HUNTER CEMETERY-MAURY COUNTY, MT PLEASANT, TENNESSEE


ROTH, Emmanuel/"Emile", born 16 Jun 1829 in Germany and died 25 January 1883. He was buried at historic Hunter Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee. On 25 June 1866 he married Nannie Lou Kennedy, daughter of Robert Gordon Kennedy and Caroline Moody. She was born in 1837 and died in 1881. His tombstone reads: "Husband of M. W. Roth Born June 16, 1829, Died Jan 25 1883" Her tombstone reads: "Nannie Lou Kennedy Wife of Emile Roth 1837 - 1881 Mother of Jessie, Grace, Edna, Emile, Seth Died In The Christian Faith" (Note: The M. W. refers to Emile's second wife, Martha W. Johnson, who hung herself in Mt. Pleasant in 1894. There is no marking for her grave here but room enough for her to be buried beside Emile) Information and photo supplied by Rick Gray, 1/8/02003. Revised photo of Nannie's memorial by Mary Bob McClain Richardson 4/2/2005.