Cocke County Connections

Random old newspaper articles and random musings on my maternal family: Allen, Bailey, Ellis, Fox, Bandy, Samples, Dennis, Ponder, and others, in and near Cocke County, Tennessee.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Revenue Officer Killed

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The Washington Post, 11 January 1905, page 1: KILLED ON REVENUE RAID. Member of Tennessee Posse Shot by Alleged Moonshiners. Knoxville, Tenn...

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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Railroad Construction Deaths

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Atlanta Journal, 16 December 1906, page 1: Dynamite Kills Six Persons Fatal Accident to Railroad Workmen in North Carolina. Knoxville, Tenn ...

Saturday, January 28, 2012

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Joel Leonard Dennis was the brother of my great grandfather, John Joshua Dennis, who also died in a fall a few years before Joel's. Joel...

Monday, January 23, 2012

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John Joshua Dennis (12 October 1872-20 September 1927) was my great grandfather. Although he was building a house for Dan Harper, the tree m...

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Chamberlain Mantooth

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From the San Francisco Chronicle, 14 October 1906, page 46: BRAINS WHOLE FAMILY AND CUTS HIS THROAT. KNOXVILLE (Tenn.), October 13. – Chalbu...

Friday, January 6, 2012

Escape Artist

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From the San Francisco Chronicle, 5 June 1887, page 8. The original story appeared in the Knoxville Sentinel, which is the paper in which pr...

Friday, September 3, 2010

Major Family File Update

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Uploaded a new version of my family file , including significant updates over the past year on a number of family lines.

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