Please if you so kindly will, help me reach my goal. It was once just a dream for 15year old natalie frank. Founded in 1850 as part of the rural park cemetery movement, it became a popular destination for carriage rides and picnics in. Subcategories this category has only the following subcategory. Founded in 1850 as part of the rural park cemetery movement, it became a popular destination for carriage rides and picnics. Just north of downtown knoxville, old gray cemetery is a littleknown historic jewel. Heres a link to a brief history of the old cemetery. Neenah high school student holds book signing for self. Estd in 1850, it reflects 169 yrs of history in a beautiful, peaceful parklike setting. Founded in 1850 as part of the rural park cemetery movement, it became a popular destination for carriage rides and picnics in its early days.
Some have even reported the piano playing itself in the deep dark of night. Playwright tennessee williams mentions old gray in his short story, the man in the overstuffed chair, and pulitzer prizewinning novelist peter taylor alludes to the cemetery in his book, in the tennessee country. Strange sound after anissa, our lead investigator, asks, is the col. Reese, the first president of the cemetery board of trustees.
Old gray is a local treasure, the 1st garden cemetery in tn. Find a grave currently contains information from over 502,486 cemeteries in over 243 different countries. Old gray cemetery in knoxville, tennessee find a grave. Kinmundy twp, marion co, il by the kinmundy historical society october 2018 6 row 3 gray, dovyann e. You can use the back to the old site link in the yellow bar at the top of each page to return to the old site for now. The materials cited in this brochure are arranged by the area within the library and archives where they can be accessed. Results will include all those that matched at least one search term. After considering a great number of names ending in vale, dale or wood or commencing with mount, the name gray was suggested by mrs. Explore this cemetery for graves, information and tombstones for names in old gray in keen mountain, virginia, a find a grave cemetery. The cemetery was simply known as gray cemetery until 1892, when new gray cemetery was established about a mile away. Old gray cemetery is named in honor of thomas gray 17161771, the english poet who wrote elegy written in a country churchyard. Old gray in keen mountain, virginia find a grave cemetery. I thought you might like to see a cemetery for old gray cemetery i found on.