Find A Grave - Madison County

Brown, Milton b. February 28, 1804 d. May 15, 1883
US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 11th and 12th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1841 to 1847.
Riverside Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
Campbell, Alexander William b. June 4, 1828 d. June 13, 1893
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1833, his parents moved to Jackson, Tennessee. In the winter of 1847 to 1848, he studied law under Judge A. W. Totten, and attended the law school at Lebanon, Tennessee, where he graduated in 1851. He opened a law office in Jackson, and practiced there until the Civil War broke out. In 1961, he was appointed by Tennessee Governor Isham Harris as Assistant Inspector General of the Provisional Army of Tennessee, and...[Read More]
Riverside Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
Carson, Sunset b. November 12, 1920 d. May 1, 1990
Actor. Starred in 26 Western movies from the 1940s to the 1980s. He rode a white horse by the name of Cactus, and one of his sidekicks was Smiley Burnette. His first film was "Stagedoor Canteen" and his last was "Alien Outlaw". (Bio by: Frank Jasinski)
Highland Memorial Gardens, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
Haskell, William T. b. July 21, 1818 d. March 12, 1859
US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1847 to 1849. Member of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, serving in 1840.
Riverside Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
Huntsman, Adam b. February 11, 1786 d. August 23, 1849
A lawyer by profession, Adam Huntsman served five terms in the Tennessee state senate (1815-21 and 1827-31) and one term in the U.S. House of Representatives representing the 12th Congressional District (1835-37). He was also elected as a delegate for Madison County to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention in 1834. He is best known for opposing and defeating David Crockett for Congress in 1835, a loss that prompted Crockett's departure from Tennessee and his eventual death at the Alamo...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin McCann)
Old Salem Cemetery, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
Jones, John Luther 'Casey' b. March 14, 1863 d. April 30, 1900
American Folk Figure. He was killed in train wreck (Illinois Central Train #1, The Cannonball Express) at Vaughan, Mississippi, April 30, 1900 at 3:52 a.m. The only one killed, he stayed with the train to slow it down as much as possible and thus it is believed that passengers were saved from injury and possible death. He is memorialized to this day in the famous ballad of "Casey Jones" by his friend Wallace Saunders. The spelling of Casey's "hometown" was Cayce, Kentucky, which is pronounced "...[Read More]
Mount Calvary Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
Kinder, Ellis b. July 26, 1914 d. October 16, 1968
Major League Baseball Player. The right-hander pitched for the St. Louis Browns from 1946 to 1947, the Boston Red Sox from 1948 to 1955, the St. Louis Cardinals in 1956 and the Chicago White Sox from 1956 to 1957. He posted a career record of 102-71 with a 3.43 earned run average. The Browns traded him and Billy Hitchcock to the Red Sox on November 18, 1947 for Sam Dente, Clem Dreiseward, Billy Sommers and $65,000. Kinder blossomed in 1949, going 23-6 with 252 innings pitched. With the American...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Highland Memorial Gardens, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
Meriwether, James b. June 22, 1788 d. July 13, 1852
US Congressman. He was elected as a Jacksonian Democrat to represent Georgia in the United States House of Representatives as a At-Large deleaget, serving from 1825 to 1827.
Crittenden Cemetery, Huntersville, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
Murray, Thomas Jefferson b. August 1, 1894 d. November 28, 1971
US Congressman. Murray served as a U.S. Representative from Tennessee for over 20 years (1943-1967). (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Hollywood Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
Pearson, Herron Carney b. July 31, 1890 d. April 24, 1953
US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1935 to 1943. Presidential Elector from Tennessee in 1912.
Hollywood Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
Perkins, Carl b. April 9, 1932 d. January 19, 1998
Musician. Born Carl Lee Perkins in Tiptonville, Tennessee, he was a rockabilly guitarist, singer, songwriter and a rock music pioneer. He began playing guitar at age 7 and at age 13, he won at a talent show with a song he had written titled "Movie Magg". In the early 1950s, he formed a group called the Perkins Brothers which perform at a local honky tonks and appeared on WDXT radio in Jackson, Tennessee. He was touring with Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, when he was signed by Sam Phillips to...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: Complications from multiple strokes
Ridgecrest Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
Williamson, John Lee 'Sonny Boy' b. March 30, 1914 d. June 1, 1948
John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson was the first great blues hamonoicist. Not to be confused with Aleck Ford Miller, who assumed the name "Sonny Boy Williamson" to promote the sponser of his radio program in Helena, AR. Easily the most important harmonica player of the pre war era, John Lee Williamson single-handedly made the harmonica a worthy lead instrument for blues bands and opened the door for many players such as Little Walter, Billy Boy Arnold and Junior Wells. A harp virtuoso in his teens...[Read More] (Bio by: Jim Adams)
Blairs Chapel CME Cemetery, Madison County, Tennessee, USA

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