b. 14 November 1824, TN d. 29 June 1902, TN, s/o James Lee Alcorn & Elizabeth Blackburn Johnson.
Wives: md 1st to Martha Alexander, b. 9 January 1831, TN d.
23 December 1900, TN, d/o Reuben B. Alexander & Elizabeth Stockard Johnson. Robert S. Alcorn Sr. md 2nd Martha J. Exum McGinnis.
Drowned While Crossing Caney Fork River
On last Sunday afternoon as he was returning from Church, Hon. Robt. S. Alcorn of BuffaloValley, was drowned in the Caney Fork at the mouth of Long Branch, in DeKalb county. At that point in the river Wolf Creek on the north and Long Branch on the south side empties into it, thus forming a bar or shoal which has been used as a "ford" for nearly a century. Mr. Alcorn drove into the river from the south side where the public road entered, in the presence of several persons who were on the bank.
The water was very muddy and both creeks and river swollen by recent heavy rains, and was running very swift over the shoal. Just below the "ford" is an abrupt termination of the shallow water. When Mr. Alcorn got about thirty or forty yards from the south bank, or where he entered the river, it was discovered that he was bearing down the river or nearing the "jump off." A gentlemen who had just crossed in front of him on horseback warned him of his danger, and it seems that he attempted to turn his horse up the river and to his right so as to get back on the south side, when his buggy was turned over by the swift current, and Mr. Alcorn thrown out. He landed on his feet, and the water was only about waist deep, but it was so swift and Mr. Alcorn was so old and feeble that he could not resist it, and was gradually driven by force of the water over the precipice below the ford, where he sank to rise no more.
The men on the bank, who witnessed the terrible tragedy, were powerless to assist him. One young man jumped into a canoe near by and pulled with all his power to reach and rescue him, but the craft was half full of water, and he had only a rough board for a paddle, and on that account could not get to him in time.
Rescue parties were immediately formed and the river was full of searchers until he was found about 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Two of his sons and others were stretching a wire across the river about a mile below where he was drowned, when suddenly he was seen to float to the surface not more than ten feet from where they were. He was immediately taken out of the water and carried home, to the old farm where he has lived for the last fifty years.
Mr. Alcorn was about seventy seven years old at the time of his death, having had been thrice married and was a widower at this time.
Decreased was a noted man in many respects, and was widely known and respected by everyone who knew him. He had been a active, industrious man and accumulated considerable property during his long industrious life. He had one of the best farms in that famous section of rich land and good farmers, and always lived at home, and was at home to his friends at all times, for his hospitality was unbounded, his house always wide open to the stranger as well as to the friend and neighbor.
When he was but a boy he enlisted as a soldier in Company I, 8th Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, and went with that famous Regiment into the war with Mexico during which he was severely wounded in the knee, on account of which he was a pensioner of that war when he died. Gen. William B. Bate was 1st Lieutenant of his company and the relations then formed by these young men ripened into everlasting
friendship and esteem, and none will learn with keener regret than his old comrade of the long ago has been so ruthlessly gathered to his fathers.
In civil life he served the public in several minor positions, such as Justice of the Peace, Chairman of the
County Court, Deputy Sheriff, Constable, Tax Collector, etc. In 1886 he was, without his knowledge or consent, nominated as the Democratic Candidate for Senator of this Dist., and was triumphantly elected at the approaching election, and served the people with signal ability and unswerving fidelity. He was a moral, conscientious gentlemen at all times and places and never happier than in the company of his friends, peculiarly sociable and agreeable wherever met.
He raised a large family of children, several of whom survive him, Ex-Sheriff General Alcorn of this place being his eldest son. Albert Sidney Alcorn, Dept. Sheriff of White county, R.L. Alcorn and A.V. Alcorn, prominent and successful farmers of Buffalo Valley. On yesterday he was interred in the family graveyard on the old farm in the presence of a large and sorrowing concourse of the good people of that neighborhood and surrounding sections. And thus ends the life of one who has been a helper and a benefactor to his fellowman in his day and generation.
