Select Articles, 1907 - Tazewell Co. VA Clinch Valley News J. A. Leslie, Editor Tazewell, VA Established 1845 Published Each Friday CVN 1907 MISC DATES (Lee Tabor kills a policeman) (First man from Taewell Co., VA to die in Civil War) Friday, January 11, 1907 With the closing of the year came the closing of the life of Mrs. Virginia Tiller, of Bluestone, widow of the late Daniel Tiller. She leaves two grown sons and a daughter, one sister and two brothers. (I do not have this family in my files but am typing to share on the internet since so many Tiller families were kin to Tabor/Shrader families. I do believe this is the 1900 Tazewell Co., VA Census record for this Virginia Tiller: 1900 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS # 154, Clear Fork Dist., W. W. Wells, enumerator JENNIE TILLER, 53, b. Feby 1847, VA, head of house/widow, had had 3 children - all living in 1900 …..William Jason, 17, b. Sept 1882, VA , farmer …..James I., 15, b. (age listed the same as for William ?), VA., farmer …..Jennie B T., 10, b. July 1889, VA, dau) A small child of Garland Bailey, of Bailey, died some days ago from whooping cough and pneumonia. Friday, March 22, 1907 Geo. Creggar, a woodsman for the Quigley Furniture Company was instantly killed near Asbury a few days ago by being struck by a falling tree. Friday, March 29, 1907 Tip Top, Va, March 29 Death at Tip Top-Church Gets Legacy Mr. Lee Brown, of near this place, died on the 25th and was buried yesterday. He was nearly 40 years old, and unmarried. As far as we are informed this is the last one of a large family of brothers and sister well known and highly connected in Tazewell and other counties of Virginia. The late William Brown was one. By the will of the deceased, the M. E. Church South, will receive one thousand dollars toward building of a church here. [Because a Mary E. Tabor (lineage unproven to me-but ONLY to show her with our Tabors I have her as a child of William & Nelly) married a Low Brown, as his second wife I have added this article. Mary E. Tabor & Low Brown apparently moved to KY before the birth of their first child-Karen] Last Saturday night Harrison Mathena and three brothers-in-law got on (a) freight train here and went to Bluefield and spent a greater part of the night. Early Sunday morning they caught a freight train coming out on the Clinch Valley and came back to Tip Top. In attempting to get off from between two engines young Mathena was caught in some way and his left foot and leg was so badly mangled that he was taken to Bluefield on a passing freight train Sunday morning to the N. & W. hospital where the injured limb was amputated by Drs. Fox, St. Clair and Pyott. At last accounts he was doing well. Mathena married a Miss French, of Pisgah, a short time ago, and was in the employ of the N & W, here as a track man Another warning of danger of riding or catching freights. ( Harrison Mathena, s/o William Wesley Mathena & Sarah Mirah (Martha?) Louvicie "Vicie" Carter, d/o Aaron Carter & nancy Elizabeth Neal/Neel. William Wesley Mathena, s/o William Thomas Mathena & Josephine Nicatie McClure. William Thomas Mathena , s/o John Wilson Mathena & Mary Havens who is the sister of Eleanor havens-wife of Stephen Paris Tabor and Martha Jane Havens-wife of James Russell Tabor. I do show that Harrison Mathena was also married to a Grace Harverey-sic). Friday, April 5, 1907 SUICIDE AT GRAHAM Young Man Comes to His Death by Drinking Carbolic Acid Isaac R. Bane, a well known citizen of Graham, killed himself in his room in the hotel at Graham, on Wednesday morning about 2 o’clock, by drinking carbolic acid. He was about 27 years old, and leaves a wife, but no children. No cause is known for the rash act. It is said that he had been drinking hard, and had been out of work for some time. This, added to the fact that his wife’s health has been precarious for a long time, may have had something to do with the sad affair. A number of his young friends were with him up to a late hour but saw nothing unusual in him. It is said, however, that he had been acting strangely recently, and tried to kill himself one day last week. Deceased was a son of W. E. Bane, a former prominent citizen of Graham, and well known. His sad death is sincerely regretted in Graham, and great sympathy, is expressed on all sides. (Son of William E. Bane & Emma G. Henkle who was a daughter of Isaac Henkle & Sally Moler. William E. Bane was the s/o William Russell Bane & Nancy Havens-this Nancy Havens , s/o Howard Havens & Martha "Mattie" Hickman. William Russell Bane, s/o Howrad Bane & Lettice Hickman) Friday, April 26, 1907, Tazewell VA From: Falls Mills, Va., April 22 A. J. Dudley, of Bramwell, spentSunday with his brother, H. D. Dudley, near here. (Andrew J. Dudley and brother was Hugh D. Dudley). Friday April 16, 1907, Tazewell, VA From: Falls Mills Va., April 22 Wedding bells have been ringing. On last Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wimmer, their daughter, Sallie, was married to Mr. Ollie Walker, at three o’clock p. m., Rev. Mr. Kelley, an uncle of the groom, officiating. There were a number of relatives and friends present, and all report a pleasant time. (Charles W. Wimmer, Sr., married to Nancy "Polly" Buckland, d/o Jacob Alexander Buckland & Sarah J. Tabor-d/o James Harrison Tabor & Nancy Moore Runion/Runyon). Friday April 26, 1907, Tazewell, VA From: Falls Mills, Va., April 22 