JOHN H. FRENCH - NASHVILLE, Dec. 16. – Col. John H. French of McMinnville, died here
today at the age of seventy-five from pneumonia contracted at his farm “Jolly Island,” a farm containing 1,000
acres of land and situated in the Tennessee river, forty miles above Chattanooga. This farm Col. French inherited
from his uncle, Thomas Hopkins, one of the pioneers of Tennessee. This land was involved in a law suit for fifty
years, and the case is now considered one of the most interesting litigations in the history of the courts of this
state. Finally Col. French won the suit and took possession. Since he has improved it and it is one of the finest
stock farms in the state.
Col. French was during his life a breeder of thoroughbred horses, and at one time owned the celebrated mare, Belle
Key. Col. French came to Tennessee when quite young from Virginia. Col. French leaves three children, Mrs. E. T.
Noel, Miss L. Virginia French, of this city, and Mr. W. S. French, the iron manufacturer of Chattanooga. His wife,
Mrs. L. Virginia French, the poet and author, died several years ago.
Daily Journal and Journal and Tribune (17 Dec. 1892) - transcribed by Marla
Zwakman
MRS. LYON, aged nearly one hundred years, died in McMinnville on the 3d.
Memphis Daily Avalanche (14 Jan. 1869) - transcribed by Marla Zwakman
WILLIAM MACKEY - DIED, In Warren county, Ten., Capt. William Mackey in the 42nd year of his age.
National Banner and Nashville Whig (23 Jan. 1835) - transcribed by Marla Zwakman
JOHN MORGAN SEN. - DIED, In Warren county, Tenn., on the 8th Jan. John Morgan Sen.
a Soldier of the Revolution, in the 82d year of his age.
National Banner and Nashville Whig (6 Mar. 1835) -
transcribed by Marla Zwakman
JACK WINSTON WILSON SR. – Graveside services for Jack Winston Wilson Sr. were Thursday Dec.
29, 1995 at Mt. View Cem. with Carl Stanley officiating. High Funeral Home of McMinnville was in charge. Mr. Wilson,
85, died Wednesday Dec. 28, 1995. He was a retired store owner. He was a member of the Church of Christ. He leaves
a daughter, Suzanne Wilson Austin of Lexington; a son, Jack W. Wilson Jr. of Nashville; a sister, Mary Neal Gamble
of Marryville TN; a brother King D. Wilson fo LeMesa CA; four grandchildren.
The Lexington Progress, January 4, 1995 - Contributed by, Christine Walters
