The Weekly Clarion

The Weekly Clarion

Jackson, Mississippi, Publishers, J. L. Power & Harris Barksdale, Editor E. Barksdale

July 4, 1872

At a meeting of the Daughters of St. Andrew, held at the church, members paid tribute to the memory of their friend and sister, Eva E. Windley, who died on the 10th day of June 1872.

July 18, 1872

Married on Wednesday, the 10th inst., at the Union Female College in Oxford by Rev. C. H. Bell, President of the College, Miss Kate Washington of Handsboro to Wm. A. Whiting of Jackson.

July 18, 1872

A son of Mr. Alex Williams who resides near Raymond was killed Tuesday evening when struck by lightning while working in the fireld during a thunderstorm.

July 25, 1872

One last Sunday Major W. H. Lockett, engineer of the Ripley Railroad, was stabbed and killed at Middletown, Tenn., by conductor McKnight of the Mississippi Central Railroad, who fled afterwards and is still at large.

July 25, 1872

Married at the residence of Dr. T. J. Catchings by Rev. Jesse Woodall on July 17, 1872, Mr. A. P. Rose and Miss Bettie Sherrod, all of Hinds County.

August 1, 1872

Married at the residence of the bride's mother in Jackson on the 25th inst. by Rev. W. E. Ballard, Capt. O. F. West to Miss Fannie Cage. By the same, on the same day, at the Methodist parsonage, Mr. Richard Carpenter and Mrs. Sarah Green.

August 1, 1872

Died Saturday, July 28, of congestive fever at his residence near this city, George W. Ellis in the 46th year of his age. He was a native of Kentucky.

August 15, 1872

Miss Augusta E. Platt of this city and Thos. E. Compbell of Shreveport, La. were married at the residence of the bride's mother in this city on the evening of the 3rd inst. by Rev. W. E. Ballard of the Methodist Church.

August 15, 1872

Died in Jackson on Tuesday, August 6, at 9 p.m. after a few days of illness from swamp fever, George F. Kerr, a native of this city in the 28th year of his age.

August 15, 1872

Tribute of respect passed by the Board of Trustees of Mississippi College to memory of Rev. Benjamin Whitfield, president of the board, who died suddenly on the morning of June 13.

August 15, 1872

Alman Robbins, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Jackson, died last night and will be buried this evening. He was about 72 years of age.

August 15, 1872

Married at St. Andrew's Church in Jackson on Sunday evening, August 11, by Rev. W. C. Crane, D. D., Miss Mattie Anderson and Arthur R. Yerger, Esq., both of Jackson.

August 22, 1872

On July 30 near Midray in Midray, Rockbridge County, Va., by the Rev. Wm. Pinkerton, Miss Virginia B. Fultz and Prof. Lawrence W. Saunders of Jackson were married. Prof. Job. Turner intrepeted (sic) the signs. Both Prof. Saunders and Miss Fultz are graduates of the Deaf and Dumb Institution in Staunton, Va. The groom was a professor at the institution in Staunton and is presently a professor in the Mississippi Deaf-Mute Institution.

August 22, 1872

Miss Lizzie Helm of Jackson and Mr. W. B. Richardson of Newton were married at Jonesboro, Tenn., in August 13 by Rev. Mr. Sparks of the Presbyterian faith.

August 22, 1872

Kittie Carter, infant daughter of Dr. J. T. and Lucy Carter, died on the 16th Inst., at the age 4 months and 9 days.

September 5, 1872

Mr. Robert Bradley of Jackson received a telegraph from Newark, N. J. announcing the sudden death of his wife at that place on the 28th. Mrs. Bradley went north about two months hence and was on the eve of returning home with her oldest son.

November 15, 1872

Mike Mullany, an employee of Mississippi Central Railroad for 16 years, was killed by a train the evening of the 24th. He left a wife and two children.