Mr. and. Geo. Givens are the proud parents of a baby girl. Mother and child are doing nicely. (Mr. George W. Givens was married to Frances Geneva "Fannie" Compton, d/o Ballard Preston Compton & Delilah Harless. Frances Compton would also marry James J. Buckland, s/o William Jasper Buckland & Emily "Emma" Tabor-d/o James Harrison Tabor & Nancy Moore Runion/Runyon. James J. Buckland was alsomarried to Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" Murrell). Friday, June 14, 1907 Policeman Killed In Bluefield Policeman James J. Francisco was shot and killed-in Bluefield last Monday night, and Thos. L. Hunt, a fellow officer was painfully injured by Lee Tabor, a young white man, said to be notorious in police court circles in that city. Julia Tabor, the wife of the murderer, seems to have been the cause of the shooting as she had been arrested by the officers mentioned and lodged in the city jail for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Tabor went to jail and tried to get his wife out, but not being able to do so began a tirade against the city authorities and the police in particular. Tabor was ordered to leave the jail, but did not. The officers were sent for, and in attempting to place Tabor under arrest were shot by him with the above results. Tabor was arrested later, however, and taken to Princeton jail. (I set my computer to show only males in my genealogy file but I can not find any Tabor that would fit. I have checked the middle names for the name of Lee and have a few but they do not have a wife named Julia or had died earlier-Karen. If anyone knows Lee Tabor will you please share his parents name with us?). Friday, August 9, 1907 Sometime ago, the inquiry was made in this paper as to the name of the first soldier from Tazewell to lose his life in the Civil War. The young man’s name was Parsons. He was killed at Cross Lane, in Fayette County, W. Va. , on the 26th of August, 1861, and not in Princeton, in 1862, as stated by our correspondent some time ago. Senator St. Clair, of this town, knew the young man, and remembers the sad affair, He was a member of Capt. William’s Co. which belonged to the 45th Regiment. The young man, a mere boy, was the son of a Mr. Parsons, who lived on the farm of the late Col. May. C. T. Scott, of Thompson Valley also remembers the incident. He says that young Parsons was shot dead on the battlefield. His body was buried on the battlefield, and like many another soldier who fell in the war of 61-5, he lies in an unmarked and forgotten grave. We think, however, that Senator St. Clair is mistaken in saying that Parsons lived on Col. May’s farm. He must have been a resident of Thompson Valley. (The ONLY Parsons family in 1860 Tazewell Co., VA: 1860 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS # 482 JOHN PARSONS, 39, b. NC …..Sarah, 39 …..William, 15 (This was HIM) * …..Ann, 14 …..Susan, 11 …..Mary 1 * "Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia" , Vol II, page 233 William Parsons-killed Cross Lane, on the Roster of Company "K" of the 45th Virginia Infantry, Titus V. Williams, Captain). Friday, August 23, 1907 Tip Top, Va., Aug. 21 News has just reached here of the death of the wife, Fannie, and a son, Bascom, of Flemmin Compton, of Elliston, Va. It seems that the son was running a dinkey (sic) near Johnson City, Tenn., and in some was fell off a bridge and was so badly hurt that he lived only about one hour. His mother had long been a great sufferer from rheumatism, and it is supposed that she died from shock, as she lived only a short while, perhaps a day after the son was killed. They were formerly residents of Bluestone, this county, an were well known, and related to the Compton families of Tazewell and Bland. Mrs. Compton leaves a husband and several grown sons and daughters. Charles and Millard Compton, of Bluefield, both N & W conductors, are her sons. The son left a wife and several small children. (Russell Bascom Compton, s/o Flemming W. Compton & Frances -unknown surname. Other children of Fleming & Frances: Elizabeth, Charles H., Mary M., Sebastian A., and MillardW. Compton "Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, Vol II page 243-.Flemming W. Compton in Civil War- Company "I", 16th Virginia Cavalry Roster, William Leander Graham, Captian Mr. David N. Wagner, of near Bailey, one of the oldest citizens of this section, was right sick last week, but is well now. (David Nicewander Waggoner/Wagner, s/o Elias Waggoner & Arminta Nicewander,. David N. Wagner married Mariah E. Deaton, d/o Nathan Deaton and Sarah F. Mitchell. At the death of Elias Waggoner, Arminta married Tillman Crockett and they had a daughter , Elizabeth Jane Crockett ,who married William J. Tabor who was the s/o Francis Tabor & Mary Shrader-NOT Sanders). Friday, September 27, 1907 Two Marriages on Wednesday C. M. Compton, the handsome member of the firm Belcher & Compton, Falls Mills, walked into our sanctum on yesterday, his face wreathed in smiles. He had just married Miss Ora Johnson, a handsome young woman of falls Mills, and was starting to Jamestown on a bridal trip. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr. Harman, in the parlor of the Jeffersonville Hotel. On the same day and place, Mr. Jas. Neal, of Graham and Miss Blankenship were married by Rev. Mr. Rector. Submitted by Karen EAGLE Moman **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************