OUR CLAYBROOK HERITAGE
(Madison County, Tennessee)
By Jonathan K. T. Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1993.

PEARSON FAMILY GRAVEYARD

(Page 57)

ELIZA
wife of Wm. PEARSON
Born Feb. 15, 1811
Died /July 27, 1873
Aged 62 Y'rs. 5 mo's. 12 Da's.
Our Mother
In God's own morn her orb will rise
Once more a star in Paradise.

MARTHA E.
Dau. of M. J. & J. S. PERSON
Born July 9, 1871
Died July 21, 1871
Though short my day yet now I rest
And praise my God Among the blest.

WILLIAM PEARSON
Born June 1, 1810
Died Oct. 12, 1878
Our Father is gone.
He lays beneath the sod.
Dear father tho'we miss you much,
We know you rest with God.

MATTIE
Dau . of J. G. & S. E. WOOLFOLK
Born Sept. 17, 1876
Died Oct. 12, 1877
Sweet Mattie unto earth
A little while was given.
She plumed her wings for flight
And soared into Heaven.

LULA MAY
Dau . of J. P. & S. F. KEY
Born Aug. 19, 1881
Died May 29, 1883
Thou art gone little Lula
Sweet child of our love.
From earth's fairy strand
To bright mansions above.

Epitaphs read by Jonathan Smith, Feb. 22, 1993

Once buried in this family graveyard are the following persons, with the inscriptions on their tombstones, their remains having been removed to Brown's Cemetery in Madison County, along with their old tombstones:

wife of J. D. PEARSON
Born Dec. 30. 1833
Died July 27, 1885
A loved one has gone from our circle.
On earth we shall meet her no more.
She has gone to her home in heaven
And all her afflictions are o'er.

J. D. PEARSON
Born Jan. 10, 1831
Died Apr. 15. 1899
Amiable and beloved father, farewell. Not on this perishing stone, but in the Book of Life and in the hearts of thy afflicted friends is thy worth recorded.

Infant dau. of J. D. & R. C. PEARSON
Born Dec. 21, 1866
Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven.

  

 

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