Index to Locations Unknown locationPrivate or family graveyardsMadisonNashville NationalCemeteryNashvilleCalvary CemeteryNashvilleEpiscopal Church BuryingGroundNashvilleGreenwood CemeteryNashvilleHermitage MemorialGardensNashvilleMt. Olivet CemeteryNashvilleNashville City CemeteryNashvillePolk Place Grounds (nowgone)NashvilleSpring Hill CemeteryNashvilleState Capitol GroundsNashvilleTennessee State CapitolGroundsNashvilleThe HermitageNashvilleWoodlawn Memorial ParkNear NashvilleTusculum Baptist ChurchGrounds
UnknownLocation
Davidson County, Tennessee
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  William Dickson (1770-1816) — of Tennessee. Born inDuplinCounty, N.C.,May 5,1770.Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1799-1803;Speakerof the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1799-1803;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1801-07.Member,Freemasons.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February21, 1816 (age45 years, 292days).Interment somewhere.
Private or familygraveyard
Davidson County, Tennessee
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Washington Barrow (1807-1866) — of Mississippi; Tennessee. Born inDavidsonCounty, Tenn.,October5, 1807.U.S. Charge d'Affaires toPortugal, 1841-44;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1847-49; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1860-61.Slaveowner. Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,October19, 1866 (age59 years, 14days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
NashvilleNational Cemetery
Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Augustus Herman Pettibone (1835-1918) — also known asA. H. Pettibone — of Greeneville,GreeneCounty, Tenn.Born in Bedford,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,January21, 1835.Republican.Lawyer;major in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Tennessee,1880;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1881-87; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1897-99.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November26, 1918 (age83 years, 309days).Interment at Nashville National Cemetery.
CalvaryCemetery
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Lafayette Christopher Thomas (1926-2000) — also known asFate C. Thomas — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,September23, 1926.Democrat. Candidate forTennesseestate house of representatives, 1954;DavidsonCounty Sheriff, 1972-90.Catholic.Indictedin federal court in 1990 on 54 counts ofabusinghis power as sheriff;pleadedguilty totheftand mail fraud;sentencedto five years inprison;released in 1994.Died, followingheartbypass surgery, in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,July 25,2000 (age73 years, 306days).Interment at Calvary Cemetery. | | Raymond Edward Ahearn (1894-1960) — also known asRaymond E. Ahearn — Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,August17, 1894.Stenographer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;U.S. Vice Consul inMaracaibo, 1926-27;Charlottetown, 1927-28;Buenos Aires, 1928-29.Died inCookCounty, Ill.,January14, 1960 (age65 years, 150days).Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
Episcopal ChurchBurying Ground
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | John McNairy (1762-1837) — Born inLancasterCounty, Pa.,March30, 1762.Superior court judge in North Carolina, 1788;justice ofSouthwest Territory supreme court, 1790;U.S.District Judge for Tennessee, 1797-1802;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1802-33;resigned 1833;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 1802-33;resigned 1833.Died near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November12, 1837 (age75 years, 227days).Original interment at Episcopal Church Burying Ground; reinterment atNashville City Cemetery.
GreenwoodCemetery
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Carroll Napier (1845-1940) — of Tennessee. Born near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 9,1845.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromTennessee,1884;candidate forU.S.Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1898.Africanancestry.Founder of Nashville One-Cent SavingsBank;Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1911-13.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,April21, 1940 (age94 years, 317days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
HermitageMemorial Gardens
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Thomas Hicks, Sr. (1925-2000) — also known asJohn T. Hicks — of Tennessee. Born inDavidsonCounty, Tenn.,August5, 1925.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives 60th District, 1967-77; member ofTennesseestate senate 20th District, 1977-93.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Lions;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died, of aheartattack, in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,March19, 2000 (age74 years, 227days).Interment at Hermitage Memorial Gardens.
Mt. OlivetCemetery
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Bell (1796-1869) — also known as"The Great Apostate" — of Franklin,WilliamsonCounty, Tenn.; Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February18, 1796.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate senate, 1817;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1827-41;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1834-35;U.S.Secretary of War, 1841; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1847;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1847-59; Constitutional Union candidateforPresidentof the United States, 1860.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died near Cumberland Furnace,DicksonCounty, Tenn.,September10, 1869 (age73 years, 204days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Joseph Wellington Byrns (1869-1936) — also known asJoseph W. Byrns;Jo Byrns — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born near Cedar Hill,RobertsonCounty, Tenn.,July 20,1869.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1895-1901;Speakerof the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1899-1901;member ofTennesseestate senate, 1901; Democratic Presidential Elector forTennessee,1905;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1909-36 (6th District 1909-33, 5thDistrict 1933-36); died in office 1936;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1935-36; died in office 1936.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Redmen.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 4,1936 (age66 years, 320days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Felix Grundy (1777-1840) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inBerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),September11, 1777.Delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1800;justice ofKentucky state supreme court, 1806;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1811-14; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1815;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1829-38, 1839-40; died in office 1840;U.S.Attorney General, 1838-39.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,December19, 1840 (age63 years, 99days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1851-1928) — also known asJacob M. Dickinson — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Columbus,LowndesCounty, Miss.,January30, 1851.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1891-93;lawprofessor; general counsel, Illinois CentralRailroad,1899-1909;U.S.Secretary of War, 1909-11.Member,IzaakWalton League.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December13, 1928 (age77 years, 318days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | John Catron (1786-1865) — of Tennessee. Born in Virginia,January7, 1786.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1824-34;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1837-65; died in office 1865.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.DiedMay 30,1865 (age79 years, 143days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.  | Aaron Venable Brown (1795-1859) — also known asAaron V. Brown — of Tennessee. Born inBrunswickCounty, Va.,August15, 1795.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofJamesK. Polk; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1821-25, 1826-27; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1831-33;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1839-45 (10th District 1839-43,6th District 1843-45);Governor ofTennessee, 1845-47;U.S.Postmaster General, 1857-59; died in office 1859.Methodist.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,March 8,1859 (age63 years, 205days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | | Howell Edmunds Jackson (1832-1895) — of Tennessee. Born in Paris,HenryCounty, Tenn.,April 8,1832.Democrat. State court judge in Tennessee, 1875; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1880;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1881-86;federaljudge, 1886;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1893-95; died in office 1895.Baptist.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,August8, 1895 (age63 years, 122days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | William Brimage Bate (1826-1905) — also known asWilliam B. Bate — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born near Castalian Springs,SumnerCounty, Tenn.,October7, 1826.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1849-51; Presidential Elector forTennessee,1860;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Tennessee,1868;member, Arrangements Committee,1876;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Tennessee, 1876-80; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Tennessee,1876;Governorof Tennessee, 1883-87;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1887-1905; died in office 1905.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,March 9,1905 (age78 years, 153days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Thomas A. Kercheval (1837-1915) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inMauryCounty, Tenn.,January16, 1837.Republican.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1871-74, 1875-83, 1886-88; resigned 1888;delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee,1872.Episcopalian.DiedMarch22, 1915 (age78 years, 65days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | George Earl Maney (1826-1901) — also known asGeorge Maney — of Tennessee. Born in Tennessee,1826.General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. MinistertoColombia, 1881-82;Bolivia, 1882-83;Paraguay, 1889-94;Uruguay, 1889-94.Died in1901(ageabout75 years).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Hilary Ewing Howse (1866-1938) — also known asHilary E. Howse — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inRutherfordCounty, Tenn.,January25, 1866.Democrat.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1909-15, 1924-38; died in office 1938;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1912,1916.DiedJanuary2, 1938 (age71 years, 342days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | John Hugh Smith (1819-1870) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,1819.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1844-46, 1850-52, 1862-64.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,July 7,1870 (ageabout 51years).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.  | Benton McMillin (1845-1933) — also known as"The Democratic WarHorse" —of Carthage,SmithCounty, Tenn.Born inMonroeCounty, Ky.,September11, 1845.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1875-77;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1879-99;Governor ofTennessee, 1899-1903; defeated, 1912; U.S. Minister toPeru, 1913-19;Guatemala, 1919-21;insurancebusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTennessee,1928.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,January8, 1933 (age87 years, 119days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880) — also known asHenry S. Foote;"HangmanFoote" —of Tuscumbia,ColbertCounty, Ala.; Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,February28, 1804.Lawyer;co-founderof LaGrange College, which later became the University of NorthAlabama; fought fourduels;fledAlabama in 1830 toescapeprosecution fordueling;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1847-52; exchanged blows withThomasHart Benton on the floor of the U.S. Senate;Governor ofMississippi, 1852-54;Representativefrom Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65;expelledfrom the Confederate Congress in early 1865 for going North on anunauthorizedpeace mission; delegate to Republican National Convention fromTennessee,1876.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,May 19,1880 (age76 years, 81days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Neill Smith Brown (1810-1886) — also known asNeill S. Brown — of Tennessee. Born inGilesCounty, Tenn.,April18, 1810.Governorof Tennessee, 1847-49; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1850-53;Speakerof the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1855-57;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1872.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,January30, 1886 (age75 years, 287days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | George Blackmore Guild (1834-1917) — also known asGeorge B. Guild — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inSumnerCounty, Tenn.,April 8,1834.Democrat.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1891-95.Died in Virginia,April21, 1917 (age83 years, 13days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Josephus Conn Guild and Catherine (Blackmore)Guild. |
