Church Leader Dies LaFollette, Tenn (UP) "Any time the Lord is ready for me, I am ready to go", church leader Walter D. Goins, 62, said at a prayer meeting here. A moment later he suffered a fatal heart attack. Source: Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Illinois, March 22, 1958

Verlie CarroII Succumbs at 58 Grand Rapids Verlie Carroll, 58, of 115 East 16th St., Holland, died Thursday in Kent Community Hospital following a long illness, Born in Anderson County, Tenn.,he came to Holland in 1964 and worked for the Duke Power Co., Seneca, S.C. until Sept. 23, 1973. Prior to that time he had been a coal miner in Tennessee and Kentucky for 21 years. He attended the Calvary Baptist Church, Holland. Surviving are his wife, Lillie; two daughters, Mrs. Edwin (Anna) Rhea of Holland and Mrs. Leo (Ruby) Jones of Zeeland; five sons Robert J. of Winter Haven, Fla, Kenneth R. and Verlie, Jr., both of Holland, Vernon R. of Saugatuck and Orville L. at home; 16 grandchildren, his father, Sampson Carroll of Oliver Springs, Tenn.; three sisters, Mrs. John Gibson of Cumberland, Ky., Mrs. Herbert Brummett of Oliver Springs and Mrs. Johnny Daughtery of Jacksboro, Tenn; and four brothers, McKinley and Rulie Carroll of Oliver Springs, Jasper of La Follettte, Tenn., and Lonas of Nashville, Tenn. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3 p.m. from the Dykstra Downtown Chapel with Pastor Lee Roberts officiating. Burial will be in Pilgrim Home cemetery. Relatives and friends may meet the family Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the chapel. Source: Holland Evening Sentinel, Holland, Michigan, Februrary 8, 1974

Hi Shirley, I am ashamed to say that I can't recall his first name. One of his Grandchildren came to the PD back in 1987 and attempted to find the details of his Grandfathers demise. From what I can remember he was killed in a shoot out on West Iron Street some where around "The Red Onion" an old Juke Joint that was once in the neighborhood. For some reason I keep thinking Chief Smith's first name was Irvine but not sure if this is correct. As I stated in an earlier e-mail when I worked in Cleveland,OH the PD there has one of the main lobby walls covered with the badges, name plates and dates that each Officer was killed in the line of duty. They also have or did have a book that gave a listing of each officer KIA and a brief story surrounding the details of the Officers death. It was a nice momento for family members, a tribute to those who lost their lives and a history leason for young Officers. John __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo

Rev. Willis Thompson, minister of the First Presbyterian church at Jellico, Tenn., is a guest of Dr. aud Mrs. Gray at tha manse Wednesday. luis us her Libuse "iic-sis, her mollie' Rev. Thompson will give an address at the First Presbyterian church in Middlesboro tonight, and will give the Thanksgiving address at Lincoln Memorial University Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Source: Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY, November 29, 1922

Miss Ella Smith of L. M. U. has as her guest her sister, Miss Nannie Smith of Lafollette,Tenn. Source: Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY; 7/31/1923

John, I have Smith's in my line. Do you by any chance know what Chief Smith's first name was? Thanks Shirley --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Jazz up your holiday email with celebrity designs. Learn more.

Strip Poker Game at Pinnacle Hotel Ends with Shots Midkaff Of Middlesboro Accused Of Shooting Irwin of Lafollette S. M. Lay Of Lafollette Also In Fray. Emerson Irwin of LaFollette was seriously wounded at 4 o'clock this morning at the Pinnacle Hotel in Cumberland Gap, when he was shot at the end of a strip .poker game. He is alleged to have been shot by E. H. Midkaff of Middlesboro. Others connected with with the trouble are said to be Walker 'Brown and S. M. Lay, night chief of police of LaFollette. The party is said to have gambled all night and Midkiff lost all his money and clothes. Midkaff left after the game but is said to have returned and ordered the others to return his money. He took a 38-special off Lay. When Irwin started to run Midkaff is said to have shot him. At the trial this afternoon before Squire Brooks, Midkaff denied having fired shots at Irwin. Midkaff was bound over to court. His bond will be set late this afternoon. Irwin was taken to a hospital in Knoxville. His condition is very serious, reports say. Lay was also held for carrying concealed weapons. He said he was looking for transported liquor. Yesterday Lay was arrested in Middlesboro for disturbing the pence at the Hotel Cumberland. Source: Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY, 12/20/1922

