DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - FOSTER-OWENS 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. FOSTER-OWENS CEMETERY AN-16: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, BELL ROAD 25 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS: DERRICK Born: 1879 Died: 1898 Front inscription: FOSTER N. DERRICK/BORN SEPT. 25, 1879/DIED/APR. 24, 1898/DEAREST BROTHER, THOU HAST LEFT US/HERE THY LOSS WE DEEPLY FEEL/BUT TIS GOD THAT HATH BEREFT US/HE CAN ALL OUR SORROWS HEAL DERRICK Born: Died: 1884 Front inscription: W.P. DERRICK/DIED/SEPT. 25, 1884/AGED/ABOUT 47 YEARS/WHO SHALL DWELL IN THY HOLY HILLS/HE THAT WALKETH UPRIGHTLY AND/WORKETH RIGHTEOUSNESS AND/SPEAKETH THE TRUTH IN HIS HEART FOSTER Born: 1789 Died: 1851 Front inscription: JOHN L. FOSTER/BORN JAN. 2, 1789/DIED NOV. 20, 1851/AGED 62 YEARS/10 MONTHS/18 DAYS/H.W.F. FOSTER Born: 1827 Died: 1898 Front inscription: JOHN L. FOSTER, JR./BORN/DEC. 11, 1827/DIED/APRIL 21, 1898/AN AMIABLE FATHER HERE LIES AT REST/AS EVER GOD WITH HIS IMAGE BLEST/THE FRIEND OF MAN, THE FRIEND OF TRUTH/THE FRIEND OF AGE, THE FRIEND OF YOUTH. FOSTER Born: 1835 Died: 1898 Front inscription: MANERVA T. FOSTER/BORN/NOV. 12, 1835/DIED/APRIL 25, 1898/WE TRUST OUR LOSS WILL BE HER GAIN/AND THAT WITH CHRIST SHE'S GONE TO REIGN MINTON Born: 1837 Died: 1897 Front inscription: IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE/ARE MANY MANSIONS/IN MEMORY OF/MRS. CALLIE MINTON/BORN/MAR. 25, 1837/DIED/JAN. 25, 1897/REST AWHILE. SWEET ANGEL MOTHER/TILL LIFE'S WARS BE PAST AND GONE/SOON MAY WE HERE WALK TOGETHER/MORE, AND KNOW AS WE ARE KNOWN. MINTON Born: 1882 Died: 1975 Front inscription: ALICE KENNEDY MINTON/JULY 11, 1882/ SEPT 30, 1975 MITCHELL Born: 1882 Died: 1883 Front inscription: LENA H./MITCHELL/BORN/SEP. 28, 1882/DIED/AUG. 13, 1883 OWEN Born: 1856 Died: 1884 Front inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/BENNIE F. OWEN/BORN/AUG. 11, 1856/DIED/SEPT. 16/1884/GONE BEFORE US, O OUR BROTHER/TO THE SPIRIT LAND./VAINLY LOOK WE FOR ANOTHER/IN THY PLACE TO STAND./OWEN OWENS Born: 1823 Died: 1902 Front inscription: ANDREW J. OWENS/BORN/MAR. 10, 1823/DIED/JUNE 1, 1902/REST, FATHER, REST IN QUIET SLEEP/WHILE FRIENDS IN SORROW O'ER THEE WEEP. OWENS Born: 1825 Died: 1897 Front inscription: EMMELINE/WIFE OF/A.J. OWENS/BORN/DEC. 2, 1825/DIED/ SEPT, 30, 1897/FINISHED LIFE'S DUTY/?W SWEETLY RESTS OWENS Born: 1859 Died: 1916 Front inscription: HENRY S. OWENS/DEC. 26, 1859/MAR. 12, 1916 OWENS Born: 1860 Died: 1903 Front inscription: MARY I. OWENS/BORN/AUG. 30, 1860/DIED/MAY 13, 1903/EVERY JOY TO US IS DEAD./SINCE MOTHER IS NOT HERE/A PLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HEARTS/THAT NEVER CAN BE FILLED. OWENS Born: 1888 Died: 1917 Front inscription: EDGAR N. OWENS/JAN. 2, 1888/OCT. 7, 1917 OWENS Born: 1884 Died: 1899 Front inscription: HOWARD F./SON OF/H.S. & M.I./OWENS/BORN/FEB. 5, 1884/DIED/JULY 4, 1899/HOW MUCH OF LIGHT, HOW MUCH OF JOY/IS BURIED WITH OUR DARLING BOY OWENS Born: 1890 Died: 1890 Front inscription: HENRY S./INFANT SON OF H.S. & M.I. OWENS/BORN/ JULY 25, 1890/DIED/OCT. 2, 1890/SLEEP ON SWEET BABE AND TAKE THY REST/GOD CALLED THEE HOME. HE THOUGHT IT BEST. OWENS Born: 1885 Died: 1905 Front inscription: EDA MAY OWENS/BORN/NOV. 9, 1885/DIED/OCT. 1, 1905/BLESSED ARE THE PURE/IN HEART FOR THEY/SHALL SEE GOD. SPANN Born: 1866 Died: 1892 Front inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/MRS. EDIE MINTON SPANN/BORN NOV. 6, 1866/DIED NOV. 21, 1892/SHE WAS AN ANGEL IN HER HOME AND A/STAR IN THE FIRMAMENT OF FRIENDSHIP/TO KNOW HER WAS TO LOVE HER. TURNER Born: 1850 Died: 1876 Front inscription: CHARLEY G. TURNER SR./BORN/DEC. 1, 1850/DIED/APR. 6, 1876/O'TWILL BE SWEET TO MEET ON THAT BLEST SHORE,/ALL SORROW PAST, ALL PAIN FOREVER O'ER. TURNER Born: 1856 Died: 1883 Front inscription: ALICE E. TURNER/BORN/JULY 15, 1856/DIED/DEC. 8, 1883/MOTHER, THOU ART NOW AT HOME/AMONG ANGELS FAR ABOVE/BUT YET BELOW THY CHILD MUST ROAM/TILL SUMMONED BY HIS LOVE. UNKNOWN Born: Died: Front inscription: C.M. UNKNOWN Born: Died: Front inscription: E.M.S. UNKNOWN Born: Died: Front inscription: M UNKNOWN Born: Died: Front inscription: C.G.T. UNKNOWN Born: Died: Front inscription: A.E.T.