MY RIVERSIDE CEMETERY TOMBSTONE
INSCRIPTIONS SCRAPBOOK PART III
By Jonathan K. T. Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1992
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NOTES BY LOT
LOT 278, A. W. JONES
1. IDA B.
dau. of
G. C. &L. L.
JONES
B/Nov. 27, 1885
D/Feb. 18, 1887
2. IDA B.
dau. of A. W. & A. C.
JONES
D/in Chautauqua, N.Y.
August 16, 1884
3. AMANDA C.
Wife of
Rev. A. W. JONES
D/in Jackson
June 5, 1886
4. AMOS W. JONES
B/Dec. 28, 1815
Franklin. N.C.
Died Sept. 13, 1892
Jackson. Tenn.
5. Slab-stone, flush with ground. This is the grave of A. W. JONES' fourth wife:
MARY BEACH JONES,
wife of AMOS W. JONES.
Born 1848. Died 1923.
6. MARY E. JONES
wife of/Rev. A. W. JONES
Married Oct. 4, 1843;
Died Sept. 11, 1853.
7. JOHN E. JONES
D/Mar. 6, 1857
in the 4th year
of his age.
8. EDDIE C./son of
AMOS W. & AMANDA C. JONES
D/October 11, 1866. Aged
2 Yrs. 5 Mos. 17 Da's.
At the right, his infant
brother of 5 days. They
sleep in Jesus.
JACKSON DAILY WHIG, August 11, 1893.
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Dr. J. T. JONES. |
There is more regarding the Rev'd. Amos W. Jones and family in MY RIVERSIDE CEMETERY TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS SCRAPBOOK, Jackson, 1992, page 36; MY RIVERSIDE CEMETERY TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS SCRAPBOOK, Part II, Jackson. 1992, page 17.
WEST TENNESSEE WHIG, Jackson, Mar. 13, 1857.
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Died. At Denmark on the 6th inst. at the residence of Dr. James G. Womack, JOHN GREEN, youngest son of Rev. A. W. JONES, 3 years and 7 months. Little Johny was the idol of his foster-parents. Left motherless when he was a few weeks old. (Dr. Womack and wife gave their foster son the middle name, Green, Dr. Womack's own middle name, but Rev. A. W. Jones had the tombstone inscribed John E. Jones.) |
Madison Co. will Book A, page 444.
LWT, Amos W. Jones, June 23, 1890, proven Sept. 1892. Mentions wife, Mary B. Jones. Children: Amos B. Jones, Marianna Jones Dashiell, James T. Jones, George C. Jones, Ammatille Jones Sherrod.
IBID. Will Book C, page 585. LWT, Mary B. Jones, widow of Amos W. Jones. Proven June 27, 1923. Mentions several of her Beach relatives; her step-grand-children: Mary Bell Jones, Alice Isabel Jones, Mary Jones Ingram. Left money to help maintain A. W. Jones lot in Riverside Cemetery. (Her own tombstone is a grave-length slab-stone, sans inscription.)
From SKETCHES OF PROMINENT TENNESSEANS, by Wm. S. Speer, Nashville, 1888, page 517, regarding father of Rev. A. W. Jones. "The Doctor's father, Rev. Amos Jones, was a magistrate, a local preacher, a farm... He was a very original character; followed his own convictions decidedly and independently; was strong in physical constitution and in mind. Yet in his nature he was very passionate. . . weeping often in his preaching. He lived seventy-five years and died within three feet of the spot where he was born, in Franklin county, N.C."
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DEATHS RECORDED BY THE REVEREND AMOS WESLEY JONES OF JACKSON, IN HIS DIARY, 1874-1883. THIS DIARY IS NOW IN THE LAMBUTH UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES. These deaths of persons buried in Riverside Cemetery:
page 9. December 27, 1874
Dr. J. G. Womack died yesterday. . . . He was paralyzed and speechless for a long time, gradually declined. . . .
page 30. July 1, 1875
Mrs. Callaway's [Elizabeth M.] remains were buried on yesterday at 3 ocl. . . . Her life was uniform and consistent and she enjoyed the confidence of all who knew her.
page 50. February 21, 1876
J. R. Chappell died, an old and highly respected citizen of Jackson and a member of the Baptist Church and was buried today with masonic honors.
page 54. March 19, 1876
The little infant son of A. B. Jones and wife [Joseph] died last night about 3 ocl.
page 55. March 22, 1876.
James Collins was buried today, died of pneumonia . . . a member of the West Jackson M. E. Church.
page 60. May 7, 1876
Attended the burial service this morning of Mr. Thomas Beveridge, an old man with whom I became acquainted about 30 years ago. He died two days after the death of his wife and both were buried in the same grave. They were plain, industrious, honest, good people.
page 74. September 4, 1876
Rev. Thos. Taylor was buried on yesterday. Died at 2 ocl. in the morning and was buried at 4 ocl. in the afternoon.
page 100. June 4, 1877
Dr. John Chester died about 4 ocl. this afternoon. His death is a great shock to the community and is deeply lamented. For he was a very popular man. . . .
page 100. June 5, 1877
John T. Hicks died about 9 ocl. at night of disease of kidneys and liver.
page 113. October 10, 1877
Blanch, eldest child of A. B. Jones, was buried in the afternoon.
page 113: October 15, 1877
Today I read the funeral service over the grave of Mrs. R. Bond from the country. [This was Sarah Bond. whose tombstone dates: Nov. 26, 1837-Oct. 14, 1877; being the wife of Robert W. Bond. whose dates. ditto: Sept. 19, 1828-December 8. 1911]
page 122. February 6, 1878
Fannie Theus died today of malarial fever. . . . She was the comfort and efficient help of her mother in her bereaved and unfortunate condition.
page 125. March 23, 1878
Tonight about 3 ocl. Miss Cora B. Anderson died of inflammation of the stomach and bowels. She was engaged to be married and then young man, Mr. Woolfork of Paducah, got there just in time to see her die and remained with her till she was buried.
page 137. October 27, 1878
Since last Sunday Dr. [James E.] Bright has died of yellow fever.
page 139. October 30, 1878
Mr. George Hughs died last evening of yellow fever . . . for a number of years depot agent.
page 148. January 21, 1879
Tonight about 10 ocl. Dr. A. Jackson died very suddenly
page 171. March 26, 1880
Mr. Al. Dashiell was found dead in his room this morning. He had been drinking and it is supposed that he procured his own death by poison.
page 171. March 27, 1880
Mary Sypert, an old member of the Methodist Church was buried today. She was a good woman and about 80.
page 180. October 22, 1880
This morning about 8½ ocl. Rev. J. J. Brooks died in peace. . . . He was intensely religious, full of zeal for God.
page 191. March 20, 1881
This evening according to report. Mrs. John Chester died in Florida where she had spent the winter for her health, she was consumptive. She graduated in this Institute [MCFI], educated her daughters here. . . .
page 223. May 14, 1883
This morning 10 minutes before 2 ocl. Judge M. [Milton] Brown breathed his last while I was looking into his countenance and had been for about 40 minutes. His breath grew shorter and shorter and without a struggle it left his body. He had been a man of great power in the church, the state and at the bar.
The family Bible record or the Reverend Amos W. Jones (1815-1892). The Bible was published in New York City, 1846. The family data taken from it by Jonathan Smith, September 1, 1992, with permission of its current owner, Mr. Wickliffe Bond Dashiell, Jr. of Memphis, Tenn.
AMOS WESLEY JONES WAS BORN Dec. 28, 1815, Franklin (Co.), N.C.
In each instance, A. W. Jones wrote that he was married to the ladies given here:
Miss Caroline Matilda Blanch, Feb. 12, 1841;
Miss Mary E. Womack, Oct. 4, 1843;
Miss Amanda C. Bigelow, April 2, 1857;
Mrs. Mary B. Edmunds at Memphis, Sept. 22, 1887
BIRTHS:
ANN MARIA, daughter of A. W. & M. E. JONES was born Dec. 24, 1844, Pittsboro, N.C.
