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John Bell (1797-1869) —
also known as "The Great Apostate" —
of Tennessee.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
15, 1797.
Son of Samuel Bell and Margaret (Edmiston) Bell.
Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1817; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1827-41; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1834-35; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1841; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1847; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1847-59; Constitutional Union candidate
for President
of the United States, 1860.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Cumberland Furnace, Dickson
County, Tenn., September
10, 1869 (age 72 years, 207
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Joseph Wellington Byrns (1869-1936) —
also known as Joseph W. Byrns; Jo Byrns —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born near Cedar Hill, Robertson
County, Tenn., July 20,
1869.
Son of James H. Byrns and Mary E. (Jackson) Byrns.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1895-1901; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1899-1901; member
of Tennessee
state senate, 1901; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1909-36 (6th District 1909-33, 5th
District 1933-36); died in office 1936; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1935-36; died in office 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1936 (age 66 years, 320
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Felix Grundy (1777-1840) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
11, 1777.
Delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1800; justice of
Kentucky state supreme court, 1806; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1811-14; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1815; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1829-38, 1839-40; died in office 1840; U.S.
Attorney General, 1838-39.
Died December
19, 1840 (age 63 years, 99
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1851-1928) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., January
30, 1851.
Son of Henry Dickinson and Anna (McGavock) Dickinson.
Lawyer;
general counsel, Illinois Central Railroad;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1909-11.
Died December
13, 1928 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Aaron Venable Brown (1795-1859) —
also known as Aaron V. Brown —
of Tennessee.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., August
15, 1795.
Son of Rev. Aaron Brown and Elizabeth (Melton) Brown.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of James
K. Polk; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1821-25, 1826-27; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1831-33; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1839-45 (10th District 1839-43,
6th District 1843-45); Governor of
Tennessee, 1845-47; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1857-59; died in office 1859.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1859 (age 63 years, 205
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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William Brimage Bate (1826-1905) —
also known as William B. Bate —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born near Castalian Springs, Sumner
County, Tenn., October
7, 1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1849-51; Presidential Elector for
Tennessee, 1860;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1868;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1876;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1876; Presidential Elector for
Tennessee, 1876;
Governor
of Tennessee, 1883-87; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1887-1905; died in office 1905.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 9,
1905 (age 78 years, 153
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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George Earl Maney (1826-1901) —
also known as George Maney —
of Tennessee.
Born in 1826.
General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister
to Colombia, 1881-82; Bolivia, 1882-83; Paraguay, 1889-94; Uruguay, 1889-94.
Died in 1901
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Benton McMillin (1845-1933) —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.
Born in Monroe
County, Ky., September
11, 1845.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1875-77; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1879-99; Governor of
Tennessee, 1899-1903; U.S. Minister to Peru, 1913-19; Guatamala, 1919-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1928.
Died January
8, 1933 (age 87 years, 119
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880) —
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., February
28, 1804.
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1847-52; Governor of
Mississippi, 1852-54; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Fought four duels;
fled
Alabama in 1830 to escape
prosecution for dueling.
Exchanged blows with Thomas
Hart Benton on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Expelled
from the Confederate Congress in early 1865 for going North on an unauthorized
peace mission.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 20,
1880 (age 76 years, 82
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Neill Smith Brown (1810-1886) —
also known as Neill S. Brown —
of Tennessee.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., April 18,
1810.
Governor
of Tennessee, 1847-49; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1850-53; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1855-57.
Died January
30, 1886 (age 75 years, 287
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Jesse Wharton (1782-1833) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Virginia, 1782.
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1807-09; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1814-17.
Died in 1833
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Howell Edmunds Jackson (1832-1895) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Paris, Henry
County, Tenn., April 8,
1832.
Son of Alexander Jackson (1805-1879) and Mary (Hurt) Jackson
(1805-1840).
Democrat. State court judge in Tennessee, 1875; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1880; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1881-86; federal
judge, 1886; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1893-95; died in office 1895.
Baptist.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August 8,
1895 (age 63 years, 122
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Luke Lea (1879-1945) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April 12,
1879.
Son of Overton Lea and Ella (Cocke) Lea.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; founder of the Nashville Tennesseean; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1911-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1912
(speaker);
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died November
18, 1945 (age 66 years, 220
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Harry Hill McAlister (1875-1959) —
also known as Hill McAlister —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., July 15,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1911-13; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1916;
Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1918-20; Tennessee
state treasurer, 1919-27, 1931-33; Governor of
Tennessee, 1933-37.
