained. Prejudices gave way—prejudice against the foreigner, the Yankee, and even against the changes resulting from the war. And now the chief pang suffered by the people arises not from the fact that great changes have been wrought, and immense value in property destroyed, but from the fact that blood, precious and in streams, was shed ere these changes were accomplished! Put the life and blood out of the calculation, and we know few, if any, who would undo the deeds of the past twelve years! To instance the improvements and show the present condition of Brownsville, we will detail briefly the principal of her business interests: There are more than fifty stores, of which about twenty are dry goods exclusively, twenty grocery and provision houses, two hardware and agricultural implement stores, two furniture, three drug, two stove and tin, two jewelry, three confectionery, three millinery and three saddle and harness stores, besides the ample hotels, three livery stables, three wagon and carriage factories, two saw and flouring mills, two planing mills, one foundry, one marble-yard, various restaurants, mantua-making, tailoring, shoe making, and other establishments too tedious to name. The Brownsville Savings Bank, with a cash capital of one hundred thousand dollars, is another enterprise that has, since its organization (one year ago), greatly facilitated the commercial transactions of the city and surrounding country. R. S. Thomas is its President and A. W. Brockway, Cashier. In addition to these evidences of material development, we may mention the following as an index of the professional, moral and religious advantages of the city : The legal profession is represented by twenty gentlemen, among whom are found some of the most skillful lawyers of this region. Among its members our bar boasts some young men of great promise. Of medicine, there are from twelve to fifteen practitioners, some of whom are men of great skill and experience. Of churches there are eight, representing the various denominations who have footholds in our section : Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Baptist, Cumberland Presbyterian, Catholic, etc., in all of which services are conducted every Sabbath, except in ths [sic] Cumberland Presbyterian, which is open to public worship twice a month, and the Catholic once. Of benevolent societies, the Masons have two Lodges, one Chapter, one Council and one Encampment; the Odd Fellows have two Lodges, and the Sons of Temperance one Division, and the Good Templars one. In educational advantages, Brownsville is peculiarly happy. The Brownsville Female College, with an experienced and able faculty, had, during the last term, an attendance of one hundred and sixty pupils. The Wesleyan Female College (under the care of the Methodists), with an able faculty, also had an attendance of about one hundred pupils. The Brownsville Male Academy, now under the management of two tried, skilled and experienced professors, is entering on its fifth year since its post-bellum resuscitation, with every prospect of signal success and usefulness. Besides these three important institutions of learning, there are various other schools, select and miscellaneous, for white and black, that are engaged in the truly noble work of elevating our population in the scale of intelligence and moral worth. These establishments, added to our other enterprises for material and moral improvement, our gas works (just completed), our music bands, our railroads in projection and soon to be finished, our factory now in process of construction, with other schemes on foot or soon to be so, show how rife among us is the spirit of progress that marks with emphasis this living age. As county enterprises, we may mention the Agricultural, Mechanical and Horticultural Association of Haywood County, gotten up for purposes sufficiently indicated in its title, and sustained with a liberality characteristic of our people. The Fair Grounds, connected with and belonging to this Association, are near the city of Brownsville. Here are annually exhibited to large and interested crowds, the various products of art and labor. Here are publicly awarded liberal premiums to those who excel in the many lines of human effort there represented. Also, the two printing offices, with their newspapers, the Bee and the States, that circulate through Haywood and adjoining counties. These, in the excellence of their work, the onward and upward tendency of their doctrines, are designed to aid the people in all good enterprises. They are devoted to the interests of the county, no less in its material affairs than in its political and social matters. The Bee has been published since May, 1868, being now in its fifth volume. Its facilities for job work are truly admirable. The States is now passing through its second volume, and is printed in a well-fitted-up news and job office, with power press and other