Henry County
Tennessee
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Henry County
Tennessee
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Henry County
Index to Locations Poplar GroveCemetery Henry County, Tennessee
CityCemetery Paris, Henry County, Tennessee
|  John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (1825-1908) — also known asJ. D. C. Atkins — of Paris,HenryCounty, Tenn.Born near Manly's Chapel,HenryCounty, Tenn.,June 4,1825.Democrat.Farmer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1849-51; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1857;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1857-59, 1873-83 (9th District1857-59, 7th District 1873-75, 8th District 1875-83); delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Tennessee,1860,1892(member,ResolutionsCommittee); candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee,1860;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Delegatefrom Tennessee to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Tennessee,1884;U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1885-88.Slaveowner. Died in Paris,HenryCounty, Tenn.,June 2,1908 (age82 years, 364days).Interment at City Cemetery.
| William Grainger Blount (1784-1827) — of Tennessee. Born near New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.,1784.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1811;secretaryof state of Tennessee, 1811-15;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1815-19.Slaveowner. DiedMay 21,1827 (ageabout 42years).Interment at City Cemetery.
| John Wesley Crockett (1807-1852) — of Tennessee. Born in Trenton,GibsonCounty, Tenn.,July 10,1807.U.S.Representative from Tennessee 12th District, 1837-41.Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,November24, 1852 (age45 years, 137days).Interment at City Cemetery.
MaplewoodCemetery Paris, Henry County, Tennessee
| Dan M. Nobles (1863-1924) — of Paris,HenryCounty, Tenn.Born in Tennessee,August13, 1863.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromTennessee,1896(alternate),1920;postmaster atParis,Tenn., 1901.Died, fromlivercirrhosis, in Paris,HenryCounty, Tenn.,February23, 1924 (age60 years, 194days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
Paris CityCemetery Paris, Henry County, Tennessee
FitzgeraldCemetery Near Paris, Henry County, Tennessee
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