Find A Grave - Maury County

Beckham, Robert Franklin b. May 6, 1837 d. December 5, 1864
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Graduated sixth in the 1859 class of the United States Military Academy and was posted with the United States Topographical Engineers. During the Civil War he first served as a Lieutenant of artillery in the Confederate army before joining the staff of Major General Gustavus W. Smith. Commissioned Major on August 16, 1862. On April 8, 1863 he was promoted to command of the Stuart Horse...[Read More] (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Saint Johns Church Cemetery, Ashwood (Maury County), Maury County, Tennessee, USA
GPS coordinates: 35.5735283, -87.1391525 (hddd.dddd)
Brown, George Campbell b. November 27, 1840 d. August 30, 1893
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. He was a staff officer and author of many valuable writings on the Army of Northern Virginia. After attending the Universities of Nashville and Georgetown, he was enlisted as Lieutenant in the 3rd Tennessee (CSA) Infantry regiment. During General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign, he was detailed as a aide on the staff of Major General Richard Ewell. Wounded in the shoulder at the Battle of Cross Keys, he then served for a period of time on...[Read More] (Bio by: aphillcsa)
Saint Johns Church Cemetery, Ashwood (Maury County), Maury County, Tennessee, USA
GPS coordinates: 35.5734901, -87.1390915 (hddd.dddd)
Carmack, Edward Ward b. November 5, 1868 d. November 9, 1908
US Congressman. Carmack was a newspaper editor before being elected as a U.S. Representative from Tennessee in 1897. He served until he was elected as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1901-1907). In 1908, he lost an election for Tennessee governor to Malcolm Patterson. Carmack, now editor of the Nashville paper, waged a vicious war of words against Patterson. The result was a gun battle which left Carmack dead, and two of Patterson's advisors charged with murder. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Carter, John C. b. December 19, 1837 d. December 10, 1864
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. He entered the Confederate service in 1861 as a Captain in the 38th Tennessee Infantry and displayed courage leading his company at the Battle of Shiloh. His promotions through the grades were rapid to Colonel in command of the 51st Tennessee. At the battle of Murfreesboro, he charged Federal troops capturing prisoners, cannons, small arms and wagons in the victory. In 1863, he led his regiment with skill at Chickamauga, the Battle of Missionary Ridge...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Holland, James b. 1754 d. May 19, 1823
US Congressman. He was a major in the North Carolina militia and saw service in the Continental line during the Revolution. He served as comptroller and justice of the peace of Rurherford County, North Carolina, and later served in the North Carolina State senate. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1793, establishing a practice in Rutherfordton, North Carolina. Elected to Congress from North Carolina, he served a single term from 1795 to 1797, and declined to run for reelection...[Read More] (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Holland Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Marlin, Clifton Burton b. January 3, 1932 d. August 14, 2005
Auto Race Car Driver. Born in Columbia, Tennessee, he was one of America’s early pioneers in stock car racing. His career began by racing weekends at local Middle Tennessee race tracks. In the early 1960’s he won four track championships at Nashville’s Fairground Speedway, gaining the attention of the officials and sponsors of the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). He began his NASCAR racing career in 1968 and raced for the next twelve years. He started one hundred and...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Martin, Barclay b. December 17, 1802 d. November 8, 1890
US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1845 to 1847. Member of Tennessee State Legislature.
