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• Buchanan, John Price    b. October 4, 1847  d. May 14, 1930
  Governor of Tennessee, 1891-1893. Established a secondary-school system for Tennessee and a pension program for Confederate Veterans. The "convict release system", used to ease the cost of housing convicts, put many coal miners out of work when convicts were hired for much lower wages. When this matter incited violence in 1892, Buchanan used troops to ease the issue. (Bio by: Charles P. Sands)
  Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
  Plot: Section B, Lot 24
   
• Earthman, Harold Henderson    b. April 13, 1900  d. February 26, 1987
  US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during World War I. Elected to represent Tennessee's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1945 to 1947.
  Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Murfree, Mary Noailles    b. January 24, 1850  d. July 31, 1922
  Author. Tennessee's foremost female writer of fiction. For 30 years she wrote under the male pen name of Charles Egbert Craddock. The subjects of her work included the people who live in the mountains of Tennessee, and the Civil War. (Bio by: kimshockey (reb))
  Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Palmer, Joseph Benjamin    b. November 1, 1825  d. November 4, 1890
  Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Rutherford City, Tennessee, he was practicing as a lawyer when appointed Colonel of the 18th Tennessee Regiment at the start of the Civil War. He was part of the garrison surrendered at Fort Donelson in February 1862 and after being prisoner exchanged was given command of a brigade in the Army of Mississippi. He fought in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga and was appointed to district command in the Department of Tennessee in November 1863...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
  Plot: Section I, Lot 36-37
   
• Ready, Charles    b. December 22, 1802  d. June 4, 1878
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1853 to 1859. Member of Tennessee State Legislature.
  Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Richardson, James Daniel    b. March 10, 1843  d. July 24, 1914
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1885 to 1905. Also served as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Tennessee in 1876, and Member of Tennessee State Legislature.
  Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Shipp, Ken   b. February 3, 1929  d. March 5, 2012
  Professional Football Coach. During his tenure as a coach in the National Football League, he applied his philosophy of a dominant passing attack which made him distinguishable throughout the league. The son of a hard-working mother who ran a cafe, he graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in 1951 and remained there where he initiated his lengthy coaching career. He went onto stints with Trinity University (1953 to 1957), Florida State University (1958), Tulsa University (1961 to 1962)...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
   

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