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Haywood County
Tennessee

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Haywood County

Index to Locations Brownsville Oakwood Cemetery Oakwood Cemetery Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee Politicians buried here: Joseph Wingate Folk (1869-1923) — also known as Joseph W. Folk; "Holy Joe" — of Missouri. Born in Brownsville, Haywood County, Tenn., October 28, 1869. Democrat. Governor of Missouri, 1905-09; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ; candidate for U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1918. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 28, 1923 (age 53 years, 212 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Henry Bate Folk and Martha Cornelia (Estes) Folk; married, November 10, 1896, to Gertrude Glass; first cousin once removed of Carey Estes Kefauver; second cousin twice removed of Montgomery Blair and Francis Preston Blair Jr.; third cousin once removed of James Lawrence Blair, Francis Preston Blair Lee and Gist Blair; fourth cousin of Edward Brooke Lee; fourth cousin once removed of Griffin Taylor Garnett, Blair Lee III and Edward Brooke Lee Jr..   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Woodbury-Holden family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1907   David Alexander Nunn (1833-1918) — also known as David A. Nunn — of Brownsville, Haywood County, Tenn. Born near Brownsville, Haywood County, Tenn., July 26, 1833. Republican. Member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1866; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1867-69, 1873-75; secretary of state of Tennessee, 1881-85; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 5th Tennessee District, 1891; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1896, 1900. Slaveowner. Died September 11, 1918 (age 85 years, 47 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   William Wirt Vaughan (1831-1878) — of Brownsville, Haywood County, Tenn. Born in LaGuardo (now Martha), Wilson County, Tenn., July 2, 1831. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1871-73. Died while campaigning for election to Congress, in Crockett Mills, Crockett County, Tenn., August 19, 1878 (age 47 years, 48 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   Presumably named for: William Wirt   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Della Wills (1873-1953) — also known as Della Womack; Mrs. Mann Wills — of Brownsville, Haywood County, Tenn. Born in 1873. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1924. Female. Died in 1953 (age about 80 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, May 17, 1893, to Asa Mann Wills.

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