The Political Graveyard: Sumner County, Tenn.

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Sumner County
Tennessee

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Sumner County

Index to Locations

Private or family graveyards

Gallatin Gallatin Cemetery

Gallatin Gallatin City Cemetery

Private or family graveyards
Sumner County, Tennessee

Politicians buried here:

Daniel Smith (1748-1818) — of North Carolina; Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tenn. Born in Stafford County, Va., October 29, 1748. Democrat. Surveyor; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1789; delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1798-99, 1805-09; resigned 1809. Slaveowner. Died near Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tenn., June 16, 1818 (age 69 years, 230 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.

		Relatives: Son of Henry Smith and Sarah (Crosby) Smith; married to Sarah Michie; grandfather of Andrew Jackson Donelson.
		Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Caffery family of Louisiana (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

William Hall (1775-1856) — of Tennessee. Born in Surry County, N.C., February 11, 1775. Democrat. Member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1797; member of Tennessee state senate, 1821-29; Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate, 1827-29; Governor of Tennessee, 1829; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1831-33. Slaveowner. Died near Castalian Springs, Sumner County, Tenn., October 7, 1856 (age 81 years, 239 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.

Joseph Hopkins Peyton (1808-1845) — of Tennessee. Born in Tennessee, 1808. Member of Tennessee state legislature, 1840; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1843-45; died in office 1845. Died in 1845 (age about 37 years). Interment in a private or family graveyard; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

		Relatives: Brother of Balie Peyton.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Gallatin Cemetery
Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee

Politicians buried here:

William Trousdale (1790-1872) — of Tennessee. Born in Orange County, N.C., September 23, 1790. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member of Tennessee state senate, 1835-36; candidate for U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1837, 1839, 1845; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of Tennessee, 1849-51; U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1853-57. Died in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tenn., March 27, 1872 (age 81 years, 186 days). Interment at Gallatin Cemetery.

		Trousdale County, Tenn. is named for him.
		See also National Governors Association biography — U.S. State Dept career summary

Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick (1868-1908) — also known as Morgan C. Fitzpatrick — of Tennessee. Born near Cartage, Smith County, Tenn., October 29, 1868. Democrat. Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1897-99; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1903-05. Died in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., June 25, 1908 (age 39 years, 240 days). Interment at Gallatin Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Gallatin City Cemetery
Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee

Politicians buried here:

Edward Albright (1873-1937) — of Tennessee. Born in Sumner County, Tenn., August 18, 1873. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Minister to Finland, 1933-37. Died in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., May 25, 1937 (age 63 years, 280 days). Interment at Gallatin City Cemetery.

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