Source: genealogy.com, state of Tennessee message board Carroll CoTn Democrat Mar. 1891 A Cowardly Assassin Attempt of a cowardly assassin: In Henderson County, JAMES LESSENBY was at a neighbor’s house assisting others to dress a corpse and while leaning over the corpse, a deadly assassin shot him through a window, filling his face with bird shot. … Three negroes were arrested, SHADE DOUGLASS and his son TOM and TAN on suspicion