JAMES TAYLOR, son of A. W. & C. M. JONES was born May 3, 1846, Jackson, Tenn.
MARIANNA, daughter of A. W. & M. E. JONES was born July 27, 1847, Jackson, Tenn.
JANE & LUCY, twins, daughters of A. W. & M. E. Jones was born Dec. 5, 1851, Jackson, Tenn.
JOHN EARLY, son of A. W. & M. E. JONES was born Aug. 18, 1853, Jackson, Tenn.
CAROLINE M. BLANCH was born March 2, 1822, Brunswick, Va.
AMOS B. JONES, son of A. W. & C. M. JONES was born December 4, 1841, Randolph Macon, Va.
AMANDA C. BIGELOW was born Dec. 20, 1829, Jackson, Tenn.
IDA BIGELOW, daughter of A. W. & A. C. JONES was born Jan. 28, 1858, Jackson, Tenn.
GEORGE CHILDS, son of A. W. & A. C. JONES was born Aug. 29, 1859, Jackson, Tenn.
EDWIN TURNER, son of A. W. & A. C. JONES was born June 24, 1864, Jackson, Tenn.
CHARLES FULLER, son of A. W. & A. C. JONES was born Oct. l0, 1867, Jackson, Tenn.
AMMATILLE, daughter of A. W. & A. C. JONES was born Dec. 8, 1868, Jackson, Tenn.
DEATHS:
CAROLINE M. JONES died Dec. 10, 1841, Rand. Macon College, Va.
MARY E. JONES died Sept. 11, 1853, Jackson, Tenn.
ANN MARIA JONES died May 11, 1845, Newbern, N.C.
LUCY JONES died Dec. 22, 1851, Jackson, Tenn.
JANE JONES died Sept. 4, 1854, Jackson, Tenn.
JOHN EARLY JONES died March 6, 1857, Denmark, Tenn.
EDWIN TURNER JONES died Oct. 11, 1866, Jackson, Tenn.
CHARLES TURNER JONES died Oct. 15, 1867, Jackson, Tenn.
IDA B. JONES died August 16, 1884, N.Y.
AMANDA C. JONES died June 5, 1886, Jackson, Tenn.
AMOS WESLEY JONES died Sept. 13, 1892, Jackson, Tenn.
LOT 293, J. T. JONES
Buried on the Jones/Ingram lot are: Dr. James Taylor Jones, 1846-1915; Bell Gates, wife of J. T. Jones, 1852-1915; Dr. Gates M. Jones, died October 9, 1897, age 24; William Ashley Ingram, 1874-1923; Mary J. Ingram, Nov. 7, 1880-June 9, 1925.
Death certificate of Bell Gates Jones, reveals that she was born in Miss., May 12, 1852, died Jackson, June 16, 1915, of TB; daughter of Newton Gates and wife, Susannah Moore Gates, of Mississippi.
Death certificate of James T. Jones reveals that he was born in Tenn., May 3, 1846 and died in Jackson, November 5, 1915, a son of Amos W. Jones and Mary Womack Jones.
1900 census, Jackson, Tenn., page 232:
James T. Jones, b. May 1846, Tenn.
Bell Jones, wife, b. May 1852, Miss, md. 26 yrs.; 2 children, 1 living.
Mary E. Jones, dau., b. Nov. 1879;
J. Newton Gates; father-in-law, b. Sept. 1821, Ms. (parents b. Ga.)
Mary E. Jones, stepmother, b. Jan. 1848, Iowa.
1880 census, Jackson, Tennessee:
James T. Jones, 34, Tn., physician
Bell G. Jones, 26, wife, Miss.
Gates Jones, 5, son, Tenn.
Mary E. Jones, 2, dau., Tenn.
Death certificate of Wm. Ashley Ingram reveals that he was born Dec. 5, 1874: died Jan. 23, 1923: a son of Wm. M. Ingram and Alice M. Stainback Ingram.
Rev. Wm. T. Ingram died in Stanton, Tenn., Sept. 29, 1875.
