The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

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TERRY H. CAHAL/ BORN IN THE STATE OF/ VIRGINIA/ SEPTEMBER 4TH
1802/ DIED NEAR NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE/ APRIL 15TH, 1851/
ENDOWED BY NATURE WITH GREAT TALENTS AND/ GIFTED WITH AMBITION
EQUAL TO THESE POWERS./ THOUGH BORN TO WANT & OBSCURITY/
HE TRIUMPHED OVER EVERY DISADVANTAGE/ AND RISING IN AN
HONORABLE CAREER,/ TO EMINENCE & HIGH DISTINCTIONS/ HE
ADORNED & ILLUSTRATED HIS LIFE/ BY ALL THE SUCCESS WHICH
GENIUS / ADDED TO VIRTUE, COURAGE & PERSERVERANCE/ NEVER
FAILS TO ACHIEVE./ A MEMBER OF THE LAST STATE CONVENTION/
TWICE A SENATOR IN OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY/ & ONCE THE
SPEAKER OF THAT BODY./ HE WAS THE SECOND IN COMMAND OF A
VOLUNTEER REGIMENT/ IN THE FIRST FLORIDA WAR,/ & BEING
AFTERWARDS ELECTED CHANCELLOR OF TENNESSEE,/ HE DIED IN
DISCHARGING THE DUTIES/ OF HIS EXALTED STATION.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY