Edison Fireside Phonograph
Pictured was a wax cylinder used with the Edison “Fireside” Phonograph. The phonograph on display at the Tipton County Museum is a Model A version of the Fireside, which could use 2 or 4-minute cylinder records. Invented by Thomas Edison in 1877, phonographs were analogue devices built for the reproduction
VOM – October 2021
Edward Odell Kinney (27 Mar 1932 – 14 Jul 2024) U.S. Army. Korean War, 1951-1954 Born in Brighton, Tenn., on March 27, 1932, Edward Odell Kinney grew up working on the family farm. A typical farm boy, Odell left school after the seventh grade to dedicate himself full-time to farming.
Capt. James Rankin Alexander, CSA
James Rankin Alexander (1828-1873) was born in Aug 12, 1828, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina to Rankin Alexander and Margaret M. Alexander. James R. Alexander married Frances Small Sanford on Dec. 8, 1858 in Tipton County. Frances, was the daughter of Robert Walker Sanford and Frances Downs, and sister to
JAMES PAUL ROSE
Private First Class James Paul Rose was born Aug. 28, 1923, in Brighton, Tenn., and died Jul 6, 2003, in Munford, Tenn. When he was 19 years old, he was drafted into the United States Army on Jan. 27, 1943, at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and sent to Camp McCoy, Wis.,
Bert Harlan Berkley
Bert Harlan Berkley was inducted into the U.S. Army on October 20, 1944 at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. His military occupational speciality and number was rifleman 745/Command infantryman. He served as a PFC with infantry company 151st infantry; component AUS in southern Luzon, Philippine Island. His awards and decorations include the
James Murphey Wylie
James Murphy Wylie enlisted in the U. S. Air Force from Memphis, Tennessee on January 2, 1951. After training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, James served with the 520th Air Defense Group, Air Defense Command, in Korea. His awards and decorations include the Korean Service Medal; the National Defense
James Osgood Burgess (1921-1944)
Born Jan. 7, 1921, in Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, James Osgood Burgess was the second son and youngest child of Osgood Miller Burgess (1895-1967) and Bessie May Stovall (1891-1983). Older siblings included John Stovall Burgess (1918-1992) and sister, Janie Elizabeth Burgess (1916-2011). James, his mother and brother, moved to Munford
Mason’s Ahmid Doggett served and died during World War I
By Sherri Onorati, The Covington Leader, May 23, 2019 During the First World War, Tipton County lost both Black and white sons to the ravages of war, as grief knows no color, and death does not discriminate. Ahmid D. Doggett of Mason was born on Sept. 15, 1886, one of
Woodrow William Pool
Rank: Private First Class Combat Organization: 194th Glider Infantry 17th Airborne Death Date: 9 Apr 1945 Monument: the Netherlands Last Known Status: BuriedU.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Additional Army Awards Foreign Awards: French – Croix De Guerre, with Bronze Star
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