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Index to Locations
Memphis Calvary Cemetery
Memphis Elmwood Cemetery
Memphis Forest Hill Cemetery
Midtown
Memphis Health Sciences Park
Memphis National Cemetery
Memphis New Park Cemetery
Memphis Winchester Park (former
Cemetery)
Calvary
Cemetery
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
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Joseph Dominic Montedonico (1852-1909) —
also known as Joseph D. Montedonico —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April 4,
1852.
Banker;
insurance
business; Consular
Agent for Italy in Memphis,
Tenn., 1875-77, 1892-96; member of Tennessee
state senate; elected 1884.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease and malaria,
in Hotel
Pilgrim, Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
8, 1909 (age 57 years, 157
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Elmwood
Cemetery
824 S. Dudley St.
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Founded 1852
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Edward Hull Crump (1874-1954) —
also known as Edward H. Crump; Ed Crump; "Boss
Crump" —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., October
2, 1874.
Democrat. Head, E. H. Crump Buggy
Manufacturing Co.; president, E. H. Crump & Co. (involved in banking,
real
estate, and insurance);
mayor
of Memphis, Tenn., 1910-16, 1940; resigned 1916; proceedings were
brought for his ouster
as mayor in 1915-16, based on charges
that he failed to
enforce state liquor
laws; when the ouster suit was upheld by the state supreme court,
he resigned;
Shelby
County Treasurer, 1917-23; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1931-35 (10th District 1931-33,
9th District 1933-35); member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1936-45.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
16, 1954 (age 80 years, 14
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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A. B. Taylor (1796-1866) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in 1796.
Mayor
of Memphis, Tenn., 1852-55.
One of the founders of Elmwood Cemetery.
Died in 1866
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John William Leftwich (1826-1870) —
also known as John W. Leftwich —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Liberty (now Bedford), Bedford
County, Va., September
7, 1826.
Democrat. Merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1866-67; mayor
of Memphis, Tenn., 1868-69, 1869-70.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., March 6,
1870 (age 43 years, 180
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Joel Leftwich and Mary L. (Thorpe) Leftwich; married, December
17, 1854, to Gertrude Aurelia Wendle; great-grandnephew of Jabez
Leftwich; second cousin once removed of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; third cousin of John
Cabell Breckinridge, Carter
Henry Harrison, Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), William
Lewis Cabell, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., George
Craighead Cabell and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; third cousin once removed of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Benjamin
Earl Cabell, Carter
Henry Harrison II, Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; third cousin twice removed of Earle
Cabell. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jacob Thompson (1810-1885) —
of Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
Born in Leasburg, Caswell
County, N.C., May 15,
1810.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1839-51 (at-large 1839-47, 1st
District 1847-51); U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1857-61; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March
24, 1885 (age 74 years, 313
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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George W. Guess (c.1829-1868) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in North Carolina, about 1829.
Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1866-68.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of sunstroke,
aboard a steamboat
on the Mississippi River, at a wharf in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 18,
1868 (age about 39
years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Rowlett Paine (b. 1879) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., December
22, 1879.
Democrat. Wholesale
grocer; mayor
of Memphis, Tenn., 1920-27.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John James Paine and Elizabeth (Rowlett) Paine; married 1918 to Anna
Bell Hughes; nephew by marriage of George
Washington Gordon. |
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Kenneth Douglas McKellar (1869-1957) —
also known as Kenneth D. McKellar —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Richmond, Dallas
County, Ala., January
29, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1908,
1920,
1936,
1940,
1944
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1911-17; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1917-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died October
25, 1957 (age 88 years, 269
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery; statue at Tri-Cities
Regional Airport, Near Blountville, Sullivan County, Tenn.
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Isham Green Harris (1818-1897) —
also known as Isham G. Harris —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Tullahoma, Franklin
County, Tenn., February
10, 1818.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1847; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1849-53; Governor of
Tennessee, 1857-62; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1877-97; died in office 1897.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1897 (age 79 years, 148
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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James Chamberlain Jones (1809-1859) —
also known as James C. Jones; "Lean
Jimmy" —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Davidson
County, Tenn., April
20, 1809.
Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1839; Governor of
Tennessee, 1841-45; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1851-57.
Slaveowner.
Died October
29, 1859 (age 50 years, 192
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799-1871) —
also known as Andrew J. Donelson —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
25, 1799.
Whig. Lawyer;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Texas Republic, 1844-45; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1846-49; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1856.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 26,
1871 (age 71 years, 305
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Stephen Adams (1807-1857) —
of Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss.
Born in Pendleton District (now Anderson
County), S.C., October
17, 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1833-34; circuit judge in Mississippi, 1837-45,
1848; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-47; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1850; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1851; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1852-57.
