Index to Locations Private or family graveyardsClarksvilleGreenwood CemeteryClarksvilleRiverview CemeteryNear ClarksvilleMarable Cemetery
Private or familygraveyard
Montgomery County, Tennessee
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | |  William Blount (1768-1835) — also known asWillie Blount — of Tennessee. Born inBertieCounty, N.C.,April18, 1768.Superior court judge in Tennessee, 1796; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1807-09;Governor ofTennessee, 1809-15; defeated, 1827;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834.Died near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,September10, 1835 (age67 years, 145days).Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reintermentatGreenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
GreenwoodCemetery
Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Horace Harmon Lurton (1844-1914) — of Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.; Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Newport,CampbellCounty, Ky.,February26, 1844.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1886-93;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1893-1909;lawprofessor;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1909-14; died in office 1914.Episcopalian.Died in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,July 12,1914 (age70 years, 136days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. | | Cave Johnson (1793-1866) — of Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.Born inRobertsonCounty, Tenn.,January11, 1793.Democrat.Lawyer;MontgomeryCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1817;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1829-37, 1839-45 (8th District1829-33, 11th District 1833-37, 1839-43, 9th District 1843-45);U.S.Postmaster General, 1845-49; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1850-51;banker.Slaveowner. Died in Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.,November23, 1866 (age73 years, 316days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. | | Austin Peay IV (1876-1927) — also known as"The Maker of ModernTennessee" —of Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.Born inChristianCounty, Ky.,June 1,1876.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1901-05;TennesseeDemocratic state chair, 1905; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Tennessee,1916(HonoraryVice-President),1924;Governorof Tennessee, 1923-27; died in office 1927.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;KappaAlpha Order.Died, of acerebralhemorrhage, at theGovernor'sResidence, Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,October2, 1927 (age51 years, 123days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. | | William Blount (1768-1835) — also known asWillie Blount — of Tennessee. Born inBertieCounty, N.C.,April18, 1768.Superior court judge in Tennessee, 1796; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1807-09;Governor ofTennessee, 1809-15; defeated, 1827;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834.Died near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,September10, 1835 (age67 years, 145days).Original interment ata private or familygraveyard, Montgomery County, Tenn.; reinterment at GreenwoodCemetery. | | James Edmund Bailey (1822-1885) — of Tennessee. Born inMontgomeryCounty, Tenn.,August15, 1822.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1853; colonel in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War; state court judge in Tennessee, 1874;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1877-81.Slaveowner. Died in Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.,December29, 1885 (age63 years, 136days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. | | Gustavus Adolphus Henry (1804-1880) — of Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.Born inScottCounty, Ky.,October8, 1804.Whig.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1831-33; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1851; candidate forGovernor ofTennessee, 1853, 1855;Senatorfrom Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Died in Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.,September10, 1880 (age75 years, 338days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. | | John Ford House (1827-1904) — also known asJohn F. House — of Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.Born near Franklin,WilliamsonCounty, Tenn.,January9, 1827.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1853;Delegatefrom Tennessee to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1875-83; delegate toGold Democrat National Convention from Tennessee, 1896.Slaveowner. Died in Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.,June 28,1904 (age77 years, 171days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. | | Alfred Robb (d. 1862) — of Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1860;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Mortallywounded in the battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, and died soonafter, in Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.,1862.Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. | | Austin Peay V (1901-1949) — of Tennessee. Born in1901.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1928;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1931-35.Died in1949(ageabout48 years).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
RiverviewCemetery
(formerly City Cemetery)
Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James B. Reynolds (1779-1851) — of Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.Born in County Antrim, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),1779.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1815-17, 1823-25.Slaveowner. Died in Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.,June 10,1851 (ageabout 71years).Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
MarableCemetery
Near Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Hartwell Marable (1786-1844) — of Tennessee. Born near Lawrenceville,BrunswickCounty, Va.,November18, 1786.Member ofTennesseestate senate, 1817-18;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1825-29.Slaveowner. Died inMontgomeryCounty, Tenn.,April11, 1844 (age57 years, 145days).Interment at Marable Cemetery.
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