JOEL SULLIVAN CEMETERY
LA-29: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, BAKERS GROVE ROAD
35 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS
12 FIELDSTONES
BOYD Born: 1841 Died: 1923
Front Inscription: MARY E. BOYD/ SEPT. 27, 1841/ APR. 14, 1923/ SHE WAS A KIND AND AFFECT-/ IONATE WIFE AND A FRIEND TO ALL
Footstone: YES Footstone Inscription: NONE
BOYD
Front Inscription: M. A. BOYD/ BORN/ JAN. 19, 1854/ DIED/ DEC. 27, 1911/ A LOVING WIFE, A MOTHER/ DEAR, LIES BURIED HERE/ J. W. BOYD/ BORN/ NOV.10, 1841/ DIED/ JULY 27, 1926/ AN HONEST MAN THE/ NOBLEST WORK OF GOD
Footstone: YES (2) Footstone Inscription: M A B
COOK Born: 1904 Died: 1905
Front Inscription: NOVIA/ ELEISE/ COOK/ BORN/ APR. 7, 1904/ DIED/ AUG. 6, 1905/ BUDDED ON EARTH TO/ TO BLOOM IN HEAVEN
BOYD Born: 1881 Died: 1890
Front Inscription: ANNA/ ELIZABETH/ BOYD,/ BORN FEB. 14, 1881./ DIED/ AUG. 3, 1890./ SISTER HAS GONE TO/ BE AN ANGEL.
BOYD Born: 1871 Died: 1876
Front Inscription: MARY/ VIRGINIA/ BOYD/ DAUGHTER/ OF JW & MA/ BOYD/ BORN SEPT 28/ 1871/ DIED JULY 8/ 1876
SULLIVAN Born: 1807 Died: 1891
Front Inscription: JOEL SULLIVAN/ BORN/ APRIL 19, 1807./ DIED/ DEC. 29, 1891/ IIM: HAPPY ARE THEY WHO/ DIE IN THE LORD.
Footstone: YES Footstone Inscription: JS
SULLIVAN Born: 1822 Died: 1897
Front Inscription: VIRGINIA M./ WIFE OF/ JOEL SULLIVAN/ FEB. 3, 1822/ DIED/ AUG. 22, 1897/ O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE/ LORD, FOR HE IS GOOD:/ FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH/ FOREVER.
Footstone: YES Footstone Inscription: VMS
STARKEY Born: 184? Died: 1906
Front Inscription: W. C. STARKEY/ BORN SEPT. 15, 184?/ DIED OCT. 12, 1906
CASTLEMON Born: 1877 Died: 1881
Front Inscription: NOVELLA/ CASTLEMON/ BORN APRIL 13,/ 1877/ DIED JULY 4,/ 1881
CASTLEMON Born: 1868 Died: 1872
Front Inscription: LUCY/ CASTLEMON/ BORN FEB 2/ 1868/ DIED DEC 18/ 1872
CASTLEMAN Born: 1820 Died: 1884
Front Inscription: LUCINDA/ CASTLEMAN/ BORN MARCH 5, 1820/ DIED AUG 22 1884/ IN GOD MY LIFE MY LOVE/ TO THEE TO THEE I CALL/ FEAR NOT LIVE IF THOU REMOVE/ FOR THOU ART ALL IN ALL
Footstone: YES Footstone Inscription: NONE
STARKEY
Front Inscription: R STARKEY
CASTLEMAN Born: 1839 Died: 1910
Front Inscription: MARIE E/ CASTLEMAN/ AUG. 10, 1839/ SEPT. 26, 1910/ 71
Footstone: YES Footstone Inscription: NONE
CASTLEMAN Born: 1838 Died: 1901
Front Inscription: ANDREW B/ CASTLEMAN/ SEPT. 20, 1838/ JULY 13, 1901
Footstone: YES Footstone Inscription: NONE
CASTLEMAN Born: 1879 Died: 1881
Front Inscription: ALVA/ CASTLEMAN/ BORN FEB 23/ 1879/ DIED JULY 7/ 1881
STARKEY
Front Inscription: REBECCA/ STARKEY/ 18
WRIGHT
Front Inscription: WRIGHT/ WADE H./ 1841-1918/ HIS WIFE/ SARAH T./ 1852-1936
Footstone: YES Footstone Inscription: W.H.W./ S.T.W.
