Find A Grave - Elmwood Cemetery

Adams, Charles W. b. August 16, 1817 d. September 10, 1878
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. He served during the Civil War first as Colonel and commander of the 23rd Arkansas Infantry regiment, then as Chief of Staff for General Thomas C. Hindman's Division in the Army of Tennessee. During a the later part of the war he was in command of he Northern Sub-District of Arkansas, where his military acumen and leadership was found wanting by Confederate General [Read More] (Bio by: Anonymous)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: South Grove section, Lot 156, Space #5
Adams, Stephen b. October 17, 1807 d. May 11, 1857
US Congressman, US Senator. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Mississippi as At-Large delegate in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1845 to 1847. He was later elected as a Democratic Senator from Mississippi to the United States Senate, serving from 1852 to 1857. His political career included his serving as a member of the Tennessee State Senate from 1833 to 1834, as a Circuit Judge from 1837 to 1845, and in 1848, as a member of the Mississippi State House of...[Read More]
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Chapel Hill Section 2, Lot 1242 1/2
Anderson, James Patton b. February 16, 1822 d. September 20, 1872
Civil War Confederate Major General, US Congressman. During the Mexican War, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd Battalion Mississippi Rifles and served 1842 to 1846. After the war, he was member of the State House of Representatives in 1850 and appointed United States Marshal for the Territory of Washington in 1853. In 1855, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth Congress, serving until 1857. Not a for renomination, he relocted to Florida and started a agriculture...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Fowler Section, Lot 469
Avery, William Tecumseh b. November 11, 1819 d. May 22, 1880
Civil War Confederate Army Officer, US Congressman. Served as a Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Elected to represent Tennessee's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1857 to 1861. Also served as a Member of the Tennessee State House of Representatives in 1843. He died on May 22, 1880, when he accidently drowned in the Ten Mile Bayou in Arkansas. (Bio by: K)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Chapel Hill Section, Lot 39
Bankhead, Smith Pyne b. August 28, 1823 d. March 31, 1867
Civil War Confederate Army Officer, Newspaper Publisher. Born into a military family, his father was General James Bankhead. Two brothers served on the union side: Union Navy Captain John Bankhead was commander of the “USS Monitor” and Brevet Brigadier General Henry Bankhead a subordinate to General Don Carlos Buell. His wife Ada is famous for her dressing down of General William T, Sherman and his subsequent relenting of his orders sending her away during his march. Smith Pyne Bankhead...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Chapel Hill Section, Lot 67
Barteau, Clark R. b. April 7, 1835 d. February 12, 1900
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 22nd Tennessee Cavalry. (Bio by: Ethan F. Bishop)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Fowler Section, Confederate Lot
Bowman, Thea b. December 29, 1937 d. March 30, 1990
Religious Leader. A Catholic nun and only black member of The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, she dedicated her life to educating and evangelizing Blacks. In 1988 she recorded an album, "Sister Thea: Songs of My People". She supported the cause of women in the Catholic Church. (Bio by: Deleon Todd)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: South Grove 10, Lot 604
Boyle, Virginia b. February 14, 1863 d. December 13, 1938
Author. Poet Laureate of the Confederacy. Known for her writing of "Union" and "Love Songs and Bugle Calls." (Bio by: Laurie)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Buckingham, Theophilus Nash b. May 31, 1880 d. March 10, 1971
Sportsman, Author. Born in Memphis, he was an athlete, noted sportsman, field trial judge, pioneering conservationist, accomplished raconteur, and author. His books include "De Shootinest Gent'man and Other Tales" (1934), "Mark Right! Tales of Shooting and Fishing" (1936), "Ole Miss'" (1937), "Blood Lines, Tales of Shooting and Fishing" (1938), "Tattered Coat" (1944), "Game Bag, Tales of Shooting and Fishing" (1945), and "Hallowed Years" (1953). He co-authored the book titled "National Field...[Read More] (Bio by: Hunter TRW)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Miller Section, Lot 12.5
Carroll, William H. b. 1810 d. May 3, 1868
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. When the Civil War began, he was appointed Brigadier General in the provisional Army of the State of Tennessee. He assisted in the organization of troops and his brigade was assigned to duty at Memphis. As area commander, he repelled bands of Unionists that threatened the city. At Knoxville, he proclaimed martial law to the city and the surrounding country which restored civil authority. In 1862, his brigade was part of the forces which had victories...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Lenow Circle Section, Lot 57
