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Claude DILLON
Albany, Ky., May 10 - Arthur Hibbard, 41, Detroit, and Claude Dillon, 45, Gainesboro, Tenn., were killed yesterday when their auto went over an embankment. Miss Willine Brown, Celina, Tenn., was injured.
[The Kingsport Times, (Kingsport, Tenn.) May 10, 1955 - transcribed by, AJ]

Rev. Joel W. WHITTEN
November 16, 1878
Rev. Joel W. Whitten died of yellow fever, Decatur, Ala., Oct. 20, 1878, who would have had his 55th birthday in December; born Newberry Dist., So. Carolina; son of Mason and Nancy (Hair) Whitten. Licensed to preach, Methodist Church, Aug. 27, 1840 at the age of 16 years, 8 months; preached in Tenn. Conference, the various charges detailed in this obituary; married (1) Miss McDaniel; (2) Miss Mercer, both wives of Jackson Co., Tenn.; surviving him was second wife and one son. He died Sept. 28, 1878 .
[Source: Death Notices from the Christian Advocate, Nashville, Tennessee 1877-1879 by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith]

 

 

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