Extracted chiefly from the newspaper, The Leader (TL)
January
Dwina Leander Smith and Mallie Jent were married Christmas Eve. TL 4 Jan 1900
Ed Hartwell was delighted this morning to inform us that a new girl arrived at his house. TL 4 Jan 1900
Sarah C. Belcher, wife of R.M. Belcher, was born 17 Oct 1822 in Wilson County, Tennessee, the daughter of Thomas and Jane Biles, died 1 Jan 1900. She married 11 Apr 1844 and moved from Smith County, Tennessee to this county in Dec 1851 and settled four miles south of where she died. She confessed our savior at the age of 13 and joined the Methodist Church soon after. She was the mother of eight children, four surviving with her husband. She died at the home of her son, J.T. Belcher where she and her husband had lived a number of years. She had been an invalid several years previous to 18 Sep 1899 when she became almost helpless and remained so until death. Burial was in Jeffersonville Cemetery. TL 11 Jan 1900
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