As found in 1908 Jackson Co Tn Newspaper.July 25, 1908
p. 2:1 (Mrs. Ben Finn Found Dead). "Mrs. Ben Finn was found dead near her home in Free State late Tuesday evening by a neighbor who had gone to the spring for water. Her body was lie-ing in the branch near the spring with the face partly covered with water, and from all indications she had fell in the branch and drown. Mrs. Finn has been subject to fainting spells for some time and it is supposed that one of these spells come on her while she had gone to the spring for water, and she fell in branch drowning herself. The bucket she had brought with her was found in spring. Her husband had gone to Nashville, but not be [sic] located. Her two brothers, Tom and Cress Maynard, of Red Springs, were notified and they arrived Wednesday morning. Her remains were interred in the Herod cemetery on Jenning creek Wednesday. She leaves a husband, several children and relatives to mourn her death, to which we extend our deepest sympathy
As found in 1908 Jackson Co Tn Newspaper.July 25, 1908
p. 2:1 (Mrs. Ben Finn Found Dead). "Mrs. Ben Finn was found dead near her home in Free State late Tuesday evening by a neighbor who had gone to the spring for water. Her body was lie-ing in the branch near the spring with the face partly covered with water, and from all indications she had fell in the branch and drown. Mrs. Finn has been subject to fainting spells for some time and it is supposed that one of these spells come on her while she had gone to the spring for water, and she fell in branch drowning herself. The bucket she had brought with her was found in spring. Her husband had gone to Nashville, but not be [sic] located. Her two brothers, Tom and Cress Maynard, of Red Springs, were notified and they arrived Wednesday morning. Her remains were interred in the Herod cemetery on Jenning creek Wednesday. She leaves a husband, several children and relatives to mourn her death, to which we extend our deepest sympathy
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