Donaldson Cemetery, East Ridge, Hamilton County Tennessee

This is an old family cemetery located in a populated neighborhood in East Ridge, Tennessee. It lies on a small lot between 3243 and 3249 Gleason Dr. The land for the cemetery was given by Samuel David Donaldson. At the time of this survey the cemetery was very overgrown and infested with poison ivy. Survey completed August 4, 2011.

Survey and photos by Dennis C. Wilson
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Names of individuals in this cemetery were recorded as they appeared on the tombstones. No attempt was made to correct obvious errors or differences in spelling. Every attempt has been made to record this information correctly. However, mistakes are possible. The information on this page may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other person or organization without the written consent of the contributor, the legal representative of the submitter, or the Hamilton County Tennessee Genealogy Society.

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d/o=daughter of; s/o=son of; h/o=husband of; w/o=wife of
Deceased	Born	Died	Notes
Adams, Nancy Donaldson	10/20/1863	04/30/1937
Branham, Eva Luella	03/30/1901	11/25/1930	d/o-W E & M L Branham
Branham, Luther	07/08/1840	01/01/1903	Co I IND INF
Branham, Marguerite	07/27/1899	04/29/1909	d/o-W E & M L Branham
Branham, Mary Louella Pratt	00/00/1865	08/15/1946	w/o-W E Branham; d/o-lewis Pratt; Info from death certificate
Branham, Ruby E	09/27/1908	03/08/1914	Unmarked; d/o-W R & Catherine Capps Branham; Info from death certificate
Branham, Sophia Saulk	08/08/1848	01/26/1917	Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Branham, William E	00/00/1870	10/20/1954	h/o-M L Branham; s/o-Luther Branham; Info from death certificate
Brown, Bessie	03/01/1897	03/31/1898
Brown, Edwin	04/15/1867	08/07/1951	s/o-John G. & Anna Fisher Brown; See obituary
Brown, Elizabeth Gilliam	05/28/1861	11/12/1948	w/o-John G Brown; See obituary
Brown, John G	05/25/1839	10/28/1916	h/o-Elizabeth Brown; See obituary
Brown, John W	08/10/1896	04/20/1897
Brown, Julia J	01/09/1893	03/14/1899	d/o-J G & L Brown
Brown, Nettie K	05/16/1873	06/07/1957
Brown, Oscar G	10/01/1891	04/18/1899
Brown, Rosa T	12/29/1884	03/15/1899	d/o-J G & L
Colston, Augusta B	10/14/1913	10/15/1999
Colston, Carl Edgar	07/22/1908	06/26/1909
Colston, Harry Edgar	00/00/1883	00/00/1921	h/o-Laura Denton
Colston, Laura Denton	00/00/1889	00/00/1970	w/o-Harry Edgar Colston
Denton, Charles Andrew	10/12/1858	07/23/1909
Donaldson, Frederick S	12/02/1914	07/23/1975
Donaldson, Isabelle	06/15/1867	05/21/1892	same marker with Samuel David Donaldson
Donaldson, Mary J	03/30/1854	03/16/1939	age 85 yrs
Donaldson, Patty Jean		02/03/1925	Infant d/o-Wm A & Blanche Donaldson
Donaldson, Samuel David	09/21/1874	07/05/1895	same marker with Isabelle Donaldson
Donaldson, William A	07/18/1881	03/13/1933	h/o-Blanche Donaldson
Funkhouser, Emma Irene	05/24/1907	10/16/2000
Grant, Sandra A	11/29/1935	01/30/1948
Johnson, Nettie	00/00/1903	00/00/1931	d/o - H A Knauff
Knauff, Hugo G	10/04/1907	01/13/1908	s/o-H A Knauff
Knauff, Louisa A Brown	10/12/1879	10/11/1907
McCroy, Minnie Donaldson	07/03/1873	06/06/1938	w/o-J C McCroy; d/o-Jimmy Donaldson; Info from death certificate
Olson, Laura Pearl	00/00/1909	00/00/2005
Robb, Blanche Kinsey Donaldson	11/01/1883	08/08/1945	w/o-William Donaldson & Edwin J Robb; Info from death certificate
Robertson, Betty Louise	00/00/1916	05/07/1925	d/o-James A & Ann Knauff Robertson
Robertson, Infant Son			s/o-J A Robertson
Robertson, James A	09/25/1892	12/28/1928	s/o-W J & Mary Arnold Robertson; Info from death certificate
Shumaker, Carrie E Donaldson	03/31/1864	10/02/1937	d/o-Joe & Jane Lecroy Donaldson; w/o-T J Shumaker
Shumaker, Thomas J	02/11/1864	11/12/1954	dates from death certificate