Brackentown Cemetery

Contributed and Transcribed by
Lynn Sherman
© June 2001


THE BRACKENTOWN CEMETARY IS LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF RTE. 259 AND NORTH SUMNER RD., OAK GROVE (UNINCORPORATED), TN. THERE IS A SIGN THERE WITH THE NAME "BRACKENTOWN CEMETARY".

FRANKLIN DOUGLAS ANGLE
BORN 11/15/1855
DIED 11/24/1921

SARAH E.
WIFE OF F. D. ANGLE
BORN 5/18/1857
DIED 4/15/1917

ISA DORA
WIFE OF R. E. ANGLEA
DAUGHTER OF J. K. AND M. E. GANT
BORN 6/09/1865
DIED 4/09/1948

OATHER C.
SON OF R. E. AND ISA ANGLEA
BORN 11/30/1884
DIED 3/02/1906
"TREAD SOFTLY FOR AN ANGEL BAND
DOTH GUARD THE SILENT DUST
AND WE CAN SAFELY LEAVE OUR BOY
OUR DARLING, IN THEIR TRUST."
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason has born "October.")

ROBERT ELMORE ANGLEA
BORN 7/10/1860
DIED 1/10/1909

MATILDA C. ANGLEA
BORN 1852
DIED 1934
E. ARCHIE ANGLEA
BORN 1839
DIED 1908

ALMEDA BRACKIN
BORN 7/20/1853
DIED 2/26/1895

AMANDA J.
WIFE OF G.B. BRACKIN
BORN 9/12/1856
DIED 4/9/1878
FAITHFUL WIFE AND MOTHER DEAR
IN SWEET REPOSE IS SLEEPING HERE
HER PAINFUL LOSS WE DEEPLY FEEL
BUT GOD CAN ALL OUR SORROWS HEAL.
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason list husband as "C. B.")

JAMES W.
SON OF G. AND L. BRACKIN
BORN 1/22/1852
DIED 5/12/1878
"GOING HOME"
NEXT LINE UNREADABLE
IN SWEET REPOSE IS SLEEPING
HIS PAINFUL LOSS SO DEEPLY FELT
BUT GOD CAN ALL OUR SORROW HEAL.
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason list parents as "C. & L. A.")

JOHN L. BRACKIN
7/11/1847
"MASON"

BRACKEN
KATHERINE
BORN 5/03/1921
DIED 10/13/1979
ADDIE BELL
BORN 12/18/1903
DIED 8/08/1991
GRADY WILSON
BORN 4/03/1898
DIED 3/07/1961
"WE WILL MEET AGAIN"

BRACKEN
MAGGIE E.
BORN 1871
DIED 1940
GRANVILLE B.
BORN 1853
DIED 1935

BRACKIN
OPAL ONEDITH
BORN 1926
DIED 1977
JAMES R.
BORN 1922
DIED NO DATE
"IN LOVING MEMORY"

ANNA E. BOREN
BORN 10/19/1843
DIED 5/05/1922

JOHN BOREN
BORN 12/24/1830
DIED 1/27/1909

CLIFF BROWN
BORN 1906
DIED 1979

BROWN
DEANA
BORN 1890
DIED 1977
GUS H.
BORN 1886
DIED 1979
MARRIED 11/18/1909

HIRAM BROWN
BORN 8/29/1829
DIED 7/03/1905
CO. E, REGT. TN. INF. CSA
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason has "30 Regt".)

MARJORIE T.
DAUGHTER OF GUS AND DEANA BROWN
BORN 1/16/1911
DIED 5/26/1911
"A LITTLE BLOOM OF LOVE TO BUD WITH GOD ABOVE."

BROWN
QUEEN V.
BORN 1863
DIED 1937
GEORGE
BORN 1859
DIED 1944

DAVENPORT
MARY L.
BORN 1876
DIED 1919
W.S.
BORN 1876
DIED 1946
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason list Mary as "Margaret E.")

VESSIE DAVENPORT
BORN 6/23/1901
DIED 7/13/1902
"SLEEP ON SWEET ______
AND TAKETH REST
GOD CALLED THEE HOME
HE THOUGHT IT BEST."

DENNING
RUTH
BORN 7/21/1923-
DIED NO DATE
GAYLON
BORN 2/8/1913
DIED 12/21/1989

I. C. GAINES
BORN 5/13/1818
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason has "L. C. Born 5 May 1813, died 4 Feb 1881, married 15 Aug 1833.")

MATTIE BOREN HEATH
BORN 1874
DIED 1941

CHARLES E. HODGES
BORN 5/15/1881
DIED 7/27/1887
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason has born in "June.")

GRANVIL W. HODGES
BORN 2/22/1875
DIED 10/14/1883

LOUISA C. HODGES
BORN 5/19/1857
DIED 1/2/1929

_______________________________ M. R. HODGES
BORN 9/13/1910
DIED NO DATE

SUSAN E. HODGES
BORN 3/6/1877
DIED 9/26/1892

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JANIE OR JAMIE MEADOR
BORN 6/06/1827
DIED 1868 (HARD TO READ DATE)
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason has "James B. Died 15 Dec 1853, married 27 May 1849, son of Malinda Meador.")

TO THE MEMORY OF
MALINDA MEADOR
WHO WAS BORN 8/17/1807
DIED 7/03/1834
MARRIED 7/06/1826
"? AND TENDER MOTHER"

LULU ANGLE RIPPY
BORN 7/10/1887
DIED 11/20/1942

ELIZABETH S. WALLACE
WHO WAS BORN 3/28/1810
DEPARTED THIS LIFE 2/1/1836
"TO THE MEMORY OF"

Note: The following people are also buried at Brackentown
Granville Brackin 10 May 1816 - 23 Mar 1858
Inf daughter of Mrs. & Mrs. Alvis Davenport Died 17 Jan 1834


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