Rufus Liggett served in the Civil War in the Battery D 1st United States Colored Heavy Artillery.
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The first is Rufus M. Liggett. The following is his obituary.
"A Great Man Has Fallen." Rufus M. Liggett, a citizen and business man of Harriman, Tenn., died May 20, 1924, at 8 p.m. in full triumph of Faith, after three months illness. He was born September 25, at Kingston, Tenn. He served in slavery until the Civil War, in which he served for three years, being honorably discharged at the close of the war. Immediately after receiving his discharge he returned to his old home town, Kingston, purchased for himself and mother a home, married, reared a family, and became actively engaged in all the problems for the development of the Kingdom and the Methodist Episcopal church to such an extent that he, with others, secured an acre and a half of ground, erected a church thereon. Two years later he was converted under Dr. A.P. Milton, and joined the church and was licensed as a local preacher. He was inclined toward the evangelistic work. He was a man of great ability, deep conviction, vivid imagination, broad vision, forward looking and uplifting. A man of convincing and powerful delivery and a reputation of honesty and industry and as a result of these elements, many were led to Christ. He was one of Roane County's wealthy colored men, owning and operating a brick hotel. He was ready at all times to rededicate himself to the principles of Charity, Justice and Christian love. With kind deeds and generous acts, rendering such service as such would make life better and sweeter to all whom he came in contact with. As he grew older in years he became more devoted to the cause of Christ and the services of man. Realizing that the race of life was run, he began preparation for the final consummation by purchasing a plot for his burying place near the church which he loved and erecting a monument on the same. Shortly thereafter the ravages of disease laid firmer grasp on his weakening frame. In speaking to his relatives and friends, he said to his relatives and friends, he said to them: "I am ready and waiting to go, and I have seen angels hovering around my bed, and in my room." The summon came and he fell asleep. His special request was that Dr. R.M. Green, of Big Stone Gap, Va., and G.F. Tipton, of Chattanooga, Tenn., should attend his funeral, and the request was complied with Sunday afternoon, May 25th, in the old home church, with Masonic honors. He leaves a wife and a host of relatives to mourn his loss. Many of the best white people of Harriman, Rockwood and Kingston were present to pay honor to this distinguished man. "Well done, good and faithful servant over a few things, I will make thee ruler over may enter into the joy of thy Love(?)" Mrs. Evelyn Glover Bradford. The Harriman Record, Thursday, 29 May 1924, Vol. 58, No. 37.
He is buried in the Cowan's Chapel Cemetery, Kingston.
The following article appeared in The Chattanooga Daily Times, Saturday, 15 May 1897:
"The Color Line. Roane Citizens Object to a Negro Election Judge. Harriman, Tenn., May 14.--The election commissioners of Roane County, Capt. Floyd L. Ambrister, Robert W. Gambell and Hon. Andrew McKamy, have created somewhat of a sensation by appointing Rufus M. Liggett, a prominent colored republican of this city, as one of the judges of the forthcoming municipal election. There is a diversity of opinion as to the propriety of the appointment, and some have appealed to the commissioners to withdraw it, but they say the appointment has been made."
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The first is Rufus M. Liggett. The following is his obituary.