conveniences. The value of these offices to Brownsville and Haywood county is appreciated by the intelligent people, who have the great bulk of their printing done in them. THE GAS WORKS Were built during the spring and summer of 1872, and the buildings and streets illuminated with gas during the month of August. This enterprise was effected by subscriptions of stock by the citizens of Brownsville, to the amount of twenty thousand dollars, the balance of the required forty thousand dollars being taken by the National Gas Works Building Company of St. Louis, the contractors who undertook the work at Brownsville. The demand for gas is on the increase in the city, and it is believed that soon by far the greater part of the public and private houses will be supplied by this light. THE HOLLY SPRINGS, BROWNSVILLE & OHIO R. R. Early after the building of the Memphis and Louisville Railroad, our observant merchants and other tradesmen discovered that with only one road reaching our locality, we must be at the mercy of its managers with respect to tariffs of freight and passage. They saw themselves charged exorbitant freights to and from Memphis and Louisville, while parties shipping from one of these termini to the other could obtain through rates at figures ostensibly low compared with Brownsville fares. They complained, but to no effect. Shipping to Brownsville they paid rates through to Memphis, thence back to Brownsville heavier rates than the first or through charge. The goods then stopping at Brownsville never went to Memphis, so that the outraged merchant paid all of one huge fare and part of another for transportation over which his goods were never carried. Disgusted and wearied with this wrongful imposition, the people determined to break it down. To work they went, and with a will. Subscriptions were raised, estimates made, light spread, and contracts let out to build a road north, toward Union City, on the Mobile and Ohio railroad at a distance of sixty-three miles. At the present writing (August, 1872) this track is graded and bridged from here to Friendship, in Crockett county, a. distance of twenty-three miles, and the energetic President, Dr. J. D. Smith, informs us that grading is progressing satisfactorily north of that point, several miles having been completed. In favor of this important undertaking, Haywood county has given, or is to give, one hundred thousand dollars by direct taxation upon property within her limits. We venture the prediction that when this road shall have been completed, and its benefits realized, the people will be profoundly convinced that this appropriation was wisely and economically made. THE DENMARK, BROWNSVILLE & DURHAMVILLE R. R. This projected road, though one of less pretensions than the above is yet destined to work out results of no small moment to Brownsville and the thirty miles in extent of country that lie between its termini, Denmark and Durhamville. It is an enterprise of local importance, and driven entirely by local enterprise and local means. The design is to extend the Durhamville section on to Ripley, on the Memphis and Paducah railroad, a point eighteen miles distant. This, when completed, will place Brownsville in railway communication with the North and West by one more route thus immensely increasing her advantages, forever freeing her and the people who trade with her from those monopoly exactions that annually extort from them, in over-charged freights, enough to defray the expenses of this narrow-gauge road. The eastern or Denmark division of the road will probably, at no distant day, be pushed on to some point on the Mobile and Ohio railway, giving us another outlet East and South. This road, at least the Durhamville or western division, is under contract for grading, etc., and the work is rapidly progressing. From these indications our readers will gain a definite and reliable understanding of the transportation advantages soon to be enjoyed by this county. These works are destined to be completed soon. They are in charge of men who sat down and counted up the cost ere they proceeded to work. They meant what they said, when they proposed the roads. They, the roads, were necessities—stern and real—not of Brownsville and her merchants, but of Haywood county and her honest and toiling agricultural people. They needed choice of roads and competition of freights; they needed that charity which only opposing companies and corporations extend to their customers—and the projectors of these roads, allied with Haywood county as they are, in birth, blood and property, determined that these people should have these benefits. And have them they will; the capital, brain and muscle necessary to such an effect are pledged and at work. THE BROWNSVILLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY. For years intelligent men in our county have theoretically advocated the practicability of successful manufacturing