Brothers, Lem Delk and Dave Delk, together with John Taylor killed Martin Van Buren Owens in Sep 1885
Murder at Jamestown
Jamestown, TN, Sept 10 -- "This little village was shocked Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock by the commission of a horrible murder. Lemuel Delk, David Delk Junior and John A. Taylor murdered Martin V. Owens by stabbing him several times in the back and twice in the neck with pocket knives. The murderers were all prominent well-to-do citizens, and trouble is feared because the Sheriff refuses bail pending a hearing before the judge. There has been talk of a rescuing party. The cause of the tragedy has not been learned. All the parties were drinking at the time. Owens leaves a large family in indigent circumstances.
Appears to have married a second time Mary E. Downs about 1884.
1900 Federal Census
Fentress Co, TN District 8 #132.
David Delk, 26 TN gone 1853-1854
Elisabeth Delk, 26 TN 1853-1854
Mary E. [Downs] Delk (2nd wife), 38 TN 1862 May
Hattie Delk, 1 TN 1878-1879
Delila Lavena Delk, 15 TN 1885 Feb
Hughie B. Delk, 10 TN 1890 Jan
Surelda E. Delk, 7 TN 1893 May
Octa Lena Delk [Downs], 4 TN 1896 Apr
Rosa E. Delk ?/12 TN 1900 May
Vilema Downs/Copley 19 TN 1880 Oct; sister to Mary E. Downs Delk
Charlie E. Downs/Copley 3 TN 1896
Sep 1880 Fentress Co, TN census David Delk 26 TN 1853-1854 m District 8 #089.
Murder at Jamestown
Jamestown, TN, Sept 10 -- "This little village was shocked Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock by the commission of a horrible murder. Lemuel Delk, David Delk Junior and John A. Taylor murdered Martin V. Owens by stabbing him several times in the back and twice in the neck with pocket knives. The murderers were all prominent well-to-do citizens, and trouble is feared because the Sheriff refuses bail pending a hearing before the judge. There has been talk of a rescuing party. The cause of the tragedy has not been learned. All the parties were drinking at the time. Owens leaves a large family in indigent circumstances.
Appears to have married a second time Mary E. Downs about 1884.
1900 Federal Census
Fentress Co, TN District 8 #132.
David Delk, 26 TN gone 1853-1854
Elisabeth Delk, 26 TN 1853-1854
Mary E. [Downs] Delk (2nd wife), 38 TN 1862 May
Hattie Delk, 1 TN 1878-1879
Delila Lavena Delk, 15 TN 1885 Feb
Hughie B. Delk, 10 TN 1890 Jan
Surelda E. Delk, 7 TN 1893 May
Octa Lena Delk [Downs], 4 TN 1896 Apr
Rosa E. Delk ?/12 TN 1900 May
Vilema Downs/Copley 19 TN 1880 Oct; sister to Mary E. Downs Delk
Charlie E. Downs/Copley 3 TN 1896
Sep 1880 Fentress Co, TN census David Delk 26 TN 1853-1854 m District 8 #089.
Brothers, Lem Delk and Dave Delk, together with John Taylor killed Martin Van Buren Owens in Sep 1885
Murder at Jamestown
Jamestown, TN, Sept 10 -- "This little village was shocked Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock by the commission of a horrible murder. Lemuel Delk, David Delk Junior and John A. Taylor murdered Martin V. Owens by stabbing him several times in the back and twice in the neck with pocket knives. The murderers were all prominent well-to-do citizens, and trouble is feared because the Sheriff refuses bail pending a hearing before the judge. There has been talk of a rescuing party. The cause of the tragedy has not been learned. All the parties were drinking at the time. Owens leaves a large family in indigent circumstances.
Appears to have married a second time Mary E. Downs about 1884.
1900 Federal Census
Fentress Co, TN District 8 #132.
David Delk, 26 TN gone 1853-1854
Elisabeth Delk, 26 TN 1853-1854
Mary E. [Downs] Delk (2nd wife), 38 TN 1862 May
Hattie Delk, 1 TN 1878-1879
Delila Lavena Delk, 15 TN 1885 Feb
Hughie B. Delk, 10 TN 1890 Jan
Surelda E. Delk, 7 TN 1893 May
Octa Lena Delk [Downs], 4 TN 1896 Apr
Rosa E. Delk ?/12 TN 1900 May
Vilema Downs/Copley 19 TN 1880 Oct; sister to Mary E. Downs Delk
Charlie E. Downs/Copley 3 TN 1896
Sep 1880 Fentress Co, TN census David Delk 26 TN 1853-1854 m District 8 #089.
Murder at Jamestown
Jamestown, TN, Sept 10 -- "This little village was shocked Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock by the commission of a horrible murder. Lemuel Delk, David Delk Junior and John A. Taylor murdered Martin V. Owens by stabbing him several times in the back and twice in the neck with pocket knives. The murderers were all prominent well-to-do citizens, and trouble is feared because the Sheriff refuses bail pending a hearing before the judge. There has been talk of a rescuing party. The cause of the tragedy has not been learned. All the parties were drinking at the time. Owens leaves a large family in indigent circumstances.
Appears to have married a second time Mary E. Downs about 1884.
1900 Federal Census
Fentress Co, TN District 8 #132.
David Delk, 26 TN gone 1853-1854
Elisabeth Delk, 26 TN 1853-1854
Mary E. [Downs] Delk (2nd wife), 38 TN 1862 May
Hattie Delk, 1 TN 1878-1879
Delila Lavena Delk, 15 TN 1885 Feb
Hughie B. Delk, 10 TN 1890 Jan
Surelda E. Delk, 7 TN 1893 May
Octa Lena Delk [Downs], 4 TN 1896 Apr
Rosa E. Delk ?/12 TN 1900 May
Vilema Downs/Copley 19 TN 1880 Oct; sister to Mary E. Downs Delk
Charlie E. Downs/Copley 3 TN 1896
Sep 1880 Fentress Co, TN census David Delk 26 TN 1853-1854 m District 8 #089.
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