DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - EDMISTON-EDMINSTON 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. EDMISTON-EDMINSTON OH-04: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, OLD HICKORY BLVD 20 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS AND ONE FOOTSTONE INSCRIPTION: EDMISTON Born: 1825 Died: 1826 Front inscription: PRISCILLA TENNESSEE/EDMISTON DAUGHTER/OF WILLIAM &/ PRISCILLA EDMISTON/WAS BORN APRIL THE/21ST 1825 & DEPARTED/THIS LIFE THE 25TH OF/MARCH 1826. Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: PTE EDMINSTON Front inscription: INFANT OF/WM. & PRISCILLA/EDMINSTON Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE EDMINSTON Front inscription: INFANT OF/WM & PRISCILLA EDMINSTON Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE EDMISTON Born: 1771 Died: 1840 Front inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ALICE EDMISTON/WIDOW OF/SAMUEL EDMISTON/ WAS BORN MAY 14TH 1771/AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE/MAY 7TH, 1840/ AGED 68 YEARS 11 MONTHS/AND 23 DAYS/SHE DIED AS A SHE LIVED IN/FULL BELIEF OF A REDEEMER Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: A E EDMINSTON Born: 1837 Died: 1842 Front inscription: IN MEMORY OF/SARAH CARLINE/DAUGHTER OF/WM & PRISCILLA/EDMINSTON/ BORN DEC. 19TH/1837/DEPARTED THIS LIFE/AUGUST 25/1842/AGE 4 YRS/8 MONTHS Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE EDMINSTON Born: 1820 Died: 1844 Front inscription: IN/MEMORY OF/ALEXANDER READ/SON OF WILLIAM & PRISCILLA EDMINSTON/ BORN OCT 27TH 1820/DEPARTED LIFE JUNE 7TH/1844/AGED 23 YRS 6 MO 11D Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE CATOR Front inscription: INFANT OF/M.E. & M.S. CATOR Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE CATOR Born: 1827 Died: 1857 Front inscription: IN/MEMORY OF/MARY SICILY CATOR/DAUGHTER OF/WM. & PRISCILLA/ EDMINSTON/BORN APRIL 13, 1827/MARRIED JAN 4, 1855/DEPARTED THIS LIFE/NOV. 3, 1857 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE WHITMORE Born: 1895 Died: 1896 Front inscription: LITTLE JACK/SON OF D.H. &/KATE WHITMORE/NOV 7, 1895/AUG 7 1896/ ASLEEP IN JESUS Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE SIMMONS Born: 1813 Died: 1897 On top: FATHER Front inscription: DR. G.J. SIMMONS/MAY 12, 1813/JAN 16, 1897 MAYS Born: 1902 Died: 1902 Front inscription: INFANT/DAU. OF/T.J. & ADA/MAYS/BORN/JULY 22 1902/DIED/JULY 23 1902 EDMISTON Born: 1876 Died: 1878 Front inscription: ALEXANDER/REID/SON OF WM & SARAH EDMISTON/BORN/NOV. 13, 1876/ DIED/OCT. 14, 1878 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE EDMISTON Born: 1885 Died: 1886 Front inscription: CAMPBELL/SON OF/WM & SARAH/EDMISTON/BORN/MAY 21 1885/DIED/MARCH 7, 1886 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: A.R.E. EDMINSTON Born: 1800 Died: 1866 Front inscription: IN/MEMORY OF/PRISLLA EDMINSTON/DAUGHTER OF/ALEXANDER/SICILY READ/ BORN OCT. 19, 1800/DEPARTED THIS LIFE/APRIL 25TH 1866/AGED 65 YEARS 6 MOS. 6 D Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE EDMINSTON Born: 1792 Died: 1874 Front inscription: IN/MEMORY OF/WILLIAM THE SON OF/SAMUEL & ALICE/EDMINSTON/ BORN FEB. 10TH 1792/DEPARTED THIS LIFE/FEB. 2ND 1874/AGED 81 YRS 11 MO 22 DS Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE EDMINSTON Born: 1834 Died: 1889 Front inscription: CATHRINE REID/DAU. OF WM & PRISCILLA EDMISTON/BORN NOV. 3, 1834/ DIED/MAR. 14 1889 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: C.R.E. BRIGHT Born: 1819 Died: 1900 Front inscription: MARGARET EDMISTON BRIGHT/DAU. OF WM & PRISCILA/EDMISTON/ BORN/JAN. 25, 1819/DIED/NOV. 22, 1900 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: M.E.B. UNKNOWN Front inscription: (NO HEADSTONE) Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: LM EDMISTON Born: 1842 Died: 1914 Front inscription: WILLIAM/SON OF/WM & PRISCILLA/EDMISTON/BORN/MAY 18, 1842/ DIED/JAN. 29, 1914 SIMMONS Born: 1822 Died: 1901 Front inscription: ELIZA A./SIMMONS/NOV. 14 1822/JUNE 14 1901/CHRISTIAN/ WOMAN LIES SLEEP/ING HERE EDMISTON Born: 1845 Died: 1922 Front inscription: SALLIE MURREY/EDMISTON/WIFE OF/WILLIAM/EDMISTON/ BORN/OCT 3, 1845/DIED/MAR. 19, 1922 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE