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County: Simpson

"Sue Mundy's" Grave

Marker Number: 

562

Location: 

North Main & Finn St., Franklin

Marcellus Jerome Clarke enlisted in the Confederate Army, 1861, at age 17. Attached to Morgan's Cavalry in 1863. Captured on March 12, 1865, taken to Louisville, hanged three days later, court-martialed as guerrilla "Sue Mundy." His last words: "I believe in and die for the Confederate cause." In 1865 body brought here, reburied 1914 two blocks east by CSA veterans.

Dedicated February 8, 1963.

For more information, see ExploreKYHistory: Marcellus Jerome Clark and ExploreKYHistory: Sue Mundy's Grave

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