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TO THE MEMORY OF / COL. JOHN TIPTON / BORN IN WASHINGTON CO.
TENN. / DIED OCT. 8, 1831. / ERECTED BY ORDER OF / THE 49TH
GEN. ASSEMBLY.
HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE WHO SINK TO REST,
BY ALL THEIR COUNTRY'S WISHES BLEST
WHEN SPRING WITH DEWY FINGERS COLD
RETURNS TO DECK THEIR HALLOWED MOULD.
SHE THERE SHALL DRESS A SWEETER SOD
THAN FANCY'S FEET HAVE EVER TROD.

Submitter comment: I ALSO HAVE A RUBBING OF THIS TOMBSTONE--S.R.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial
ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

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