YEAGER FAMILY REUNION AT EAGLE BLUFF SPRINGS The Lafollette Press for last week contains an account of the Yeager family reunion at Eagle Bluff Springs a week ago yesterday. Besides mother, Mrs. Mary Yeager, who is 72 and makes her home in Jellico with her daughter, Mrs. W. S. Harkness, the following were present; Mr. and Mrs. John H. Yeager and three children from Middlesboro ; Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Harkness, Miss Lola Yeager, Jellico; Mrs. Robert Skillin, Lebanon, Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Yeager and daughter, LaFollette. The only absent member was Mrs. Martha Smith, a widowed daughter who was kept away on account of ill health. In the afternoon the party motored to the home of W. A. Yeager at Lafollette where they were entertained and enjoyed a delightful evening meal together before departing for their various homes.. Ten years ago the family home was broken .by the passing on of their father, David Yeager in Southeastern Kentucky. This branch of the Yeager family consists of two sons, four daughters, fourteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Source: Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY; October 2, 1922

Youth Who Gave Himself Up To Sheriff Is Taken Back To Lafollette. John Shepherd, Tennessee youth wvho voluntarily gave himself up to Sheriff G. R. Rhyne last Thursday, was taken back to Lafollette, Tenn Sunday by a deputy sheriff and C. C. Reynolds, owner of the car the prisoner stole some months ago. The young man came to the sheriff and said that he was out of a job, hungry, and hurt by his conscience. He told a story of how he had stolen the car in LaFollette and had been chased by bloodhounds over a good portion of that country. He said he drove the car to Kingsport where he sold it, then came over to North Carolina. He wandered around several towns and cities before he came to Gastonia and it was here that he decided to give himself up and take what was coming to him. The police of Lafollette were informed and they sent the two men after the erring one. Source: Gastonia Daily Gazette, Gastonia, North Carolina, Dec. 12, 1927

LAST ONE LAFOLLETTE. Tenn. (UP) — Mrs. Louisa Byrd, 81, looked down at the casket of her sister, Mrs. Parzida Lloyd, 87. "I'm the last one," she said. Then she fell over the casket, dead. Source: Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, WI, Feb. 10, 1958

Hi Angela, I worked for the City of LaFollette Police Deaprtment for fourteen years until my retirement in 1999 as a result of work related injuries. I am sorry to say that here is another Officer killed while employed by the City of LaFollette and no one has ever heard of him. It comes as no suprise to me now this makes three Officers killed and nothing in the Coties files on them. I believe that Martin Fine died in the line of duty on July 04,1904 while rescueing people from the Old LaFollette Hotel. I Chief Smith was shot to death some place on West Iron street inside the city cir 1910. I think its a shame that the City doesn't have something, somewhere to at least mention these gentlemens name. When I worked in Cleveland OH the Police Department had a wall in the main lobby with the Badge of every officer that was killed in the line of duty. Anyhow HAPPY NEW YEAR to all, John __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

Both Were Killed. Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 21 James Shumate, chief of police of LaFollette, Tenn., attempted to arrest William Rutherford, who was drunk. The latter shot the officer and in the melee both were killed. Source: Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois; February 22, 1898

WOMAN KILLED IN EXPLOSION LaFollette, Tenn. Sept, 20 (UP) A series of dynamite explosions, said by residents to number six, shook this area today, killing one woman and injuring her three children. The blasts partially wrecked a business building. Mrs. Prudie Rutherford was killed instantly as she was hurled from an upper floor of the building. Her children were leaving the building and escaped with slight injuries, according to witnesses. Source: Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana; September 20, 1935

Miss Edith Campbell had as her guests Tuesday night Miss Beulah Lewis of Wildie, KY and Miss Lucy Lewis of LaFollette, Tenn. Source: Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY; July 2, 1924

This is a Brown that was on the train: John W. Brown of Rogersville, Tenn., a newspaper editor, was in the rear coach of the westbound train, and as soon as he recovered from the shock went to the main part of the wreck. He said: MOST HORRIBLE SIGHT. "It was the most horrible sight I ever witnessed. I saw a woman pinioned by a piece of split timber which had gone completely through her body. A little child, quivering in death's agony, lay beneath the woman. I saw the child die and within a few feet of her lay a woman's head, while the decapitated body was several feet away. "Another little girl whose body was fearfully mangled, was piteotisly call- Ing for her mother. I have since learned that she was Lucille Conner of Knoxville, and that both her parents were killed. I heard one woman, terribly mangled, praying earnestly to be spared for her children, but death relieved her sufferings in a few minutes." From the Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois 9/25/1904

Thanks for the list of people on the train who were identified as of the time of the notice in the paper. George W. Brown's body, according to oral family history was not identified for almost several days could have even been two weeks... The children of Mr. Brown were with older married family members and no one knew where their father had gone. Their mother Nancy Jane DOSSETT had died and their father was on the way to get supplies for a new house he was building for the family. Nancy Jane was the daughter of Hendersen DOSSETT and Lucy HOPE.

