BOWERS-PHILLIPS CEMETERY, GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE

Mapping the Location

Area Views of the Cemetery: 4366/4367/4368/4424/4425/4426/4431/4432/4433/4434/4435/4436/4437/4438/4440

BEATY, Columbus M., 14 Jul 1826 - 21 Jan 1868. (h/o of Indiana Tennessee Bowers Beaty) 4411C/4411/footstone C.B. 4412
BEATY, India S., 12 Feb 1834 - 11 Jul 1862, consort of C. M. Beaty. (d/o Capt George Bowers (1801-1882) & Nancy Ann (Brooks) Bowers (1802-1881)  4414
BEATY, Ida T., 24 Dec 1875 - 13 Jul 1878. 4391/4392
BEATY, Samuel M., 17 Dec 1863 - 8 Jul 1864, son of C. M. & E. P. Beaty. (only the footstone was found initials S.M.B.) 4410
BENSON, Frances, 24 Sep 1818 - 19 Jul 1828, daughter of Early Benson. 4409/footstone F.B.: 4408/backside: 4399
BOWERS, Edward D.(Dillon), 19 Dec 1827 - 7 Jul 1872. Mason (h/o Ann E. (Baugh) Bowers) 4420C/4420/4421/footstone E.D.B.: 4423
BOWERS, Ann E., 1 Apr 1835 - 20 Feb 1869, wife of E. D. Bowers. 4419/footstone A.E.B.: 4422
BOWERS, Capt. George, 27 Nov 1801 - 5 Jun 1882, aged 80 y's, 6 ms, 8 d's, (son of John Bowers & Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips). 4398C/4398
BOWERS, Nancy Ann (Brooks), 9 Feb 1802 - 16 Aug 1881, wife of George Bowers. Aged 79 Yrs 6 Mos & 17 Days. 4397C/4397/4413
BUTLER, E.A., (Elizabeth Ann (Bowers) (Austin) Butler), 14 Dec 1821 - 6 Mar 1901, wife of 1st William Edward Austin (1817-1876), 2nd  J. C. Butler. A Mother Dear Lies buried here. 4388/4389
DOGAN, Sarah Ann (Austin), 1 Feb 1842 - 19 Oct 1892, wife of James A. Dogan (d/o William Edward Austin & Elizabeth Ann (Bowers) (Austin) Butler. 4390/4391
JONES, Mattie Osborn, 7 Apr 1880 - 24 Feb 1909. Age 28 years, 10 months & 17 days, Wife of James A. Jones. 4363
JONES, Infant of James A & Mattie Osborn Jones, dates not given "And Baby"  on stone with Mattie Osborn Jones. 4364
MORRELL, Infant daughter of P. L. & N. C. Morrell, b. & d. 28 Jul 1888. 4374C/4374
MORRELL, J. (Jacob) B., 9 Nov 1820 - 18 Dec 1905. 4375C/4375
MORRELL, Eleanor P., 25 Sep 1824 - 6 Jul 1882, wife of Jacob B. Morrell. 4376C/4376
MORRELL, Martha S., 8 Nov 1844 - 20 Sep 1845, daughter of J. B. & L. P. Morrell. 4395C/4395
MORRELL, Alan P., 7 Sep 1946 - 23 Sep 1946. son of J. B. & L. P Morrell. 4394C/4394
OSBURN, Mahlon J., 13 Nov 1876 - 8 Apr 1890, son of B. D. & G. T. Osburn. Only footstone remains with initials M.J.O.  4369/4372
OSBURN, B.D., No other information, only footstone remains initials: B.D.O. 4371/4370/4373
PAYSINGER, Infant Daughter of H. E. & V. V. Paysinger, Died 31 Aug 1903. 4383
PAYSINGER, May E., Dau. of H. E. & V. V. Paysinger, 31 Jan 1894 - 13 Sep 1894. 4382C/4382
PHELPS, Josiah, (1785 -1797-no marker; h/o Martha Dupree "Patsy" (Foster) Phelps).
PHELPS, Martha Dupree (Foster)"Patsy", (1796-1825-no marker), (daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips by her 1st husband- George Foster, sourced from book Giles Co Cemeteries).
PHILLIPS, Eleanor B., 3 Dec 1807 - 28 Jun (1825), daughter of William & Elizabeth Ann Phillips, "Deposited here. The remains of the unfortunate Eleanor B. daughter of Wm & Elizabeth Ann Phillips  who was on the 18th of June 1825 was treacherously murdered by the unprincipled villain Joachim D . Lindsay." (Family records indicate she died 1825). 4400C/4400/4401/transcription of this hard to read wet stone: 4400T/More Info
PHILLIPS, Elizabeth A., 28 Mar 1771 - 28 Dec 1865, Age 94 yrs & 9 mo., "Here lies the mortal remains of Elizabeth A. Phillips..")(mother of George Bowers; 1st husband was George Foster, m. 1795, he died in Davidson Co. Tn at end of migration from NC; 2nd John Bowers (m. 7 Jan 1801) (1770-1803), 3rd William Ballard Phillips (m. 6 Sep 1805) (1768-1818) 4404C/4404/4405/Stonemaker - G.W. Woodrins of Pulaski Tennessee: 4403/footstone E.A.P.: 4406
PHILLIPS, William, Died 22 Nov 1818, Age 50 years. (This stone is among the oldest in Giles County.) 4402C/4402
REEVES, A. J., 24 Jan 1827 - 28 Jun 1900. 4379/4377
REEVES, Sarah M., 11 Sep 1823 - (death date omitted from stone), wife of A. J. Reeves. 4378/4377
REEVES, Margaret C. (nee Margaret Cassandra Bowers), 15 Aug 1855 - 21 Sep 1878. wife of A. M. Reeves. 4380
STEVENSON, Infant daughter of E. A. & V. D., Stevenson, b. & d. 15 Dec 1895. 4381
UPSHAW, James J., 11 Apr 1815 - 6 Mar 1858. 4418C/4418
UPSHAW, Eleanor P., 3 Sep 1825 - 7 Sep 1864. Only footstone found with initials E.P.U.  4416/4417
WYNNE, Charlotte, died 4 Oct 1891 Age 71 Years Our Mother 4387C/4387

Unknown Stones that could mark graves: 4365/4373/4384/4385/4386/4393/4396/4407/4415/4427/4428/4429/4430

George W. Newman of Elkton is a descendent thru the Wynn family and others of the interred in this cemetery. George was president of the Giles Co Historical Society for many years and compiled most of the above information not shown on gravestones for the Phillips/Bowers families. Visited & photographed 24 Mar 2011 by C. Wayne Austin with the help of George Newman of the Giles Co Historical Society. Added to this site 26 Mar 2012 by C. Wayne Austin.  Initial typing by Faye Bradford. Also found on page 40-41 of the book Giles County Cemeteries by the Historical Society abt. 1986. Revised 28 Oct 2015 to include more genealogy and history as detailed in the Giles Co. Historical Society Bulletin of Oct 2015 Pages 9-13 under the title "Bowers-Phillips Cemetery")