CATO CEMETERY

SC-16: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN. Cato Road

13 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS

UNKNOWN

ONLY THE DATE LEGIBLE SEP 17, 1801

UNDERWOOD Born: 1846 Died: 1880

Front Inscription: NOAH/ UNDERWOOD/ BORN/ AUG. 9, 1846/ DIED/ SEPT. 16, 1880/ A FATHER’S… BELOVED…

UNDERWOOD Born: 1854 Died: 1898

Front Inscription: JULIA/ WIFE OF/ UNDERWOOD/ AND DAUGHTER OF/ R. & M. J. CATO/ BORN DEC. ? 1854/ DIED. MAR. 14, 1898

CATO Born: ? Died: 1873

Front Inscription: NANCY A./ CATO/ DIED/ JUNE 30, 1873/ AGED/ ABOUT 84 YR.

CATO Born: 1867 Died: 1871

Front Inscription: SARAH/ DAUGHTER OF/ R & M. J./ CATO/ BORN/ SEPT. 10, 1867/ DIED/ JAN. 20, 1871

CATO Born: 1862 Died: 1877

Front Inscription: JEFFERSON D./ SON OF/ R. & M. J. CATO/ BORN/ JULY 6, 1862/ DIED/ SEPT. 10, 1877

CATO? Born: 18?? Died: 1858

Front Inscription: MARTHA A. CATO (?)/ BORN/ AUG. 15, 18??/ DIED/ MARCH/ 1858

BRATTON Born: 1850 Died: 1878

Front Inscription: WALTER S./ BRATTON/ BORN/ OCT. 7, 1850/ DIED/ AUG. 17, 1878

CATO Born: 1876 Died: 1876

Front Inscription: INFANT/ SON OF/ EDMUND & MARTHA/ CATO/ BORN/ SEPT. 2, 1876/ DIED/ OCT. 16, 1876/ SWEET LITTLE BUD…/ HIS…

UNKNOWN Born: 1875 Died: 1904

Front Inscription: CORNELL ??/ BORN/ OCT. 16, 1875/ DIED/ AUG. 6, 1904/ GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

CATO Born: 1855 Died: 1898

Front Inscription: MARTHA/ WIFE OF EDMUND CATO/ BORN/ SEPT. 18, 1855/ DIED/ SEPT. 28, 1898/ A LOVING WIFE, A MOTHER/ DEAR, LIES BURIED HERE

SIMPKINS Born: 1867 Died: 1898

Front Inscription: WILLIAM/ FRANCIS/ SIMPKINS/ BORN/ JULY 7, 1867/ DIED/ NOVEMBER 7, 1898/ AT REST

SIMPKINS Born: 1877 Died: 1903

Front Inscription: ANNE L./ WIFE OF/ JOHN M. SIMPKINS/ BORN/ MAY 8, 1877/ DIED/ MAY 22, 1903/ GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

On day of survey visit, cemetery was overgrown. Some other tombstones could not be reached to record the inscriptions because of the overgrowth.

SITE SURVEYED MARCH 27, 2004