Zion Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Zion, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Nelson, Lindsey b. May 25, 1919 d. June 10, 1995
Sports Broadcaster, he was elected to the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame in 1979, inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Broadcaster for the New York Mets and recipient of the Ford C. Frick award for broadcasting in 1988. He was also inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1986, and won an Emmy award for lifetime achievement in 1991. Born in Tennessee, Lindsey enlisted into the Army in December 1941, when the US entered the war. He would serve in the 9th...[Read More] (Bio by: Sharon M~*May God Bless and Keep You)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Nicholson, Alfred Osborn Pope b. August 31, 1808 d. March 23, 1876
Civil War US Senator. Elected as a Senator from Tennessee to the United States Senate, serving first from from 1840 to 1842 (having been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Felix Grundy), then from 1859 to 1861. When Tennessee seceeded from the Union prior to the outbreak of the Civil War he left his Senate seat, but did not resign from it. Subsequently he and nine other Southern Senators were expelled in absentia. After the war he served as Tennessee's Supreme Court...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Otey, James Hervey b. January 27, 1800 d. April 23, 1863
Religious Leader. First Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee. Helped to establish the University of the South at Sewanee, where he was the first chancellor. With the help of Leonidas Polk, he established the school for girls called the "Columbia Institute." He also published a book of religious writings and sermons called "Otey's Journal." (Bio by: kimshockey (reb))
Saint Johns Church Cemetery, Ashwood (Maury County), Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Padgett, Lemuel Phillips b. November 28, 1855 d. August 2, 1922
US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1901 until his death in 1922. Member of Tennessee State Senate, serving in 1898.
Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Polk, James Knox [cenotaph] b. November 2, 1795 d. June 15, 1849
11th United States President. He was born on a 250-acre farm in Pineville, North Carolina moving to Tennessee at age 11. After a mere two years of formal education James Knox Polk returned to North Carolina to become an honor student at the University of North Carolina. Upon graduation, he studied law in Nashville and then established a law practice in Columbia. During his first year in the Tennessee Legislature, he was introduced to [Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Polk, Lucius E. b. July 10, 1833 d. December 1, 1892
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Salisbury, North Carolina, at the start of the Civil War he was a planter when he enlisted the Confederate Yell Rifles as a Private. Appointed Colonel of the 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment following the Battle of Shiloh, he was promoted Brigadier General on December 13, 1862. He led his corps in fighting at Stones River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga and in the Atlanta Campaign. In June 1864, he was severely wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Saint Johns Church Cemetery, Ashwood (Maury County), Maury County, Tennessee, USA
GPS coordinates: 35.5733604, -87.1389923 (hddd.dddd)
Polk, William Hawkins b. May 24, 1815 d. December 16, 1862
US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 6th District n the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1851 to 1853. He also served as a Member of the Tennessee State House of Representatives from 1842 to 1845, and as United States Minister to the Two Sicilies from 1845 to 1847. A major in the United States Army during the Mexican War, he was the brother of United States President James Knox Polk. (Bio by: K)
Greenwood Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Salmon, William Charles b. April 3, 1868 d. May 13, 1925
US Congressman, State Court Judge. Elected to represent Tennessee's 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1923 to 1925.
Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Thomas, James Houston b. September 22, 1808 d. August 4, 1876
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from 1847 to 1851, then again from 1859 to 1861. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Saint Johns Church Cemetery, Ashwood (Maury County), Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Watkins, Samuel Rush 'Sam' b. June 26, 1839 d. July 20, 1901
Civil War Confederate Soldier, Historian. He served as a Private in Company H, 1st Tennessee Infantry, CSA, during the Civil War, fighting in most of the large battles of the Western Theater. He was famous as the author of "Co. Aytch," his memoirs published in 1882. This book has become one of the most popular of Confederate soldier reminiscences. (Bio by: Geoff Walden)
Zion Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Zion, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
GPS coordinates: 35.5984383, -87.1447372 (hddd.dddd)
Whiteside, Jenkin b. 1782 d. September 25, 1822
Tennessee Senator, served from 1809-1811. (Bio by: Laurie)
Greenwood Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Whitthorne, Washington Curran b. April 19, 1825 d. September 21, 1891
US Congressman. Whitthorne was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee (1871-1883 and 1887-1891). In between, he was a U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1886 to 1887. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Willis, Francis b. January 5, 1745 d. April 3, 1829
US Congressman. He was born in Frederick County, Virginia and was educated in Brunswick and Berkeley Counties. Willis enlisted for the Revolutionary War in 1777, was commissioned as a Captain and commander in a company of Grayson's Dragoon's, and rose through the ranks to Colonel and commander of a regiment. In 1784 he moved to Wilkes County, Georgia. In 1790 he was elected to the US House of Representatives and served one term, 1791 to 1793. He later moved to Maury County, Tennessee, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Lasting Hope Cemetery, Carters Creek, Maury County, Tennessee, USA

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