"A Great Man Has Fallen." Rufus M. Liggett, a citizen and business man of Harriman, Tenn., died May 20, 1924, at 8 p.m. in full triumph of Faith, after three months illness. He was born September 25, at Kingston, Tenn. He served in slavery until the Civil War, in which he served for three years, being honorably discharged at the close of the war. Immediately after receiving his discharge he returned to his old home town, Kingston, purchased for himself and mother a home, married, reared a family, and became actively engaged in all the problems for the development of the Kingdom and the Methodist Episcopal church to such an extent that he, with others, secured an acre and a half of ground, erected a church thereon. Two years later he was converted under Dr. A.P. Milton, and joined the church and was licensed as a local preacher. He was inclined toward the evangelistic work. He was a man of great ability, deep conviction, vivid imagination, broad vision, forward looking and uplifting. A man of convincing and powerful delivery and a reputation of honesty and industry and as a result of these elements, many were led to Christ. He was one of Roane County's wealthy colored men, owning and operating a brick hotel. He was ready at all times to rededicate himself to the principles of Charity, Justice and Christian love. With kind deeds and generous acts, rendering such service as such would make life better and sweeter to all whom he came in contact with. As he grew older in years he became more devoted to the cause of Christ and the services of man. Realizing that the race of life was run, he began preparation for the final consummation by purchasing a plot for his burying place near the church which he loved and erecting a monument on the same. Shortly thereafter the ravages of disease laid firmer grasp on his weakening frame. In speaking to his relatives and friends, he said to his relatives and friends, he said to them: "I am ready and waiting to go, and I have seen angels hovering around my bed, and in my room." The summon came and he fell asleep. His special request was that Dr. R.M. Green, of Big Stone Gap, Va., and G.F. Tipton, of Chattanooga, Tenn., should attend his funeral, and the request was complied with Sunday afternoon, May 25th, in the old home church, with Masonic honors. He leaves a wife and a host of relatives to mourn his loss. Many of the best white people of Harriman, Rockwood and Kingston were present to pay honor to this distinguished man. "Well done, good and faithful servant over a few things, I will make thee ruler over may enter into the joy of thy Love(?)" Mrs. Evelyn Glover Bradford. The Harriman Record, Thursday, 29 May 1924, Vol. 58, No. 37.
He is buried in the Cowan's Chapel Cemetery, Kingston.
The following article appeared in The Chattanooga Daily Times, Saturday, 15 May 1897:
"The Color Line. Roane Citizens Object to a Negro Election Judge. Harriman, Tenn., May 14.--The election commissioners of Roane County, Capt. Floyd L. Ambrister, Robert W. Gambell and Hon. Andrew McKamy, have created somewhat of a sensation by appointing Rufus M. Liggett, a prominent colored republican of this city, as one of the judges of the forthcoming municipal election. There is a diversity of opinion as to the propriety of the appointment, and some have appealed to the commissioners to withdraw it, but they say the appointment has been made."
Rufus Liggett served in the Civil War in the Battery D 1st United States Colored Heavy Artillery.
Contributor: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (48353502)
The first is Rufus M. Liggett. The following is his obituary.
"A Great Man Has Fallen." Rufus M. Liggett, a citizen and business man of Harriman, Tenn., died May 20, 1924, at 8 p.m. in full triumph of Faith, after three months illness. He was born September 25, at Kingston, Tenn. He served in slavery until the Civil War, in which he served for three years, being honorably discharged at the close of the war. Immediately after receiving his discharge he returned to his old home town, Kingston, purchased for himself and mother a home, married, reared a family, and became actively engaged in all the problems for the development of the Kingdom and the Methodist Episcopal church to such an extent that he, with others, secured an acre and a half of ground, erected a church thereon. Two years later he was converted under Dr. A.P. Milton, and joined the church and was licensed as a local preacher. He was inclined toward the evangelistic work. He was a man of great ability, deep conviction, vivid imagination, broad vision, forward looking and uplifting. A man of convincing and powerful delivery and a reputation of honesty and industry and as a result of these elements, many were led to Christ. He was one of Roane County's wealthy colored men, owning and operating a brick hotel. He was ready at all times to rededicate himself to the principles of Charity, Justice and Christian love. With kind deeds and generous acts, rendering such service as such would make life better and sweeter to all whom he came in contact with. As he grew older in years he became more devoted to the cause of Christ and the services of man. Realizing that the race of life was run, he began preparation for the final consummation by purchasing a plot for his burying place near the church which he loved and erecting a monument on the same. Shortly thereafter the ravages of disease laid firmer grasp on his weakening frame. In speaking to his relatives and friends, he said to his relatives and friends, he said to them: "I am ready and waiting to go, and I have seen angels hovering around my bed, and in my room." The summon came and he fell asleep. His special request was that Dr. R.M. Green, of Big Stone Gap, Va., and G.F. Tipton, of Chattanooga, Tenn., should attend his funeral, and the request was complied with Sunday afternoon, May 25th, in the old home church, with Masonic honors. He leaves a wife and a host of relatives to mourn his loss. Many of the best white people of Harriman, Rockwood and Kingston were present to pay honor to this distinguished man. "Well done, good and faithful servant over a few things, I will make thee ruler over may enter into the joy of thy Love(?)" Mrs. Evelyn Glover Bradford. The Harriman Record, Thursday, 29 May 1924, Vol. 58, No. 37.
