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Hawkins County
Tennessee

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Hawkins County

Index to Locations Pressmen's Home Pressmen's Home Cemetery Rogersville Old Presbyterian Cemetery Near Rogersville Amis Cemetery Pressmen's Home Cemetery Pressmen's Home, Hawkins County, Tennessee Politicians buried here: George Leonard Berry (1882-1948) — also known as George L. Berry — of Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tenn. Born in Lee Valley, Hawkins County, Tenn., September 12, 1882. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1916; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, International Pressmen and Assistants Union; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1924; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1937-38. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Eagles; Odd Fellows; Rotary. Died December 4, 1948 (age 66 years, 83 days). Interment at Pressmen's Home Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Jefferson Berry and Cornelia (Trent) Berry; married, August 7, 1907, to Marie Gehrs.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Library of Congress Old Presbyterian Cemetery Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee Politicians buried here:   Samuel Powell (1776-1841) — of Tennessee. Born in Pennsylvania, 1776. U.S. Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1815-17. Slaveowner. Died in 1841 (age about 65 years). Interment at Old Presbyterian Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Frederick Steidinger Heiskell (1788-1882) — also known as Frederick S. Heiskell — of Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn. Born in Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., 1788. Newspaper publisher; farmer; mayor of Knoxville, Tenn., 1835; member of Tennessee state senate, 1847-49. Died in Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tenn., November 30, 1882 (age about 94 years). Interment at Old Presbyterian Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Frederick Heiskell and Catherine (Steidinger) Heiskell; brother of William Heiskell; married, July 17, 1816, to Elizabeth 'Eliza' Brown; married, July 21, 1853, to Alice Gale Armstrong; father of Joseph Brown Heiskell and Carrick White Heiskell; uncle of Tyler Davis Heiskell (1823-1897) and Samuel Gordon Heiskell; grandfather of John Netherland Heiskell; granduncle of Harrison Holt Riddleberger and Tyler Davis Heiskell (1850-1921); second great-granduncle of James Williams Riddleberger and Raymond Walker Riddleberger; first cousin five times removed of Edgar Frank Heiskell III.   Political family: Heiskell-Riddleberger family of Knoxville, Tennessee.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: City of Knoxville Amis Cemetery Near Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee Politicians buried here:   Thomas Amis — of North Carolina. Member of North Carolina state senate, 1788-89. Interment at Amis Cemetery.

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