Christian.
Died October
30, 1959 (age 84 years, 107
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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John Catron (1786-1865) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Virginia, January
7, 1786.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1824-34; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1837-65; died in office 1865.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 30,
1865 (age 79 years, 143
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Edward Hazzard East (1830-1904) —
also known as E. H. East —
of Tennessee.
Born October
1, 1830.
Governor
of Tennessee, 1865.
Died November
12, 1904 (age 74 years, 42
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Guilford Dudley, Jr. (1907-2002) —
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., 1907.
Son of Guilford Dudley, Sr. and Anne (Dallas) Dudley (died 1955).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; president,
Life & Casualty Insurance
Co., 1952-69; U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, 1969-71.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 13,
2002 (age about 94
years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Morgan Welles Brown (1800-1853) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn., 1800.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; U.S.
District Judge for Tennessee, 1834-53; died in office 1853.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March 7,
1853 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Meredith Poindexter Gentry (1809-1866) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., September
15, 1809.
Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835-38; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1839-43, 1845-53 (8th District
1839-43, 7th District 1845-53); Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., November
2, 1866 (age 57 years, 48
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Horace Harrison Harrison (1829-1885) —
also known as Horace H. Harrison —
of Tennessee.
Born in Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., August 7,
1829.
Republican. U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1863, 1872-73; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1873-75; member of
Tennessee state legislature, 1880.
Died December
20, 1885 (age 56 years, 135
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Edward Saunders Cheatham (1818-1878) —
also known as Edward S. Cheatham —
of Springfield, Robertson
County, Tenn.
Born in Springfield, Robertson
County, Tenn., July 31,
1818.
Son of Richard
Cheatham.
Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1853-55; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1855-57, 1861-63; Speaker of
the Tennessee State Senate, 1855-57, 1861-62.
Died in Horn Lake, DeSoto
County, Miss., December
21, 1878 (age 60 years, 143
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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John Wesley Gaines (1860-1926) —
also known as John W. Gaines —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Wrencoe, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
24, 1860.
Son of Dr. John Wesley Gaines and Maria (Wair) Gaines.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1897-1909; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., July 4,
1926 (age 65 years, 314
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Samuel McClary Fite (1816-1875) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Smith
County, Tenn., June 12,
1816.
Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1850; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1852;
district judge in Tennessee, 1858-61, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1875; died in office
1875.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., October
23, 1875 (age 59 years, 133
days).
Original interment at Carthage
Cemetery, Carthage, Tenn.; reinterment in 1908 at Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
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Andrew Price (1854-1909) —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born in Louisiana, 1854.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,
1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1889-97.
Died in 1909
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Benjamin Augustine Enloe (1848-1922) —
also known as Benjamin A. Enloe —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born near Clarksburg, Carroll
County, Tenn., January
18, 1848.
Son of Benjamin S. Enloe and Nancy O. Enloe.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1869-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1872,
1880;
newspaper
editor; member of Tennessee
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1878-80; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1887-95.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., July 8,
1922 (age 74 years, 171
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Thomas Lee Woolwine (1874-1925) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
31, 1874.
Democrat. Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1915-23; became one of the
nation's best-known prosecutors; Democratic candidate for Governor of
California, 1918 (primary), 1922.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a liver
ailment, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 8,
1925 (age 50 years, 250
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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William Michael Cocke (1815-1896) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Rutledge, Grainger
County, Tenn., July 16,
1815.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1845-49.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
6, 1896 (age 80 years, 205
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Thomas Menees (1823-1905) —
of Springfield, Robertson
County, Tenn.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 26,
1823.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1857; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1860;
Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
6, 1905 (age 82 years, 72
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Andrew Jackson Caldwell (1837-1906) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Montevallo, Shelby
County, Ala., July 22,
1837.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1883-87.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., November
22, 1906 (age 69 years, 123
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Joseph Hayes Acklen (1850-1938) —
also known as Joseph H. Acklen —
of Pattersonville (now Patterson), St. Mary
Parish, La.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 20,
1850.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1878-81; defeated,
1882.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
28, 1938 (age 88 years, 131
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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James Minor Quarles (1823-1901) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Virginia, 1823.
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1859-61.
Died in 1901
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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John McCormick Lea (1818-1903) —
also known as John M. Lea —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., December
25, 1818.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1842-44; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1848-50; circuit judge in Tennessee.
Presbyterian.