Slaveowner.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 11,
1857 (age 49 years, 206
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Spencer Jarnagin (1792-1853) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Athens, McMinn
County, Tenn.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Grainger
County, Tenn., 1792.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1833-35; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Tennessee; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1843-47.
Slaveowner.
Became ill with cholera,
subjected to "heroic treatment" by his doctor, and died, in Memphis,
Shelby
County, Tenn., June 25,
1853 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Battle Turley (1845-1910) —
also known as Thomas B. Turley —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Tennessee, 1845.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1897-1901.
Died in 1910
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Robert Bruce Macon (1859-1925) —
also known as Robert B. Macon —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.
Born near Trenton, Phillips
County, Ark., July 6,
1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1883-87; prosecuting attorney,
1st Circuit, 1898-1902; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1903-13.
Died in Marvell, Phillips
County, Ark., October
9, 1925 (age 66 years, 95
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Graham Swan (1821-1869) —
also known as William G. Swan —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in 1821.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Tennessee, 1840; Tennessee
state attorney general, 1851; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1855-56; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died April
18, 1869 (age about 47
years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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David Maney Currin (1817-1864) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., November
11, 1817.
Member of Tennessee state legislature, 1851; Delegate
from Tennessee to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died in
office 1864.
Died in Richmond,
Va., March
25, 1864 (age 46 years, 135
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Hiram Casey Young (1828-1899) —
also known as H. Casey Young —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Alabama, 1828.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1875-81, 1883-85.
Died in 1899
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Joseph Brown Heiskell (1823-1913) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
5, 1823.
Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1858; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; Tennessee
state attorney general, 1870-78.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 7,
1913 (age 89 years, 122
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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James Trezvant (c.1782-1841) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, about 1782.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1825-31.
Slaveowner.
Died September
2, 1841 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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James Phelan (1856-1891) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss., December
7, 1856.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1887-91; died in
office 1891.
Died in Bahamas,
January
30, 1891 (age 34 years, 54
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Henry Carroll (1810-1868) —
also known as William H. Carroll —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., 1810.
Democrat. Postmaster at Memphis,
Tenn., 1853-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1860;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Gen. Braxton
Bragg had him arrested
for drunkenness,
and he resigned
from the army.
Died in Montreal, Quebec,
May
3, 1868 (age about 57
years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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James Ronald Chalmers (1831-1898) —
also known as James R. Chalmers —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born near Lynchburg, Halifax
County, Va., January
12, 1831.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1852;
delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1877-82, 1884-85 (6th District
1877-82, 2nd District 1884-85).
Slaveowner.
Died, from complications of the grippe,
in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April 9,
1898 (age 67 years, 87
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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George Washington Gordon (1836-1911) —
also known as George W. Gordon —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., October
5, 1836.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer;
Tennessee Railroad Commissioner, 1883-85; Special U.S. Indian Agent
in Arizona and Nevada, 1885-89; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1907-11; died in
office 1911.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Slaveowner.
Died, from asthma
and uremia,
in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., August
9, 1911 (age 74 years, 308
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Joseph Hunter Bryan (1782-1839) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Martin
County, N.C., April 9,
1782.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1804-05, 1807-09; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1815-19.
Slaveowner.
Died in La Grange, Fayette
County, Tenn., December
28, 1839 (age 57 years, 263
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Asa Hodges (1822-1900) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born near Moulton, Lawrence
County, Ala., January
22, 1822.
Republican. Delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1868; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1873-75; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1876.
Slaveowner.
Died June 6,
1900 (age 78 years, 135
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Henry Cousins Chambers (1823-1871) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Limestone
County, Ala., July 26,
1823.
Member of Mississippi state legislature, 1859; Representative
from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Killed William
Augustus Lake, his opponent for the Confederate Congress, in a duel
on October 15, 1861, at Hopefield, Ark.
Died in Bolivar
County, Miss., May 1,
1871 (age 47 years, 279
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Claiborne Dunlap (1798-1872) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., February
25, 1798.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 13th District, 1833-37; circuit
judge in Tennessee, 1840-49; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1851-57; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1857-59.
Slaveowner.
Died near Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., November
16, 1872 (age 74 years, 265
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Tecumsah Avery (1819-1880) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Hardeman
County, Tenn., November
11, 1819.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1843; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1857-61; colonel in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Accidentally drowned
in Ten Mile Bayou, Crittenden
County, Ark., May 22,
1880 (age 60 years, 193
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Frank Hoyt Gailor (1892-1954) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Sewanee, Franklin
County, Tenn., May 9,
1892.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1921; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1923; Shelby
County Attorney, 1936-41; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1941-42; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1942-48.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; American
Legion.
Died in 1954
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Jeremiah Watkins Clapp (1814-1898) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., September
24, 1814.
Delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Presbyterian.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., September
5, 1898 (age 83 years, 346
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Jay Smith (1823-1913) —
also known as William J. Smith —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Birmingham, England,
September
24, 1823.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; served in
the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1865; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1865-67; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1867-69, 1885-87; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1868,
1876;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1869-71; defeated,
1870; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1875-81.
Slaveowner.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., November
29, 1913 (age 90 years, 66
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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James Patton Anderson (1822-1872) —
of Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; near Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn., February
16, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Mississippi state legislature, 1850; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1855-57; delegate
to Florida secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Florida to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., September
20, 1872 (age 50 years, 217
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Henry Thomas Ellett (1812-1887) —
also known as Henry T. Ellett —
of Port Gibson, Claiborne
County, Miss.
Born in Salem, Salem
County, N.J., March 8,
1812.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1847; member of
Mississippi state legislature, 1850.
Slaveowner.
Died suddenly while delivering an address of
welcome to President Grover
Cleveland in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
15, 1887 (age 75 years, 221
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John W. Farley (1878-1942) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born March 4,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1916; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(alternate), 1924.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Led drive to establish
the West Tennessee Normal School (now University of Memphis) in 1912.
Died, of pneumonia
and severe arthritis,
November, 1942
(age 64
years, 0 days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Alexander M. Arzeno (d. 1878) —
of Newport, Monroe
County, Mich.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1847; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1853-54.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., November
19, 1878.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Josiah Thomas Settle (1850-1915) —
also known as Josiah T. Settle; Joe Settle —
of Panola
County, Miss.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., September
30, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1896,
1900,
1912.
African
ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., August
16, 1915 (age 64 years, 320
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah Thomas Settle (1799-1869) and Nancy Ann (Graves) Settle;
married to Theresa T. Vogelsang; married 1890 to
Frances McCullough. |
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memorial |
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Merrill Parrish Hudson (d. 1967) —
also known as Merrill P. Hudson; Mrs. Asaph R.
Hudson —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1936,
1940.
Female.
Died May 4,
1967.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Landon Carter Haynes (1816-1875) —
also known as Landon C. Haynes —
of Tennessee.
Born in Elizabethton, Carter
County, Tenn., December
2, 1816.
Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1847; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1849-51; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1849-51; Senator
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
17, 1875 (age 58 years, 77
days).
Original interment at Elmwood Cemetery; reinterment in 1902 at Jackson
Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
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Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) —
also known as "Wizard of the Saddle" —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Chapel Hill, Bedford County (now Marshall
County), Tenn., July 13,
1821.
Democrat. Cotton planter; slave
trader; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; in
April 1864, after the Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, Confederate
troops under his command massacred
African-American Union soldiers, not accepting them as prisoners,
since the Confederacy refused to
recognize ex-slaves as legitimate combatants; this event, seen as
a war
crime, sparked outrage
across the North, and a congressional inquiry;
in 1867, he became involved in the Ku Klux
Klan and was elected Grand Wizard; the organization used violent
tactics to intimidate
Black voters and suppress
their votes; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1868;
in 1869, he had a change of heart, and issued a letter ordering that
the Klan be dissolved and its costumes destroyed; he went on to
denounce the group and its crimes; in 1875, he gave a "friendly
speech" to a meeting of an African-American organization in Memphis,
calling for peace, harmony, and economic advancement of former
slaves; for this speech, he was vehemently denounced in the Southern
press.
English
ancestry. Member, Ku Klux Klan.
After his death, he became a folk hero among white Southerners,
particularly during the imposition of Jim Crow segregation laws in
the early 20th century, and later, in reaction to the Civil Rights
movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
Slaveowner.
Died, from complications of diabetes,
in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
29, 1877 (age 56 years, 108
days).
Original interment at Elmwood Cemetery; reinterment in 1904 at Health Sciences Park; memorial monument at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.; memorial monument at Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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Forest Hill
Cemetery Midtown
1661 Elvis Presley Boulevard
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Luke Edward Wright (1846-1922) —
also known as Luke E. Wright —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., August
29, 1846.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Tennessee
state attorney general, 1870-78; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1904-05; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1906-07; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1908-09.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., November
17, 1922 (age 76 years, 80
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown.
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Walter Chandler (1887-1967) —
also known as Clift Chandler —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., October
5, 1887.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1917; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1935-40; resigned
1940; mayor
of Memphis, Tenn., 1940-46, 1955; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1940,
1944
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
1, 1967 (age 79 years, 361
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown.
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Malcolm Rice Patterson (1861-1935) —
also known as Malcolm R. Patterson —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Somerville, Morgan
County, Ala., June 7,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; Shelby
County District Attorney, 1894-1900; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1901-06; resigned
1906; Governor of
Tennessee, 1907-11.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 8,
1935 (age 73 years, 274
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown.
