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McKellar, Kenneth Douglas b. January 29, 1869 d. October 25, 1957
US Congressman. Born in Richmond, Dallas County, Alabama, he grew up being home-schooled by his parents and his sister. He matriculated at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and graduated from there in 1891 and then from its law department in 1892. After college, he moved to Tennessee in 1892 and settled in Memphis, being admitted to the bar and practicing law in that same year. He was elected on November 7, 1911 as a Democrat to represent Tennessee's 10th Congressional District in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Patrick Whitney)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Fowler Section, Lot 277
McLemore I., John Christmas b. January 1, 1790 d. February 20, 1864
Land Surveyor and Speculator. Though not as well known as his counterparts, McLemore was one of the original founders of Memphis playing a large if not larger role than John Overton, Andrew Jackson and James Winchester. At the age of 16 he moved to Nashville and began clerking as a land surveyor. Five years later he was appointed surveyor general of the military district by the Tennessee state legislature, a job formerly held by his uncle, William Christmas. In 1815 McLemore married...[Read More] (Bio by: Mary and Kent)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Turley section, Lot 252
Patterson, Martin d. February 11, 1926
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the 11th Alabama Cavalry.
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Phelan, James b. December 7, 1856 d. January 30, 1891
US Congressman. Elected to represent the 10th District of Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1887 until his death in office in 1891. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Turley Section, Lot 1089
Pillow, Gen. Gideon Johnson b. June 8, 1806 d. October 8, 1878
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Williamson County, Tennessee, in the Mexican War he was appointed Brigadier General of Tennessee Volunteers by President James K. Polk. With the advent of the Civil War, he was appointed Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, fought his first battle at Belmont, Missouri and at the Battle of Fort Donelson, in February 1862, which resulted in the surrender of his army. Due to his errors in the military operations at Fort Donelson, Confederate...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Evergreen section, Lot 217, Space #1
Richardson, Robert Vinkler b. November 4, 1820 d. January 6, 1870
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Granville County, North Carolina, he was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced law practice in Memphis, Tennessee. At the start of the Civil War, he was recruited by the 12th Tennessee Cavalry and was elected Colonel. He engaged in the Battle of Shiloh, Siege of Corinth and was promoted Brigadier General in December 1863. In February 1864, Confederate President Jefferson Davis confirmed his nomination to the Confederate Senate, where he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Chapel Hill Section, Lot 228
Smith, Preston b. December 25, 1823 d. September 19, 1863
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born into a modest family of Giles County, Tennessee, he received a primary education necessary to continue his studies at Jackson College located in Columbia, Tennessee. Thereafter, he became a student of law and began a distinguish career as a lawyer with offices in Waynesboro and Memphis, Tennessee. Canceling his law profession with the outbreak of Civil War in 1861, he enlisted at the rank of Colonel in the 154th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, a state...[Read More] (Bio by: Stonewall)
Cause of death: Killed by a point blank Union volley
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Chapel Hill Section, Lot 146
Smith, William Jay b. September 24, 1823 d. November 29, 1913
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during the Mexican War and in the Union Army during the Civil War. Elected to represent Tennessee's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1869 to 1871. He was defeated in 1870. Also served as a Delegate to the Tennessee State Constitutional Convention in 1865, Member of the Tennessee State Senate from 1867 to 1869, and 1885 to 1887, and Delegate to the Republican...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Chapel Hill Section, Lot 59
Stark, Monroe Randolph "Dolly" b. January 19, 1885 d. December 1, 1924
Major League Baseball Player. Born in Ripley, Mississippi he played shortstop for the Cleveland Naps in 1909, the Brooklyn Superbas in 1910 and the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1911 to 1912. During his career, he hit for a .238 batting average, scoring 90 runs and knocked in 30 RBI. His life came to a tragic end when he was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee. (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Strahl, Otho F. [cenotaph] b. June 3, 1831 d. November 30, 1864
Otho French Strahl, Brigadier General˜Born June 3, 1831 in McConnelsville, Ohio, Strahl was a graduate from Ohio Wesleyan University. He went south to Tennessee, reading law in Somerville and opening a practice in Dyersburg, Tennessee. When the war began, Strahl raised a company of infantry, which was attached to the 4th Tennessee. In 1862 Strahl became Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th and fought with the regiment at Shiloh and Murfreesboro. In 1863 he became Colonel of the regiment and on July 28...[Read More]
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Confederate Section, Fowler Lot
Swan, William Graham b. 1821 d. April 18, 1869
Knoxville Mayor. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was the Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, from 1855 to 1856. Also served as the Tennessee State Attorney General in 1851, and as a Representative from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1865. (Bio by: K)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Taylor, A. B. b. 1796 d. 1866
Memphis Mayor. He served as Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee from 1852 to 1855. He was also one of the founders of Elmwood Cemetery where he was buried. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Turley Section, Lot 70
Thompson, Jacob b. May 15, 1810 d. March 24, 1885
US Congressman. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Elected to represent Mississippi's 1st District and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1839 to 1851. Also served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1857 to 1861. (Bio by: K)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Lenow Circle, Lot 116
Trezevant, James b. 1782 d. September 2, 1841
US Congressman. Elected to represent Virginia's 2nd District in the United States in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1825 to 1831. Also served as a Member of the Virginia State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Turley Section, Lot 221
Turley, Thomas Battle b. 1845 d. 1910
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1897 to 1901. (Bio by: K)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Turley Section, Lot
Vaughan Jr., Alfred Jefferson b. May 10, 1830 d. October 1, 1899
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. When the South declared secession from the Union in 1861, he at once raised volunteers for the Confederacy and was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 13th Tennessee. He gained the reputation of a fighting officer, engaging in all the battles at Belmont, Shiloh, Richmond, Perryville, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. Promoted Brigadier General in November 1863, his brigade took part in the Dalton-Atlanta campaign. At the Battle of Vining Station, July 4...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: South Grove Section, Lot 360-361, Space #4
Walker I., Dr. Joseph Edison b. March 31, 1879 d. July 28, 1958
Businessman, Philanthropist. The son of former slaves, Walker overcame his humble beginnings to become one of the most successful African American entrepreneurs of the 20th Century. After graduating from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, Dr. Walker practiced medicine from 1906 to 1919, in Indianola, Mississippi. In 1912, he was elected president of Delta Penny Savings Bank and in 1917, became president of Mississippi Life Insurance Company. In 1920, Dr. Walker moved to Memphis...[Read More] (Bio by: R Wheaton)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Walker, Lucius March b. October 18, 1829 d. September 7, 1863
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. He was a nephew of President James K. Polk and graduated from the US Military Academy in 1850. He served as a Lieutenant on the frontier but resigned in 1852, returning to Tennessee where he established a successful mercantile business. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he was commissioned Colonel of the 40th Tennessee Infantry in November 1861. He led the 40th Tennessee in engagments in Missouri, was promoted Brigadier General in March 1862 and fought...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Chapel Hill Section, Lot 257
Young, Hiram Casey b. December 14, 1828 d. August 17, 1899
US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1875 to 1881, and 1883 to 1885.
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA

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