Wives: md 1st to Martha Alexander, b. 9 January 1831, TN d.
23 December 1900, TN, d/o Reuben B. Alexander & Elizabeth Stockard Johnson. Robert S. Alcorn Sr. md 2nd Martha J. Exum McGinnis.
Drowned While Crossing Caney Fork River
On last Sunday afternoon as he was returning from Church, Hon. Robt. S. Alcorn of BuffaloValley, was drowned in the Caney Fork at the mouth of Long Branch, in DeKalb county. At that point in the river Wolf Creek on the north and Long Branch on the south side empties into it, thus forming a bar or shoal which has been used as a "ford" for nearly a century. Mr. Alcorn drove into the river from the south side where the public road entered, in the presence of several persons who were on the bank.
The water was very muddy and both creeks and river swollen by recent heavy rains, and was running very swift over the shoal. Just below the "ford" is an abrupt termination of the shallow water. When Mr. Alcorn got about thirty or forty yards from the south bank, or where he entered the river, it was discovered that he was bearing down the river or nearing the "jump off." A gentlemen who had just crossed in front of him on horseback warned him of his danger, and it seems that he attempted to turn his horse up the river and to his right so as to get back on the south side, when his buggy was turned over by the swift current, and Mr. Alcorn thrown out. He landed on his feet, and the water was only about waist deep, but it was so swift and Mr. Alcorn was so old and feeble that he could not resist it, and was gradually driven by force of the water over the precipice below the ford, where he sank to rise no more.
The men on the bank, who witnessed the terrible tragedy, were powerless to assist him. One young man jumped into a canoe near by and pulled with all his power to reach and rescue him, but the craft was half full of water, and he had only a rough board for a paddle, and on that account could not get to him in time.
Rescue parties were immediately formed and the river was full of searchers until he was found about 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Two of his sons and others were stretching a wire across the river about a mile below where he was drowned, when suddenly he was seen to float to the surface not more than ten feet from where they were. He was immediately taken out of the water and carried home, to the old farm where he has lived for the last fifty years.
Mr. Alcorn was about seventy seven years old at the time of his death, having had been thrice married and was a widower at this time.
Decreased was a noted man in many respects, and was widely known and respected by everyone who knew him. He had been a active, industrious man and accumulated considerable property during his long industrious life. He had one of the best farms in that famous section of rich land and good farmers, and always lived at home, and was at home to his friends at all times, for his hospitality was unbounded, his house always wide open to the stranger as well as to the friend and neighbor.
When he was but a boy he enlisted as a soldier in Company I, 8th Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, and went with that famous Regiment into the war with Mexico during which he was severely wounded in the knee, on account of which he was a pensioner of that war when he died. Gen. William B. Bate was 1st Lieutenant of his company and the relations then formed by these young men ripened into everlasting
friendship and esteem, and none will learn with keener regret than his old comrade of the long ago has been so ruthlessly gathered to his fathers.
In civil life he served the public in several minor positions, such as Justice of the Peace, Chairman of the
County Court, Deputy Sheriff, Constable, Tax Collector, etc. In 1886 he was, without his knowledge or consent, nominated as the Democratic Candidate for Senator of this Dist., and was triumphantly elected at the approaching election, and served the people with signal ability and unswerving fidelity. He was a moral, conscientious gentlemen at all times and places and never happier than in the company of his friends, peculiarly sociable and agreeable wherever met.
He raised a large family of children, several of whom survive him, Ex-Sheriff General Alcorn of this place being his eldest son. Albert Sidney Alcorn, Dept. Sheriff of White county, R.L. Alcorn and A.V. Alcorn, prominent and successful farmers of Buffalo Valley. On yesterday he was interred in the family graveyard on the old farm in the presence of a large and sorrowing concourse of the good people of that neighborhood and surrounding sections. And thus ends the life of one who has been a helper and a benefactor to his fellowman in his day and generation.
b. 14 November 1824, TN d. 29 June 1902, TN, s/o James Lee Alcorn & Elizabeth Blackburn Johnson.
