{"id":589,"date":"2012-08-23T22:47:44","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T02:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion2\/?page_id=589"},"modified":"2021-09-21T21:41:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T02:41:21","slug":"calhoun-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/calhoun-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"Calhoun Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Might also be known as Fairfield Cemetery.<\/span><\/p>\n

Copied 17-Jan-1983: by Martha Fowlkes Tarkington, witnesses Travis Tarkington, Floyd Calhoun and Emma Jean Calhoun.<\/p>\n

Location, South out of Union City, TN on Highway 51 (Jere B. Ford Memorial), turn right just past the International place and just before reaching old Highway 51, turn right onto property of Reelfoot Materials. The cemetery is east of this property on next ridge from piles of rock and is marked by a big Cedar and a Big Beech tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Walter L.<\/span>
\n Son of G. W. & D. C.<\/span>
\n Calhoun<\/span>
\n Born Feb. 7 1870<\/span>
\n May 22, 1870<\/span>
\n Age 3 mos. 5 days<\/span><\/td>\n		Jessie T.<\/span>
\n Son of G. W. & D. C.<\/span>
\n Calhoun<\/span>
\n Born Feb. 27, 1874<\/span>
\n Died Nov. 20, 1879<\/span>
\n Age 5 yrs. 5 mos, 21 days<\/span><\/td>\n		James Waller<\/span>
\n son of G. W. & Dicey<\/span>
\n Calhoun<\/span>
\n Born 12 Oct 1886<\/span>
\n Died 2 June 1893<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calhoun, D. M.<\/span>
\n Born\u00a0 5 Nov 1846<\/span>
\n Died 19–<\/span>
\n (Dicey isn’t buried here)<\/span><\/td>\n		Nancy<\/span>
\n Wife of<\/span>
\n S. S. Calhoun<\/span>
\n Born\u00a0 Jan 10, 1807<\/span>
\n Died Nov 8, 1846<\/span>
\n (she was Nancy Perkins)<\/span><\/td>\n		\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Martha A<\/span>
\n dau. of<\/span>
\n Dr. G (J?) & M. Meacham<\/span>
\n Born\u00a0 Oct. 30, 1832<\/span>
\n Died Mar. 15, 1837<\/span>
\n Age 4 yrs. 4 mos. 18 days<\/span><\/td>\n		\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nDr. Jesse. Meacham<\/span>
\n Born Feb. 28, 1801<\/span>
\n Died Dec. 8, 1839<\/span>
\n Age 38 yrs. 9 mos. 9 days<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elijah B. Crockett<\/span>
\n Born May 20, 1826<\/span>
\n Died Feb 2, 1869<\/span>
\n Age 42 yrs. 10 mos. 6 days<\/span><\/td>\n		\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nIn<\/span>
\n Memory of<\/span>
\n George W. Bright<\/span>
\n Born\u00a0 March 11, 1800<\/span>
\n Died (month covered) 1, 1860<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Calhoun Cemetery<\/strong>, submitted by Dora Burke
\n(this may not be in the same location as above, I don’t know —- Jane Norton Powell)<\/span><\/p>\n