DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - DEMOSS CEMETERY ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Davidson County Cemetery Survey ==================================================================== DAVIDSON COUNTY CEMETERY SURVEY PROJECT is a cooperative effort of many groups including the Metro Archives, Colonial Dames (NSCDA-TN), Nashville Room of the Public Library, Metro Planning and Historical Commissions, Historic Nashville, Inc., the State Archaeologist, local historians and citizens. Initiated by the Nashville Town Committee of the Colonial Dames during the fall of 1999, with the training of volunteers to survey and record tombstones and with a grant to the Metro Archives for a staff person to enter the inscriptions on a computer database. The project has involved over 90 volunteers. DEMOSS BE-20: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, OLD HARDING PIKE 42 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS WHITAKER Born: 1882 Died: 1954 Front inscription: MRS. JENNIE LOU/BRADFORD WHITAKER/DEC. 11, 1882/NOV. 25, 1954 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: J.L.B.W. BRADFORD Born: 1840 Died: 1928 Front inscription: JOHN BRADFORD/SON OF/FREDERICK & VIRGINIA/BRADFORD/NOV. 30, 1840/JAN. 26, 1928/CO.A. 20TH. TENN. REG. Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: J.B. BRADFORD Born: 1853 Died: 1920 Front inscription: DR. A.D. BRADFORD/SON OF/FREDERICK & VIRGINIA/BRADFORD/MAY 3, 1853/APR. 4, 1920 BRADFORD Born: 1862 Died: 1905 Front inscription: VIRGINIA/DAU. OF/FREDERICK & VIRGINIA/BRADFORD/SEPT. 7, 1862/DEC. 20, 1905 HARDING Born: 1853 Died: 1940 Top of tombstone: HARDING Front inscription: MAUD MARABLE HARDING/NOV. 15, 1853/FEB. 12, 1940 BRADFORD Born: 1817 Died: 1892 Front inscription: ELIZABETH VIRGINIA/WIFE OF/FREDERICK BRADFORD/AUG. 14, 1817/JUNE 10, 1892 BRADFORD Born: 1885 Died: 1963 Front inscription: FREDERICK GOWER/BRADFORD/SEPT. 28, 1885/NOV. 3, 1963 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: F.G.B. HARDING Born: 1881 Died: 1949 Top of tombstone: HARDING Front inscription: FRANCES HARDING/NOV. 27, 1881/MAY 20, 1949 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: F.H. HARDING Born: 1846 Died: 1922 Top of tombstone: HARDING Front inscription: GEORGE H. HARDING/FEB. 8, 1846/NOV. 29, 1922 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: G.H. SNEED Born: 1850 Died: 1906 Front inscription: LOUISA H. SNEED/DAU. OF/FREDERICK & VIRGINIA/BRADFORD/NOV. 5, 1850/JAN. 13, 1906 BRADFORD Born: 1842 Died: 1877 Front inscription: IN MEMORY/DR. EDWARD BRADFORD/BORN/APR. 16, 1842/DIED/MAR. 20, 1877/GONE TO THE SPIRIT LAND/FROM TOIL AND PAIN AWAY/TO JOIN THY HOLY BAND/IN REALMS OF ENDLESS DAY CROSTHWAIT Born: 1819 Died: 1891 Front inscription: CAROLINE HARDING/CROSTHWAIT/MOTHER OF/GEORGE H. HARDING/MAY 14, 1819/MAR. 11, 1891 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: C.H.C. CARTER Born: 1889 Died: 1974 Front inscription: HARTWELL M. CARTER/CPL US MARINE CORPS/JAN 18, 1889/DEC. 31, 1974 HARDING Born: 1842 Died: 1860 Front inscription: ERECTED/IN/MEMORY/OF/ELIZABETH VA/DAUGHTER OF/GEORGE & CAROLINE P./HARDING/BORN/IN PHILLIP COUNTY ARK/MARCH 18, 1842/DIED/NOV. 24, 1860/AGED 18 YRS, 8 MOS. 6 D'S/THOU ART NOT BY THE TOMB CONFINED/DEATH CANNOT CLAIM THE/IMMORTAL MIND:/LET EARTH CLOSE O'ER ITS SACRED TRUST/YET GOODNESS DIES NOT IN THE DUST/THEE OH! BELOVED TIS NOT THEE/BENEATH THE COFFIN'S LID I SEE;/THOU TO A FAIRER LAND ART GONE/WHERE LET ME HOPE MY JOURNEY DONE/TO SEE THEE STILL. SNEED Born: 1849 Died: 1891 Front inscription: IN MEMORY OF/BETTIE JONES/SNEED/DAUGHTER OF/I.M. & S.A. JONES/FEB. 22, 1849/MAR. 20, 1891 CARTER Born: 1895 Died: 1959 Front inscription: CORA ALLEN CARTER/MAR. 15, 1895/SEPT. 11, 1959 HARDING Born: 1883 Died: 1958 Top of tombstone: HARDING Front inscription: GEORGE H. HARDING, M.D./OCT. 6, 1883/JAN. 10, 1958 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: G.H.H. JONES Born: 1819 Died: 1854 Front inscription: ERECTED/IN/MEMORY/OF/ISAAC M. JONES/DEC. 8, 1819/DEPARTED/THIS LIFE IN NASHVILLE/SEPT. 30, 1854/IN 35TH/THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT/TO MEMORY DEAR JONES Born: 1825 Died: 1915 Front inscription: SARAH A./JONES; BORN/SEPT. 23, 1825/DIED/OCT. 5, 1915/JONES CARTER Front inscription: CORA MARABLE/DEC. 19, 1860/FEB. 9, 1930/BELLFIED F./MAY 11, 1859/JAN. 21/1924 DEMOSS Born: 1779 Died: 1849 Front inscription: ERECTED/TO THE MEMORY/OF/ABRAHAM DEMOSS/BORN DEC. 25TH/1779/MARRIED ELIZABETH NEWSOM/JULY 13TH 1808/LIVED TO GEATHER/ 40 YRS., 6 MOS &/12 DAYS/DIED JAN. 25, 1849/AGED 70 YEARS & 1 MON./BLESSED ARE THE DEAD/WHICH DIE IN THE LORD/FROM HENCEFORTH SAITH THE SPIRIT, THAT/THEY MAY REST FROM/THEIR LABORS: AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM JONES Born: Died: 1852 Front inscription: DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN/NASHVILLE,/ON SUNDAY MORNING/JUNE 6, 1852/LITTLE CHARLEY./SON OF/ISAAC M. & SARAH A. JONES/AGED 1. YEAR & 10 MONTHS THOU ART GONE THE LAUGHING EYE/SHALL BEAM NO MORE FOR ME./NO MORE THY MOTHERS HEART SHALL WAKE/TO THAT VOICE OF CHILDISH GLEE,/AND HE WHO BLEST THEE OFT./HIS FUTURE PRIDE AND JOY./NO MORE SHALL CARESS THEE:/AND BLESS HIS DARLING BOY. CARTER Born: 1852 Died: 1909 Front inscription: SAVIOUR LEAD ME/CARRIE F./CARTER/BORN/MAR, 4, 1852/DIED/OCT. 11, 1909/(ILLEGIBLE INSCRIPTION)/CARTER DEMOSS Born: 1791 Died: 1861 Front inscription: ERECTED/IN/MEMORY/OF/ELIZABETH K./DEMOSS;/BORN OCT. 2, 1791/MARRIED JULY 13, 1808./DIED JUNE 27, 1861./AGED/69 YEARS, 8 MOS, 25 DAS./THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD/I SHALL NOT WANT YEA, THOUGH/I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY/OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH,/I WILL FEAR NO EVIL