PHILIPS (SYLVAN HALL) CEMETERY
WC-12: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, OXBOW DRIVE
18 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS
WILLIAMS
Front inscription: WM. WILLIAMS/ BORN/ APR. 15, 1776/ DIED/ MAR. 6, 1862
Side inscription: SALLY PHILIPS/ BORN/ AUG 1 17 83?/ DIED/ JAN 19, 18 59?
Side inscription: WM. WILLIAMS/ AND/ SALLY PHILIPS/ MARRIED/ FEB 11, 1807
WILLIAMS Born: 1824 Died: 1846
Front inscription: J. P. WILLIAMS/ BORN FEB. 16 1824/ DIED APR. 14, 1846
WILLIAMS Born: 1814 Died: 1826
Front inscription: HENRY WILLIAMS/ A MORAL &/ INTELLIGENT YOUTH/ WAS BORN 3RD MAY 1814/ DIED 14TH JULY 1826/ DOMINUS DEUS REGINAT
WILLIAMS Born: 1809 Died: 1833
Front inscription: MARTHA H. WILLIAMS/ WAS BORN 29 NOV. 1809/ &/ DIED 3RD NOV. 1833.
PORTER Born: 1816 Died: 1839
Front inscription: MARY/ DAUGHTER OF/ WILLIAM & SARAH WILLIAMS/ AND WIFE OF/ ROBERT M. PORTER/ BORN OCTOBER 26, 1816/ MARRIED DECEMBER 4, 1838/ DIED MARCH 21, 1839/ HONORABLE AGE IS NOT THAT WHICH STANDETH IN/ (ILLEGIBLE) OF TIME NOR THAT IS MEASURED BY NUMBER/ (ILLEGIBLE) WISDOM IS THE GRAY HAIR UNTO/ (ILLEGIBLE) UNSPOTTED LIFE IS OLD AGE. (ILLEGIBLE) DIE IN THE LORD.
PHILIPS?
Front inscription: ONLY LEGIBLE WORD OF INSCRIPTION IS SLEEPS
WILLIAMS Born: 1829 Died: 1855
Front inscription: EVANDER MCIVER/ WILLIAMS/ BORN/ MAY 25, 1829/ DIED/ DEC. 27, 1855/ REV. XIV 13
WILLIAMS Born: 1822 Died: 1829
Front inscription: DAVID L. SON/ PF J. F. & M. T./ WILLIAMS/ BORN JANY 11TH , 1822/ DIED FEBY 17TH 1829
PHILIPS?
Front inscription: BENEATH THIS SLAB AFFECTIONS (ILLEGIBLE) PAID/ BELOVED ELIZA'S DEAR REMAINS ARE LAID/ LET DAISES GROW AROUND THE SPOT HE FOUND/ AND FRESHEST (ILLEGIBLE) DECK THE SACRED GROUND/ AH WHAT AVAILS IN THAT KIND FRIEND ARE (ILLEGIBLE) OR WHAT AVAILS THE SYMPATHETIC TEAR/ COULD FRIENDLY (ILLEGIBLE) THE PHYSICIAN (ILLEGIBLE) 3 MORE ILLEGIBLE LINES
HARDING
Front inscription: WM P. HARDING/ AND WIFE/ MILBRY C. PHILIPS
HARDING
Front inscription: FATHER/ WILLIAM P. HARDING/ MOTHER/ MILBRY C. PHILIPS
PHILIPS Born: 1846 Died: 1862
Front inscription: WILLIAM/ SON OF/ WM D. & ELIZA/ PHILIPS/ BORN SEPT 3, 1846/ DIED/ JULY 11, 1862
PHILIPS
Front inscription: IN MEMORY/ OF/ CHARLOTTE PHILIPS/ WHO DIED JULY 23, 1811?/ IN THE 16TH YEAR OF HER/ AGE
PHILIPS Died: 1823
Front inscription: JOSEPH PHILIPS/ WHO DIED JULY 1823/ AGED 6 MONTHS
SUMNER Born: 1811
Front inscription: JOHN HUDSON SUMNER/ BORN NOVEMBER 18?, 1811/ DIED JUNE 22? 1817? 10 ILLEGIBLE LINES
SUMNER
Front inscription: (BENEATH?) THIS INSCRIPTION LIES THE UNFORTUNATE/ JOSEPH JOHN SUMNER/ WHO WAS BORN AUGUST THE 14TH , 17(8?)0 AND PERISHED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO/ ON THE MORNING OF THE 28TH OF DECEMBER 1813/ OH! GULF OF MEXICO, WHY HAS THOU THUS/ DEPRIVED US OF THIS OUR MOST AFFECTIONATE/ FRIEND/ AS THE HERBACE OF SPRING FADETH AWAY,/ THE LEAVES OF AUTUMN WITHER AND DIE/ SO HAS THOU IN LIKE MANNER/ CUT SHORT OUR HOPES AND BLASTED OUR/ EXPECTATIONS IN THE DEATH OF THIS WORTHY MAN./ WILLIAM HENRY/ SUMNER/ SON OF/ THE ABOVE, SEPT. 24, 1813-JUNE 30, 1816
PHILIPS
Front inscription: JOS. PHILIPS/ BORN/ OCT. 31, 1763/ DIED/ MAY 22, 1822./ MILBIRY PHILIPS/ WIFE OF J. PHILIPS/ BORN/ DEC. 4, 1764/ DIED DEC. 19, 1851/ BORN IN N. C./ & SETTLED ON THIS PLACE 1791
PHILIPS
Front inscription: WILLIAM D. PHILIPS,/ SON OF/ JOSEPH & MILBERY PHILIPS/ BORN ON THIS FARM/ JUNE 10 1804/ DIED WHERE HE WAS BORN & LIVED JUNE 15, 1879/ ELIZA DWYER/ WIFE OF/ WILLIAM D. PHILIPS/ DAUGHTER OF/ DANIEL & BRIDGET DWYER/ BORN AT ROSCREA TIPPERARY CO. IRELAND/ AUG. 3, 1801/ DIED NOV. 10, 1871.
SITE SURVEYED JULY 26, 2000
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