He is buried in the Cowan's Chapel Cemetery, Kingston.
The following article appeared in The Chattanooga Daily Times, Saturday, 15 May 1897:
"The Color Line. Roane Citizens Object to a Negro Election Judge. Harriman, Tenn., May 14.--The election commissioners of Roane County, Capt. Floyd L. Ambrister, Robert W. Gambell and Hon. Andrew McKamy, have created somewhat of a sensation by appointing Rufus M. Liggett, a prominent colored republican of this city, as one of the judges of the forthcoming municipal election. There is a diversity of opinion as to the propriety of the appointment, and some have appealed to the commissioners to withdraw it, but they say the appointment has been made."
Contributor: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (48353502)
The first is Rufus M. Liggett. The following is his obituary.
"A Great Man Has Fallen." Rufus M. Liggett, a citizen and business man of Harriman, Tenn., died May 20, 1924, at 8 p.m. in full triumph of Faith, after three months illness. He was born September 25, at Kingston, Tenn. He served in slavery until the Civil War, in which he served for three years, being honorably discharged at the close of the war. Immediately after receiving his discharge he returned to his old home town, Kingston, purchased for himself and mother a home, married, reared a family, and became actively engaged in all the problems for the development of the Kingdom and the Methodist Episcopal church to such an extent that he, with others, secured an acre and a half of ground, erected a church thereon. Two years later he was converted under Dr. A.P. Milton, and joined the church and was licensed as a local preacher. He was inclined toward the evangelistic work. He was a man of great ability, deep conviction, vivid imagination, broad vision, forward looking and uplifting. A man of convincing and powerful delivery and a reputation of honesty and industry and as a result of these elements, many were led to Christ. He was one of Roane County's wealthy colored men, owning and operating a brick hotel. He was ready at all times to rededicate himself to the principles of Charity, Justice and Christian love. With kind deeds and generous acts, rendering such service as such would make life better and sweeter to all whom he came in contact with. As he grew older in years he became more devoted to the cause of Christ and the services of man. Realizing that the race of life was run, he began preparation for the final consummation by purchasing a plot for his burying place near the church which he loved and erecting a monument on the same. Shortly thereafter the ravages of disease laid firmer grasp on his weakening frame. In speaking to his relatives and friends, he said to his relatives and friends, he said to them: "I am ready and waiting to go, and I have seen angels hovering around my bed, and in my room." The summon came and he fell asleep. His special request was that Dr. R.M. Green, of Big Stone Gap, Va., and G.F. Tipton, of Chattanooga, Tenn., should attend his funeral, and the request was complied with Sunday afternoon, May 25th, in the old home church, with Masonic honors. He leaves a wife and a host of relatives to mourn his loss. Many of the best white people of Harriman, Rockwood and Kingston were present to pay honor to this distinguished man. "Well done, good and faithful servant over a few things, I will make thee ruler over may enter into the joy of thy Love(?)" Mrs. Evelyn Glover Bradford. The Harriman Record, Thursday, 29 May 1924, Vol. 58, No. 37.
He is buried in the Cowan's Chapel Cemetery, Kingston.
The following article appeared in The Chattanooga Daily Times, Saturday, 15 May 1897:
"The Color Line. Roane Citizens Object to a Negro Election Judge. Harriman, Tenn., May 14.--The election commissioners of Roane County, Capt. Floyd L. Ambrister, Robert W. Gambell and Hon. Andrew McKamy, have created somewhat of a sensation by appointing Rufus M. Liggett, a prominent colored republican of this city, as one of the judges of the forthcoming municipal election. There is a diversity of opinion as to the propriety of the appointment, and some have appealed to the commissioners to withdraw it, but they say the appointment has been made."
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