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Maury County
Tennessee

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Maury County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards AshwoodSt. John's Cemetery Carter's CreekLasting HopeCemetery ColumbiaGreenwood Cemetery ColumbiaNational Confederate Museumat Elm Springs ColumbiaPolk Memorial Gardens ColumbiaRose Hill Cemetery ColumbiaZion Cemetery Private or familygraveyard Maury County, Tennessee James Holland (1754-1823) — of Rutherfordton,RutherfordCounty, N.C.;MauryCounty, Tenn.Born inAnsonCounty, N.C.,1754.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; justiceof the peace; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1783, 1797; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1786, 1789;delegateto North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1789;lawyer;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1795-97, 1801-11 (at-large1795-97, 1801-03, 11th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07, 11thDistrict 1807-09, at-large 1809-11).Slaveowner. Died inMauryCounty, Tenn.,May 19,1823 (ageabout 68years).Interment in a private or family graveyard. Politicians buriedhere:     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

James Houston Thomas (1808-1876) — of Tennessee. Born inIredellCounty, N.C.,September22, 1808.Democrat.Tennesseestate attorney general, 1836-42;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1847-51, 1859-61;Delegatefrom Tennessee to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.Slaveowner. Died near Fayetteville,LincolnCounty, Tenn.,August4, 1876 (age67 years, 317days).Interment at St. John's Cemetery.

Francis Willis (1745-1829) — ofWilkesCounty, Ga.;MauryCounty, Tenn.Born inFrederickCounty, Va.,January5, 1745.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1791-93; candidate forU.S.Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1829.Slaveowner. Died inMauryCounty, Tenn.,April 3,1829 (age84 years, 88days).Interment at Lasting Hope Cemetery.

William Hawkins Polk (1815-1862) — of Tennessee. Born inMauryCounty, Tenn.,May 24,1815.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1842-45; U.S. Charge d'AffairestoTwo Sicilies, 1845-47; major in the U.S. Army during theMexican War;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1851-53.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,December16, 1862 (age47 years, 206days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother ofJamesKnox Polk (who marriedSarahChildress); married to Lucy Eugenia Williams; father ofTaskerPolk; nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who marriedThomasJones Hardeman); uncle ofMarshallTate Polk; 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).
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —U.S.State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial

Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) — also known as"Wizard of the Saddle" — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born near Chapel Hill, Bedford County (nowMarshallCounty), Tenn.,July 13,1821.Democrat.Cottonplanter;slavetrader; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; inApril 1864, after the Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, Confederatetroops under his commandmassacredAfrican-American Union soldiers, not accepting them as prisoners,since the Confederacyrefused torecognize ex-slaves as legitimate combatants; this event, seen asawarcrime, sparkedoutrageacross the North, and a congressionalinquiry;in 1867, he became involved in theKu KluxKlan and was elected Grand Wizard; the organization used violenttactics tointimidateBlack voters andsuppresstheir votes; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTennessee,1868;in 1869, he had a change of heart, and issued a letter ordering thatthe Klan be dissolved and its costumes destroyed; he went on todenounce the group and its crimes; in 1875, he gave a "friendlyspeech" to a meeting of an African-American organization in Memphis,calling for peace, harmony, and economic advancement of formerslaves; for this speech, he was vehemently denounced in the Southernpress as a race traitor.Englishancestry. Member,Ku Klux Klan.After his death, he became a folk hero among white racists,particularly during the imposition of Jim Crow segregation laws inthe early 20th century, and later, in reaction to the Civil Rightsmovement in the 1950s and 1960s.Slaveowner. Died, from complications ofdiabetes,in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,October29, 1877 (age56 years, 108days).Original interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; subsequent interment in 1904 atHealthSciences Park, Memphis, Tenn.; reinterment in 2021 at NationalConfederate Museum at Elm Springs.

