The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

GRAVEYARD MARKER

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