It may sound a little morbid, but the Mount Olivet Cemetery was much more impressive than we even anticipated.
We passed it on our way to downtown Nashville, and it looked mildly interesting so we stopped by on our way back to our hotel. I tell you, this was the most interesting thing we've seen in Nashville.
There are tombstones, mausoleums, and statues from the 1800s, entire families are buried together, and there were several graves where it appeared the entire family (children and all) died within a year of each other. There are so many stories here, and we are going back when my camera battery isn't dead.
Pictures to come... But here is just one introduction picture to rouse your curiosity:
Did the entire families die in or around 1878?
ReplyDeleteThe one statue we saw for an entire family, it looked like the son (2 years-old) died in 1856, the daughter (1 year-old) died a few months later, and the mother died a couple of months later in 1857.
ReplyDeleteWe also saw a memorial of three children who all died within a few months of each other, and it could've been closer to 1878; I can't remember the date on that one. We figured it must have been yellow fever or something like that to kill so many at one time.