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Roy Claxton Acuff (1903-1992) —
also known as Roy Acuff; "The King of Country
Music" —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Born in Maynardville, Union
County, Tenn., September
15, 1903.
Republican. Country
musician; co-founder of Acuff-Rose Publication Company, the first
country music publishing
house; appeared in seven Hollywood movies
in the 1940s; owner and operator of Dunbar Cave Hotel near
Nashville; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1960.
Elected to Country Music Hall of
Fame, 1962.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., November
23, 1992 (age 89 years, 69
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Elliot Newman Bowman (1826-1900) —
also known as Elliot N. Bowman —
of Fountain
County, Ind.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., October
11, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer; merchant;
hotel owner; Fountain
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1871-78; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1891; deputy auditor, U.S. Navy,
1893; Sixth Auditor, U.S. Treasury.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Covington, Fountain
County, Ind., May 21,
1900 (age 73 years, 222
days).
Interment at Prescott
Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of John Bowman and Rebecca (Newman) Bowman; married, May 23,
1866, to Harriet A. (Spinning) Jarvis. |
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Robert Keaton Christenberry (1899-1973) —
also known as Robert K. Christenberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., January
27, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lost his
right hand and wrist in a grenade explosion; U.S. Vice Consul in
Vladivostok, as of 1919; hotel manager and executive;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1957; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1958-66 (acting, 1958-59).
Presbyterian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Methodist Hospital,
Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April
13, 1973 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Calvin Christenberry and Rebecca Arminta (Keaton)
Christenberry; married, August
14, 1929, to Edna Joan LeRoy. |
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William C. Mynatt (1787-1837) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in 1787.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; hotelier; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1822-23, 1827, 1835-36.
Died in 1837
(age about
50 years).
Burial location unknown.
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M. E. Thompson (d. 1906) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Hotelier; livery
stable owner; realtor;
mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1892-95.
Died in 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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John T. Wilder (1830-1917) —
of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hunter, Greene
County, N.Y., January
31, 1830.
Republican. Millwright;
foundry
owner; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
manufacturer of railroad
rails; railroad
promoter; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1871-72; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1876; postmaster at Chattanooga,
Tenn., 1877-82; hotel owner.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., October
20, 1917 (age 87 years, 262
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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