Died in Monteagle, Grundy
County, Tenn., September
21, 1903 (age 84 years, 270
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Arthur St. Clair Colyar (1818-1907) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Washington
County, Tenn., June 23,
1818.
Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
13, 1907 (age 89 years, 173
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Joseph Wellington Byrns, Jr. (1903-1973) —
also known as Joseph W. Byrns, Jr. —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
15, 1903.
Son of Joseph
Wellington Byrns.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1939-41.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Exchange
Club; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., March 8,
1973 (age 69 years, 205
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Thomas A. Kercheval (1837-1915) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Maury
County, Tenn., January
16, 1837.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1871-74, 1875-83, 1886-88; resigned 1888.
Episcopalian.
Died March 22,
1915 (age 78 years, 65
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Hilary Ewing Howse (1866-1938) —
also known as Hilary E. Howse —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Rutherford
County, Tenn., January
25, 1866.
Democrat. Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1909-15, 1924-38; died in office 1938;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1912,
1916.
Died January
2, 1938 (age 71 years, 342
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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John Hugh Smith (1819-1870) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., 1819.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1844-46, 1850-52, 1862-64.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., July 7,
1870 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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George Blackmore Guild (1834-1917) —
also known as George B. Guild —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Sumner
County, Tenn., April 8,
1834.
Son of Josephus Conn Guild (judge) and Catherine (Blackmore) Guild.
Democrat. Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1891-95.
Died in Virginia, April 21,
1917 (age 83 years, 13
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Joseph Thorpe Elliston (1779-1856) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., December
15, 1779.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1813-17.
Died November
10, 1856 (age 76 years, 331
days).
Original interment at Nashville City
Cemetery; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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William Marshall McCarthy (c.1841-1899) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Georgia, about 1841.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1895-97.
Died September
13, 1899 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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John Meredith Bass (1804-1878) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born January
19, 1804.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1833-34, 1869.
Died in 1878
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Richard Boone Cheatham (1824-1877) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Springfield, Robertson
County, Tenn., December
8, 1824.
Son of Richard
Cheatham.
Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1859-61, 1869-71; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1860-62.
Presbyterian.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 7,
1877 (age 52 years, 150
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Randal William McGavock (1826-1863) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born August
10, 1826.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1858-59; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Killed
in battle near Raymond, Hinds
County, Miss., May 12,
1863 (age 36 years, 275
days).
Entombed at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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William Nichol (1800-1878) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., February
12, 1800.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1835-36.
Died November
23, 1878 (age 78 years, 284
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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William Litterer (1834-1917) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Germany,
August
24, 1834.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1890-91.
Died in 1917
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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B. F. Cheatham (1821-1886) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., 1821.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1857; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; postmaster.
Died, from heart
disease, in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
4, 1886 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Mabel Hill (d. 1956) —
also known as Mrs. Albert E. Hill —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1939; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1944,
1948.
Female.
Died October
6, 1956.
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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George Washington Campbell (1769-1848) —
also known as George W. Campbell —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Scotland,
February
9, 1769.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1803-09; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1809; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1811-14, 1815-18; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1814; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1818-20.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
17, 1848 (age 79 years, 8
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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William Carroll (1788-1844) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 3,
1788.
General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of
Tennessee, 1821-27, 1829-35.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March 22,
1844 (age 56 years, 19
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Ephraim Hubbard Foster (1794-1854) —
also known as Ephraim H. Foster —
of Tennessee.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., September
17, 1794.
Son of Robert
Coleman Foster.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1827-31, 1835-37; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1829-31, 1835-37;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1837-39, 1843-45; Presidential Elector
for Tennessee, 1840;
candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1845.
Episcopalian.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
6, 1854 (age 59 years, 354
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Matthias Ward (1805-1861) —
of Texas.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., October
13, 1805.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1842-44; member of Texas
state senate, 1849-50; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1858-59.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Warm Springs (now Hot Springs), Madison
County, N.C., October
5, 1861 (age 55 years, 357
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Robert Coleman Foster (1769-1844) —
also known as Robert C. Foster —
of Tennessee.
Born in Virginia, July 8,
1769.
Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1803-07; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1805-07; member of
Tennessee
state senate, 1809-15, 1825-27; Speaker of
the Tennessee State Senate, 1813-15, 1825-27; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1815, 1817.
Christian.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
27, 1844 (age 75 years, 81
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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John McNairy (1762-1837) —
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., March 30,
1762.
Superior court judge in North Carolina, 1788; justice of
Southwest Territory supreme court, 1790; U.S.