Wives: md 1st to Martha Alexander, b. 9 January 1831, TN d.
23 December 1900, TN, d/o Reuben B. Alexander & Elizabeth Stockard Johnson. Robert S. Alcorn Sr. md 2nd Martha J. Exum McGinnis.
Drowned While Crossing Caney Fork River
On last Sunday afternoon as he was returning from Church, Hon. Robt. S. Alcorn of BuffaloValley, was drowned in the Caney Fork at the mouth of Long Branch, in DeKalb county. At that point in the river Wolf Creek on the north and Long Branch on the south side empties into it, thus forming a bar or shoal which has been used as a "ford" for nearly a century. Mr. Alcorn drove into the river from the south side where the public road entered, in the presence of several persons who were on the bank.
The water was very muddy and both creeks and river swollen by recent heavy rains, and was running very swift over the shoal. Just below the "ford" is an abrupt termination of the shallow water. When Mr. Alcorn got about thirty or forty yards from the south bank, or where he entered the river, it was discovered that he was bearing down the river or nearing the "jump off." A gentlemen who had just crossed in front of him on horseback warned him of his danger, and it seems that he attempted to turn his horse up the river and to his right so as to get back on the south side, when his buggy was turned over by the swift current, and Mr. Alcorn thrown out. He landed on his feet, and the water was only about waist deep, but it was so swift and Mr. Alcorn was so old and feeble that he could not resist it, and was gradually driven by force of the water over the precipice below the ford, where he sank to rise no more.
The men on the bank, who witnessed the terrible tragedy, were powerless to assist him. One young man jumped into a canoe near by and pulled with all his power to reach and rescue him, but the craft was half full of water, and he had only a rough board for a paddle, and on that account could not get to him in time.
Rescue parties were immediately formed and the river was full of searchers until he was found about 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Two of his sons and others were stretching a wire across the river about a mile below where he was drowned, when suddenly he was seen to float to the surface not more than ten feet from where they were. He was immediately taken out of the water and carried home, to the old farm where he has lived for the last fifty years.
Mr. Alcorn was about seventy seven years old at the time of his death, having had been thrice married and was a widower at this time.
Decreased was a noted man in many respects, and was widely known and respected by everyone who knew him. He had been a active, industrious man and accumulated considerable property during his long industrious life. He had one of the best farms in that famous section of rich land and good farmers, and always lived at home, and was at home to his friends at all times, for his hospitality was unbounded, his house always wide open to the stranger as well as to the friend and neighbor.
When he was but a boy he enlisted as a soldier in Company I, 8th Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, and went with that famous Regiment into the war with Mexico during which he was severely wounded in the knee, on account of which he was a pensioner of that war when he died. Gen. William B. Bate was 1st Lieutenant of his company and the relations then formed by these young men ripened into everlasting
friendship and esteem, and none will learn with keener regret than his old comrade of the long ago has been so ruthlessly gathered to his fathers.
In civil life he served the public in several minor positions, such as Justice of the Peace, Chairman of the
County Court, Deputy Sheriff, Constable, Tax Collector, etc. In 1886 he was, without his knowledge or consent, nominated as the Democratic Candidate for Senator of this Dist., and was triumphantly elected at the approaching election, and served the people with signal ability and unswerving fidelity. He was a moral, conscientious gentlemen at all times and places and never happier than in the company of his friends, peculiarly sociable and agreeable wherever met.
He raised a large family of children, several of whom survive him, Ex-Sheriff General Alcorn of this place being his eldest son. Albert Sidney Alcorn, Dept. Sheriff of White county, R.L. Alcorn and A.V. Alcorn, prominent and successful farmers of Buffalo Valley. On yesterday he was interred in the family graveyard on the old farm in the presence of a large and sorrowing concourse of the good people of that neighborhood and surrounding sections. And thus ends the life of one who has been a helper and a benefactor to his fellowman in his day and generation.
