Find A Grave - Nashville City Cemetery

Allison, Alexander b. 1799 d. November 3, 1862
Nashville Mayor. He was the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1847 to 1848. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Anderson, Andrew b. 1796 d. April 15, 1867
Nashville Mayor. Anderson served as the mayor of Nashville from 1855 to 1857. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Anderson, Samuel Read b. February 17, 1804 d. January 2, 1883
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. During the Mexican War, he served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. He served as Postmaster of Nashville, Tennessee from 1853 to 1861, when he joined the Rebellion. Named a junior Major General of the provisional forces in Tennessee on May 9, 1861, upon the transfer of the troops to the Confederate government he accepted the position of Brigadier General in the provisional army of the Confederate States, being commissioned on...[Read More] (Bio by: Graveaddiction)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Berry, Christopher
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 8th Arkansas Infantry. (Bio by: Ethan F. Bishop)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Campbell, George Washington b. February 9, 1769 d. February 18, 1848
US Congressman, US Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary, US Diplomat. Elected to represent Tennessee as an At-Large Delegate to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1803 to 1809. In 1804 he was one of the House managers who conducted impeachment proceedings against United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. Elected as a Senator from Tennessee to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Jenkin Whiteside, serving from 1811 to...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Carroll, William b. March 3, 1788 d. March 22, 1844
Tennessee Governor. Served as Governor of Tennessee from 1821 to 1827 and from 1829 to 1835. Served as a General in the War of 1812 under General Andrew Jackson.
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Castleman, Robert Bell b. December 9, 1808 d. July 29, 1886
Nashville Mayor. Castleman was appointed to fill out the term as the mayor of Nashville (1854-1855) when elected mayor Shapard, after serving for three days, was declared ineligible because he was not a qualified voter. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Claiborne, Thomas b. May 17, 1780 d. January 7, 1856
US Congressman. During the Creek War, he served as a Major with General Andrew Jackson's troops. He was elected as a Representative from Tennessee to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1817 to 1819. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Coleman, Thomas B. b. 1795 d. December, 1848
Nashville Mayor. He served as Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1842 to 1843. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Crutcher, Thomas b. February 18, 1760 d. March 8, 1844
Nashville Mayor. He was elected the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee in 1819. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Erwin, John Patton b. February 8, 1795 d. December 27, 1857
Nashville Mayor. Erwin was the mayor of Nashville from 1821 to 1822. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Ewell, Richard Stoddert 'Old Baldy' b. February 8, 1817 d. January 25, 1872
Civil War Confederate Lieutenant General. Born in the District of Columbia, e attended the United States Military Academy, graduating 13th in the Class of 1840. He served in the 1st United States Dragoons earning a brevet Captaincy in the Mexican War. On May 7, 1861, he resigned his commission as a Captain in the United States Army for a Lieutenant Colonelcy in Virginia state forces, later he was promoted to Colonel in the Confederate army, serving in the cavalry. He was promoted to Brigadier...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
GPS coordinates: 36.1475906, -86.7702713 (hddd.dddd)
Ewing, Andrew b. June 17, 1813 d. June 16, 1864
US Congressman. Elected as a Democrat to represent Tennessee's 8th District in the Thirty-first Congress, he served from 1849 to 1851. Ewing was an 1832 graduate of the University of Nashville, where he became a lifelong trustee the following year. He was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced law practice in his hometown. In 1850 he chose not to seek reelection to Congress, and apart from serving as a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention, pursued no political office. During...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Foster, Ephraim Hubbard b. September 17, 1794 d. September 6, 1854
US Senator. A veteran of the War of 1812, he served in the Tennessee State House before being appointed to fill a vacated seat in the United States Senate (1838 to 1839). He was later elected to that office in 1843. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Gould, Andrew Willis b. 1840 d. June 26, 1863
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. A Lieutenant in the Confederate Army, he was involved with General Nathan Bedford Forrest in a bizarre incident. Angered over a demotion and transfer he felt were unjustified, he confronted General Forrest at his headquarters. After exchanging heated words, he pulled a gun and shot Forrest. Forrest then charged him, grabbed the gun as he opened a pocket knife with his teeth, and stabbed the soldier. Forrest, who recovered from his wound and returned to...[Read More] (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Hogg, Samuel b. April 18, 1783 d. May 28, 1842
US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1817 to 1819. He also served as a Member of the Tennessee State Legislature.
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Horn, Williamson Hartley b. July 15, 1799 d. March 8, 1870
Nashville Mayor. Horn served as the mayor of Nashville from 1852 to 1854. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Howard, Harlan Perry b. September 8, 1927 d. March 3, 2002
Prolific Songwriter. Born in Detroit in 1927, Harlan later moved to Los Angeles and became a laborer. In 1960, he decided to move to Nashville and try his hand at songwriting. In 1961, Harlan had accomplished a feat that has not since been duplicated. He had 15 songs on the country Top 40 simultaneously. In 1973, the man who had written over 4000 songs, with over 100 of them going Top 10, was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Twenty four years later, he was inducted into...[Read More] (Bio by: cayley)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Johnson, Bushrod Rust b. October 17, 1817 d. September 12, 1880
Civil War Confederate Major General. Born in Belmont County, Ohio, he graduated from West Point in 1840, was commissioned an Army Engineer Officer and fought in the Seminole and the Mexican Wars. In 1847, he resigned from the Army to teach, first at the Western Military Institute in Georgetown, Kentucky, then at the University of Nashville. With the start of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate cause as a Colonel Chief Engineer of the Provisional Army of Tennessee and was commissioned a...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
GPS coordinates: 36.1477699, -86.7693710 (hddd.dddd)
Maxey, Powhaten Woolridge b. March 7, 1810 d. August 8, 1876
Nashville Mayor. He was the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1843 to 1844. At one time, he served as an alderman in the city. In later years, he was a Justice of the Peace for the area. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA

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