| | Jesse Wharton (1782-1833) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Covesville,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,July 29,1782.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1807-09;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1814-17.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,July 22,1833 (age50 years, 358days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Joseph Thorpe Elliston (1779-1856) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,December15, 1779.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1813-17.DiedNovember10, 1856 (age76 years, 331days).Original interment atNashville CityCemetery; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | William Marshall McCarthy (c.1841-1899) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Georgia, about 1841.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1895-97.DiedSeptember13, 1899 (ageabout 58years).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | John Meredith Bass (1804-1878) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.BornJanuary19, 1804.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1833-34, 1869.Died in1878(ageabout74 years).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Luke Lea (1879-1945) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,April12, 1879.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; founder of the Nashville Tennesseean;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1911-17; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Tennessee,1912(speaker);colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; in January 1919, afterthe war was over, he led a group of U.S. Army officers in anunauthorizedattempt to seize former German leader Kaiser Wilhelm; theyillegallyentered the Netherlands (which wasneutralterritory) usingforgedpassports; he and the others werereprimandedby the Army; following the collapse of the Asheville Central Bank andTrust, he and others wereindictedin 1931 forbankfraud;convictedon three counts; sentenced toprison,served two years before being paroled; ultimatelypardonedin 1937.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;AlphaTau Omega;PhiDelta Phi;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Redmen.Died, in Vanderbilt UniversityHospital,Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November18, 1945 (age66 years, 220days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Richard Boone Cheatham (1824-1877) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Springfield,RobertsonCounty, Tenn.,December8, 1824.Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1859-61, 1869-71;mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1860-62.Presbyterian.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,May 7,1877 (age52 years, 150days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | John McCormick Lea (1818-1903) — also known asJohn M. Lea — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,December25, 1818.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1842-44;mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1848-50; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1850.Presbyterian.Died in Monteagle,GrundyCounty, Tenn.,September21, 1903 (age84 years, 270days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Harry Hill McAlister (1875-1959) — also known asHill McAlister — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,July 15,1875.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate senate, 1911-13; Democratic Presidential Elector forTennessee,1917;TennesseeDemocratic state chair, 1918-20;Tennesseestate treasurer, 1919-27, 1931-33;Governor ofTennessee, 1933-37.Christian.DiedOctober30, 1959 (age84 years, 107days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Randal William McGavock (1826-1863) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,August10, 1826.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1858-59; colonel in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War.Killedin battle near Raymond,HindsCounty, Miss.,May 12,1863 (age36 years, 275days).Entombed at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | William Nichol (1800-1878) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,February12, 1800.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1835-36.DiedNovember23, 1878 (age78 years, 284days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Edward Hazzard East (1830-1904) — also known asE. H. East — of Tennessee. BornOctober1, 1830.Governorof Tennessee, 1865.DiedNovember12, 1904 (age74 years, 42days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | William Litterer (1834-1917) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inGermany,August24, 1834.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1890-91.Died in1917(ageabout82 years).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Guilford Dudley Jr. (1907-2002) — Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,1907.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; president,Life & CasualtyInsuranceCo., 1952-69; U.S. Ambassador toDenmark, 1969-71.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 13,2002 (ageabout 94years).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Morgan Welles Brown (1800-1853) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.,1800.Lawyer;newspapereditor;U.S.District Judge for Tennessee, 1834-53; died in office 1853.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,March 7,1853 (ageabout 52years).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Meredith Poindexter Gentry (1809-1866) — of Tennessee. Born inRockinghamCounty, N.C.,September15, 1809.Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1835-38;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1839-43, 1845-53 (8th District1839-43, 7th District 1845-53);Representativefrom Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November2, 1866 (age57 years, 48days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Horace Harrison Harrison (1829-1885) — also known asHorace H. Harrison — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Lebanon,WilsonCounty, Tenn.,August7, 1829.Republican.U.S.Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1863, 1872-73;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1867;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1873-75; member ofTennessee state legislature, 1880.Slaveowner. DiedDecember20, 1885 (age56 years, 135days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Edward Saunders Cheatham (1818-1878) — also known asEdward S. Cheatham — of Springfield,RobertsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Springfield,RobertsonCounty, Tenn.,July 31,1818.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1853-55; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1855-57, 1861-63;Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1855-57, 1861-62; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Tennessee,1872.Died in Horn Lake,DeSotoCounty, Miss.,December21, 1878 (age60 years, 143days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.  | John Wesley Gaines (1860-1926) — also known asJohn W. Gaines — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Wrencoe,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,August24, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic Presidential Elector for Tennessee,1893;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1897-1909; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1916(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,July 4,1926 (age65 years, 314days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Samuel McClary Fite (1816-1875) — of Tennessee. Born inSmithCounty, Tenn.,June 12,1816.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate senate, 1850; Whig Presidential Elector for Tennessee,1852;district judge in Tennessee, 1858-61, 1869-74;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1875; died in office1875.Slaveowner. Died in Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,October23, 1875 (age59 years, 133days).Original interment atCarthageCemetery, Carthage, Tenn.; reinterment in 1908 at Mt. OlivetCemetery. | | Andrew Price (1854-1909) — of Thibodaux,LafourcheParish, La.Born in Louisiana,1854.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,1888(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization);U.S.Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1889-97.Died in1909(ageabout55 years).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Benjamin Augustine Enloe (1848-1922) — also known asBenjamin A. Enloe — of Jackson,MadisonCounty, Tenn.Born near Clarksburg,CarrollCounty, Tenn.,January18, 1848.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1869-72; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Tennessee,1872;newspapereditor; member ofTennesseeDemocratic State Executive Committee, 1878-80;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1887-95.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,July 8,1922 (age74 years, 171days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Thomas Lee Woolwine (1874-1925) — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,October31, 1874.Democrat.LosAngeles County District Attorney, 1915-23; became one of thenation's best-known prosecutors; Democratic candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1918 (primary), 1922.Episcopalian.Died, of aliverailment, in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 8,1925 (age50 years, 250days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | William Michael Cocke (1815-1896) — of Tennessee. Born in Rutledge,GraingerCounty, Tenn.,July 16,1815.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1840;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1845-49.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February6, 1896 (age80 years, 205days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Thomas Menees (1823-1905) — of Springfield,RobertsonCounty, Tenn.Born near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 26,1823.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate senate, 1857; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Tennessee,1860;Representativefrom Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,September6, 1905 (age82 years, 72days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Andrew Jackson Caldwell (1837-1906) — of Tennessee. Born in Montevallo,ShelbyCounty, Ala.,July 22,1837.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; memberofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1880;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1883-87.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November22, 1906 (age69 years, 123days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Joseph Hayes Acklen (1850-1938) — also known asJoseph H. Acklen — of Pattersonville (now Patterson),St. MaryParish, La.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,May 20,1850.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1878-81; defeated,1882.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,September28, 1938 (age88 years, 131days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Benjamin F. Cheatham (1821-1886) — also known asB. F. Cheatham — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,1821.Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidateformayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1857; general in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War; postmaster atNashville,Tenn., 1885-86.Died, fromheartdisease, in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,September4, 1886 (ageabout 65years).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married1867 to AnnaRobertson. |
| | James Minor Quarles (1823-1901) — of Tennessee. Born in Virginia,1823.U.S.Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1859-61.Slaveowner. Died in1901(ageabout78 years).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Arthur St. Clair Colyar (1818-1907) — of Tennessee. Born inWashingtonCounty, Tenn.,June 23,1818.Representativefrom Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,December13, 1907 (age89 years, 173days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Joseph Wellington Byrns Jr. (1903-1973) — also known asJoseph W. Byrns, Jr. — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,August15, 1903.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1939-41.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;ExchangeClub;PhiKappa Psi.Died in Daytona Beach,VolusiaCounty, Fla.,March 8,1973 (age69 years, 205days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Henry Laurence Norvell (1818-1874) — also known asHenry L. Norvell — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Tennessee,February28, 1818.Republican.U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Nashville, Tennessee, 1867.DiedSeptember11, 1874 (age56 years, 195days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Mabel Hill (d. 1956) — also known asMrs. Albert E. Hill — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Democrat. Member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Tennessee,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1948.Female.DiedOctober6, 1956.Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Nashville CityCemetery
1001 S. 4th Ave.
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1972
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George Washington Campbell (1769-1848) — also known asGeorge W. Campbell — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inScotland,February9, 1769.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1803-09; state courtjudge in Tennessee, 1809;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1811-14, 1815-18;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1814; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1818-20.Scottishancestry.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February17, 1848 (age79 years, 8days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | William Carroll (1788-1844) — of Tennessee. Born near Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,March 3,1788.General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Governor ofTennessee, 1821-27, 1829-35.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,March22, 1844 (age56 years, 19days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Ephraim Hubbard Foster (1794-1854) — also known asEphraim H. Foster — of Tennessee. Born near Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,September17, 1794.Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1827-31, 1835-37;Speakerof the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1829-31,1835-37;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1837-39, 1843-45; Whig PresidentialElector for Tennessee,1840;candidate forGovernor ofTennessee, 1845.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,September6, 1854 (age59 years, 354days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Felix Robertson (1781-1865) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,January11, 1781, thefirstwhite male child to be born in what is now the city of Nashville.