The 1900 Census, Jackson, states that Alice M. Ingram was born in April 1848 of Virginian parentage. (She was John A. Greer's second wife.)
Dr. James Taylor Jones, son of the Rev' d. Amos W. Jones, was married to Bell Gates, Oct. 16, 1873. Their son, Dr. Gates Jones, died in young manhood. Their daughter, Mary Elise "Miss Mary" Jones, was married to William Ashley Ingram, Dec. 11, 1901 and they had two daughters: Alice Isabel Ingram, May 28, 1906 and Mary Ingram, b. July 7, 1910.
William M. Ingram was married to Alice M. Stainback, in Fayette Co., Tenn., October 24, 1867. She was a daughter of A. D. and C. E. Stainback. Besides her son, Wm. Ashley Ingram who md. Mary E. Jones, she had a daughter, Kate Ingram who md. Ted Jones and were parents of Ingram James who transcribed the inscriptions from the Riverside Cemetery tombstones for the W. P. A. in 1937. Alice (Stainback) Ingram-Greer died Feb. 19, 1925; she and the Jameses are buried in Lot 270A.
Alice M. Stainback was the second wife of John A. Greer of Jackson. In his LWT, Feb. 20, 1901 (proven Feb. 18, 1903), this wealthy "capitalist" of Madison Co. left her very well-off, financially. "I also give her my entire lot in Riverside Cemetery on which Dr. John T. Taylor is buried." In a codicil dated Oct. 14, 1901, he directed that he "be buried by the side of my first wife." (Will Book B, pages 160-166) His wish was observed. Buried in Lot 183 are: John A. Greer, Feb. 25, 1827-Feb. 7, 1903; his first wife, Louisa Ingram Greer, 1832-1900.
LOT 281, A. B. JONES
Buried in this lot, north to south:
1. Under a grave-length slab-Stone, without inscription:
AMOS BLANCH JONES
December 4, 1841-July 17, 1924
2. Under a grave-length slab-stone, without inscription:
MARY GORDON GATES,
wife of
AMOS BLANCH JONES
April 15, 1850-September 2, 1915
3. CARRIE BLANCH JONES
dau. of A. B. and M. G. JONES
B/ December 13, 1868
D/ October 9, 1877
She is waiting and watching for us. (west side of stone)
4. A tiny tombstone, bereft now of its inscription, marking grave of infant son of A. B. and M. G. Jones,
JOSEPH, died Mar. 19, 1876, aged 3 wks.
5. Under a grave-length slab-stone, without inscription:
JAMES TAYLOR JONES
May 11, 1880-July 16, 1908
6. & 7. Unmarked graves, one probably being that of J. NEWTON GATES, father of Mary G. Jones.
8. SUSANAH GATES
B/ March 11, 1823
D/ Aug. 20, 1893
(Her death announcement card, in the A. W. Jones Collection, Lambuth University archives shows that as Mrs. J. N. Gates her funeral was held Aug. 22, '93)
MEMPHIS (METHODIST) CONFERENCE MINUTES, 1924, page 109.
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REV. AMOS BLANCH JONES, son of Rev. Amos Wesley Jones and Matilda Blanch, was born in Boydton, Virginia in the old Randolph-Macon school building, December 4, 1841. He was the only child of this marriage, his mother having died when he was a week old. He moved to Jackson when he was three years old with his father who had accepted a professorship in the Memphis Conference Female Institute at Jackson. Tennessee. He was educated in the private schools in Jackson; the larger part of his collegiate course was at the West Tennessee College in Jackson. "This institution conferred upon him the degree of M. A. and later the honorary degrees of D. D. and LLD." Jones served in the Sixth Tennessee Infantry Regt., sometime captain in Co. H. He was wounded at Chickamauga and Atlanta. Parolled in Memphis, May 19, 1865. Became a Methodist minister; served as president of the Memphis Conference Female Institute in Jackson, 1897-1910; served as well several pastorates. He was a highly esteemed man. He died July 17, 1924. "His body was laid to rest in beautiful Riverside Cemetery." |
IBID., 1915, page 118.
