Mrs. Caroline Hicks died at Dadeville (News of the State)
26 October 1897 · The Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.)
Named here: Caroline McKinney
Transcription
Read from the image (line breaks not kept). The column is a run of one-line items from around the state; the item about her is the third, given here with the heading and the two items before it.
NEWS OF THE STATE.
Mrs. Artie Kelley died at Eldridge recently.
A revival meeting is in progress at Threet.
Mrs. Caroline Hicks died at Dadeville recently.
Citation: "News of the State," The Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.), Tuesday 26 October 1897, p. 3, the third item of the column; image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86072192/1897-10-26/ed-1/?sp=3).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline McKinney | Death | "Mrs. Caroline Hicks died at Dadeville recently," printed Tuesday 26 October 1897 | Death 15 October 1897, Dadeville, Tallapoosa, Alabama (the date from the Alabama Deaths and Burials index, Caroline Hicks, 15 October 1897; the place is the tree's death event, which the downloaded index entry does not give) | agrees (the place, Dadeville, and a death shortly before 26 October 1897; the newspaper is independent evidence of the place) |
| Caroline McKinney | Name | Mrs. Caroline Hicks | Married John Hicks, 25 August 1838; he died 24 December 1894 | agrees (her married name as his widow) |