PEAY-CROSSWY CEMETERY

 

 

GO-19: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, HITT LANE

 

17 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS

3 FIELDSTONES

 

PEAY                    Born: 1851          Died: 1906          

Front inscription: J.M. PEAY/ BORN OCT. 5, 1851/ DIED MAY 4, 1906/ I CANNOT SAY AND WILL NOT SAY/ THAT HE IS DEAD HE IS JUST AWAY:/ HE HAS WANDERED INTO AN UNKNOWN LAND,/ WITH A CHEERY SMILE AND A WAVE OF THE HAND/ AND LEFT US DREAMING HOW VERY FAIR/ IT NEEDS MUST BE SINCE HE LINGERS THERE.

                                                                          

PEAY                                                 

Front inscription: (KATHERINE AUGUSTA CROSSWY PEAY)

                                                                          

PEAY                    Born: 1841          Died: 1900          

Front inscription: COME YE BLESSED/ MARY E. CROSSWY/ WIFE OF/ GEO. W. PEAY/ APR. 14, 1841/ APR. 29, 1900                                                    

              

PEAY                    Born: 1875          Died: 1893          

Front inscription: GEORGIANA PEAY/ BORN/ FEB. 19, 1875/ DIED/ FEB. 9, 1893        

                                                         

CROSSWY          Born: 1849          Died: 1898          

Front inscription: NANNIE E./ WIFE OF W.H. CROSSWY/ BORN JAN. 17, 1849/ DIED SEP. 10, 1898/ HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP./ 4-9-1904/ PILKINTON GOODLETTSVILLE, TN        

                                                    

CROSSWY          Born: 1842          Died: 1925          

Front inscription: WM. H. CROSSWY/ SEPT. 25, 1842/ NOV. 10, 1925     

                                                                  

BLAIR                  Born: 1821          Died: 1873          

Front inscription: ELIZABETH R./ WIFE OF/ A.P. BLAIR/ BORN/ FEB. 13, 1821/ DIED/ JUNE 25, 1873                                                           

              

BLAIR                  Born: 1820          Died: 1878          

Front inscription: A.P. BLAIR/ BORN/ MAR. 24, 1820/ DIED/ FEB. 4, 1878                                 

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: NONE

 

BLAIR                  Born: 1853          Died: 1880          

Front inscription: NANCY JANE/ DAUGHTER OF/ A.P. & E.R. BLAIR/ BORN/ SEPT. 27, 1853/ DIED/ DEC. 21, 1880                                                

              

BLAIR                  Born: 1855          Died: 1890          

Front inscription: REV. R.S. BLAIR/ BORN:  DEC. 18, 1855/ ENTERED THE MINISTRY/ IN THE C.P. CHURCH 1878/ DIED: NOV. 15, 1890/ ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS/ WHOM HE SERVED IN THE/ GOSPEL MINISTRY/ J.A. PILKINTON, GOODLETTSVILLE, TN                                     

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: NONE

 

CROSSWY          Born: 1803          Died: 1873          

Front inscription: J.C. CROSSWY/ BORN/ APR. 23, 1803/ DIED/ JULY 3, 1873                          

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: J.C.C.

 

CROSSWY                                        Died: 1838          

Front inscription: IN/ MEMORY/ OF/ MRS. WINNEY P. CROSSWY/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE/ NOV. 12^TH  1838/ AGED 25 YRS.                                             

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: W.P.C.

 

TINNIN                Born: 1832          Died: 1852          

Front inscription: SUSAN A. TINNIN/ BORN DEC. 15^TH  1832/ DIED JULY 18^TH  1852        

                                                                

BLAIR                                                Died: 1873          

Front inscription: W.G. BLAIR/ DIED/ JUNE 26, 1873/ AGED/ 57 YS 6 MS 10 DS     

                                                              

BLAIR                  Born: 1815          Died: 1888          

Front inscription: NANCY A./ WIFE OF/ W.G. BLAIR/ BORN/ JAN 15, 1815/ DIED/ JUNE 8, 1888/ I SHALL BE SATISFIED WHEN/ I AWAKE WITH THY LIKENESS/ PSALM XVII                                                                      

BURNHAM         Born: 1835          Died: 1870          

Front inscription: ELIZA W./ WIFE OF/ R.E. BURNHAM/ BORN DEC 4, 1835/ DIED JAN 30, 1870/ BY HER SIDE SLEEPS HER INFANT SON/ STRANGER TREAD LIGHTLY O'ER THIS GROUND/ MY ONLY LOVE LIES BURIED HERE.                                                          

              

WILLIAMS          Born: 1811          Died: 1900          

Front inscription: LEM. WILLIAMS/ BORN/ DEC. 11, 1811/ DIED/ APR. 5, 1900                       

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: L.W.

 

SITE SURVEYED MARCH 14, 2000