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1818-19, 1826-28.DiedJuly 10,1865 (age84 years, 180days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | John McNairy (1762-1837) — Born inLancasterCounty, Pa.,March30, 1762.Superior court judge in North Carolina, 1788;justice ofSouthwest Territory supreme court, 1790;U.S.District Judge for Tennessee, 1797-1802;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1802-33;resigned 1833;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 1802-33;resigned 1833.Died near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November12, 1837 (age75 years, 227days).Original interment atEpiscopal Church BuryingGround; reinterment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | John Patton Erwin (1795-1857) — also known asJohn P. Erwin — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inWilkesCounty, N.C.,January8, 1795.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1821-22, 1834-35; postmaster atNashville,Tenn., 1826-29.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,August27, 1857 (age62 years, 231days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Robert Bell Castleman (1808-1886) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inDavidsonCounty, Tenn.,December9, 1808.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1854-55; appointed 1854.DiedJuly 29,1886 (age77 years, 232days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Raphael Benjamin West (1911-1974) — also known asBen West — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Columbia,MauryCounty, Tenn.,March31, 1911.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1951-63.DiedNovember20, 1974 (age63 years, 234days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Robert Brownlee Currey (1774-1848) — also known asRobert B. Currey — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in North Carolina,1774.Postmaster atNashville,Tenn., 1811-26;mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1822-24.Died near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,December8, 1848 (ageabout 74years).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Jane Gray Owen. | | | | Epitaph: "Honest, Faithful and Just";"As he had lived, an Humble and Devoted Christian." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel Van Dyke Stout (1786-1850) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Red Stone Fort (now Brownsville),FayetteCounty, Pa.,April18, 1786.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1840-42.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,August8, 1850 (age64 years, 112days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Andrew Anderson (c.1796-1867) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in New Jersey, about 1796.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1855-57.DiedApril15, 1867 (ageabout 71years).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Williamson Hartley Horn (1799-1870) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inLynchburg,Va.,July 15,1799.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1852-54.DiedMarch 8,1870 (age70 years, 236days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Thomas Crutcher (1760-1844) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Virginia,February18, 1760.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1819-20.DiedMarch 8,1844 (age84 years, 19days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Thomas B. Coleman (c.1795-1848) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born about 1795.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1842-43.Died in1848(ageabout53 years).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Wilkins F. Tannehill (1787-1858) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,March 2,1787.Newspapereditor;author;mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1825-26.Member,Freemasons.DiedJune 2,1858 (age71 years, 92days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Matthias Ward (1805-1861) — of Texas. Born inElbertCounty, Ga.,October13, 1805.Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1842-44; member ofTexasstate senate, 1849-50;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1858-59.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Warm Springs (now Hot Springs),MadisonCounty, N.C.,October5, 1861 (age55 years, 357days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Alexander Allison (c.1799-1862) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born about 1799.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1847-48.DiedNovember3, 1862 (ageabout 63years).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | William Booker Shapard (1797-1870) — also known asWilliam B. Shapard — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Virginia,November5, 1797.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1854.DiedJanuary19, 1870 (age72 years, 75days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Powhaten Woolridge Maxey (1810-1876) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.BornMay 7,1810.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1843-44.DiedAugust8, 1876 (age66 years, 93days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Robert Coleman Foster (1769-1844) — also known asRobert C. Foster — of Tennessee. Born in Virginia,July 8,1769.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1803-07;Speakerof the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1805-07; memberofTennesseestate senate, 1809-15, 1825-27;Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1813-15, 1825-27; candidate forGovernor ofTennessee, 1815, 1817.Christian.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,September27, 1844 (age75 years, 81days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856) — of Tennessee. Born inBrunswickCounty, Va.,May 17,1780.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1811-15, 1831-33;Speakerof the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1813-15;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1817-19.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,January7, 1856 (age75 years, 235days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (1812-1862) — also known asFelix K. Zollicoffer — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Bigbyville,MauryCounty, Tenn.,May 19,1812.Member ofTennesseestate senate, 1849; fought a pistolduelwith rival editor John L. Martin, in Nashville, Tenn., 1852;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1853-59; general inthe Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner.Shotand killed, perhaps by Union Col.Speed S.Fry, in aCivilWar battle near Mill Springs,WayneCounty, Ky.,January19, 1862 (age49 years, 245days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery; cenotaph atZollicofferPark Cemetery, Near Nancy, Pulaski County, Ky. | | Samuel E. Hogg (1783-1842) — of Tennessee. Born inCaswellCounty, N.C.,April18, 1783.Democrat.Physician;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1813-15;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1817-19.Baptist.Slaveowner. Died inRutherfordCounty, Tenn.,May 28,1842 (age59 years, 40days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | | Andrew Ewing (1813-1864) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 17,1813.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1849-51; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Tennessee,1860.Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,June 16,1864 (age50 years, 365days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.  | William Baine Alexander Ramsey (1799-1874) — also known asW. B. A. Ramsey — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,1799.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher;steamboatbusiness;mayorof Knoxville, Tenn., 1838-39;secretaryof state of Tennessee, 1847-55.Died inDavidsonCounty, Tenn.,1874(ageabout75 years).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Francis Alexande Ramsey; married to Eliza H. Craighead, Susan P.Trimble and Charlotte P. Williams. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: City ofKnoxville |
