Flora Hurst Grave
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Flora Hurst Grave

Chester County, Tennessee, USA

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  • Get directions Laurel Hill Road and Old Patterson Road
    null, Tennessee 38315 United States
    Coordinates: 35.26460, -88.77524
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This Grave is of Historic importance. The grave of Flora Hurst, the Daughter of Col. Fielding Hurst of the 6th Tennessee Calvary during the Civil War. Fielding died in 1882 leaving his wife Melocky and daughter Flora. Flora was the daughter of Frances Winters the supposed mistress of Fielding . She died very young and Flora was adopted into the Hurst home. She was 3 years old in the 1870 census in the Frances Winters home. Shortly after Fielding died in 1882 Flora fell into a pot of boiling water and died from her wounds. Melocky her mother buried her across the road from the Kise creek Home Place.
This Grave is of Historic importance. The grave of Flora Hurst, the Daughter of Col. Fielding Hurst of the 6th Tennessee Calvary during the Civil War. Fielding died in 1882 leaving his wife Melocky and daughter Flora. Flora was the daughter of Frances Winters the supposed mistress of Fielding . She died very young and Flora was adopted into the Hurst home. She was 3 years old in the 1870 census in the Frances Winters home. Shortly after Fielding died in 1882 Flora fell into a pot of boiling water and died from her wounds. Melocky her mother buried her across the road from the Kise creek Home Place.

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  • Added: 27 Dec 2022
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2767633