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Smith County
Tennessee

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Smith County

Index to Locations Carthage Carthage Cemetery Carthage Smith County Memorial Gardens Dixon Springs Unknown location Carthage Cemetery Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee Politicians buried here:   Abraham Ellison Garrett (1830-1907) — of Tennessee. Born near Livingston, Overton County, Tenn., March 6, 1830. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1865; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1865-66; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1871-73. Died in Carthage, Smith County, Tenn., February 14, 1907 (age 76 years, 345 days). Interment at Carthage Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Politicians formerly buried here:   Samuel McClary Fite (1816-1875) — of Tennessee. Born in Smith County, Tenn., June 12, 1816. Lawyer; member of Tennessee state senate, 1850; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; district judge in Tennessee, 1858-61, 1869-74; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1875; died in office 1875. Slaveowner. Died in Hot Springs, Garland County, Ark., October 23, 1875 (age 59 years, 133 days). Original interment at Carthage Cemetery; reinterment in 1908 at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Smith County Memorial Gardens Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee Politicians buried here:   Albert Arnold Gore (1907-1998) — also known as Albert Gore — of Carthage, Smith County, Tenn. Born in Granville, Jackson County, Tenn., December 26, 1907. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1939-44, 1945-53; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1953-71; defeated, 1970; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956. Baptist. Died in Carthage, Smith County, Tenn., December 5, 1998 (age 90 years, 344 days). Interment at Smith County Memorial Gardens.   Relatives: Son of Allen Gore and Margie Betty (Denny) Gore; married, April 17, 1937, to Pauline LaFon; father of Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (who married Tipper Gore); first cousin once removed of Mary Benton Gore (who married Gordon Evans Dean); second cousin of Louise Gore.   Political family: Gore family of Carthage, Tennessee.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile   Books by Albert Gore, Sr.: Let The Glory Out: My South And Its Politics (2000) Unknown Location Dixon Springs, Smith County, Tennessee Politicians buried here:   Sam Martin Young — of Dixon Springs, Smith County, Tenn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1912. Interment somewhere.   Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Wright Young.

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