| | Thomas Lanier Williams (1782-1856) — Born inSurryCounty, N.C.,February1, 1782.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1820;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1826.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,December3, 1856 (age74 years, 306days).Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. | Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Joseph Thorpe Elliston (1779-1856) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,December15, 1779.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1813-17.DiedNovember10, 1856 (age76 years, 331days).Original interment at Nashville City Cemetery; reinterment atMt. Olivet Cemetery. | Other politicians whohave (or had) monuments here: | | | William Armstrong (c.1795-1847) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born about 1795. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1828-32.Died near Pine Bluff,JeffersonCounty, Ark.,June 12,1847 (ageabout 52years).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atSwallowRock Cemetery, Fort Coffee, Okla.; cenotaph at Nashville CityCemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Nancy Irwin. |
Polk PlaceGrounds (now gone)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
| Politicians formerlyburied here: |  | James Knox Polk (1795-1849) — also known asJames K. Polk;"Young Hickory";"Napoleon of the Stump" —of Tennessee. Born in Pineville,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,November2, 1795.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1823-25;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9thDistrict 1833-39);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1835-39;Governor ofTennessee, 1839-41;Presidentof the United States, 1845-49.PresbyterianorMethodist.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died, ofcholera,in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 15,1849 (age53 years, 225days).Original interment at Polk Place Grounds; reinterment in 1893 atTennessee State Capitol Grounds; cenotaph atPolkMemorial Gardens, Columbia, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother ofWilliamHawkins Polk; married,January1, 1824, toSarahChildress (daughter ofJoelChildress); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who marriedThomasJones Hardeman); uncle ofMarshallTate Polk andTaskerPolk; first cousin once removed ofEdwinFitzhugh Polk; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk(who marriedGeorgeDavis) andRichardTyler Polk; second cousin twice removed ofRufusKing Polk andFrankLyon Polk; second cousin thrice removed ofElizabethPolk Guest; second cousin four times removed ofRaymondR. Guest; third cousin once removed ofCharlesPolk andAugustusCaesar Dodge; fourth cousin ofTrustenPolk; fourth cousin once removed ofAlbertFawcett Polk. | | | | Political families:Polk#2 family of Tennessee;Polk#1 family of New York City, New York;Polk#3 family of Delaware (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:AaronV. Brown —JohnC. Frémont | | | | Polk counties inArk.,Fla.,Ga.,Iowa,Minn.,Neb.,Ore.,Tenn.,Tex. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofPolkCity, Florida, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofPolkCity, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — TheboroughofPolk,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — James K. PolkElementarySchool, inAlexandria,Virginia, isnamed forhim. — James K. PolkElementarySchool, inFresno,California, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James K. Polk (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1943; towed away and scrapped) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesKnox Polk Hall—JamesP. Latta—JamesK. P. Fenner—J.K. P. Goggans—JamesP. Willett—J.K. P. Carter—J.K. P. Marshall | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —TennesseeEncyclopedia | | | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.Haynes,JamesK. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.Bergeron,ThePresidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard,JamesK. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — EugeneIrving McCormac,JamesK. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac,JamesK. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney,KingsOf The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of AmericanHistory — John Seigenthaler,JamesK. Polk: 1845 - 1849 | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | Sarah Polk (1803-1891) — also known asSarah Childress — Born in Murfreesboro,RutherfordCounty, Tenn.,September4, 1803.FirstLady of the United States, 1845-49.Female.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,August14, 1891 (age87 years, 344days).Original interment at Polk Place Grounds; reinterment in 1893 atTennessee State Capitol Grounds.
Spring HillCemetery
5119 Gallatin Road
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Roy Claxton Acuff (1903-1992) — also known asRoy Acuff;"The King of CountryMusic" —of Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.Born in Maynardville,UnionCounty, Tenn.,September15, 1903.Republican.Countrymusician; co-founder of Acuff-Rose Publication Company, thefirstcountry musicpublishinghouse; appeared in seven Hollywoodmoviesin the 1940s; owner and operator of Dunbar CaveHotelnear Nashville; candidate forGovernor ofTennessee, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention fromTennessee,1960.Elected to Country MusicHall ofFame, 1962.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November23, 1992 (age89 years, 69days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery. | | Richard Merrill Atkinson (1894-1947) — also known asDick Atkinson — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February6, 1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;Attorney General, 10th Judicial Circuit, 1926-34;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1937-39.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,April29, 1947 (age53 years, 82days).Entombed in mausoleum at Spring Hill Cemetery. | | Georgia Robles Boone (1899-1981) — also known asGeorgia Robles;Georgia RoblesConger —of Seffner,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.; Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.Born in Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.,December22, 1899.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1940.Female.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,December6, 1981 (age81 years, 349days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
State CapitolGrounds
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | Edward Ward Carmack (1858-1908) — also known asEdward W. Carmack — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born near Castalian Springs,SumnerCounty, Tenn.,November5, 1858.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1885; editor ofnewspapers,including theNashville American, theMemphisCommercial, and theNashville Tennesseean; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Tennessee,1896,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee);U.S.Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1897-1901;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1901-07; candidate for nomination forGovernor ofTennessee, 1908.Member,Freemasons.Shotandkilled byRobin J. Cooper, whose father, Col. Duncan B. Cooper, had beenridiculed in theTennesseean, in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November9, 1908 (age50 years, 4days). Robin and Duncan Cooper were convicted of second-degreemurder and sentenced to prison, but Duncan Cooper was pardoned, andRobin Cooper's conviction was overturned on appeal; in 1919, RobinCooper was himself murdered in an apparent robbery.Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.; statue (now gone) at StateCapitol Grounds.