District Judge for Tennessee, 1797.
Died November
12, 1837 (age 75 years, 227
days).
Original interment at Episcopal Church Burying
Ground; reinterment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., May 17,
1780.
Son of Thomas
Claiborne (1749-1812).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1811-15, 1831-33; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1813-15; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1817-19.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
7, 1856 (age 75 years, 235
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (1812-1862) —
also known as Felix K. Zollicoffer —
of Tennessee.
Born in Bigbyville, Maury
County, Tenn., May 19,
1812.
Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1849; fought a pistol duel
with rival editor John L. Martin, in Nashville, Tenn., 1852; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1853-59; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed in a Civil
War battle near Mill Springs, Wayne
County, Ky., January
19, 1862 (age 49 years, 245
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery; cenotaph at Zollicoffer
Park Cemetery, Near Nancy, Pulaski County, Ky.
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Samuel E. Hogg (1783-1842) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Caswell
County, N.C., April 18,
1783.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1813-15; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1817-19.
Baptist.
Died in Rutherford
County, Tenn., May 28,
1842 (age 59 years, 40
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Andrew Ewing (1813-1864) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 17,
1813.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1849-51; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1860.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 16,
1864 (age 50 years, 365
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Felix Robertson (1781-1865) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
11, 1781, the first
white male child to be born in what is now the city of Nashville.
Son of James Robertson (1742-1814; founder of Nashville).
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1818-19, 1826-28.
Died July 10,
1865 (age 84 years, 180
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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W. B. A. Ramsey (1799-1874) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., 1799.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; steamboat
business; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1838-39; secretary of
state of Tennessee, 1847-55.
Died in Davidson
County, Tenn., 1874
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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John Patton Erwin (1795-1857) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Wilkes
County, N.C., January
8, 1795.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1821-22, 1834-35.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
27, 1857 (age 62 years, 231
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Robert Bell Castleman (1808-1886) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Davidson
County, Tenn., December
9, 1808.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1854-55; appointed 1854.
Died July 29,
1886 (age 77 years, 232
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Raphael Benjamin West (1911-1974) —
also known as Ben West —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., March 31,
1911.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1951-63.
Died November
20, 1974 (age 63 years, 234
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Robert Brownlee Currey (1774-1848) —
also known as Robert B. Currey —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in North Carolina, 1774.
Postmaster;
mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1822-24.
Died near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
8, 1848 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Jane Gray Owen (1792-1867). |
| | | Epitaph: "Honest, Faithful and Just";
"As he had lived, an Humble and Devoted Christian." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Samuel Van Dyke Stout (1786-1850) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Red Stone Fort (now Brownsville), Fayette
County, Pa., April 18,
1786.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1840-42.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August 8,
1850 (age 64 years, 112
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Andrew Anderson (c.1796-1867) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in New Jersey, about 1796.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1855-57.
Died April 15,
1867 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Williamson Hartley Horn (1799-1870) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., July 15,
1799.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1852-54.
Died March 8,
1870 (age 70 years, 236
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Thomas Crutcher (1760-1844) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Virginia, February
18, 1760.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1819-20.
Died March 8,
1844 (age 84 years, 19
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Thomas B. Coleman (c.1795-1848) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born about 1795.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1842-43.
Died in 1848
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Wilkins F. Tannehill (1787-1858) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 2,
1787.
Newspaper
editor; author; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1825-26.
Member, Freemasons.
Died June 2,
1858 (age 71 years, 92
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Alexander Allison (c.1799-1862) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born about 1799.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1847-48.
Died November
3, 1862 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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William Booker Shapard (1797-1870) —
also known as William B. Shapard —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Virginia, November
5, 1797.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1854.
Died January
19, 1870 (age 72 years, 75
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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Powhaten Woolridge Maxey (1810-1876) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born May 7,
1810.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1843-44.
Died August 8,
1876 (age 66 years, 93
days).
Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
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| Politicians formerly
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Joseph Thorpe Elliston (1779-1856) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., December
15, 1779.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1813-17.
Died November
10, 1856 (age 76 years, 331
days).
Original interment at Nashville City Cemetery; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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| Other politicians who
have monuments here: |
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William Armstrong (c.1795-1847) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born about 1795.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1828-32.
Died near Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark., June 12,
1847 (age about 52
years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Swallow
Rock Cemetery, Fort Coffee, Okla.; cenotaph at Nashville City
Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Nancy Irwin. |
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