AMIS, Rebecca T. Thomas, daughter of Col. Jonas Thomas and Martha C. Adkisson, was born 
1 Nov 1838 in Maury County, Tennessee. She died 5 Mar 1903 and is buried in the Wilkes Cemetery in 
Culleoka, Tennessee. On 13 Oct 1857 in Maury County, Tennessee she married John Erastus Amis, son 
of Thomas Amis and Hannah Gordon Kennedy. Rebecca was a teacher at the Athenaeum in Columbia and 
at the Tennessee College in Franklin. Inscription: "In Memory Of Mrs. Rebecca T. Amis wife 
of John E. Amis and daughter of Col Jonas E. and Mrs. Martha C. Thomas. Born Nov 1 1838 Married 
Oct 13 1857 Died Mar 5 1903"  Information by Rick Gray, 03/08/02003. Photo and stone preparation 
using chalk by Suzanne Davison.