Dove Cemetery
2003
Located at 198 Brethren Church Rd., Jonesborough, TN. Cemetery is fenced in and cleared.
GPS Location: 36°15.39 N 082°36.45W
NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE COMMENTS
Swiney, G. D. 07 Feb 1882 [No date] Age 16 months
Swiney, S. O. 11 Apr 1870 17 Oct 1887
Scott, Mary 29 Apr 1840 10 Sep 1891
Swinney, J. F. 23 Dec 1838 01 Nov 1927
Dove, Joseph Clay 02 Aug 1894 30 Oct 1897 Son of Delila and Isaac Dove
Dove, Isaac W. 25 Jan 1869 16 Jan 1896
Hilbert, Hubert [Only one date] 28 Sep 1895 Infant
S. M. [No date] [No date] [Initials only]
Bashor, Isaac 10 Aug 1839 03 Nov 1863 Aged 24 Yrs. 2 Mos. 23 D’s
McKeehan, Nancy [No date] 26 Aug 1889 Wife of E. K. McKeehan;
Aged 62y 7m
Garber, Rachel [Only one date] 18 Jan 1896 Aged 72 Years
Garber, Isaac 05 Aug 1818 08 May 1890
Dove, Delila Bacon 04 May 1873 07 Mar 1927 Wife of Isaac W. Dove
Garber, Cornelius 23 Jul 1859 02 Nov 1882
Garber, John 16 Apr 1850 21 May 1880
Garber, Isaac W. 03 Apr 1857 04 Sep 1877
Garber, Goldie 09 Jul 1877 09 Jul 1877 Daughter of J.M. & F.C. Garber
Garber, Mary A. 13 Oct 1867 24 Oct 1867
Garber, Solomon 11 Aug 1866 11 Aug 1866
Ensor, E. B. 20 Jan 1809 23 Jul 1883 Co. H. 8th Tenn. Cav.
Garber, Jessie S. 05 Jan 1879 16 Jun 1880 Daughter of J. M. & F. C. Garber
Garber, Mattie 11 Feb 1883 11 Feb 1883 [Twins sharing headstone]
Garber, Mamie 11 Feb 1883 11 Feb 1883 [Twins sharing headstone;
Name was very difficult to read]
Bennett, Infant son 14 Oct 1899 14 Oct 1899
*Dove, Clara Ettie [No date] [No date] [Information from descendant]
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 11 June 2003 by Donna Cox Briggs and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Copyrighted 2012 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
Additional information from Barbara Crowell Filbin
Isaac Garber (8-5-1818 — 5-8-1890) in Virginia, the son of Solomon Garber and Barbara Long. He married Rachel Brown Garber 9-18-1844. She was born 1824 in Tenn. and died 1-18-1896 Tenn., daughter of John “Redheaded” Brown and Nancy Smith.
Their Children buried there:
Mary Garber B. 10-13-1867 D. 10-24-1867
Solomon Garber B. D. 8-11-1866
Corneluis A. Garber B. 7-23-1859 D. 11-2-1882
Isaac Westly Garber B. 4-3-1857 D. 9-4-1877, a teacher.
All born near Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee
Clara Ettie Dove 1st. wife of Walter Alexander Garber is also buried there. Wooden marker.
Clara Ettie Dove b. 6-1875 Daughter of John P. Dove and Catherine Nelson Dove. She died 3-19-1903 due to a family fight where John P. Dove shot his son Issac Dove and wounded other children including Clara. This was 1-16-1896. The bullet was still lodged in her.
Clara’s brother:
Isaac Dove B. 1-25-1869 D. 1-16-1896. Wife, Delia
Goldie Garber D. 7-9-1877 Parents James M. Garber and Francis Crosswhite.
James M. Garber son of Isaac and Rachel Garber.
John N. Garber B. 4-16-1850 Tenn. Died 5-21-1880 Son of Isaac and Rachel Brown Garber
Married Mary Catherine Sarah May 8-16-1871 Daughter of Cassimore E. May and Catherine Bayless.
Walter Alexander Garber B. 4-29-1872 Tenn. D. 11-3-1951 Tenn. Buried with only a funeral home marker in Dove Cemetery. Married 1st. Clara Ettie Dove (11-17-1897) and 2nd. Mary Elizabeth Zuck (1904)
Walter Alexander Garber was the son of John N. Garber and the grandson of Isaac Garber.
My Grandparents were Walter and his 2nd. wife Mary Zuck.
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Dove Cemetery Map