After the war Tom went away to college, a daring adventure for a young man in that day, especially in the Reconstruction Era. While he was at school he died mysteriously; the family was never told the circumstances of his death. His body was returned home in a wooden box, packed in lime, but his grieving mother never did believe the body was really his. Mary Jane always hoped that one day he would come home so his grave was never marked.
After the war Tom went away to college, a daring adventure for a young man in that day, especially in the Reconstruction Era. While he was at school he died mysteriously; the family was never told the circumstances of his death. His body was returned home in a wooden box, packed in lime, but his grieving mother never did believe the body was really his. Mary Jane always hoped that one day he would come home so his grave was never marked.
Gravesite Details
Originally buried in the Peal Cemetery (Cemetery 91, J. Percy Priest Cemetery Removals) and reinterred at Mt. Juliet
Family Members
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Nancy Ann Dennison Peal
1838–1930
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Susan Francis Dennison Peal
1842–1863
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John Vanderville Dennison
1844–1915
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Joseph Albert "Joe" Dennison
1848–1902
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Henry Clay Dennison
1852–1917
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Josephine W. "Josie" Dennison Hunter
1855–1890
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George Washington Dennison
1857–1917
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Mary Elizabeth Dennison Hunter
1861–1912
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Walter Scott Dennison
1863–1931
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Lura Norfleet Dennison Young
1866–1951
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George W Dennison
1867–1945
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