APPLETON/ PHIPPS CEMETERY

 

GO-27: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, OLD SPRINGFIELD PIKE

 

5 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS

 

3 FIELDSTONES

 

PHIPPS Born: 1835 Died: 1903

Front inscription: IN LOVING/ REMEMBRANCE OF/ JOHN P. PHIPPS/ BORN/ JAN 20, 1835/ DIED/ NOV. 8, 1903/ 68 YRS 9 MOS/ 29 DAYS/ SLEEP ON, DEAR HUSBAND/ AND TAKE THY REST. THOU ART CALLED/ GOD KNOWS BEST./ ERECTED BY SECOND WIFE

Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE

 

PHIPPS Born: 1840 Died: 1900

Front inscription: L. A. PHIPPS/ BORN/ FEB. 2, 1840/ DIED/ MAR. 6, 1900/ MOTHER

Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE

 

PHIPPS Born: 1866 Died: 1888

Front inscription: OUR DAUGHTER/ AS FROST BLIGHTS THE ROSE. DEATH WAFTED HER TO A SOFT REPOSE/ FRANK DEMARIAN/ DAUGHTER OF J. & L. A. PHIPPS/ BORN/ FEB 20, 1866/ DIED MAR. 19, 1888./ LONE IS THE HOUSE, AND SAD THE HOURS/ SINCE THY SWEET SMILE IS GONE/ BUT OH! A BRIGHTER HOME THAN OURS/ IN HEAVEN IS NOW THINE ONE.

Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE

 

PRICE Born: 1860 Died: 1883

Front inscription: JOHNETTA B. APPLETON/ WIFE OF/ JAMES L. PRICE/ BORN/ AUG. 26, 1860/ DIED/ MAY 30, 1883/ ALL THE PLANS OF LIFE ARE BROKEN/ ALL THE HOPES OF LIFE ARE FLED/ COUNSEL, COMFORT AND ADVISER/ ALAS! ALAS, FOR THOU ART DEAD

 

WOOD Born: 1872 Died: 1891

Front inscription: HERSCHEL C./ SON OF/ R. F. & E. J. WOOD/ BORN/ SEPT. 7, 1872/ DIED/ APRIL 14, 1891

 

SITE SURVEYED APRIL 20, 2002

 

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