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Elizabeth Jane “Betsy” Whyte Donelson

Birth: 13 May 1802
Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 20 Dec 1832 (aged 30)
Williamson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Donelson Cemetery

Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 5952350 View Source

Inscription

West face: "Beneath this stone in the rest of the grave repose the remains of Lemuel Donelson and Eliza Jane his wife."

South face: Eliza Jane Donelson, born May 13, AD 1802, died Decr. 5, AD 1832. Her character displayed in beautiful exhibition the virtues of a devoted wife, faithful friend and pleasing companion."

East face: "Man blooms a little April day, and with the dying ray he fadeth as a leaf. He fadeth but the silver reign may wake the fainting flower again and call it into life."

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Lemuel Donelson

1789–1832 (m. 1819)

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Maintained by: T. Brady
Originally Created by: Rembert Woodroof
Added: Nov 12, 2001
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5952350/elizabeth_jane-donelson: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth Jane “Betsy” Whyte Donelson (13 May 1802–20 Dec 1832), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5952350, citing Donelson Cemetery, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by T. Brady (contributor 47544985).

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