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Mary Cooper Tune

Birth
Smith County, Tennessee, USA
Death
20 Jul 1852 (aged 55)
Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Bedford County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of James Cooper and Elizabeth Bogart Cooper, Mary married John Tune a native of Halifax County, Virginia. They had these 15 known children: Frances H., William Travis, James Cooper, Robert Bedford, John Brooks, Elizabeth Jane, Charles William, Mary Louisa, Kester Lewis, Marcus DeLafayette, Malinda C., Sarah Ann, Sophrona A., Caleb Peyton & Evaline C. Tune.

Rest in peace.
~~~~~~~
Thankfully this old family cemetery was surveyed and published in the book that follows. Sadly since that survey newer owners have destroyed it. See additional information below.

Death and burial information sources:
"Cemetery Records of Bedford County, Tennessee", pages 102-103
Compiled by Helen Crawford Marsh and Timothy Richard Marsh
Published by Marsh Historical Publications
Shelbyville, Tennessee, 1976

September 30, 1852
Malinda C. Tune died July 20, 1852 aged 19 years. Charles Tune died July 21, 1852 aged about 26 years. Mary Tune died August 19, 1852 aged about 55 years; all of flux; mother and children. Mary Tune was w/o John Tune. Missionary Baptists. Source: http://www.tngenweb.org/records/tn_wide/obits/nca/nca1-03.htm

Additional information-destruction of this cemetery:
"On Sunday October 12, 2008, my research friend and I decided to find the grave sites of my ancestors John Tune, his wife Mary Cooper and my other g..grandfather Enoch Williams. This Private cemetery had been censused by several of the Historical volunteers in Bedford county several years previously and was listed in the Cemetery Book of Bedford County, TN. Copying the way from the book, and obtaining directions from the local fire department, we set out to find the Tune cemetery located 1/2 mile north of Whiteside Baptist Church on Midland Road.....northwest of Shelbyville, TN.
We looked, and looked, and measured and looked some more. Finally, we stopped at several houses in the vicinity that we knew the cemetery had to be located. We found the man who had previously owned the land and kept the small cemetery cleaned. He received permission for all of us to drive back to the cedar tree grove where the burial site was located Imagine our surprise, and consternation when we found that the new owner had removed all tombstones! The only things left of the cemetery was the bottom block of a tombstone being used as a mounting block for getting on his horses and the cedar trees.
Such a waste!!! Vandalism of it's purest form. At least the cemetery was recorded before the new owner demolished it(sometime around 2005).
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5965487/person/-1367732791
Daughter of James Cooper and Elizabeth Bogart Cooper, Mary married John Tune a native of Halifax County, Virginia. They had these 15 known children: Frances H., William Travis, James Cooper, Robert Bedford, John Brooks, Elizabeth Jane, Charles William, Mary Louisa, Kester Lewis, Marcus DeLafayette, Malinda C., Sarah Ann, Sophrona A., Caleb Peyton & Evaline C. Tune.

Rest in peace.
~~~~~~~
Thankfully this old family cemetery was surveyed and published in the book that follows. Sadly since that survey newer owners have destroyed it. See additional information below.

Death and burial information sources:
"Cemetery Records of Bedford County, Tennessee", pages 102-103
Compiled by Helen Crawford Marsh and Timothy Richard Marsh
Published by Marsh Historical Publications
Shelbyville, Tennessee, 1976

September 30, 1852
Malinda C. Tune died July 20, 1852 aged 19 years. Charles Tune died July 21, 1852 aged about 26 years. Mary Tune died August 19, 1852 aged about 55 years; all of flux; mother and children. Mary Tune was w/o John Tune. Missionary Baptists. Source: http://www.tngenweb.org/records/tn_wide/obits/nca/nca1-03.htm

Additional information-destruction of this cemetery:
"On Sunday October 12, 2008, my research friend and I decided to find the grave sites of my ancestors John Tune, his wife Mary Cooper and my other g..grandfather Enoch Williams. This Private cemetery had been censused by several of the Historical volunteers in Bedford county several years previously and was listed in the Cemetery Book of Bedford County, TN. Copying the way from the book, and obtaining directions from the local fire department, we set out to find the Tune cemetery located 1/2 mile north of Whiteside Baptist Church on Midland Road.....northwest of Shelbyville, TN.
We looked, and looked, and measured and looked some more. Finally, we stopped at several houses in the vicinity that we knew the cemetery had to be located. We found the man who had previously owned the land and kept the small cemetery cleaned. He received permission for all of us to drive back to the cedar tree grove where the burial site was located Imagine our surprise, and consternation when we found that the new owner had removed all tombstones! The only things left of the cemetery was the bottom block of a tombstone being used as a mounting block for getting on his horses and the cedar trees.
Such a waste!!! Vandalism of it's purest form. At least the cemetery was recorded before the new owner demolished it(sometime around 2005).
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5965487/person/-1367732791


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  • Created by: Gloria Tune
  • Added: Apr 21, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51438545/mary-tune: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Cooper Tune (25 Apr 1797–20 Jul 1852), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51438545, citing Tune Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Gloria Tune (contributor 46777289).