Riverside Cemetery, Madison County, Tennessee

MY RIVERSIDE CEMETERY TOMBSTONE
INSCRIPTIONS SCRAPBOOK PART III
By Jonathan K. T. Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1992

INSCRIPTIONS COPIED ON THE SOUTH SLOPE, MID-EAST AND EAST, AT RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, BY INGRAM JAMES IN 1937
WITH MY COMMENTS BY NOTES

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IN DARKER PRINT, THE INSCRIPTIONS COPIED ON THE SOUTH SLOPE, MID-EAST AND EAST, AT RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, BY INGRAM JAMES IN 1937 WITH MY COMMENTS BY NOTES.

J. T. Gaither
1845-1899

William Edward Hutchings
1854-1932, Son of Louise
& Christopher Hutchings

Frances Hutchings, Daughter
1844-1932

Note: These stones are the same. Gaither's stone also has inscribed on it, "Father."

Lewis Groves
July 29, 1810
Jan 14, 1896

Note: Although difficult to read, the stone is still sound.

Frank, Son of A. N. & N. L. Mc
Dec 9, 1875
Died 1882

Note: Actually this stone reads: Elmer D., son of A. N. & N. L. McCord, Dec. 9, 1875-May 10, 1882.

Susan, Wife of Thomas Beard
Nov 7, 1818
Jan 16, 1895

Note: The stone reads, for her given name: Susana. The stone is broken.

Charles Jarvos
Aged 34 years

Note: This stone is missing.

Edna May, Daughter of
J. H. &. F. E. Ellis
Sept 6, 1892
Aged 10 years

Note: Stone still intact.

Robert John Jeter
Nov 27, 1880
Dec 9, 1891

NOTE: This stone is broken. The name is Robert JOSEPH JETER.

G. Haclitz
1889
Aged 72 years

NOTE: This stone is off its base. The inscription: LOVE YE BLESSED. G. HACKLITZ Died 1889, Aged 72 Years Erected by John Magda

C. C. Grail
Died Jan 22, 1891
Aged 58 years

NOTE: This stone is still intact. Cleaned and photographed, it is plain that this person name is CRAIL not GRAIL.

Green B. Husband of S. E. Tate
Oct 30, 1856
Apr 2, 1895

NOTE: This stone is still intact.

John M., Son of J. B. &
S. A. Moody
Sept. 18, 1876
Sept 28, 1899

NOTE: Fragile, this stone is standing, however.

Franklin G. Callahan
Nov 3, 1907
Dec 2, 1908

Lilbern Ray Roach
Oct 29, 1898
Oct 18, 1900

Jessie B. Callahan
Oct 4, 1904
June 3rd, 1908

NOTE: There is no evidence of these stones, now.

Lavinia-Elzira-Susan Garrison
(No Dates)

NOTE: Intact. Lavinia is actually Lavina.

MULLENS
Ingram James seems to have missed the tombstone of: LOTTIE (not Lollie) MULLENS, Sept. 15, 1869-June 29, 1903. It is a bit off by itself on the south slope.

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Mary A., Dau.
of J. H. & Mary L. Whitman
Feb 17, 1891
Dec 22, 1891

Henry Whitman
Feb 2, 1895
Feb 6, 1895

Lena Whitman
May 20, 1892
Aug 4, 1898

Bennie Whitman
Sept 4, 1889
May 7, 1899

NOTE: Only the first two of these stones are intact. The third and fourth can only be identified by partial dates or original placement.

Little Etta Lunsford
Died Oct 15, 1880

LITTLE ETTA
dau. of S. H. &S. A.
LUNSFORD
D/Oct. 15, 1880
Aged 1 Yr. 11 ms.

Florence Ione, Dau. of
Tracy & Bettie Robbins

NOTE: This stone is missing.

John C. Galbaugh
July 31, 1851
Nov 2, 1881

NOTE: This stone can be read only with enhanced photography. Dates: March 31, 1857-Nov. 12, 1881.

Mary, Wife of J. P. Wooten
1864-1886

Mary-their Dau.
1883-1885

NOTE. These two stones are intact.

Daughter of T. H. & J. E. Franc
Died May 16, 1878

NOTE: This Surname is FRANCIS.

L. E. Matheson
June 9, 1909
June 9, 1909

NOTE: Difficult to read!

M. S. Wil1iams
Dec 28, 1894
July 7, l904

NOTE: Off its base, the stone's inscription virtually unreadable.

C. S. Gaulding
(illegible)

A. J. Smith
June 9, 1830
Jan. 14, 1878

Sarah Goodwin
May 7, 1820
Jan 19, 1881

NOTE: The Gaulding stone, a stumpy, solid rectangle, can be identified only by tracing of the last name; dates "gone."
The Smith stone intact.
SA (the rest broken off) on the Sarah Goodwin stone. Dates intact.