AND/I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE/OF THE LORD FOREVER. CARTER Born: 1808 Died: 1878 Front inscription: WILLIAM J. CARTER/BORN/MAY 22, 1808/DIED/JUNE 27, 1878/CARTER THOU TO THEY REST ART GONE./HIGH HEART AND ? ARE WE,/WHILE O'ER OUR HEADS THE STORM SWEEPS ON/THAT WE SHOULD MOURN FOR THEE./HAPPIER IN THIS THAN ALL/THAT NOW THY RACE IS RUN,/? THY NAME NO ? MAY FALL/THY WORK HATH WELL BEEN DONE./THY WORK HATH WELL BEEN DONE/REST THOU IN PEACE. DEMOSS Born: 1821 Died: 1864 Front inscription: MEMENTO"/MORI/IN/MEMORY OF/SKELTON DEMOSS/BORN/FEB. 29, 1821,/DIED/NOV. 23, 1864/AGED 43 YRS./8 MOS./AND 23 DAYS. YOU HAVE LEFT ME DEAR/BROTHER THOUGH I LIVE TO/REMEMBER YOU MAY WE/MEET AGAIN IS THE WISH OF/YOUR BROTHER/W.E. DEMOSS GREEN BE THE TURF ABOVE THEE/FRIEND OF MY EARLY DAYS/NONE KNEW THEE BUT TO LOVE THEE/NONE NAMED THEE BUT TO PRAISE/ERECTED BY HIS WIFE/ H.H. DEMOSS CARTER Born: 1827 Died: 1915 Front inscription: NANCY DEMOSS CARTER/OCT. 19, 1827/MAY 8, 1915 DEMOSS Born: 1832 Died: 1877 Front inscription: WILLIAM E. DEMOSS/BORN/OCT. 9, 1832/DIED/FEB. 7, 1877/DEMOSS SHUTE Born: 1823 Died: 1904 Top of tombstone: SHUTE/ ront inscription: TENNESSEE SHUTE/BORN OCT. 1823/DIED SEPT. 1904 MARABLE Born: 1881 Died: 1882 Front inscription: SAM BELLFIELD/MARABLE/1881-1882 DEMOSS Born: 1875 Died: 1895 Front inscription: SKELT ALLISON/DEMOSS/BORN/JAN. 3, 1875/DIED/AUG. 14, 1895/DEMOSS Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: S.A.D. MARABLE Born: 1851 Died: 1884 Front inscription: DR. WM. A. MARABLE/1851-1884 MARABLE Born: Died: Front inscription: MARABLE DEMOSS Born: 1847 Died: 1926 Front inscription: TABITHA ALLISON/DEMOSS/BORN/NOV. 7, 1847/DIED/FEB. 27, 1926/SHE DIED AS SHE/LIVED - A CHRISTIAN/DEMOSS Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: T.A.D. PARKER Born: 1899 Died: 1901 Front inscription: CLARENCE EARLE/PARKER/BORN/OCT. 29, 1899/DIED/FEB. 10, 1901 MARABLE Born: 1855 Died: 1913 Front inscription: ANNIE L. MARABLE/1855-1913 BAUGH Born: 1833 Died: 1914 Front inscription: JOS. WILKES/BAUGH/NOV. 23, 1883/JUNE 1, 1914/THE SWEETEST/AND DEAREST/ALAS, CANNOT/STAY/MARY /BAUGH Left side: THOU LOST TO SIGHT, TO MEMORY DEAR/AUNT BITHA Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: J.W.B. REYNOLDS Born: 1880 Died: 1937 Front inscription: NANNIE E. MARABLE/REYNOLDS/1880-1937 BAUGH Born: 1886 Died: 1971 Front inscription: THOMAS A. BAUGH/APRIL 14, 1886/JANUARY 7, 1971 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: T.A.B. BAUGH Born: 1890 Died: 1972 Front inscription: MARY HILL/BAUGH/MARCH 15, 1890/SEPTEMBER 1, 1972 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: M.H.B. MOSELEY Front inscription: MOSELEY/JESSE A./NOV. 15, 1880/OCT. 20, 1948/EVELYN CARTER/FEB. 23, 1882/OCT. 17, 1952 MITCHELL Front inscription: MITCHELL/MARY J. BAUGH/FEB. 1, 1915/JAN. 30, 1985/ELMORE/OCT. 28, 1910/NOV. 15, 1998/THEY DID FOR OTHERS