Index to Locations
Johnson City Monte Vista Memorial
Park
Johnson City Mountain Home National
Cemetery
Johnson City Oak Hill Cemetery
Jonesborough Old Cemetery
Monte Vista
Memorial Park
Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee
Politicians buried
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Robert Love Taylor (1850-1912) —
also known as Robert L. Taylor; Bob Taylor;
"Our Bob" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Carter
County, Tenn., July 31,
1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1879-81; Governor of
Tennessee, 1887-91, 1897-99; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1907-12; died in office 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
31, 1912 (age 61 years, 244
days).
Original interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.; reinterment in 1938 at Monte
Vista Memorial Park.
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Alfred Alexander Taylor (1848-1931) —
also known as Alfred A. Taylor —
of Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.; Milligan College, Carter
County, Tenn.
Born in Happy Valley, Carter
County, Tenn., August
6, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1875-76; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1889-95; Governor of
Tennessee, 1921-23; defeated, 1886, 1922.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died November
25, 1931 (age 83 years, 111
days).
Interment at Monte Vista Memorial Park.
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Brazilla Carroll Reece (1889-1961) —
also known as B. Carroll Reece —
of Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin near Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., December
22, 1889.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1921-31, 1933-47,
1951-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1932,
1936,
1944,
1948
(speaker),
1956,
1960;
member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1946-48; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1948; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1958.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Economic Association; American
Statistical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Sigma Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
19, 1961 (age 71 years, 87
days).
Interment at Monte Vista Memorial Park.
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Samuel Mayes Arnell (1833-1903) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Maury
County, Tenn., May 3,
1833.
Republican. Delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1865; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1865-66; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1866-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1868.
Slaveowner.
Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., July 20,
1903 (age 70 years, 78
days).
Interment at Monte Vista Memorial Park.
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Louise Goff Reece (1898-1970) —
also known as Louise G. Reece; Louise Goff; Mrs.
Carroll Reece —
of Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
6, 1898.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1956
(alternate), 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1961-63; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1967.
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames.
Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., May 14,
1970 (age 71 years, 189
days).
Interment at Monte Vista Memorial Park.
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Thad A. Cox —
of Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1936,
1940.
Interment at Monte Vista Memorial Park.
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Mountain Home
National Cemetery
Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee
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Walter Preston Brownlow (1851-1910) —
also known as Walter P. Brownlow —
of Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., March
27, 1851.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Tennessee, 1880,
1884,
1896,
1900;
postmaster;
member of Tennessee
Republican State Executive Committee, 1882-90; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1896; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1897-1910; died in
office 1910; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1898-99.
Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., July 8,
1910 (age 59 years, 103
days).
Interment at Mountain Home National Cemetery.
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Oak Hill
Cemetery
Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee
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Sam Riley Sells (1871-1935) —
also known as Sam R. Sells —
of Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Bristol, Sullivan
County, Tenn., August
2, 1871.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1900; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1911-21; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1912,
1916,
1932.
Died November
2, 1935 (age 64 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Old
Cemetery
Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee
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John Blair (1790-1863) —
of Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born near Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., September
13, 1790.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1819-23; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1823-35 (at-large 1823-25, 1st
District 1825-29, 8th District 1829-31, 1st District 1831-35); member
of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1849-51.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., July 9,
1863 (age 72 years, 299
days).
Interment at Old Cemetery.
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