Tennessee StateCapitol Grounds
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
| Politicians buriedhere: | | James Knox Polk (1795-1849) — also known asJames K. Polk;"Young Hickory";"Napoleon of the Stump" —of Tennessee. Born in Pineville,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,November2, 1795.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1823-25;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9thDistrict 1833-39);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1835-39;Governor ofTennessee, 1839-41;Presidentof the United States, 1845-49.PresbyterianorMethodist.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died, ofcholera,in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 15,1849 (age53 years, 225days).Original interment atPolk Place Grounds(which no longer exists); reinterment in 1893 at Tennessee StateCapitol Grounds; cenotaph atPolkMemorial Gardens, Columbia, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother ofWilliamHawkins Polk; married,January1, 1824, toSarahChildress (daughter ofJoelChildress); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who marriedThomasJones Hardeman); uncle ofMarshallTate Polk andTaskerPolk; first cousin once removed ofEdwinFitzhugh Polk; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk(who marriedGeorgeDavis) andRichardTyler Polk; second cousin twice removed ofRufusKing Polk andFrankLyon Polk; second cousin thrice removed ofElizabethPolk Guest; second cousin four times removed ofRaymondR. Guest; third cousin once removed ofCharlesPolk andAugustusCaesar Dodge; fourth cousin ofTrustenPolk; fourth cousin once removed ofAlbertFawcett Polk. | | | | Political families:Polk#2 family of Tennessee;Polk#1 family of New York City, New York;Polk#3 family of Delaware (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:AaronV. Brown —JohnC. Frémont | | | | Polk counties inArk.,Fla.,Ga.,Iowa,Minn.,Neb.,Ore.,Tenn.,Tex. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofPolkCity, Florida, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofPolkCity, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — TheboroughofPolk,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — James K. PolkElementarySchool, inAlexandria,Virginia, isnamed forhim. — James K. PolkElementarySchool, inFresno,California, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James K. Polk (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1943; towed away and scrapped) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesKnox Polk Hall—JamesP. Latta—JamesK. P. Fenner—J.K. P. Goggans—JamesP. Willett—J.K. P. Carter—J.K. P. Marshall | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —TennesseeEncyclopedia | | | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.Haynes,JamesK. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.Bergeron,ThePresidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard,JamesK. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — EugeneIrving McCormac,JamesK. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac,JamesK. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney,KingsOf The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of AmericanHistory — John Seigenthaler,JamesK. Polk: 1845 - 1849 | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | Sarah Polk (1803-1891) — also known asSarah Childress — Born in Murfreesboro,RutherfordCounty, Tenn.,September4, 1803.FirstLady of the United States, 1845-49.Female.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,August14, 1891 (age87 years, 344days).Original interment atPolk Place Grounds(which no longer exists); reinterment in 1893 at Tennessee StateCapitol Grounds.