	Relatives: Sonof William B. Forrest and Miriam (Beck) Forrest; married1845 to MaryAnn Montgomery.
		Forrest County,Miss. is named for him.
		ThecityofForrestCity, Arkansas, isnamed forhim.  — The World War IILibertyshipSS Nathan B. Forrest (built 1943 atPanamaCity, Florida; scrapped 1973) wasnamed forhim.
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial

Politicians who have(or had) monuments 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 atPolkPlace Grounds (which no longer exists), Nashville, Tenn.;reinterment in 1893 atTennesseeState Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph at PolkMemorial Gardens.   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)

Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (1808-1876) — also known asA. O. P. Nicholson — of Tennessee. Born in Tennessee,1808.Democrat. Member of Tennessee state legislature, 1830;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1840-42, 1859-61;chiefjustice of Tennessee state supreme court, 1870-76.When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; one of tenSouthernsenatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861.Slaveowner. Died in1876(ageabout68 years).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.

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 at Rose Hill Cemetery; statue (now gone) atStateCapitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.

	Relatives:Married1890 toElizabeth Cobey Dunnington.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

 Washington Curran Whitthorne (1825-1891) — also known asWashington C. Whitthorne — of Columbia,MauryCounty, Tenn.Born near Farmington,MarshallCounty, Tenn.,April19, 1825.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate senate, 1855-58; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1859-61;Speakerof the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1859-61;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1860,1876;Presidential Elector for Tennessee,1860;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1871-83, 1887-91 (6th District1871-75, 7th District 1875-83, 1887-91);U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1886-87.Slaveowner. DiedSeptember21, 1891 (age66 years, 155days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.

See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

 Lemuel Phillips Padgett (1855-1922) — also known asLemuel P. Padgett — of Columbia,MauryCounty, Tenn.Born in Columbia,MauryCounty, Tenn.,November28, 1855.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic Presidential Elector for Tennessee,1884;member ofTennesseestate senate, 1899-1900;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1901-22; died inoffice 1922.Died inWashington,D.C.,August2, 1922 (age66 years, 247days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof John B. Padgett and Rebecca Ophelia (Phillips) Padgett; married,November11, 1880, to Ida B. Latta.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

 William Charles Salmon (1868-1925) — of Columbia,MauryCounty, Tenn.Born near Paris,HenryCounty, Tenn.,April 3,1868.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1923-25.Disciplesof Christ. Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 13,1925 (age57 years, 40days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.

See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

 Hugh Fletcher Fariss (1839-1914) — also known asHugh F. Fariss — of Columbia,MauryCounty, Tenn.Born in Hampshire,MauryCounty, Tenn.,November19, 1839.Republican. Postmaster atColumbia,Tenn., 1884-88, 1897-1902; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Tennessee,1896;justice of the peace.Methodist.Died in Columbia,MauryCounty, Tenn.,August24, 1914 (age74 years, 278days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Hugh Whiteside Fariss and Charlotte F. (English) Fariss; married,April15, 1866, to Mary Elizabeth 'Bettie' Brooks.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

 Horace Frierson (1849-1936) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.; Columbia,MauryCounty, Tenn.Born inMauryCounty, Tenn.,1849.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTennessee,1912.Died inMauryCounty, Tenn.,1936(ageabout87 years).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Robert Luther Frierson and Jane E. (Stephenson) Frierson; married1872 toJeannie Phillips; father ofHoraceFrierson Jr.; second cousin once removed ofWilliamLittle Frierson.
		Political family:Friersonfamily of Columbia, Tennessee.

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ZionCemetery
Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee
Barclay Martin (1802-1890) — of Tennessee. Born in Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,December17, 1802.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1839-40, 1847-49, 1851-53; memberofTennesseestate senate, 1841-43;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1845-47.Slaveowner. Died in Columbia,MauryCounty, Tenn.,November8, 1890 (age87 years, 326days).Interment at Zion Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: UncleofLewisTillman.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

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