Houston - Young Cemetery
Decaturville, Decatur County, Tennessee, USA
David Donahue recorded both cemeteries in1992. Margarett Alexander recorded both cemeteries in 1976. Her record of the two cemeteries appear under the name Houston Cemetery in 'Decatur County, Tennessee Cemetery Records'.
The Lowry Cemetery was adjacent: The Lowry Cemetery in Decaturville was destroyed, probably in December 2003. This cemetery was in the woods in the southeast quadrant of the intersection of the Decaturville bypass (TN 69) and Middleburg Road (TN 202), behind what was once an antique shop. The cemetery dated to the 1820-1840 period. In 1992 it was possible to recognize about a dozen fieldstones and about an equal number of sunken spots within the Lowry cemetery, so there were about 2 dozen burials there. Given the number of burials, it is likely that this was the local community cemetery before Decaturville Cemetery opened in 1845. Lowry Cemetery probably had already been abandoned when the separate Young Family Cemetery (about 30 yards to the east) was established in 1869. Lowry Cemetery was surrounded by very large trees, 2-3 feet or more in diameter. There was one marker with information, that of Jemima Lowry.
The marker for Jemima and her sons probably was erected in the 1860s. It was in very good condition right up until it was broken during the logging, probably by a falling tree. Heavy equipment has obliterated all signs of the fieldstones and depressions.
(some Info from the TNGen.Web site)
David Donahue recorded both cemeteries in1992. Margarett Alexander recorded both cemeteries in 1976. Her record of the two cemeteries appear under the name Houston Cemetery in 'Decatur County, Tennessee Cemetery Records'.
The Lowry Cemetery was adjacent: The Lowry Cemetery in Decaturville was destroyed, probably in December 2003. This cemetery was in the woods in the southeast quadrant of the intersection of the Decaturville bypass (TN 69) and Middleburg Road (TN 202), behind what was once an antique shop. The cemetery dated to the 1820-1840 period. In 1992 it was possible to recognize about a dozen fieldstones and about an equal number of sunken spots within the Lowry cemetery, so there were about 2 dozen burials there. Given the number of burials, it is likely that this was the local community cemetery before Decaturville Cemetery opened in 1845. Lowry Cemetery probably had already been abandoned when the separate Young Family Cemetery (about 30 yards to the east) was established in 1869. Lowry Cemetery was surrounded by very large trees, 2-3 feet or more in diameter. There was one marker with information, that of Jemima Lowry.
The marker for Jemima and her sons probably was erected in the 1860s. It was in very good condition right up until it was broken during the logging, probably by a falling tree. Heavy equipment has obliterated all signs of the fieldstones and depressions.
(some Info from the TNGen.Web site)
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Decaturville, Decatur County, Tennessee, USA
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 13667
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