Georgia tann grave. These are individuals associated with georgia tann and the memphis chapter of the tennessee childrens home society. 1920s to 1950 case edit. Standing over georgias grave in the hickory cemetery the average person would never know the controversy she stirred up during her lifetime.
5979 citing mount hope cemetery independence montgomery county kansas usa. She died in 1954. The 81 year old published her memoir no mama i didnt die my life as a stolen baby in 2010 and released a second edition with an added 130 pages.
Eyler was one of the georgia tann babies. Beulah george georgia tann july 18 1891 september 15 1950 was an american child trafficker who operated the tennessee childrens home society an adoption agency in memphis tennesseetann used the unlicensed home as a front for her black market baby adoption scheme from the 1920s until a state investigation into numerous instances of adoption fraud being perpetrated by her closed. Standing over georgias grave in the hickory cemetery the average person would never know the controversy she stirred up during her lifetime.
Georgia tann is buried in the hickory cemetery along with her parents george clark tann and beulah yates tann and her brother rob roy tann. Thanks for your help. She used it as a front for an illegal foundling home and adoption agency that placed over 5000.
It is a very nice tann burial plot. Tennessee childrens home society was an orphanage that operated in the state of tennessee during the first half of the twentieth century. It is most often associated with its memphis branch operator georgia tann as an organization involved in the kidnapping of children and their illegal adoptionstann died in 1950 before the state of tennessee could release its findings on her activities.
After the states investigation judge kelly was permitted to resign. Maintained by find a grave. Translation on find a grave is an ongoing project.
From 1924 through 1950 georgia tann ran the tennessee childrens home society from a stately home on poplar avenue in memphis tennessee. Accessed memorial page for george a. It is a very nice tann burial plot.