Tombstone Tuesday - Grave of Nancy Ambrose

This tombstone, bearing the inscription "Erected by the children to mark the place of the remains of their Mother," marks the grave of Nancy Ambrose, a native of Onslow County, North Carolina. Mrs. Ambrose died in Holmes County, Mississippi, on November 27, 1852, and is buried in Franklin Cemetery. She was 64 years old at the time of her death.

Franklin Cemetery

Franklin Cemetery, located in rural Holmes County, is another very old cemetery in Mississippi that contains graves of those who migrated to the state in the 1800's. Family names of some of those who are buried in Franklin Cemetery include Ambrose, Coleman, Drennan, Gage, Gibson, Lipsey, Noel, Sample, and Wharton.