COFFIN AND CORPSE ESCAPED UNHARMED KNOXVILLE. TENN., September 24 (Special.) The dead body, of James Hill, of Jelllco, Tenn., who was killed In a powder mill explosion at Jelllco Friday night, was In the baggage car of the east-bound train en route to Gaffney, S.C., for interment. The Coffin was unhurt, as was the body it contained. The remains were forwarded to Gaffney tonight. Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, September 25, 1904

This is copy of the list of the dead from the Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, 9/25/1904 LIST OF THE DEAD ICTIMS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED RALPH MOUNTCASTLE. OFKNOXVILLE, TENN W.A.GALBRAITH. OF KNOXVILLE. MRS.W.A.GALBRAITH. OFKNOXVILLE MONROE ASHMORE, AGED 19. OFKNOXVILLE. JOHN BLACK. WHITE PINE,TENN. JAMES KING. OF KNOXVILLE. TWO CHILDREN OFJAMES KING.OF KNOXVILLE. WILLIAM KANE, OFKNOXVILLE ENGINEER OFTHEWESTBOUND TRAIN, RICHARD PARROT OFKNOXVILLE ENGINEER OF THE EASTBOUND TRAIN, JAMES MILLS (COLORED) OF NEW MARKET. TENN. ROSCOE KING OF NEWMARKET. TENN. E G.EARNEST OFJOHNSON CITY,TENN. G.W.BROWN OF DANDRIDGE, TENN. R,B,GODWIN OFJEFFERSON CITY. TENN. J. D.BIRD OFJEFFERSON CITY, TENN. M.JONES.SON OFJAMES JONES Of SOUTH KNOXVILLE. MRS.R. B.WEST OFGRAINGER COUNTY. TENN. MRS.J. B. GASS Of DANDRIDGE. TENN. MISS GASS,DAUGHTER OF J. B.GASS, EIGHT ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS, NAMES UNKNOWN. JOHN T. CONNER OF KNOXVILLE NIGHT FOREMAN AT LONSDALE ROUND HOUSE MRS .JOHN P. CONNER OFKNOXVILLE CLAYTON M. HEISKELL OF CINCINNATI. MRS.MARY PHELPS. RESIDENCE UNKNOWN, J. H.STEVENS OF DANDRIDGE, TENN. ONE MAN WAS FOUND WITH AN ENVELOPE IN HIS POCKET BEARING THE NAME OF J. W. DALY, GREENSBU'RG. IND. MISS NANNIE MURRAY OF NEWPORT. TENN. MRS.,W. 0, HADDIN OFKNOXVILLE AND A DAUGHTER OF MRS.GASS. Ww M. BREWER OF KNOXVILLE. MISS ETHEL SHIPP. J. M.ADKINS OFJELLICO, TENN. JOHN MOLYNEUX. GLENMARY, TENN. REV. ISAAC EMORY. KNOXVILLE, TENN. REV. J. P. KING. NEWPORT. TENN. DR.D.A, FOX.NASHVILLE TENN. MRS.C.A.RUSSELL AND TWO CHILDREN, AGED 7 AND 5. KNOXVILLE IDENTIFIED AT MIDNIGHT. J. J. DANIEL TAMPICO. TENN. D. S. FOX, BIRMINGHAM, ALA. MISS HAYLOW. OF BIRMINGHAM. MRS.KINSELL OF KNOXVILLE. MRS. McEWEN OF KNOXVILLE. JOHN BLACK. OF WHITE PINE.TENN. JULIA W.HADDOX, OF DANDRIDGE. TENN.

Hello all, Does anyone have any information on the NEW MARKET TRAIN ACCIDENT? Date is thought to be September 24, 1904. I know my husbands g grandfather GEORGE WASHINGTON BROWN was killed in that accident. I am looking for other family members who were in the 1900 Bell Co Kentucky Census but not in the 1910. My g grandfather JESSE GOFORTH is said to have died after some accident... Not the train but am trying to cover all bases. Jesse was part of the Claiborne Co Goforth family but they moved a great deal.. Just want to check... Thanks Kay Goforth Adams

LEACH FEUD CAUSES ONE DEATH, SIXSHOT WILLIAMSBUKG, Ky., Oct. 17. A family quarrel, details of which have not been learned, is believed responsible for the death of Tom Leach, 45 years old, of Campbell county. Tennessee, ten miles south of here, and probably fatal injury of one relative and the shooting of five other kinsmen. Two of the wounded, Mrs. Walter Maples,40, sister of Leach, who is not expected to survive, and Sherman Leach, 30, a brother, were taken to a Knoxville hospital. Pete Leach, 31, and Padge Leach, 25, cousins, and Miss Mary Leach, 22, also a cousin, were all were shot, but were not seriously injured. Another woman whose identity could not be learned was reported injured. THE PORT ARTHUR NEWS PORT ARTHUR, TX FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17,1924 PAGE 13