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Anne G'Fellers Mason

Tombstone in Old Jonesborough Cemetery
Tombstone in Old Jonesborough Cemetery

We visit a cemetery in Jonesborough, Tennessee, where the first burial occurred in 1801. The cemetery is believed to contain a mass burial site used during the cholera epidemic of 1873. Historian Anne G'Fellers Mason shares stories of the Rocky Hill Cemetery and the role it played in the town's history.