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MARY GORDON GATES, daughter of Mr. Newton Gates and Mrs. Susannah Gates, was born in Aberdeen, Mississippi, April 15, 1850. She was educated in Mississippi and the Memphis Conference Female Institute, Jackson, Tenn. At Egypt station, Miss. February 8, 1868, Capt. A. B. Jones. . . led her to the marriage altar." She died Sept. 2, 1915, Trenton, Tenn.; buried Riverside. Surviving were her husband; a grandson, A. B. Jones and daughter, Mary Bell Jones Herron of Trenton, Tennessee. |
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LOT 184, DEBERRY
LOTS 34-35, TAYLOR
This is an elaboration for Lot 184, Allen Deberry (1831-1877); Lots 34-35, Thomas and Rebecca Deberry Taylor; both mentioned in MY RIVERSIDE CEMETERY TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS SCRAPBOOK (part one), 1992.
Genealogical data from family pages in the Deberry-Hurt family Bible, published in New York, 1837. Courtesy of its present owner, Mrs. Betty Young Hopper of Madison County, Tennessee.
BIRTHS
MATHIAS DEBERRY, SON OF ABSALOM & SUSAN HIS WIFE, WAS BORN THE 12th SEPT. 1788.
(The birthdate of Mathias' wife, Elizabeth Epps Deberry is not given.)
Children of Mathias and Elizabeth Deberry and so stated with each child's birth entry:
ELIZA JANE, 1st day of Novr. 1812
ABSALOM, 20th of April 1814
EMILY SUSAN, 7th day of February 1816
REBECCA F., 2nd of Novr. 1817
JOSEPH, 19th of Novr. 1819
ALLEN, 8th of Novr. 1821
SUSAN ALLEN, 5th of April 1825
MATHIAS, 21st day of January 1828
ALLEN 10th of July 1831
Children of Elizabeth Epps and her first husband, James Hayley:
JAMES HAYLEY, 13th of Feb. 1804
MARTHA A., 18 of August 1806
WILLIAM P., 3rd day of Novr. 1808
MARRIAGES
Mathias Deberry and Elizabeth Epps, 6th of Decr. 1811
David Meriwether and Eliza J. Deberry, 2nd Decr. 1834
Absalom Deberry and Elizabeth F. Meriwether, 24 March 1835
William H. Meriwether and Rebecca F. Deberry, 18th of Decr. 1838 by Revd. H.S. Peyton
Robert B. Hurt and Susan A. Deberry, 1st June 1843 by Rev. Jno. Finley
Thomas Taylor and Rebecca F. Meriwether, May 1st 1845
James Hayley, son of Holliday Haley and Elizabeth his wife, 19th April 1803
Mathias Deberry and Ann Ingram, 3d November 1847
Allen Deberry Jr. and Ann Tarver, February the 17th 1852
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DEATHS
Absalom Deberry son of Peter Deberry the 5th of May 1795
Thomas Deberry son of the 19th of March 1815
Emily Susan Deberrry daughter of Mathias Deberry Elizabeth his wife, the 30th of Sepr. 1819
Allen Deberry son of the above, 25th of June 1822
Susan Murrel, 24th of May 1831
Mathias Deberry son (of) Absalom Deberry & Susan his wife, 16th of Jan. 1839. Funeral on 17th by T. M. Randle from Rev. 14th chap. & 13th verse, "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me write &c."
Mathias Deberry Jr., son of Mathias & Elizabeth died April the 25th 1850
Absalom Deberry, son of Mathias and Elizabeth died October the 27th 1853
Elizabeth Deberry wife of Mathias Deberry, May 21st 1847; the "7" x'ed and 6 written in
Joseph Deberry departed this life in Nashville, Ten. Sept. 22nd 1841.