in the South, but from their immemorial habits the people had never broken away so as to begin the experiment with their own means. Since, however, the results of the war have rendered impossible the modes of investment for surplus capital that were practiced before the war, they have begun to agitate questions of internal improvement and manufactures with continually increasing interest. From present indications, we are led to conclude that these interests will be fostered hereafter with zeal proportioned to the pecuniary ability of the population. As one experiment after another demonstrates the unsurpassed advantages of this climate and region for such enterprises, they must grow into favor till the South will have her Lowells, her Birminghams, her Manchester* and Sheffields, no less than Great Britain and New England. Actuated by something of this conviction, a number of the strongest moneyed men met on the 29th of July, 1872, and organized the Brownsville Manufacturing Company, subscribing on that day fifty-seven thousand dollars. They elected as first director, James A. Rogers; second, James Bond, jr.; third, A. H. Bradford.; fourth, James D. Read; fifth, H. L. Taylor. On the following day these directors met, and organized by electing James A. Rogers, President; James Bond, jr., Vice-President, and James A. Wilder, Secretary and Treasurer. The subscriptions of stock have continually increased, and, doubtless, will soon amount to a sum ample for the purposes of an extensive first-class cotton factory. This the directors and stockholders alike are determined it shall become. They are inviting subscriptions from our citizens at large, thus, with the spirit of true enterprise, seeking to inaugurate a great progressive movement among them, but determined to use their own capital, if necessary, to build up an establishment that shall be the pride of the city and county, from the quantity and excellence of its products. Its stock is subscribed on the mutual or joint-stock plan, at one hundred dollars per share. At first the industry of the concern will be devoted to the manufacture of osnaburgs, domestics and threads; but as the skill and experience, the means and encouragement of the directors, stockholders and employees improve and multiply, other styles and varieties will be introduced, and the usefulness of the institution expanded indefinitely. Upon organization, the Board of Directors appointed A. H. Bradford, James D. Read and H. L. Taylor, a locating committee. These gentlemen at once entered upon the performance of their assigned duty, and after mature deliberation, selected a point on the bank of Nixon's creek, near the southwestern border of the city, convenient both to the railroad depot and the square. This done, other steps were taken for the erection of the buildings, and ere these lines come to light in print, we surmise that the greater port of the work will be done. To the intelligent and reflective mind, this undertaking must needs stand out as a convincing proof of the prosperous future awaiting Brownsville. With this factory will come an influx of operatives and mechanics not now found among our population. These will bring others, both producers of new values and consumers of such as already abound in our midst. The new wants and supplies, production and consumption, thus drawn to and permanently located in this city, must add vastly to the prosperity and wealth of the community. In addition to this single manufacturing scheme, the eyes of capitalists and skilled artisans in England are even now fixed upon this point and inspecting its claims as a point suitable for a manufacturing center. The writer has seen letters of inquiry from there, directed to citizens of Brownsville, the result of which may yet be incalculably advantageous to Haywood county and the region around it. The great question of freights and fuel will probably decide the matter for or against the county, according as projected lines of railway may succeed or fail to be built. BROWNSVILLE ADVERTISERS. No field presents better opportunities for the display of enterprise, than advertising. And if we make this a criterion, the hearty willingness with which the subjoined array of our patrons lent their co-operation to the Brownsville Directory, in the form of patronage, not only to secure direct benefit for themselves by advertising their business, but also for their city by bringing her out among the representative towns of West Tennessee, establishes at once our declaration that these, our advertisers, are the "bone and sinew" of Brownsville. Do we say this simply because they are our advertisers? Do not their success in business, in their professions, in their trades, their high standing in the estimate of their fellow citizens, their daily walk and life, prove our assertions? If not, why, then, brand us as flatterers for the paltry consideration of a few advertisements. And