CASTLEMAN Born: 1862 Died: 1940
Front Inscription: M. A. CASTLEMAN/ MAY 2, 1862/ AUG. 19, 1940
Footstone: YES Footstone Inscription: M.A.C
WRIGHT Born: 1877 Died: 1904
Front Inscription: EDWARD WRIGHT/ BORN/ MAY 14, 1877/ DIED/ MAR. 24, 1904/ YOU ARE NOT DEAD TO US BUT AS A STAR/ UNSEEN WE HOLD THAT YOU ARE EVER/ NEAR THOUGH DEATH INTERVENES BETWEEN
CASTLEMAN Born: 1809 Died: 1885
Front Inscription: LEWIS CASTLEMAN/ BORN DEC. 10/ 1809/ DIED DEC. 2? 1885/ 18_5/ GONE ART THOU IN AGED SWEETNESS/ TIME SHALL CHANGE ?/ NOW THY BEAUTY IN COMPLETENESS/ BLOOMS IN HEAVENS UNFADING SLEEP
WRIGHT Born: 1827 Died: 1899
Front Inscription: ELIZABETH/ WRIGHT/ BORN IN 1827/ DIED/ JAN. 25, 1899/ BLESSED ARE THE DEAD/ WHICH DIE IN THE LORD
STEWART Born: 1895 Died: 1938
Front Inscription: BESSIE SULLIVAN/ STEWART/ AUG, 19 1895/ NOV. 15, 1938
Footstone: YES Footstone Inscription: MOTHER
STEWART Born: 1927 Died: 1931
Front Inscription: LILLIE MARIE/ STEWART/ JULY 21, 1927/ JULY 9, 1931
Footstone: YES Footstone Inscription: DAUGHTER
COOK
Front Inscription: COOK/ GROVER CLEVELAND/ MAR. 25, 1889/ JUNE 13, 1943/ MYRTLE D. LUSTER/ JULY 24, 1898/ JUNE 10, 1942
WEATHERLY
Front Inscription: WEATHERLY/ J. D./ JAN. 18, 1911/ NOV. 13, 1939/ NELLIE F./ SEPT. 18, 1873/ DEC. 17, 1959
COOK
Front Inscription: V. T. COOK/ DEC. 27, 1857/ APR. 7, 1944/ W.D. COOK/ APR. 20, 1845/ NOV. 9, 1932/ BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DIE IN THE LORD/ COOK
Footstone: YES Footstone Inscription: W.D.C./ _.T.C.
COOK
Front Inscription: GILBERT/ COOK/ AGE 17 YRS
PHELPS Born: 1822 Died: 1887
Front Inscription: DRUSILLA PHELPS/ BORN DEC. 21/ 1822/ DIED MAY 3/ 1887/ REMEMBER ME IN THIS/ THIS SWEET BLESSED BED
COOK Died: 1928
Front Inscription: INFANT/ SON OF/ J.E. - BLANCH E./ COOK/ DIED 1928
HEADDEN Born: 1846 Died: 1899
Front Inscription: SARAH E./ WIFE OF/ J. T. HEADDEN/ BORN/ NOV. 9, 1846/ DIED/ NOV. 27, 1899/ SLEEP IN JESUS/ (ILLEGIBLE)
Footstone: YES Footstone Inscription: NONE
GLEAVES
Front Inscription: VERA OLDS/ OCT. 14, 1889/ MAR.1, 1962/ HERSHEL/ SEPT. 27, 1892/ MAR. 12, 1968
GLEAVES
Front Inscription: INFANT/ GLEAVES/ CEM 5 GR 4
GLEAVES Born: 1913 Died: 1933
Front Inscription: RUBY LEE GLEAVES/ JUNE 17, 1913/ NOV. 1, 1933
OLD
Front Inscription: L.J. OLD/ MAY 24, 1849/ FEB.12, 1923/ REST, MOTHER, REST/ IN QUIET SLEEP/ WHILE FRIENDS IN/ SORROW OER THEE WEEP/ MOTHER/ H.B. OLD/ JUNE 25, 1850/ MAR. 16, 1923/ GOD GAVE HE TOOK/ HE WILL RESTORE/ DOETH ALL THINGS WELL/ FATHER
Footstone: YES Footstone Inscription: H. B. O./ L.J.O.
FLANIGAN
Front Inscription: CATHERN/ FLANIGAN/ BORN/ NOV. 28, 1845/ DIED/ BLESSED ARE THE/ PURE IN HEARTFOR/ THEY SHALL SEE GOD/ FELIX/ FLANIGAN/ BORN/ DEC. 29, 1826/ DIED NOV. 19, 1905/ GOD GAVE. HE TOOK/ HE WILL RESTORE/ HE DOTH ALL THIN/ GS WELL/ FLANIGAN
Footstone: YES Footstone Inscription: NONE (2, 1 BROKEN)
SITE SURVEYED MARCH 8, 2003
Additions. LA-29 Joel Sullivan Cemetery (formerly called Sullivan Cemetery)
On November 24, 2004, Fran Gleaves Nichols sent additional information to the Davidson County Cemetery Survey project. Fran Nichols, a descendant of persons buried in the Sullivan Cemetery, reported that this graveyard has been known to family members as Joel Sullivan Cemetery. This correction has been made in the Davidson County Cemetery Survey database and on the web site.
On November 24, 2004, Fran Nichols also provided a list of the names of persons known to have been buried in this graveyard without marked tombstones. The following names and dates have been added to the Davidson County Cemetery Survey database and the web site.
Francis Bagarly Born April 1840 in North Carolina Died May 1851
Mary Phelps Bagarly Wife of Francis Bagarly Daughter of William G. & Drusilla Phelps
L. E. Jackson 1866 Sept. 26, 1887
Infant of William & Drusilla Phelps Sept. 6, 1869 Dec. 18, 1869
William Green Phelps 1818 - 1901
Annie Pugh Wright Wife of Oscar L. Wright Born Dec. 24, 1889
Murray Edmund Wright Oct. 7, 1944 Oct. 9, 1944
Oscar L. Wright, Sr. Jan. 28, 1889 Feb. 19, 1962
Updated Report. 3-22-2005