DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - THORNTON 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. THORNTON CEMETERY AN-62: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, BELL ROAD 10 TOMBSTONES AND ONE FOOTSTONE: LAYHEW Born: Died: 1929 Front inscription: DELL/VESTA/LAYHEW/B&D/FEB 8, 1929/IN HEAVEN MULLEN Born: 1902 Died: 1902 Front inscription: AUGUSTUS/INFANT SON OF/MARION & MELISSA MULLEN/BORN JUNE 19, 1902/DIED JUNE 20, 1902 MULLEN Born: 1875 Died: 1913 Front inscription: MALISSA I. THORNTON/WIFE OF/MARION F. MULLEN/SEPT. 18, 1875/MAR. 9, 1913 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: MIM NOLEN Born: 1877 Died: 1903 Front inscription: MINNA R. NOLEN/BORN/SEPT. 15, 1877/DIED/NOV. 7, 1903 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: MRN THOMAS Born: 1872 Died: 1919 Front inscription: WILLIAM J. THOMAS, SR/HUSBAND OF/NANNIE M. THORNTON/JUNE 22, 1872/JAN. 16, 1919 THORNTON Born: 1882 Died: 1901 Front inscription: STIRLING R. THORNTON/BORN/MAR. 22, 1882/DIED/JAN. 19, 1901 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: SRT THORNTON Born: 1850 Died: 1904 Front inscription: MANERVIA E. THORNTON/BORN/MAR. 26, 1850/DIED/AUG. 21, 1904 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: M.E.T. THORNTON Born: 1844 Died: 1930 Front inscription: RUBEN N. THORNTON/AUG. 8, 1844/AUG. 29, 1930 THORNTON Born: 1817 Died: 1903 Front inscription: WILLIE A. THORNTON/BORN/OCT. 2, 1817/DIED/MAR. 27, 1903 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: WAT THORNTON Born: 1890 Died: 1928 Front inscription: MAMA/EVA CREECH THORNTON/JULY 4, 1890/NOV. 14, 1928 THORNTON Born: Died: Front inscription: NONE Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: G.B.T.