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Giles County
Tennessee

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Giles County

Index to Locations

Near LynnvilleMcLaurine Cemetery

PulaskiMaplewood Cemetery

PulaskiNew Pulaski Cemetery

McLaurineCemetery
Near Lynnville, Giles County, Tennessee

Robert Malone Bugg (1805-1887) — also known asRobert M. Bugg — of Lynnville,GilesCounty, Tenn.Born in Boydton,MecklenburgCounty, Va.,January20, 1805.Schoolteacher; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1851-52;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1853-55; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1871-72.Slaveowner. Died in Lynnville,GilesCounty, Tenn.,February18, 1887 (age82 years, 29days).Interment at McLaurine Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

MaplewoodCemetery
Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee

John Calvin Brown (1827-1889) — also known asJohn C. Brown — of Pulaski,GilesCounty, Tenn.Born inGilesCounty, Tenn.,January6, 1827.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Tennessee,1860;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870;Governor ofTennessee, 1871-75; president, Texas and PacificRailroad;president, TennesseeCoal,Iron andRailroadCompany; president, Bon AirCoalCompany; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1876(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1888.Died in Red Boiling Springs,MaconCounty, Tenn.,August17, 1889 (age62 years, 223days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Presumably namedfor:JohnCalvin
		Relatives: Son of Duncan Brown andMargaret (Smith) Brown; brother ofNeillSmith Brown; married to Anne Pointer; married1864 toElizabeth Childress; father of Marie Childress Brown (who marriedBentonMcMillin).
		Political family:Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Wellsfamily of Nashville, Tennessee.
		See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle

Ross Bass (1918-1993) — of Pulaski,GilesCounty, Tenn.; Miami Shores, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born inGilesCounty, Tenn.,March17, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;florist;softdrink bottler;postmaster;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1955-64; defeated,1976;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1964-67.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Kiwanis;Elks.DiedJanuary1, 1993 (age74 years, 290days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Rev. William Arch Bass and Ethel (Shook) Bass; married,June 28,1946, to Avanell Keith.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Edward Everett Eslick (1872-1932) — also known asEdward E. Eslick — of Pulaski,GilesCounty, Tenn.Born near Pulaski,GilesCounty, Tenn.,April19, 1872.Democrat.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1916;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1925-32; died inoffice 1932.Died suddenly while addressing the U.S.House ofRepresentatives, in the U.S.CapitolBuilding,Washington,D.C.,June 14,1932 (age60 years, 56days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.

	Presumably namedfor:EdwardEverett
		Relatives: Son of Merritt Eslick andMartha Virginia (Abernathy) Eslick; married,June 6,1906, toWillaMcCord Blake.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

James McCallum (1806-1889) — of Tennessee. Born inRobesonCounty, N.C.,October3, 1806.Member of Tennessee state legislature, 1861-63;Representativefrom Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Pulaski,GilesCounty, Tenn.,September16, 1889 (age82 years, 348days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.

Thomas McKissick Jones (1816-1892) — also known asThomas M. Jones — of Pulaski,GilesCounty, Tenn.Born inPersonCounty, N.C.,December16, 1816.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1840; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1840;Delegatefrom Tennessee to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;in 1865, the Ku Klux Klan was organized in his law office;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; state courtjudge in Tennessee, 1872-73; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Tennessee,1880(member,CredentialsCommittee).Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died in Pulaski,GilesCounty, Tenn.,March13, 1892 (age75 years, 88days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.

	Relatives:Brother ofCalvinJones.
		Political family:Jones-Williamsonfamily of Person County, North Carolina.

Willa Blake Eslick (1878-1961) — also known asWilla B. Eslick;Willa McCordBlake —of Pulaski,GilesCounty, Tenn.Born in Fayetteville,LincolnCounty, Tenn.,September8, 1878.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1932-33.Female.Methodist.Member,AmericanAssociation of University Women;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;UnitedDaughters of the Confederacy;Order of theEastern Star.Died in Pulaski,GilesCounty, Tenn.,February18, 1961 (age82 years, 163days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.

	Relatives:Daughter of Washington Blake and Eliza Hansell (McCord) Blake;married,June 6,1906, toEdwardEverett Eslick.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

New PulaskiCemetery
Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee

John Goff Ballentine (1825-1915) — of Tennessee. Born in Pulaski,GilesCounty, Tenn.,May 20,1825.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1883-87.Slaveowner. Died in Pulaski,GilesCounty, Tenn.,November23, 1915 (age90 years, 187days).Interment at New Pulaski Cemetery.

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