Wives: md 1st to Martha Alexander, b. 9 January 1831, TN d.
23 December 1900, TN, d/o Reuben B. Alexander & Elizabeth Stockard Johnson. Robert S. Alcorn Sr. md 2nd Martha J. Exum McGinnis.
Drowned While Crossing Caney Fork River
On last Sunday afternoon as he was returning from Church, Hon. Robt. S. Alcorn of BuffaloValley, was drowned in the Caney Fork at the mouth of Long Branch, in DeKalb county. At that point in the river Wolf Creek on the north and Long Branch on the south side empties into it, thus forming a bar or shoal which has been used as a "ford" for nearly a century. Mr. Alcorn drove into the river from the south side where the public road entered, in the presence of several persons who were on the bank.
The water was very muddy and both creeks and river swollen by recent heavy rains, and was running very swift over the shoal. Just below the "ford" is an abrupt termination of the shallow water. When Mr. Alcorn got about thirty or forty yards from the south bank, or where he entered the river, it was discovered that he was bearing down the river or nearing the "jump off." A gentlemen who had just crossed in front of him on horseback warned him of his danger, and it seems that he attempted to turn his horse up the river and to his right so as to get back on the south side, when his buggy was turned over by the swift current, and Mr. Alcorn thrown out. He landed on his feet, and the water was only about waist deep, but it was so swift and Mr. Alcorn was so old and feeble that he could not resist it, and was gradually driven by force of the water over the precipice below the ford, where he sank to rise no more.
The men on the bank, who witnessed the terrible tragedy, were powerless to assist him. One young man jumped into a canoe near by and pulled with all his power to reach and rescue him, but the craft was half full of water, and he had only a rough board for a paddle, and on that account could not get to him in time.
Rescue parties were immediately formed and the river was full of searchers until he was found about 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Two of his sons and others were stretching a wire across the river about a mile below where he was drowned, when suddenly he was seen to float to the surface not more than ten feet from where they were. He was immediately taken out of the water and carried home, to the old farm where he has lived for the last fifty years.
Mr. Alcorn was about seventy seven years old at the time of his death, having had been thrice married and was a widower at this time.
Decreased was a noted man in many respects, and was widely known and respected by everyone who knew him. He had been a active, industrious man and accumulated considerable property during his long industrious life. He had one of the best farms in that famous section of rich land and good farmers, and always lived at home, and was at home to his friends at all times, for his hospitality was unbounded, his house always wide open to the stranger as well as to the friend and neighbor.
When he was but a boy he enlisted as a soldier in Company I, 8th Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, and went with that famous Regiment into the war with Mexico during which he was severely wounded in the knee, on account of which he was a pensioner of that war when he died. Gen. William B. Bate was 1st Lieutenant of his company and the relations then formed by these young men ripened into everlasting
friendship and esteem, and none will learn with keener regret than his old comrade of the long ago has been so ruthlessly gathered to his fathers.
In civil life he served the public in several minor positions, such as Justice of the Peace, Chairman of the
County Court, Deputy Sheriff, Constable, Tax Collector, etc. In 1886 he was, without his knowledge or consent, nominated as the Democratic Candidate for Senator of this Dist., and was triumphantly elected at the approaching election, and served the people with signal ability and unswerving fidelity. He was a moral, conscientious gentlemen at all times and places and never happier than in the company of his friends, peculiarly sociable and agreeable wherever met.
He raised a large family of children, several of whom survive him, Ex-Sheriff General Alcorn of this place being his eldest son. Albert Sidney Alcorn, Dept. Sheriff of White county, R.L. Alcorn and A.V. Alcorn, prominent and successful farmers of Buffalo Valley. On yesterday he was interred in the family graveyard on the old farm in the presence of a large and sorrowing concourse of the good people of that neighborhood and surrounding sections. And thus ends the life of one who has been a helper and a benefactor to his fellowman in his day and generation.
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