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Bedford County
Tennessee

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Bedford County

Index to Locations Jenkins Chapel Cemetery Bell Buckle Hazelwood Cemetery Shelbyville City Cemetery Shelbyville Willow Mount Cemetery Jenkins Chapel Cemetery Bedford County, Tennessee Politicians buried here:   William Prentice Cooper Jr. (1895-1969) — also known as Prentice Cooper — of Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn. Born near Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., September 28, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1923-24; member of Democratic National Committee from Tennessee, 1933-34; member of Tennessee state senate, 1937; Governor of Tennessee, 1939-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1940, 1944 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee; speaker); candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1946-48; candidate for U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1958. Lutheran. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Phi Delta Theta; Jaycees; Lions. Died May 18, 1969 (age 73 years, 232 days). Interment at Jenkins Chapel Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Prentice Cooper and Argie (Shofner) Cooper; father of James Hayes Shofner Cooper.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier Hazelwood Cemetery Bell Buckle, Bedford County, Tennessee Politicians buried here:   William Robert Webb (1842-1926) — of Bell Buckle, Bedford County, Tenn. Born in Mt. Tirzah, Person County, N.C., November 11, 1842. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Tennessee, 1896; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1913. Methodist. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died in 1926 (age about 83 years). Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Grandson of Richard Stanford.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page City Cemetery Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:   Henry Cooper (1827-1884) — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. Born in Columbia, Maury County, Tenn., August 22, 1827. Democrat. Member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1853; state court judge in Tennessee, 1862; member of Tennessee state senate, 1869; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1871-77. Killed by bandits in Tierra Blanca, Guadelupe y Calvo, Chihuahua, February 3, 1884 (age 56 years, 165 days). Interment somewhere in Mexico; cenotaph at City Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of Edmund Cooper.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Willow Mount Cemetery 321 Dover St. Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee Politicians buried here:   Daniel Laurens Barringer (1788-1852) — also known as Daniel L. Barringer — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C.; Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn. Born in Cabarrus County, N.C., October 1, 1788. Lawyer; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1813-14, 1819-22; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1826-35; Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1843-45; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee. Slaveowner. Died in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., October 16, 1852 (age 64 years, 15 days). Interment at Willow Mount Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Paul Barringer and Catherine (Blackwelder) Barringer; married, July 16, 1811, to Ann White; uncle of Daniel Moreau Barringer; great-granduncle of George Hannah Barringer; first cousin four times removed of Russell Newton Barringer; second cousin thrice removed of John Edwin Barringer.   Political family: Barringer family of North Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Lewis Tillman (1816-1886) — of Tennessee. Born in Tennessee, 1816. Republican. State court judge in Tennessee, 1852; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1869-71. Slaveowner. Died in 1886 (age about 70 years). Interment at Willow Mount Cemetery.   Relatives: Nephew of Barclay Martin.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Edmund Cooper (1821-1911) — of Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn. Born in Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., September 11, 1821. Democrat. Member of Tennessee state legislature, 1860; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1865-67; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Tennessee, 1896. Slaveowner. Died in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., July 21, 1911 (age 89 years, 313 days). Interment at Willow Mount Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of Henry Cooper.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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