Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
Author: Unknown
Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
Author: Unknown
Inscription
CO K 24 TENN INF CSA Wounded at Shiloh APR 6 1862 Taken Prisoner At Chickamauga Sep 20 1863
Family Members
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PVT William Madison Jett
1831–1900
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Nancy A "Nannie" Jett Allison
1832–1900
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Mary Jane "Janey" Jett Dickson
1834–1905
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Sarah Ann Jett Hamon
1836–1900
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Harriet Jett Perry
1838–1900
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Matilda Ann Jett Perry
1840–1900
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PVT Thomas Bedford Jett
1841–1921
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Martha Elizabeth Jett Perry
1841–1900
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Giles Joiner James Jett
1847–1880
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Joseph Madison Jett
1848–1880