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Gibson County
Tennessee

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Gibson County

Bailey Walsh — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Republican.Secretary ofTennessee Republican Party, 1939.Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.

Index to Locations HumboldtRose Hill Cemetery MilanOakwood Cemetery TrentonUnknown location TrentonOakland Cemetery YorkvilleUnknown location Rose HillCemetery Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee Samuel Taylor Beare (1901-1971) — of Jackson,MadisonCounty, Tenn.; Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born in Humboldt,GibsonCounty, Tenn.,October18, 1901.Lawyer;coaland ice dealer; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1935-37.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;AmericanLegion;SigmaNu.DiedSeptember21, 1971 (age69 years, 338days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof Samuel Taylor Beare and Evelyn Nelson (Hunt) Beare; married1925 to EvelynWeatherby; married,October16, 1942, to Betty Carl Booth.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

James Calvin McDearmon (1844-1902) — also known asJames C. McDearmon — of Trenton,GibsonCounty, Tenn.Born in New Canton,BuckinghamCounty, Va.,June 13,1844.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1893-97.Died in Trenton,GibsonCounty, Tenn.,July 19,1902 (age58 years, 36days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

Pleasant Moorman Miller (d. 1849) — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born inLynchburg,Va.U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1809-11.Slaveowner. Died in1849.Interment somewhere.

Robert Porter Caldwell (1821-1885) — of Trenton,GibsonCounty, Tenn.Born inAdairCounty, Ky.,December16, 1821.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1847-48; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1855-56; major in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1871-73.Member,Freemasons.Died in Trenton,GibsonCounty, Tenn.,March12, 1885 (age63 years, 86days).Interment at Oakland Cemetery.

Ed Jones (1912-1999) — of Yorkville,GibsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Yorkville,GibsonCounty, Tenn.,April20, 1912.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1969-89 (8th District 1969-73, 7thDistrict 1973-83, 8th District 1983-89).DiedDecember11, 1999 (age87 years, 235days).Interment somewhere.

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