Advertisement

Martha Alice “Mattie” Woolsey

Advertisement

Martha Alice “Mattie” Woolsey

Birth
Death
17 Nov 1888 (aged 22)
Burial
Greystone, Greene County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.0834056, Longitude: -82.8039861
Memorial ID
View Source
Seymour Daily Democrat newspaper, Seymour, Tn
Monday 19 November 1888; Page 2, Column 2

Double Drowning

Chattanooga, TN, November 19 - A sad drowning accident occurred at the Buckingham ford of the Nolochuky River, near Greenville, TN, Saturday evening.

Miss Mattie Woolsey and her cousin, Henry Love*, while returning from school, attempted to cross the river in a buggy, but missing their course, were carried into deep water and perished. Miss Woolsey was a daughter of the Rev. W. B. Woolsey, of Greenville.
Seymour Daily Democrat newspaper, Seymour, Tn
Monday 19 November 1888; Page 2, Column 2

Double Drowning

Chattanooga, TN, November 19 - A sad drowning accident occurred at the Buckingham ford of the Nolochuky River, near Greenville, TN, Saturday evening.

Miss Mattie Woolsey and her cousin, Henry Love*, while returning from school, attempted to cross the river in a buggy, but missing their course, were carried into deep water and perished. Miss Woolsey was a daughter of the Rev. W. B. Woolsey, of Greenville.


Advertisement