Records sent by Mrs William H. Simmons, Springfield.
Burial per Tennessee Records: Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts (1933)∼James W. Villines was born in Robertson County, Tennessee, and is buried with his parents and his first wife in the Villines family Cemetery, Cross Plains, Tennessee.
He married first on 27 May 1853 in Robertson Co., TN. to Lydia Kilgore Strother (Dec. 23, 1837-Oct. 10, 1862), daughter of Solomon Gibson Strother and Lydia Kilgore Strother.
After her death, he married Rebecca Eva Williams of Grenada, Mississippi.
Memphis (Tennessee) DAILY AVALANCHE, July 7, 1867, p.1: "The Grenada VISITOR of the 29th says: We regret very much that a serious difficulty occurred between Mr. J.W. Villines and Dr. McAfee, brothers-in-law, residents of this city, on last Saturday. They fired five or six shots, in which both parties were seriously wounded. Dr. McAfee was wounded in the left side, and Mr. Villines in the hand, shoulder and head. They are both doing very well at the present writing."
New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE, July 9, 1867, p.4: "J.W. Villines and Mr. McAfee, brothers-in-law, had a shooting affray at Grenada on the 29th ult. Both parties were wounded, but not seriously."
Records sent by Mrs William H. Simmons, Springfield.
Burial per Tennessee Records: Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts (1933)∼James W. Villines was born in Robertson County, Tennessee, and is buried with his parents and his first wife in the Villines family Cemetery, Cross Plains, Tennessee.
He married first on 27 May 1853 in Robertson Co., TN. to Lydia Kilgore Strother (Dec. 23, 1837-Oct. 10, 1862), daughter of Solomon Gibson Strother and Lydia Kilgore Strother.
After her death, he married Rebecca Eva Williams of Grenada, Mississippi.
Memphis (Tennessee) DAILY AVALANCHE, July 7, 1867, p.1: "The Grenada VISITOR of the 29th says: We regret very much that a serious difficulty occurred between Mr. J.W. Villines and Dr. McAfee, brothers-in-law, residents of this city, on last Saturday. They fired five or six shots, in which both parties were seriously wounded. Dr. McAfee was wounded in the left side, and Mr. Villines in the hand, shoulder and head. They are both doing very well at the present writing."
New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE, July 9, 1867, p.4: "J.W. Villines and Mr. McAfee, brothers-in-law, had a shooting affray at Grenada on the 29th ult. Both parties were wounded, but not seriously."
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