TheHermitage
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) — also known as"Old Hickory";"The Farmer ofTennessee";"King Andrew theFirst" —of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born, in alogcabin, in The Waxhaws,LancasterCounty, S.C.,March15, 1767.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;Governorof Florida Territory, 1821;Presidentof the United States, 1829-37;censuredby the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits fromthe Bank of the United States; on January 30, 1835, while attendingfuneral services at the Capitol Building for Rep.WarrenR. Davis of South Carolina, he wasshotat with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, ahouse painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistolduel,May 30, 1806; alsodueledwithThomasHart Benton andWaightstillAvery. Elected in 1910 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans.Slaveowner. Died, of dropsy (congestiveheart failure), in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 8,1845 (age78 years, 85days).Interment at The Hermitage; statue erected 1853 atLafayettePark, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 atJacksonSquare, New Orleans, La.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson;married,January17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (aunt ofAndrewJackson Donelson). | | | | Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians.. | | | | Cross-reference:FrancisP. Blair | | | | Jackson counties inAla.,Ark.,Colo.,Fla.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,N.C.,Ohio,Okla.,Ore.,Tenn.,Tex.,W.Va. andWis., andHickory County,Mo., are named for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AndrewJ. Donelson—AndrewJackson Miller—AndrewJ. Faulk—AndrewJackson Titus—AndrewJackson Isacks—AndrewJackson Hamilton—AndrewJ. Harlan—AndrewJ. Kuykendall—AndrewJ. Thayer—ElamA. J. Greeley—AndrewJackson Ingle—AndrewJ. Ogle—AndrewJackson Carr—AndrewJ. Waterman—AndrewJ. Bentley—AndrewJ. Rogers—WilliamA. J. Sparks—AndrewJackson Poppleton—AndrewJ. Hunter—AndrewJackson Bryant—AndrewJ. Beale—A.J. Clements—AndrewJackson Baker—AndrewJ. Felt—A. J.King—AndrewJ. Sawyer—AndrewJackson Greenfield—AndrewJackson Caldwell—AndrewJackson Gahagan—AndrewJackson Biship—AndrewJackson Houston—AndrewJackson Speer—AndrewJ. Cobb—AndrewJ. Montague—AndrewJ. Barchfeld—AndrewJ. Balliet—AndrewJ. Kirk—AndrewJ. Howell, Jr.—AndrewJ. Livingston—A.J. Sherwood—AndrewJackson Stewart—AndrewJ. May—AndrewJ. McConnico—AndrewJ. Sawyer—AndrewJ. Brewer—AndrewJ. Dunning, Jr.—AndrewBettwy—AndrewJ. Transue—AndrewJackson Graves—AndrewJackson Gilbert—AndrewJ. Goodwin—AndrewJ. Hinshaw—AndyYoung—AndrewJackson Kupper | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, hisportraitappeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, hisportraitappeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes. | | | | Campaign slogan: "Let the peoplerule." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —TennesseeEncyclopedia | | | | Books about Andrew Jackson: RobertVincent Remini,TheLife of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini,AndrewJackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —Robert Vincent Remini,AndrewJackson : The Course of American Democracy,1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini,AndrewJackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —Andrew Burstein,ThePassions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & JeanneT. Heidler,OldHickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest forEmpire — Donald B. Cole,ThePresidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands,AndrewJackson : His Life and Times — Jon Meacham,AmericanLion: Andrew Jackson in the White House — Donald BarrChidsey,AndrewJackson, Hero — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
Woodlawn MemorialPark
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Percy Priest (1900-1956) — also known asJ. Percy Priest — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Carter's Creek,MauryCounty, Tenn.,April 1,1900.Democrat.Schoolteacher;newspaperwork;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1941-56 (5th District 1941-43, 6thDistrict 1943-53, 5th District 1953-56); died in office 1956.Died, in ahospitalat Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,October12, 1956 (age56 years, 194days).Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. | | Clifford Robertson Allen (1912-1978) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,January6, 1912.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate senate, 1949-51, 1955-59; candidate forGovernor ofTennessee, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958 (Democratic primary);delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1971;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1975-78; died inoffice 1978.Methodist.Member,Elks;OddFellows.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 18,1978 (age66 years, 163days).Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. | | A. V. McLane (1873-1968) — of Lewisburg,MarshallCounty, Tenn.; Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Belfast,MarshallCounty, Tenn.,August31, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; postmasteratLewisburg,Tenn., 1910-13; delegate to Republican National Convention fromTennessee,1912,1920(member,CredentialsCommittee),1924(alternate),1928(member,CredentialsCommittee),1936(member,CredentialsCommittee),1956,1960;U.S.Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1922-33.Died in Carlsbad,EddyCounty, N.M.,August31, 1968 (age95 years, 0days).Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. | | Joseph Carlton Loser (1892-1984) — also known asJ. Carlton Loser — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,October1, 1892.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1944(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee),1952,1960;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee,1956;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1957-63.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;Kiwanis.DiedJuly 31,1984 (age91 years, 304days).Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. | | Louis James Garner (1852-1940) — also known asLouis J. Garner;Lewis J.Garner —of Cookeville,PutnamCounty, Tenn.; Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Buffalo Valley,PutnamCounty, Tenn.,October9, 1852.Republican. Postmaster atCookeville,Tenn., 1901-07.Died, in Nashville GeneralHospital,Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,January19, 1940 (age87 years, 102days).Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. | | Ruby Roach McLane (1880-1953) — also known asRuby D. Roach;Mrs. A. V.McLane —of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Tennessee,November18, 1880.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromTennessee,1924;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40.Female.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,December22, 1953 (age73 years, 34days).Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. | | Dick Latta Lansden Jr. (1909-1999) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.BornOctober17, 1909.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1952.DiedFebruary12, 1999 (age89 years, 118days).Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. | | Carey T. Duckett — of Kentucky. Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1944.Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. | | Mary M. Anderson (1921-2005) — also known asMary Virginia Mize — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.BornFebruary2, 1921.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1963-64.Female.DiedAugust15, 2005 (age84 years, 194days).Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Tusculum BaptistChurch Grounds
Near Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
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