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CURTAILED.
WHO THEY WERE AND WHEN
THEY CAME.
SCHOOL-HOUSES.
AMONG THE GRAVEYARDS.
Jenkins' graveyard is located on the
northeast quarter of section twenty,
township sixty, range twenty, and contains a
little less than a quarter of an acre of
ground. The first interment was in the
year 1841,and the body was that of Elvin
F. Jenkins.
The Jenkin's school-house burying-grounds are on
the southeast quarter of section seventeen,
township sixty, range twenty, and were laid
out by John Eden in 1870, and contain
about one acre of ground.
Susan Eden was the first to leave her
body within its limits, while here spirit
took its flight to a brighter and happier
land. The town of Browing having, as
yet, no cemetery uses this, and also the
graveyard adjoining Wesley Chapel.
The Moffett graveyard was a part of the
northwest quarter of Section seven, township
fifty-nine, grange twenty, and was laid out
in 1852. Mr. William Moffett
was buried there in April, 1852 - the first
burial.
The Gooch graveyard was laid out in 1851 by
Thomas S. and Willialm G. Gooch on the
southeast quarter of section twenty-nine,
township sixty, range twenty.
George Milton Gooch, son of Thomas S.
Gooch, was interred there in 1852, and
afterward the body of John F. Gooch
reposed in the same grounds. There are
now some twenty graves within the enclosure.
Pierce's graveyard was among the first laid out,
if not the first in Benton township.
It contains an acre of ground, and was laid
out in the year 1840 by James M. Pierce
and his father. It is located on
section one, township fifty-nine, range
twenty. The first body committed to
its keeping was Mrs. Tersey Pierce,
the same year it was made.
The Prather graveyard, one-half acre, was on the
southeast quarter of section twelve,
township sixty, range twenty-one, and was
laid out by Thomas Prather. The
first burial was the body of Miss Mary E.
Prather.
The small
graveyard was laid out on section
thirty-one, on the northeast quarter,
township sixty, range twenty, in the year
1841. There was no particular name
given it. The first burials were
James Gilmes and his wife, and since
then others have been interred within its
sacred precincts.
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND
DEATHS.
WOLF HUNTING.
VARIOUS ITEMS.
ACCIDENTS.
VALUATION AND TOWNSHIP
OFFICERS.
BROWNING.
ITEMS OF INTERST.
INCORPORATED.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
I. O. O. F.
A. O. U. W.
PURDIN.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
WILLIAM
G. ALEXANDER - 756
JOHN SEAMAN ALEXANDER - 756
GEORGE W. BAILEY - 757
D. W. BISWELL - 758
BEVERLY D. BOLLING - 757
JOHN BROWN - 759
BENJAMIN F. CARTER - 763
THOMAS CARTER - 760
TAYLOR P. CHRISTY - 760
WILLIAM COTTER - 762
HENRY WAYNE CRAWLEY - 762
JAMES SHAND DUNCAN - 764
ENOCH FISHBACK - 764
JOHN GABEL - 765
GEORGE W. GIBSON - 766
WILLIAM E. GIBSON - 765
JAMES D. JENKINS - 766
W. J. KENNEDY - 767
WILLIAM T. KIMBER - 766
JOHN A. McKENZIE - 769
JOHN P. McQUOWN - 768
JAMES ALONZO MAIRS - 769
THOMA SJ. MOFFETT - 770
THOMAS B. MORRIS - 770
COL. BENJAMIN F. NORTHCOTT - 771
DAVID C. PIERCE - 773
JOSEPH C. PRATHER - 773
THOMAS PRATHER - 773
A. ROBINSON - 774
WILLIAM R. ROBINSON - 774
WILLIAM ROGERS - 776
JOHN W. SLEEPER - 780
BENJAMIN F. STONE - 776
FRANCIS ELIAS STONE - 778
BENJAMIN C. SOUTHERN - 777
WILLIAM THOMAS STEPHENSON - 777
J. A. STURGES, M. D. - 779
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