General George Dibbrell
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., May 9. – General George Dibbrell, for many years
a member of congress from this district, died at Sparta, Tenn., today.
Gen. Dibbrell was widely and favorably known in Tennessee. He was, during the war, a brave and efficient confederate
officer. Since the war he served four terms in congress and established a reputation as an industrious, painstaking,
honest and conscientious public servant. Two years ago he was a prominent candidate for the democratic nomination
for governor, but was defeated by Gov. Robert L. Taylor. Since then he has lived quietly at his home at Sparta.
Although an old man, his death comes unexpected. His illness, of the particulars of which we have no information,
was not generallly known until yesterday. His death will cause universal regret.
Daily Journal and Journal and Tribune (10 May 1888) – transcribed by
Marla Zwakman
Ed Farmer,
64, a retired farmer, 3412 Colonial, died early Friday at a local hospital.
He was born in Sparta, Tenn., spent much of his life in Oklahoma. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at
the Anderson Clayton Funeral Home, Terrell. He is survived by three daughters, Miss Era Farmer, Dallas; Mrs. Lubie
Redmon, Houston, and Mrs. Maxine Long, Imola, Calif.; one son, H. E. Farmer, Terrell, and one granddaughter.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, October 5, 1941 – transcribed by
Amanda Jowers
Farmer Scott
CROWVILLE, TENN., August 12. – A party of hunters, in company with the
writer, found a dying man three miles south of this point, in a dense thicket two miles from the road. The body
was stripped of its clothing, except an old tattered shirt and literally covered with insects. We carried him on
our saddle-blankets to the nearest dwelling, two miles away, where he died ten minutes later.
The body proved to be that of Farmer Scott aged 70 years, a reputable citizen of White county, who, while in a
state of mental derangement, wandered away from home.
The verdict of the coroner’s jury was death from starvation.
Daily News Journal, December 17, 1995 – transcribed by Amanda Jowers
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