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• Acklen, Joseph Hayes    b. May 20, 1850  d. September 28, 1938
  US Congressman. He was elected to represent Louisiana's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, having successfully contested the election of Chester B. Darrall to the seat, and served from 1878 to 1881.
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Barnard, Edward Emerson    b. October 16, 1857  d. February 6, 1923
  Astronomer. Between 1881 and 1892 he discovered 14 comets. In 1892 he discovered Amalthea, the fifth moon of Jupiter. In 1895 he joined the University of Chicago as professor of astronomy. Barnard's Star is named for him. (Bio by: Jerold Wilkinson)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Barrow, Washington  b. October 5, 1807  d. October 19, 1866
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1847 to 1849. Also served as United States Charge d'Affaires to Portugal from 1841 to 1844, and Member of the Tennessee State Senate.
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
  Plot: Section 6
   
• Bass, John Meredith  b. January 19, 1804  d. March 14, 1878
  Nashville Mayor. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1833 to 1834, and then again, 35 years later in 1869. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Bate, William Brimage    b. October 7, 1826  d. March 9, 1905
  Civil War Confederate Major General, Tennessee Governor, US Senator. At age 19 he enlisted as a Private for service in the Mexican War (1846 to 1848), rising to the rank of Lieutenant in the 3rd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. After the war he studied law, served in the Tennessee House of Representatives (1849 to 1851), and became a practicing attorney in Gallatin in 1852. He was elected Nashville District Attorney General in 1854. When the Civil War began, Bate joined the Confederate forces as...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
  GPS coordinates: 36.1498604, -86.7343521 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Battle, Fannie (Mary Francis)    b. 1842  d. 1924
  Confederate spy and social reformer. While Nashville was occupied by Union forces, she was one of many female spies who obtained a pass and visited town often to gather information. She and her sister were discovered smuggling documents, and were sent to prison in the former Tennessee State Penitentiary, and then later to the Old Capitol Prison in Washington DC. She was released after the war, and returned to Nashville, where she taught at several schools from 1870 to 1886. She helped form a...[Read More] (Bio by: kimshockey (reb))
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Beall, William Nelson Rector    b. March 20, 1825  d. July 25, 1883
  Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. His parents moved from Kentucky to Arkansas where he was raised. Gaduating 30th in his class from the United States Military Academy in 1848, he was commissioned to the United States Army as a Brevet 2nd Lieutenant with the 4th United States Regular Infantry. Serving first on the Northwestern Frontier, in 1849 he recieved his official 2nd Lieutenant commission, and was assigned to the 5th United States Regular Infantry. He served in the Indian Territory...[Read More] (Bio by: Bonnie Knapp- Wichita, Kansas)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
  GPS coordinates: 36.1515503, -86.7334824 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Beazley, John Andrew    b. May 25, 1918  d. April 21, 1990
  Johnny Beazley began his baseball career in the minor leagues in 1937-1941, when he went to pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals. In the 1942 World Series against the New York Yankees, Beazley pitched two winning games that led to the Cardinals win of the series that year. While serving in the Air Force during WWII, Beazley did not warm up properly before participating in an exhibition game and suffered an injury to his arm that his career never recovered from. He did play for the Boston Braves...[Read More] (Bio by: Sharon Smith)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Bell, John    b. February 15, 1797  d. September 10, 1869
  United States Representative from Tennessee, 1827-1841; Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1833-1835; Secretary of War under Presidents W. H. Harrison and Tyler, 1841; United States Senator from Tennessee, 1847-1859; unsuccessful Constitutional Union candidate for President of the United States, 1860.
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Brown, Aaron Venable    b. August 15, 1795  d. March 8, 1859
  US Congressman, Tennessee Governor, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He was elected to represent two different Tennessee Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1839 to 1845 (represented the 10th District from 1839 to 1843, then the 6th District from 1843 to 1845). He then served as Governor of Tennessee from 1845 to 1847. In 1857 he was appointed by President James Buchanan as United States Postmaster General, and served from 1857 until his death in office in 1859. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Brown, Neill Smith    b. April 18, 1810  d. January 30, 1886
  Tennessee Governor. Served as Governor of Tennessee from 1847 to 1849.
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Buell, George Pearson    b. October 4, 1833  d. May 31, 1883
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 58th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on January 12, 1865 for "long, faithful and most valuable services, and for able management of pontoon train". On March 2, 1865 he received the brevet of Brigadier General, US Regular Army for "gallant and meritorious services during the war". He remained in the Regular Army after the war, eventually reaching the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
  Plot: Section 2, Lot 203
   
• Byrd, Billy (William Lewis)    b. February 17, 1920  d. August 7, 2001
  He was a popular guitarist who accompanied the Oak Ridge Quartet, Little Jimmy Dickens, George Morgan and others. He once played lead guitar for Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours. Along with guitarist Hank Garland, he designed the popular Byrdland guitar for Gibson Guitars. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Byrns Jr., Joseph Wellington    b. August 15, 1903  d. March 8, 1973
  United States Representative from Tennessee, 1939-1941; served in United States Army, World War II, 1942-1945; son of United States Representative and Speaker of the House of Representatives Joseph W. Byrns, Sr.
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Byrns, Joseph Wellington    b. July 20, 1869  d. June 4, 1936
  U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1909-36 Speaker of the U.S. House, 1935-36.
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Caldwell, Andrew Jackson  b. July 22, 1837  d. November 22, 1906
  US Congressman. Caldwell was a Tennessee State Representative (1880 and 1882). He was then elected as a US Representative from Tennessee, serving from 1883 to 1887. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Catron, John    b. January 7, 1786  d. May 30, 1865
  United States Supreme Court Associate Justice.
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Cheatham, Benjamin Franklin    b. October 20, 1820  d. September 4, 1886
  Civil War Confederate Major General. He was regarded as one of the Confederate Army's most outstanding commanders. A farmer, during the Mexican War he served as the Colonel of the 3rd Tennessee. At the start of the Civil War he was a senior officer in the Tennessee Militia when appointed Brigadier General of Provisional Army of Tennessee, in July 1861. Serving throughout the Civil War, he commanded divisions in the Army of Tennessee at Belmont, Shiloh where he was wounded and during the defense...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
  Plot: Section 1
  GPS coordinates: 36.1511803, -86.7337799 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Cheatham, Richard Boone  b. December 8, 1824  d. May 7, 1877
  Nashville Mayor. He was a Tennessee State Representive from 1859 to 1861, then was the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1860 to 1862. He returned to the State House to serve for two more years in 1869. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Cocke, William Michael    b. July 16, 1816  d. February 6, 1896
  US Congressman. Cocke served as a member of the Tennessee state house before being elected as a US Representative from that state (1845-1849). (Bio by: Evening Blues)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   

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