AN-63:  NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN.  BELL ROAD

 

6 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS

 

BLACK           Born: 1876       Died: 1883

Front Inscription:  DAVIE/ LITTLE SON OF/ J. L. & MARY A. BLACK/ BORN/ FEB. 23, 1876/ DIED/ FEB. 14, 1883/ I AM WAITING FOR YOU

Footstone: Yes Footstone Inscription: DB

 

BLACK           Born: 1838       Died: 1899

Front Inscription: IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE/ JAMES L. BLACK/ BORN/ JAN. 1, 1838/ DIED/ JAN. 19, 1899/ WE MISS THY KIND AND WILLING HAND/ THY KIND AND EARNEST CARE/ OUR HOME IS DARK WITHOUT THEE/ WE MISS THEE EVERYWHERE

Footstone: Yes Footstone Inscription: JLB

 

BLACK           Born: 1847       Died: 1926

Front Inscription: MARY ANN/ BLACK/ DEC. 17, 1847/ MAY 2, 1926/ FOREVER WITH THE LORD

 

MINTON        Born: 1887       Died: 1889

Front Inscription: BENNIE FRANK/ LITTLE SON OF/ R. E. & GERTRUDE/ MINTON/ BORN AUG. 8, 1887/ DIED JULY 24, 1889/ OUR LITTLE ANGEL IS STANDING AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE, SAYING: I’M PAPPIE’S BABY, MAMMIE

Footstone: Yes Footstone Inscription: BFM

 

WHITTEMORE          Born: 1865                   Died: 1888

Front Inscription: B. H. WHITTEMORE/ BORN JUNE 10, 1865/ DIED JULY 26, 1888/ AGE 23

 

WHITTEMORE          Born: ?             Died: 1889

Front Inscription: JOHN WHITTEMORE/ BORN FEB. 29, 18??/ DIED/ ?? 1889

 

 

SITE SURVEYED  APRIL 29, 2000

 

Additional Information.   Georgiana McConnell submitted to the Davidson County Cemetery Survey project, during September  2001,  the names of three Whittemore family members buried without markers in the Whittemore-Black Cemetery:

    William Whittemore  Dec. 12, 1853 – July 12, 1855

    Martha Whittemore  June 6, 1858 – Sept. 8, 1858

    C. E. Whittemore  June 2, 1862 – Dec. 18, 1867