Clarksville, TN
March 2012
Other views that I loved on this walk
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Friday, May 4, 2012
Springtime at Greenwood
Greenwood Cemetery
Clarksville, TN
March 2012
Other views that I loved on this walk
Clarksville, TN
March 2012
Other views that I loved on this walk
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Sgt. Carter...Dead
Frank Spencer Sutton...best remembered as Sgt. Carter from Gomer Pyle, U. S. M. C.
During a visit to see my son I took a cemetery walk at the Greenwood Cemetery. The older sections contain many beautiful monuments. Near the back of the cemetery I found the burial location for the Spencer and Sutton family at the edge of the sloping lot.
Sutton was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, the only child of Frank Sims Sutton and Thelma (née Spencer). When he was eight years old, his father became employed as a Linotype operator at the Nashville Tennessean in Nashville. Frank Sims Sutton died from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage on March 16, 1938, leaving behind his wife and 14-year-old son.
While preparing for a performance of the comedy Luv at the Beverly Barn Dinner Playhouse in Shreveport, Louisiana, Frank Sutton died of a heart attack on June 28, 1974, at the age of 50. He was buried in his hometown of Clarksville. Source: Wikipedia
During a visit to see my son I took a cemetery walk at the Greenwood Cemetery. The older sections contain many beautiful monuments. Near the back of the cemetery I found the burial location for the Spencer and Sutton family at the edge of the sloping lot.
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| Abilene TX Reporter June 30, 1974 |
Sutton was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, the only child of Frank Sims Sutton and Thelma (née Spencer). When he was eight years old, his father became employed as a Linotype operator at the Nashville Tennessean in Nashville. Frank Sims Sutton died from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage on March 16, 1938, leaving behind his wife and 14-year-old son.
While preparing for a performance of the comedy Luv at the Beverly Barn Dinner Playhouse in Shreveport, Louisiana, Frank Sutton died of a heart attack on June 28, 1974, at the age of 50. He was buried in his hometown of Clarksville. Source: Wikipedia
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Wives of Horace King
I made another visit to the Godwin Cemetery to take a better photo of the lot in which Horace's wives are buried.
1st wife: Francis L. Goode
2nd wife: Sally Jane McManus
I also have permission to use screenshots from the following YouTube video -
Horace: The Bridge Builder King by Tom Lenard
These screen shots are from the King bible showing the cemetery layout.
Previous posts on DCW about Horace King:
Post 1
Post 2
1st wife: Francis L. Goode
2nd wife: Sally Jane McManus
I also have permission to use screenshots from the following YouTube video -
Horace: The Bridge Builder King by Tom Lenard
These screen shots are from the King bible showing the cemetery layout.
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| John Godwin Monument Placed by his former slave, Horace King |
Previous posts on DCW about Horace King:
Post 1
Post 2
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Mother Bickerdyke Cemetery
A piece of the puzzle...for Beth Foulk
In July 2009 I shared this brief post,
http://digitalcemeterywalk.blogspot.com/2009/07/mother-bickerdyke-cemetery.html,
regarding the Mother Bickerdyke Memorial Cemetery that I had visited during a cemetery walk in Ellsworth County, Kansas.
Fast forward two summers and I received this email from Beth Foulk [July 2011]:
Hi Gale,
I just received this newspaper excerpt about the cemetery. Thought you might like to put it on your blog.
From an article in “The Ellsworth Reporter” written 7 April, 1988, “On a hill overlooking Ellsworth from the south lie 31 graves of women who were Army nurses or the widows, mothers and daughters of men who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Three graves in the cemetery, which is called the Mother Bickerdyke Memorial Cemetery, have stone markers with inscriptions. Twenty-eight are marked with small white stones engraved with a cross. It is now a part of the Good Samaritan Center. --It is not known when the cemetery was first laid out, or when the first woman was buried there, but records kept by the daughter of A. r. Kyle, who was superintendent between 1902 and 1910, show that it was some time during those years. Kyle made a plat of the cemetery and a record of who was buried there. The records were lost and it is now impossible to identify the graves that are not marked. In 1961, the State of Kansas erected a monument with all 31 names listed on it. The three tombstones that originally had inscriptions are Jane Billington ,Mary Hutchison, and Mother Anna E. Mills.”
And an article I found in the Salina Journal from 8/13/1961:
I'm glad my brief post on the cemetery helped fill in the blanks on the death and burial of Louisa.
In July 2009 I shared this brief post,
http://digitalcemeterywalk.blogspot.com/2009/07/mother-bickerdyke-cemetery.html,
regarding the Mother Bickerdyke Memorial Cemetery that I had visited during a cemetery walk in Ellsworth County, Kansas.
Fast forward two summers and I received this email from Beth Foulk [July 2011]:
Hello! You made my day.
I litterally stumbled on your marker photo of the Mother Bickerdyke Memorial Cemetery, and much to my surprise I found Louisa Watson listed. Louisa is a gggrandmother. I knew she lived at the MB Home. But I didn't know she died and was buried there. WOW.
Do you happen to have pictures of the individual headstones at this cemetery? I would be MOST grateful if you could share Louisa's with me.
Your site says, every person has a story. I believe that firmly myself. If you're interested in Louisa's story I'd be happy to share. It's pretty neat/ sad.
Thanks again for your great contributions to genealogy and cemetery information sharing...
Why, yes, I would be interested in her story.
Fast forward to April 3, 2012 and Beth has posted Louisa's story on her blog.
A Civil War Wife's Story...
But, it appears the story didn't end with her first post...
Mysteries, Scandals, and an Ancestor's True Identity Revealed
But, it appears the story didn't end with her first post...
Mysteries, Scandals, and an Ancestor's True Identity Revealed
And, from Beth's email of April 5th:
Hi Gale,
I just received this newspaper excerpt about the cemetery. Thought you might like to put it on your blog.
From an article in “The Ellsworth Reporter” written 7 April, 1988, “On a hill overlooking Ellsworth from the south lie 31 graves of women who were Army nurses or the widows, mothers and daughters of men who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Three graves in the cemetery, which is called the Mother Bickerdyke Memorial Cemetery, have stone markers with inscriptions. Twenty-eight are marked with small white stones engraved with a cross. It is now a part of the Good Samaritan Center. --It is not known when the cemetery was first laid out, or when the first woman was buried there, but records kept by the daughter of A. r. Kyle, who was superintendent between 1902 and 1910, show that it was some time during those years. Kyle made a plat of the cemetery and a record of who was buried there. The records were lost and it is now impossible to identify the graves that are not marked. In 1961, the State of Kansas erected a monument with all 31 names listed on it. The three tombstones that originally had inscriptions are Jane Billington ,Mary Hutchison, and Mother Anna E. Mills.”
I'm glad my brief post on the cemetery helped fill in the blanks on the death and burial of Louisa.
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