Samuel Born

        Samuel Born, superintendent of Forest Hill Cemetery, was born in 1835 in Switzerland, where he grew up and married Miss Fannie Kellyhouse, by whom be had two sons. His wife died in the old country, and he then married Elizabeth Icely, by whom he had two daughters. In 1870 be came to this country, and three years later his wife also came over. She died of cholera in 1873. He afterward married Minerva Carden who bore him one son. After her death he married Mrs. P. M. Bennett who had one daughter by a previous marriage. Mr. Born worked at gardening until 1881 when he took charge of the cemetery. He owns eighty-five acres of land four miles from Chattanooga for which he has been offered $16,000. He is a good citizen and well respected. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887