all of this do we say of our patrons resident in Jackson, Trenton and Milan, and feel safe in saying it, as we ask advertisements from no firm until we are satisfied that in honesty, industry and public spirit, they are au fait. MANUFACTURERS. AUGUST PRACHT, manufacturer of buggies, carriages, wagons and woodwork generally, and agent for the best cotton gin in the South. F. PLEITZ, manufacturer of and dealer in furniture, mattresses and upholstery. B. L. BADGER, manufacturer of saddles, bridles, harness, etc. BRADFORD, WILSON & Co., manufacturers of the best brands of flour for the wholesale trade, and proprietors of the Brownsville Foundry. JONATHAN BADER, proprietor of Haywood Factory, manufactures all kinds of woodwork pertaining to his line. J. J. CROWLY, dealer in and manufacturer of fine tombstones, monuments, vaults, etc. GOWLING & DIXON, proprietors Brownsville Planing Mills, makers of every style of woodwork, and general contractors. H. BAXTER, proprietor of Saw and Grist Mills, and dealer in lumber. DRY GOODS. The following list of firms constitute the heaviest dealers in this line. Those not designated by the star, are dealers in dry goods, boots, shoes, hats, caps, clothing, furnishing goods and notions, etc., to the exclusion of groceries. Their stocks are complete, and in style and quality equal to the heaviest demand. CORNWALL & BURTON, South Court Square. MALONE & GRANGER, No. 1 Depot street. BRADFORD & Co., No. 2 East Main street. S. A. BISHOP, No. 1 Depot street. W. A. ALLEN, Northeast Court Square. JOHNSTON, WINSTON & Co., No. 37 Bast Court Square. T. C. KIRKPATRICK, South Court Square. J. H. SMITH, No. 17 Depot street. H. LEVI, West Depot street. * BOND & BRO., Southeast Court Square. *R. F. LEWIS, No. 11 South Court Square. J. E. DANCE, No. 13 Depot street. GROCERS. The subjoined substantial houses constantly have on hand such goods in heavy supply as the merchants of the small neighboring towns and the planters usually require. Commission, in the sale of cotton especially, and general produce, receives particular attention: BOND & BRO., Southeast Court Square. R. F. LEWIS, No. 11 South Court Square. R. Y. LONGLEY, (exclusive,) No. 11 Depot street. THOMAS & Co., (exclusive,) corner Depot and Jefferson streets. BUTLER, SON & FREEMAN, (exclusive,) Yancy & Wilder block, East Court Square. ANDERSON & JONES, (exclusive,) No. 5 East Court Square. A. J. LANCASTER, (groceries and produce,) corner of Franklin and Washington streets. HILL & KIMBROUQH, (staple and fancy,) No. 6 East Court Square. GENERAL CLASSIFICATION. W. W. DESHONG, bar-room, billiard hall and restaurant, No. 23 and 24 West Court Square. W. B. MANN, livery and sale stable, and stock commission dealer. P. G. DUFFER, merchant tailor, No. 4, Lee block. R. W. SEVIER, confectionery and restaurant, No. 3 Lee block. A. PLAUT, watchmaker and jeweler, corner Court and West Main street. EMIL TAMM, confectioner and newsdealer, west side Court Square. CAMPBELL, RAGLAND & KERR, hardware, queensware, etc., No. 1 East Main street. T. B. KING, exclusive hardware, No. 15 Depot street. T. W. COOPER & Co., druggists, No. 2 Depot street. COWEN & WEBB, druggists, Stonewall block, Depot street. BROWNSVILLE SAVINGS BANK, Depot street. Mrs. E. M. CHELLIS, fashionable millinery and dress-making, No. 13 South Court Square. WADE & CRUMP, (exclusive dealers,) boots, shoes, hats and caps, No. 15 South Court Square. The preceding firms have in their various departments well assorted and complete stocks, and concerning them, we refer with pleasure to the introduction of this chapter. PROFESSIONAL. BOND & BAYNES, attorneys, (up stairs,) South Court Square. J. M. COMEGYS, dentist, No. 17 Stonewall block, up stairs. E. J. & J. C. READ, attorneys, southwest corner Court Square. WM. F. TALLEY, attorney, office in Court House. THE BROWNSVILLE BEE, No. 8 Depot street. EDUCATIONAL. BROWNSVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE, Rev. I. R. Branham, President, is situated on an elevated site overlooking the city. The building is large and substantial, and excellently adapted to school purposes, having been built under the supervision of experienced persons. The grounds are extensive, well drained, nicely laid off, well shaded and in a wood, affording every facility for healtful outdoors ports. The condition and prospects of the school are every thing that could be expected, and considering the past and the present, the many difficulties overcome, its present able management, the ultimate entire realization of the expections of the friends to the Institution is certain. The various departments are in the charge of capable professors, who are aided in the successful inculcation of ideas by every useful means. In the music department, for instance, there are eleven pianos, and in the department of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy, there is a complete laboratory with many fine