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Clifford Davis (1897-1970) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Hazlehurst, Copiah
County, Miss., November
18, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer;
city judge in Tennessee, 1923-27; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1940-65 (9th District 1940-43,
10th District 1943-53, 9th District 1953-65).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Moose; Elks; Order of
Ahepa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 8,
1970 (age 72 years, 202
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown.
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John Ethridge McCall (1859-1920) —
also known as John E. McCall —
of Lexington, Henderson
County, Tenn.
Born in Clarksburg, Carroll
County, Tenn., August
14, 1859.
Republican. Member of Tennessee state legislature, 1890; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1895-97; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1900;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 1905-20;
died in office 1920.
Died in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., August
8, 1920 (age 60 years, 360
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown.
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Harry Bennett Anderson (1879-1935) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Van Buren
County, Mich., November
5, 1879.
Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
Republican State Executive Committee, 1904-10; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Tennessee; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 1926-35;
died in office 1935.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Died, from a heart
ailment and pneumonia,
in Crook Sanitarium,
Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., April 9,
1935 (age 55 years, 155
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown.
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Josiah Patterson (1837-1904) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Morgan
County, Ala., April
14, 1837.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee state legislature, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1891-97.
Slaveowner.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
10, 1904 (age 66 years, 302
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown.
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William Robert Moore (1830-1909) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., March
28, 1830.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1881-83; member of
Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1889-91.
Through a bequest, he founded
William R. Moore College of Technology (now Moore Tech).
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 12,
1909 (age 79 years, 76
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown.
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Hugh Chalmers (1876-1928) —
Born March 6,
1876.
Member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1921-24; member of Arkansas
state senate 32nd District, 1927-28.
Died August
26, 1928 (age 52 years, 173
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown.
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Walter Preston Armstrong (1884-1949) —
also known as Walter P. Armstrong —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Pittsboro, Calhoun
County, Miss., October
26, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1928,
1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died July 27,
1949 (age 64 years, 274
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Wells Armstrong and May (Cruthirds) Armstrong; married, November
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Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) —
also known as "Wizard of the Saddle" —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Chapel Hill, Bedford County (now Marshall
County), Tenn., July 13,
1821.
Democrat. Cotton planter; slave
trader; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; in
April 1864, after the Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, Confederate
troops under his command massacred
African-American Union soldiers, not accepting them as prisoners,
since the Confederacy refused to
recognize ex-slaves as legitimate combatants; this event, seen as
a war
crime, sparked outrage
across the North, and a congressional inquiry;
in 1867, he became involved in the Ku Klux
Klan and was elected Grand Wizard; the organization used violent
tactics to intimidate
Black voters and suppress
their votes; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1868;
in 1869, he had a change of heart, and issued a letter ordering that
the Klan be dissolved and its costumes destroyed; he went on to
denounce the group and its crimes; in 1875, he gave a "friendly
speech" to a meeting of an African-American organization in Memphis,
calling for peace, harmony, and economic advancement of former
slaves; for this speech, he was vehemently denounced in the Southern
press.
English
ancestry. Member, Ku Klux Klan.
After his death, he became a folk hero among white Southerners,
particularly during the imposition of Jim Crow segregation laws in
the early 20th century, and later, in reaction to the Civil Rights
movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
Slaveowner.
Died, from complications of diabetes,
in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
29, 1877 (age 56 years, 108
days).
Original interment at Elmwood Cemetery;
reinterment in 1904 at Health Sciences Park; memorial monument at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.; memorial monument at Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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National
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Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
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George William Grider (1912-1991) —
also known as George W. Grider;
"Gindy" —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.; Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
1, 1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
county judge in Tennessee, 1959-64; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1965-67.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March
20, 1991 (age 78 years, 170
days).
Interment at National Cemetery.
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Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
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Thomas Oscar Fuller Sr. (1867-1942) —
also known as Thomas O. Fuller, Sr. —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Franklinton, Franklin
County, N.C., October
25, 1867.
Minister;
member of North
Carolina state senate; elected 1898; historian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 21,
1942 (age 74 years, 239
days).
Interment at New Park Cemetery.
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Winchester Park
(former Cemetery)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
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Marcus Brutus Winchester (1796-1856) —
also known as Marcus B. Winchester —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born March
28, 1796.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmaster at Memphis,
Tenn., 1823-49; mayor
of Memphis, Tenn., 1827-29; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1851.
Died November
2, 1856 (age 60 years, 219
days).
Interment at Winchester Park (former Cemetery).
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Relatives: Son
of James Lonchester and Susan (Black) Winchester; married 1823 to
Amarante 'Mary' Loiselle; married 1842 to Lucy
Lenore (Ferguson) McLean. |
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