Jas. Hayley son of Holliday Hayley the 22nd day of August 1808
William P. Hayley, son of the above, 28th January 1832
Ann Epps, 25th Oct. 1831
William H. Meriwether, son of James & Mary Meriwether, 30th Septr. 1839 Funeral on the 27th of Octr. by Bishop Andrew
NOTES:
ELIZABETH EPPS, minor dau. of Nancy Epps, married with her mother's consent, to James HAYLEY, in Greensville Co. , Va. , April 16, 1804. As the widow, ELIZABETH HAYLEY, she married, in the same county, NOVEMBER 25, 1811 to MATHIAS DEBERRY of Northampton Co., N. Carolina.
Madison Co., Tenn.
LWT. MATHIAS DEBERRY, Jan. 13, 1839; proven Feb. 8, 1839. Names wife and children: E. J. and husband, David Meriwether; Susan, wife of R. B. Hurt; Rebeckah; Joseph, Absalum, Mathias, Allen; his brother, Allen Deberry. Ch. of James Hayley. (Madison Co. Will Book 3, page 10)
IBID., Will Book 5, page 29. LWT, ELIZABETH DEBERRY, executed Jan. 24, 1846; proven July 1846. To: ch. of Eliza Jane Meriwether, ch. of Susan Allen Hurt; son, Ab Deberry; dau., R. F. Taylor; son, James W. Hayley and dau., Martha Smith; sons Mathias and Allen; mentions late husb., Mathias Deberry.
IBID., page 44. LWT, Allen Deberry, who died 1847. (This was brother of Mathias Deberry Sr., who left most of his land to his nephew, Absalum Deberry.)
Mathias and Elizabeth Epps Deberry had built a large, two-story, Federalist style house about 4 miles east of Jackson; named ROSE GREEN, later ROSE HILL. Built in 1820s, by tradition. Family graveyard .2 mile SE of the house, in which many of this family are buried.
MERIWETHER NOTES:
Madison Co. Court Minute Book 4, page 606. Wm. H. Meriwether, decd.; his wife, Rebecca F. and his father, James Meriwether, relinquish right to adm. his estate and David Meriwether so qualified. Oct. 7, 1839.
Ibid. Bk. 6. August 2, 1852 and page 544, James Meriwether's adms. were: Francis A. and Thos. M. Meriwether. Among heirs: Thos. M., Francis A., Frances A. Cobb, Sarah E. Meriwether.
This family, early settlers of the Denmark, Madison Co. area. 1850 census suggests that James Meriwether was born in Ga. about 1787. He died in Madison Co. about 1852.
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Genealogical data from family pages in the Hurt family Bible, published by Amer. Bible Soc., N.Y., 1845. Courtesy of its present owner, Mrs. Betty Young Hopper.
BIRTHS
Robert Bailey Hurt, 3 May 1821, Halifax County, Va.
Susan Allen Deberry, wife of the above, 5 April 1825, Madison Co., Tenn.
Their children (so stated in Bible):
Absalom, 3 March 1844
Milton Brown, 31 August 1846
Elizabeth Jane, 3 February 1849
Susan Allen, 28 April 1851
Rebecca Frances, October 6, 1853
Robert Allen, January 3, 1858
MARRIAGES
Robert Bailey Hurt and Susan Allen Deberry, June 1st 1843
Guy Leeper and Lizzie J. Hurt, 6 Jany. 1869
Absalom Deberry and Fannie M. Guthrie, Jany. 2, 1868
Milton B. Hurt and Annie Meriwether, November 7th 1872
William Thomas Nelson and Rebecca F. De. Hurt, October 8, 1874
DEATHS
Susan Allen, dau. of R. B. and Susan Hurt, 20 May 1852
Robt. B. Hurt, Aug. 31, 1881, age 60 yrs.
Fannie, wife of Absalom Hurt, Aug. 16, 1888
Milton Brown Hurt, Sept. 12, 1914
Susan Allen Hurt, Nov. 13, 1910
Robert Allen Hurt, Oct. 27, 1930
Elizabeth Hurt Leeper, July 3, 1920
LOT 296½, JACKSON
[Lot 296½ is her husband's lot number; she is in lot 386-B per Tombstone Inscriptions]
MARY HURT, first wife of Dr. Alexander Jackson, was a sister of Robert B. Hurt. The TRIBUNE-SUN, Jackson, September 3, 1881:
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Died. At his residence in this county, Wednesday night, August the 31st 1881, HON. R. B. HURT in the 61st year of his age. Deceased was born in Halifax County, Virginia in 1821 and at the age of fourteen years moved to Nashville, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. For the greater portion of his life he has lived in this county where he was married to Miss Susan A. DeBerry in 1843, who survives him with five children, three sons and two daughters. Maj. Hurt was dearly beloved in this community for the many excellent traits of his character. . . . He was elected to the legislature of 1859-60 as a Whig and during the war he served as a major on Beauregard's staff, having charge of transports. In 1873 he was elected to the legislature from Madison, Haywood and Hardeman. He was made a trustee of the M. C. F. Institute and S. W. B. University . . . for eleven years he has suffered from a cancer on his face which caused him to have his eye taken out in 1876 and finally after years of intense suffering produced death. . . . |
Among the genealogical notes, now owned by Mrs. Betty Young Hopper, a descendant of Major Hurt, are these:
Robert Bailey Hurt was a son of Robert Hurt and his wife, Jane Bailey, who moved from Halifax Co., Va. to Carroll Co., Tenn. He was a Baptist preacher. He first married in Pittsylvania Co., Va. Jan. 16, 1804 to Polly Williams and had two ch., Granville and Jimmie. With Jane Bailey, children: Harriett Hurt, married A. W. O. Totten; Mary Hurt, married Dr. Alexander Jackson; Caroline Hurt married Thomas Shapard; Elvira Hurt married John L. H. Tomlin; Robert B. Hurt married Susan Allen Deberry.
Buried in the Haynes Cemetery, in the Milan, Tenn. Arsenal area: Robert Hurt (Aug. 2, 1781-Dec. 26, 1841) and wife, Jane G. Hurt (Apr. 15, 1790-Nov. 24, 1832).
Lot 244B, McCutchen
This single stone, lot. no. 244B, an obelisk. I read it after cleaning it with water and brush it properly reads:
south side:
MATILDA COLLINS
Wife of
Wm. McCUTCHEN
B/May 1, 1791
D/Sept. 28, 1868
Aged 77 ys (4 mos)
& 27 days
north side:
WM. McCUTCHEN
B/Sept. 9, 1793
D/July 16, 1861
Aged 67 Ys 10 ms
& 7 days
east side:
In Memory of Our
Father and Mother
WEST TENNESSEE WHIG, Jackson, July 19, 1861.
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It is with pain that we chronicle the death of Col. Wm. McCutchen of Camden, Tenn., which event occurred at Dresden on Tuesday morning last. The Col. left his home about three weeks since to attend a meeting of Bank Directors at Trenton. He was attacked violently with the flux the night after leaving but continued his journey the next day, reaching the residence of his son (H. C. McCutchen) at Dresden where he died as above stated. The deceased was born in Virginia but at a very early age emigrated (sic) to Tennessee with his parents. His father, John McCutchen, settled on Little Harpeth, near Nashville, and was one of the first settlers of Davidson County. The Col., at quite an early age, was a volunteer in the war of 1812, and was in the battle at New Orleans on the 8th of January 1815. He was a man of great industry, indomitable energy. He was in the 68th year of his age and leaves an aged widow, seven children and nineteen grandchildren to mourn his death. |
WILLIAM McCUTCHEN was for many years a citizen of Benton County, Tennessee. In the 1820 census of that state he was living in Davidson Co.; in 1830, in Carroll Co.; then, in 1840 in Benton Co. In the 1850 census, Benton Co., Camden:
William McCutcheon, 57, Virginia, Tavern keeper; real estate valued at $5000
Matilda McCutchen, 58, Maryland
Thomas McCutchen, 18, Tennessee
Robert McCutchen, 12, Tennessee
1860, ditto, Camden:
William McCutchen, 67, deputy-marshal for the census.
Matilda McCutchen. 66, Maryland
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