Richard A. Stout
Sept 2, 1897
Mar 3, 1907

Albert French
Oct 3, 1851
Dec 27, 1906

Johnie, Son of W. R.
& L. L. Duncan
Feb 1, 1901
Apr 30, 1907

---, Son of W. R.
& L. L. Duncan
Sept 23, 1888
Apr 24, 1907

NOTE: Stout stone broken; only OUT of last name intact.
The French stone is missing.
The Duncan obelisk is very fragile.

Phoeba T. Parker
Died Dec., 1902

I could not find this tombstone.

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Mrs. I. F. Harris
Died Dec. 7, 1904
Aged 54 years

Harmon Estelle, Dau.
of L. M. & L. T. Jaynes
Feb 18, 1901
Jan 11, 1904

James, Son of J. R.
& Elizabeth Cooksey
May 19, 1890
Feb 9, 1905

NOTE: The Harris and Cooksey stones are missing.

Mary E. Gaither
1849-1904

NOTE: Intact; inscribed, "Mother"

Anna Mae, Dau. of
S. I. & M. D. Lovett
May 28, 1892
May 5, 1911

Dollie Isabelle, Dau.
Of Anna Mae Kinsey
Born and Died May 10, 1911.

NOTE: Difficult to read!

One Infant' s Stone (illegible)

Cora P. Carpenter
July 28, 1898
Aug 24, 1905

John Lorenz
Died July 1, 1903
Aged 44 years

NOTE: The infant's stone is almost totally gone.
The Carpenter and Lorenz stones are intact.

Mattie Elizabeth Zachary
July 4, 1891
July 19, 1904

NOTE: This stone is missing.

J. E. Scott
May 2, 1881
Sept. 3, 1904

NOTE: On it is given the information that Scott was a member of Bemis Camp #121, Woodmen of the World (Bemis, Tenn.)

A small, square stone inscribed "Harris", close against the old Turley lot off 8th Street, marked the old Howell Harris family lot, although the stone is not placed as it should to indicate these graves, the exact location in this area is unknown.

Dr. G. R. White, Son
of N. White
Sept 8, 1860
Apr 2, 1894

Birdie, Wife of
Alex Mills,
May 12, 1835
Nov 8, 1903

Edie R., wife of
Genl. W. Davis
March 20, 1879
Oct 18, 1903

NOTE: It is properly: Dr. C. R. White.
The Mills stone has fallen; virtually unreadable.
The Davis stone intact.

J. K. Wilkinson
Died July 30, 1903

NOTE: This stone is missing.

Martha J. Lively
Born Mar 19, 1842
Died (No date)

Ethel B., Wife of Albert G.
Zaricor
1839-1910

Juanita, daughter of A. G.
&. E. B. Zaricor
1908-1909

Anna B. daughter of
P. M. Gripp

Milly Dickson
Died Jan 22, 1888

Catherine R. Bogue
Died 1888

NOTE: Lively stone broken; break obliterated death date.
The Zaricor inscriptions are intact; on Moses tablet.
Dickson stone broken. Milly given as wife of William Dickson.
The Bogue stone is missing.
Gripp stone broken. Dates on stone: Born Sept. 15, 1869. Died July 9, 1897.

An artistically attractive tombstone is placed to the west of the entrance of the ALLISON mausoleum. It is inscribed: SALLIE CABANISS, WIFE OF FREDERIC HOWARD PASTOR. Its original location is unknown.

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Alfred S. Poole
Nov 2, 1868
May 6, 1880

Sarah Annetta Poole
Oct 1, 1873
May 11, 1880

NOTE:
On a shaft tombstone are inscribed these data:

(west side)
JOHN WILLIAM POOL
B/in Taylor Co., W. Va.
May 27, 1863-Jan. 5, 1873

CHAS. H. POOL
Born in Wood Co. W. Va.
Aug. 5, 1866
D/Sept. 12, 1881

(south side)
ALFRED S. POOL
B/in Henry Co., Ky.
Nov. 2, 1868-May 6, 1880

EDWARD B. POOL
B/Aug. 9, 1877
D/May 23, 1880

(east side)
SARAH ANNETTA POOL
B/Oct. 1, 1873
D/May 11, 1880

MARY QUINN
Born in/
County Galway
Northern Ireland
D/Feb. 10, 1877

(north side)
CHILDREN OF E. C. &
MARY POOL

Bryan B. Prothy
May 14, 1823
July 17, 1881

NOTE: This ornate, upright stone is actually that for BRYANT BECTON, whose death date is clearly AUG. 17, 184_. The last no. is missing, as it has been chipped from the stone. The letters on this inscription are large and have dissolved center-out, making it difficult to decipher, but Alexander A. Campbell qualified as Becton's adm. July 5, 1842, so that it seems likely that Becton died Aug. l7, 1841. See Madison Co. Court Min. Book 5, page 132.

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