MY RIVERSIDE CEMETERY TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS
SCRAPBOOK PART VII
By Jonathan K.T. Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1995

(Page 48)

NOTES BY LOT

LOT 358-B, NOURSE
[Lot 358 in Tombstone Inscriptions]

south to north:

PEARL NOURSE, wife of C. E. JOHNSON
1892-1926

Double tombstone:
W. H. NOURSE, 1861-1936
GEORGIA LEE, His Wife, 1868-1923

MARY LOU, 1894-1909

WILL C., 1892-1894

CHARLES C., Aged 5 Mos.

SALLIE CLARK, wife of W. H. NOURSE
/Died/ Feb. 5, 1885, Aged 22 Yrs.

JOHN H. CLARK, 1814-1885

East side:

W. G. HIETT, Aged 3 Days

U.S. Census, 1910, Jackson. Enum. Dist. 169, sheet 1-B:
W. H. Nourse, 49, Ky. (parents born Wisc.) "locomotive"
Georgia L. Nourse, wife, 41, Miss.; married 23 yrs. 7 ch., 5 living
Horace L . Nourse, son, 21, Tenn.
Marvel L. Nourse, wife, 19, Tenn.; md. 1 yr.
Pearl Nourse, dau., 20, Tenn.
Mabel Nourse, dau., 13, Tenn.
Arthur Nourse, son, 11, Tenn.
Georgia Nourse, dau., 9, Tenn.

1. Madison Co. Marriage Book I:
   page 51. Wm. Nerse md. Sallie Clark, July 20, 1883
   page 488. W. H. Nourse married Georgia L. Underhill, October 20, 1886
2. Death Certificate of Georgia Nourse, Madison Co., Tenn.:
   Born Aug. 11, 1869. Died May 3, 1923. Father, Thomas Underhill. Mother, Fannie Clark; both born in Miss.
3. Griffin Funeral Home Burial Book, 1890-191l, page 179:
4. Will C. Nourse, d. July 1, 1094, aged 2 years 6 mos. W. H. Nourse responsible party.

 

LOT 205, LUCKEY/BURKETT
[Lot 205-A, Burkett in Tombstone Inscriptions]

An additional biographical note about John W. N. Burkett (1854-1923), from page 11 of MY RIVERSIDE CEMETERY TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS SCRAPBOOK, Part VI.

THE GABFEST, Jackson, Dec. 10, 1899:

John William Newton Burkett, banker and editor, was born in Woodruff county, Arkansas, January 26, 1854, son of Madison and Emily (Welch) Burkett, both of Tennessee. He was educated in the public schools of Arkansas and at the Southwestern Baptist University at Jackson, Tenn., where he was graduated with first honors in 1878. He began the study of law under Judge Howell E. Jackson, but his health not permitting its continuance, he engaged in Commercial pursuits, only to be obliged to relinquish them also. In 1891, he assisted in organizing the Jackson Banking Co., of which he has since served as President. In 1895 he began his connection with the Daily and Weekly Sun, soon afterwards becoming proprietor and editor, making it an important and influential factor in the state. He sold out in the autumn of 1898, and took charge of the Jackson Dispatch, a weekly paper of great influence, and is now editor and publisher. In 1896 Mr. Burkett was delegate to the democratic national convention at Chicago, and has served as chairman of the democratic congressional executive committee of the eighth district for several years; as treasurer of the City of Jackson; President for several years of the board of trade, under the influence of which Jackson grew from a village to a city of 18,000 inhabitants; and has been identified with all local educational and financial enterprises. He is an active member of the Southern Methodist Church and a Mason in high standing. For one year he was First Vice-President of the Tennessee Press Association, and was chosen its President in June, 1898. In the same year he was temporary Chairman of the state democratic convention at Chattanooga. Mr. Burkett is a gentleman of striking physique, culture and pleasing manner. In fact he is one in whom so many high qualifications unite, no honor bestowed upon him could be too high a compliment.

 

A photograph accompanies this article.

 

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