Inscription
Elizabeth Jane Donelson
Born May 13 AD 1802
Died Decr 5 AD 1832
Her character displayed in beautiful exhibition the virtues of a devoted wife a tender mother a faithful friend and pleasing companion.
Inscription on another side of monument:
Beneath this stone in the rest of the grave repose the remains of Lemuel Donelson and Eliza Jane his wife.
Inscription on another side of monument:
Man blooms a little April day
And with the dying evening ray
He fadeth as a leaf
He fadeth but the silver reign
May wake the fainting flower again
And call it into life.
Family Members
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