Rachel (Baker) Hues's Tombstone

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Rachel (Baker) Hues's Tombstone

photo taken by my husband Stephen Ratledge years ago
b 9 Feb 1824 [tombstone says 1844 but believed erroneous; census says 1836] NC d 18 Oct 1908 buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
[NOTE: Someone obvioulsy hand-chiseled her death date later than this tombstone was first inscribed. My picture above provides a detailed view of this. They have also tried to change the birth year as well by chiseling over the original date. To me, this indicates that someone knew her inscription had errors. Her surname was probably spelled phonetically and so inscribed Hues but instead should be Hughes. For an account of Aunt Rachel (Baker) Hues's life, click this link and read my story "In the Shade of Starr Mountain."]

"THOU SHALT NOT STEAL." DEUTERONOMY 5 : 19

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~ IN MEMORY OF ~

Thomas Baker's Tombstone

photo taken by my husband Stephen Ratledge years ago
b Feb 1823 NC d 5 Sep 1896 TN buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
[NOTE: His tombstone stands in the same row beside Aunt Rachel Hues's tombstone pictured above. They are believed to be siblings, children of James C. and Nancy Jane Baker, Sr. of Monroe CO, TN. Uncle Thomas Baker is believed to have migrated to TX and lived there for a while before returning to TN where he died.]

"THOU SHALT NOT STEAL." DEUTERONOMY 5 : 19

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This site is dedicated to the memory of my mother Beulah Cline Nipper, a beautiful product of the Knobs.

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