DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - WHITTEMORE-BLACK 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. WHITTEMORE-BLACK CEMETERY AN-63: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, BELL ROAD 9 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS: BLACK Born: 1876 Died: 1883 Front inscription: DAVIE/LITTLE SON OF/J.L. & MARY A. BLACK/BORN/FEB. 23, 1876/DIED/FEB. 14, 1883/I AM WAITING FOR YOU. Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: D.B. BLACK Born: 1838 Died: 1899 Front inscription: IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE/JAMES L. BLACK/BORN/JAN 1, 1838/DIED/JAN 19, 1899/WE MISS THY KIND AND WILLING HAND/THY KIND AND EARNEST CARE/OUR HOME IS DARK WITHOUT THEE/WE MISS THEE EVERYWHERE. Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: J.L.B. BLACK Born: 1847 Died: 1926 Front inscription: MARY ANN/BLACK/DEC. 17, 1847/MAY 2, 1926/FOREVER WITH THE LORD MINTON Born: 1887 Died: 1889 Front inscription: BENNIE FRANK/LITTLE SON OF/R.E. & GERTRUDE/MINTON/BORN AUG. 8, 1887/DIED JULY 24, 1889/OUR LITTLE ANGEL IS NOW STANDING AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE, SAYING; I'M PAPPIE'S BABY , MAMMIE Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: B.F.M. WHITTEMORE Born: 1853 Died: 1855 Front inscription: WILLIAM WHITTEMORE/BORN DEC. 12/1853/DIED JULY 12/1855 WHITTEMORE Born: Died: 1858 Front inscription: MARTHA/WHITTEMORE/BORN JUNE 6/DIED SEP. 8/1858 WHITTEMORE Born: 1862 Died: 1867 Front inscription: C.E. WHITTEMORE/BORN JUNE 2/1862/DIED DEC. 18/1867 WHITTEMORE Born: 1865 Died: 1888 Front inscription: R. ?? WHITTEMORE/BORN JUNE 10, 1865/DIED JULY 26, 1888 WHITTEMORE Born: 18?? Died: 1889 Front inscription: JOHN WHITTEMORE/BORN FEB. 29, 18??/DIED ?? 1889?