philosophical instruments, which are always used. See advertisement. WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE, Rev. John Williams, President. Brownsville has very many beautiful sites for public institutions, and this College occupies one of them. Like its companion, the Brownsville Female College, it has surroundings that tempt the young to participate in those sports which give vigor to mind as well as body; in fact, those necessaries in the education of the young—exercises in the open air. The school has made rapid progress since its foundation, evincing thereby the tact that it is in charge of capable instructors and trustees, and will prove one of the future glories of the city, if it is not already. The organization is thorough. The various departments are well defined and well supervised. We refer the reader to advertisement. LIST OF OFFICERS. For convenience of reference we add the following list of civil, municipal and society officers, with terms of sessions, meetings, etc.. etc.: CIVIL GOVERNMENT, (HAYWOOD COUNTY). There are three terms of the Circuit Court each year, beginning on the third Mondays of March, July and November. GIDEON B. BLACK, Judge, Trenton, Tennessee. THOMAS A. RAYNER, Clerk, Brownsville, Tennessee. JOHN SKEFEINGTON, Attorney-General, Dyersburg, Tennessee. Haywood county belongs to Chancery Division No. 10. At Brownsville are held two terms of the Chancery Court, beginning on the second Mondays of February and August. H. A. LIVINGSTON, Chancellor, Brownsville, Tenn. ALEXANDER DUCKWORTH, Clerk and Master, Brownsville, Tenn. COUNTY COURT. EGBERT S. THOMAS, Chairman. JOHN L. POSTER, Clerk. COUNTY OFFICERS. JOHN L. SHERMAN, Sheriff. CALVIN STEVENS, Register. S. W. BOYD, Trustee. JOHN NAIL, Tax Collector. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF BROWNSVILLE. JAMES L. WINFIELD, Mayor. LEWIS BOND, City Attorney. A. B. BATON, City Marshal. W. W. WOMBLE, Coroner. JOHN CLINTON, Postmaster. N. A. McNEAL, Co. Surveyor. BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES, ETC. HAYWOOD LODGE NO. 58—MASONIC. S. A. ROGERS, W. M. J. N. O'DELL, S. W. S. L. TURNER, J. W. W. B. CLAIBORNE, Secretary. W. SANGSTIR, Treasurer. R. E. JORDAN, Tyler. ROGERS LODGE NO. 435—MASONIC. J. B. TURNER, W. M. D. E. EVERITT, S. W. W. W. RUTLEDGE, J. W. J. W. PEEBLES, Secretary. Meets first Tuesday night each month. HAYWOOD CHAPTER NO. 8—MASONIC. B. J. LEA, H. P. J. B. TURNER, K. J. W. PEEBLES, Scribe. W. SANGSTIR, Treasurer. W. F. TALLEY, Recorder. Meets first and second Fridays each month. HAYWOOD COUNCIL NO. 10—MASONIC. J. M. COMEGYS, T. J. G. M. Meets on the fourth Fridays in March, June, September and December. BROWNSVILLE COMMANDERY. GEORGE C. PORTER, E. C. Meets Wednesday before the fourth Thursday in each month. HAYWOOD LODGE NO. 2—I. O. O. F. J. W. PEEBLES, N. G. JOHN P. McLEOD, V. G. WM. SANGSTIR, Treasurer. H. C. SANGSTIR, Secretary. Meets every Monday night. BROWNSVILLE LODGE NO. 162—I. O. O. F. J. N. O'DELL, N. G. J. B. SEVIER, V. G. W. IVIE WESTBROOK, Treas. W. H. KLYCE, Secretary. Meets every Wednesday night. BROWNSVILLE CHURCHES. METHODIST EPISCOPAL, Rev. S. W. Moore, D. D., Pastor. PRESBYTERIAN, (O. S.,) Rev. G. A. Russell, D. D., Pastor. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL, Rev. J. J. Ridley, D. D., Pastor. CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN, Rev. W. A. Haynes, A. M., Pastor. BAPTIST, Rev. W. P. Bond, Pastor. CATHOLIC, Father O'Ringo, Priest. Besides, there are two churches for the colored people—one Baptist and one Methodist. These are all located within convenient distance of the public square, except the Catholic, which stands not more than one-fourth mile from the Court House. There is one hall, known as Lee Hall, in which entertainments and public meetings are held. It is a large and elegant room, ample for the purposes for which it was fitted up. It is the property of Messrs. Johnston, Winston & Co. The college and public school buildings are commodious, and though near enough for convenience, are sufficiently retired for best subserving the educational interests involved. BROWNSVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE, Rev. I. E. Branham, President. WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE, Rev. John Williams, President. BROWNSVILLE MALE ACADEMY, Rev. W. A. Haynes, A. M., and J. N. Neblett, A. M., Principals. CUTHBERT'S SELECT SCHOOL, E. B. Cuthbert, Principal. Additional Comments: From: West Tennessee Combination Directory containing the Histories and Directories of Jackson, Brownsville and Trenton, The Representative Towns of West Tennessee. Together with Historical Sketches of Milan, Denmark and Spring Creek. Louisville, Ky.: Published by the Circulating Directory Company 1872 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/haywood/history/1872/westtenn/historic20nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/tnfiles/ File size: 33.7 Kb