Chalmers, James Ronald b. January 11, 1831 d. April 9, 1898
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General, US Congressman. When the Civil War began, he was a lawyer in practice when he enlisted in the Confederate Army. Despite no prior military experience, he was elected Colonel of the 9th Mississippi Infantry Regiment and promoted Brigadier General in February 1862. He led the 9th Mississippi at the Battle of Shiloh, in the Kentucky Campaign and at the Battle of Murfreesboro. In 1863, he was appointed commander of the Confederate military operations in...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Evergreen Section, Lot 448
Chambers, Henry Cousins b. July 26, 1823 d. May 1, 1871
Politician. Served as a Member of the Mississippi State Legislature in 1859, and Representative from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1865. He was invited to a duel on October 15, 1861, by his opponent in the Confederate Congress, and in turn, Chambers shot and killed William Augustus Lake. (Bio by: K)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Clapp, Jeremiah Watkins b. September 24, 1814 d. September 5, 1898
CSA Congressman. Clapp served as a member of the Confederate Congress as a representative from Mississippi (1862-1864). (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Crump, Edward Hull 'Boss Crump' b. October 2, 1874 d. October 16, 1954
US Congressman, Memphis Mayor. Elected to represent Tennessee's 9th and 10th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1931 to 1935. Also served as the Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, from 1910 to 1916, 1939, Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Tennessee in 1936, and Member of the Democratic National Committee from Tennessee from 1936 to 1945.
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Miller Section, Lot 384
GPS coordinates: 35.1239433, -90.0299530 (hddd.dddd)
Currin Sr., David Maney b. November 11, 1817 d. March 25, 1864
Civil War CSA Congressman. He served as a Representative from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress during the Civil War, dying in office in 1864. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Dalton, Kit b. 1843 d. 1920
Western Outlaw. Born in Kentucky, during the Civil War, he fought for the Confederacy and served as a Captain in William Quantrill's Raiders. After the war he rode with Cole Younger, Jesse and Frank James in a series of robberies through out Kentucky and Tennessee. Five territory governors had set a price upon the head of Kit Dalton, of $50,000 for his capture dead or alive, but he was never captured. He also rode as a member of outlaw Sam Bass' gang in Texas until Bass was shot and killed...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Fowler Section, Confederate Lot
GPS coordinates: 35.1230392, -90.0267487 (hddd.dddd)
Donelson, Andrew Jackson b. August 25, 1799 d. June 26, 1871
US Diplomat, Politician. Named for his famous uncle, he grew up at the Hermitage after his father died in 1804. He graduated from West Point and was an aide-de-camp for Jackson during the Seminole War. Donalson went on to study law at Transylvania University and settled in Nashville. He married his cousin, Emily Tennessee Donalson, in 1823. Following Andrew Jackson's election to the Presidency in 1828, he served as Jackson's private secretary while his wife served as White House Hostess and...[Read More] (Bio by: Pat Iverson)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Dunlap, William Claiborne b. February 25, 1798 d. November 16, 1872
US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 13th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1833 to 1837. Also served as a Member of the Tennessee State Legislature, and State Court Judge.
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Turley Section, Lot 24
Ellett, Henry Thomas b. March 8, 1812 d. October 15, 1887
US Congressman. Ellett was a US Representative from Mississippi in 1847. He was the Postmaster General of the Confederacy in 1861. He also served as a member of the Mississippi state legislature and was a state court judge. He died while delivering a welcome address to President Grover Cleveland in Memphis, Tennessee in 1887 (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Finlay, Luke William b. October 8, 1831 d. January 26, 1908
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Served in the 4th Tennessee Infantry regiment, first as its Major through the April 1862 Battle of Shiloh, then as its Lieutenant Colonel after the unit was reorganized in May 1862. He was then with the regiment until the end of the war, seeing action in the October 1862 Battle of Perryville, the December 1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, the September 1863 Battle of Chickamauga, the 1864 Atlanta Campaign, the disastrous November 1864 Battle of Franklin, and the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Lenow Circle

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