HYDE CEMETERY
NW-33: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN. Stewart’s Lane
9 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS
12 METAL FUNERAL MARKERS WITHOUT NAMES. GRAVE SITES IDENTIFIED BY STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST NICK FIELDER (2003).
YOUNG Born: 1850 Died: 1878
Front Inscription: SUSIE E./ WIFE OF/ T. H. YOUNG/ BORN/ OCT. 15, 1850/ DIED/ APR. 29, 1878/ THOU WILL NEVER MORE BE WITH US/ SUCH REFLECTIONS MAKE US MOURN/ BUT WE HOPE TO MEET IN JESUS/ WHERE AFFLICTIONS NEVER COME
YOUNG Born: 1852 Died: 1874
Front Inscription: IDA M. YOUNG/ BORN/ MAY 10, 1852/ DIED/ DEC. 8, 1874/ (EPITAPH ILLEGIBLE)
YOUNG Born: 1856 Died: 1874
Front Inscription: ANNIE B. YOUNG/ BORN/ MAR. 15, 1856/ DIED/ OCT. 16, 1874/ BENEATH THIS STONE IN SOFT REPOSE/ IS LAID A MOTHER’S DEAREST PRIDE/ A STAR THAT SCARCE HAD WAKED TO LIFE/ AND LIGHT AND BEAUTY ERE IT DIED
YOUNG Born: 1854 Died: 1871
Front Inscription: LENARD H./ YOUNG/ BORN/ APR. 20, 1854/ DIED/ DIED/ MAY 17, 1871/ HE HAS GONE FROM OUR MIDST/ THE BRIGHT STAR OFOUR HOME/ AND OUR ONCE HAPPY HEARTS/ARE CHEERLESS LONE/
YOUNG Born: 1857 Died: 1869
Front Inscription: MATTIE L./ YOUNG/ BORN/ MAY 3, 1857/ DIED/ JULY 29, 1869/ (EPITAPH ILLEGIBLE)
HYDE Born: ? Died: 1827
Front Inscription: TO/ MEMORY/ OF/ (JOR) DAN HYDE/ SON OF/ (HEN) RY & REBECCA HYDE/ DEPARTED THIS LIFE/ DEC. 16TH 1827/ IN THE 34TH YEAR/ OF HIS AGE
(Note: Slab broken off on left side)
HYDE Born: ? Died: 1812
Front Inscription: HENRY HYDE/ DEPARTED THIS/ LIFE 12TH OF MARCH/ 1812 AGED 59 YEARS
Footstone: Yes Footstone Inscription: None
HYDE Born: 1763 Died: 1829
Front Inscription: REBECCA W. HYDE/ WIFE OF HENRY HYDE/ DAUGHTER OF/ BENJAMIN WARREN/ PIONEER SETTLER OF/ DAVIDSON CO/ BORN VA. 1763/ DIED 31 AUG. 1829
(Note: New replacement tombstone)
HYDE Born: 1817 Died: 183(2)
Front Inscription: SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ FELIX R./ SON OF/ TASWELL HYDE AND SUSAN HYDE/ BORN FEB. 6TH 1817/ AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE/ JAN. 11TH 183(2)/ IN THE 15TH YEAR OF HIS AGE/ BELOVED AND RESPECTED/ BY ALL THAT KNEW HIM
SITE SURVEYED: MARCH 17, 2004
Tennessee Record. Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts, compiled by Jeannette Tillotson Acklen, and published in 1933, listed the Hyde Cemetery with five tombstone inscriptions. Four of those recorded above were in this listing: Henry Hyde, Jordan Hyde, Felix R. Hyde and Martha L. (Mattie L.) Young. Also recorded in 1933, but
no longer with visible tombstone in 2004, was the following:
In memory of Taswell Hyde
who died May 3, 1838,
age 43 years 1 month and 17 days
He leaves a wife and six children to mourn him
Report: 4-5-2004
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