Confederate Soldiers Memorial Bridge
CSA Hospital at Clarksville Female Academy
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Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle Clarksville,Tenn.,Tuesday,April 30,1895 Sorrow Of Sorrows. Clarksville's Greatest Calamity in the Death of Capt. F. P. Gracey. His Sudden Death Come Like a Withering Blight O'er Love, Friendship and Charity. The Bitter Cup Drained to the Dregs Before Passing From the Lips When such a Death is Proclaimed in any Community. While in the Vigor of a Healthful Old Age a Stroke of Apoplexy Ends an Eventful and Successful Career -- Arrangements for the Funeral and Details of the Sad Event. |
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 Frank P. Gracey 1834 - 1895 |
Service of Capt. Frank P. Gracey
Captain Gracey may be best remembered for his capture of the Union Transport steamer "Mazeppa" on the Tennessee River in 1864. |
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MAYOR'S PROCLAMTION TO THE CITIZEN'S OF CLARKSVILLE: In view of the esteem entertained by all our citizens for Capt. F. P. Gracey, whose sudden death our city mourns,and in grateful remembrance of his past worth and unselfish interest in the welfare of Clarksville, I regard it but meet and proper that our people should honor themselves by honoring the dead. I therefore request that all places of business be closed between the hours of 9:30 and 11:30 a.m., to-day N. L. Carney, Mayor. Civil War Units from Montgomery County The Colored People Honor Him A mass-meeting of colored citizens of the city was held yesterday at St. Peter's A.M.E. chrurch, the meeting bieng called by and presided over by G.Q.Boyd, who made the opening address. Remarks eulogistic of the honored deceased were also made by J.W. Wheeler, A.W. Saunders, J.W. Page and J.W. Jackson. A committee was appointed to draft suitable resolutions showing the high regard in which Capt. Gracey was held by his colored fellow citizens, many of whom will miss him when the cold of the winters' wind comes and they are not able to do outdoor work. There was also a delegation selected to attend the funeral in a body. |
 Mememorial Day Flag Placing Ceremony This annual ceremony is held by Frank P. Gracey SCV Camp with help from the 50th TN Re-Enactors. Every known Confederate grave here at Greenwood Cemetery and at Riverview Cemetery are marked with a battle flag, over 300 graves. |
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 1901 Montgomery County Confederate Veteran Soldiers JOHN WILLIAM TROTTER; father of Phineas Trotter, Ed P. Trotter, Mrs. Mattie Hinton, Mrs. Pearl Harris and Mrs. Anna Rubel. (Phineas Trotter’s daughter is Mrs. Fanny Mai Trotter Kirby of Hendersonville, Tenn. Children of Mattie Hinton include S A Hinton, Wm. Hinton, Mrs. Martha Burnett, Mrs. Mary Freeman, T G Hinton and Doris Hinton Ray. Children of Mrs. Pearl Harris include William Harris, Herschell Harris, Mrs. Sara Batson, Mrs. Anna L. Myers and Mrs. Martha Nell Shott. Children of Mrs. Anna Rubel include William E. ‘Bill’ Rubel, C. Frank Rubel, Mrs. Amanda Mizell and Mrs. Martha Lee.) WILLIAM BRINGHURST, former owner and manager of Montgomery Hotel in Cville. WILLIAM M COLLIER, father of Mrs. J M Dickson - he was keeper of toll gate at covered bridge, Cave Road, over Red River. W H DAWSON, grandfather of Mrs. Ollie Wyatt, Mrs. Maggie Gray, Mrs. Lottie Meek, Mrs. Grace Wesenburger and William Dawson. JOHN HURSH, father of Mrs. Austin Peay and Mrs. Will Green; grandfather of Mrs. A P Armstrong and Mrs. Lane Marable. JOHN MELLON, grandfather of Mrs. Mary Morrison and Mrs. Luch Miller. J M DICKSON, father of Mrs. Louise Townley, Mrs. Bettie Smith, Mrs. Mary Weakley and Mrs. Eliza Harris. DR. JOHN ROGERS,-father of Mrs. Stella Brinkley, Robert Rogers, grandfather of Robert Rogers, Jr. and Dr. Lawrence Crow. HART BLATHROP, father of Mrs. L A Pennebaker, grandfather of Mrs. Pat Henry Cross. HUGH BUMPAS, father of Mrs. Mary Lue Atkins and Julian Bumpas; grandfather of Mrs. Paul Jones and Bill Jay (WLAC TV) Bumpas. MR. TABOR, was door-to-door salesman of spectacles. JUDGE J W TYLER, father of Mrs. Em Tylor Mitchell. (submitted by Randy Rubel)
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