DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - GOWER 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. GOWER SC-01: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, 6809 GOWER ROAD. 372 13 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS RUSSELL Front inscription: JAMES/RUSSELL/PVT N.C. TROOPS/REV. WAR BRADFORD Born: Died: 1904 Front inscription: SUSAN/BRADFORD/DIED/JULY 26, 1904/AGE 60 YEARS ROBERTSON Born: 1828 Died: 1910 Front inscription: MARY E./ROBERTSON/BORN/NOV. 24, 1828/DIED/JUNE 28, 1910/GONE HOME Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: L.D. GOWER Born: 1803 Died: 1892 Front inscription: LORENZO/GOWER/BORN/SEPT. 27, 1803/DIED/JULY 11/1892/SLEEP IN/JESUS/BLESSED/THOUGHT GATLIN Born: 1787 Died: 1860 OR 1866 Front inscription: OBEDIENCE GATLIN/DEC. 16, 1787/DIED/JUNE 18, 1860 OR 1866 GATLIN Born: 1782 OR 1792 Died: 1855 Front inscription: NATHAN GATLIN/BORN/JAN. 30, 1782 OR 1792/DIED/MARCH 8, 1855 GOWER Born: 1776 Died: 1851 Front inscription: REV. WILLIAM GOWER/BORN/OCT. 6, 1776/DIED/OCT. 11 1851 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: ILLEGIBLE GOWER Born: 1782 Died: 1860 Front inscription: CHARLOTTE GOWER/BORN/JULY 1, 1782/DIED/APRIL 16, 1860 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: C.G. KIMBRO Born: 1850 Died: 1890 Front inscription: HENRY E. KIMBRO/BORN/NOV. 22, 1850/DIED/SEPT. 12, 1890/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN JOHNSON Born: 1842 Died: 1910 Front inscription: A.J. JOHNSON/BORN/SEPT. 24, 1842/DIED/JAN. 20, 1910 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: A.J.J. JOHNSON Born: 1907 Died: 1923 Front inscription: LONNIE H./JOHNSON/MAY 3, 1907/OCT. 13, 1923/GOD GAVE. HE TOOK. HE WILL/RESTORE. HE DOETH ALL THINGS WELL. Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: (SUNKEN) JOHNSON Born: 1879 Died: 1924 Front inscription: WALTER S. JOHNSON/JUNE 13, 1879/MAY 28, 1924/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: (SUNKEN) JOHNSON Born: 1906 Died: 1927 Front inscription: INA CHRISTINE E./JOHNSON/FEB. 8, 1906/MAY 28, 1927 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: (SUNKEN)