J.S. – Tombstone Inscription

Woods, Katherine Duffy, Mrs.
No Tombstone 2005 Survey
Interment Book: Buried on Jas. A. Woods lot Section 5 Lot 9
Burial date: February 13, 1947. Age 86 Years

Obituary. Banner, February 14, 1947
       Woods – Sunday morning at 10:45 o’clock at Craggie Hope, Tenn… Requiem high mass at Cathedral of the Incarnation… Interment at City Cemetery.


Woods, Bessie Campbell, Miss
No Tombstone 2005 Survey
Interment Book: Buried on Campbell lot Section 28 NE Lot 62
Burial date: April 24, 1879. Age 18 Years
Obituary. Daily American, April 25, 1879
Died – Miss Bessie Campbell Woods in the 18th year of her age. Funeral today at 11 o’clock from the residence of Mrs. H. L. Norvell, Vauxhall street. Services by Dr. T. A. Hoyt.


Macon, Jack
No Tombstone on 1908 Plat
Interment Book: May 16, 1860 
Macon, Jack, f.m.c.
80 Years Old Male Black
Residence: City Disease: Old Age
Negro Lot Remarks: Known as Dr. Jack

Born about 1783, “Dr. Jack” was practicing medicine
when a slave of William H. Macon of Maury County.
In Nashville City Directory 1853 edition was his business card: “Jack Root Doctor. Office 20 North Front Street” By this time, Dr. Jack was a free man at age 70 Years. For more information, see Tennessee HistoricalQuarterly Spring/Summer 1998, an article by Dr. Bobby Lovett