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Arnell, Samuel Mayes b. May 3, 1833 d. July 20, 1903
US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1866 to 1871. Also served as a Delegate to the Tennessee State Constitutional Convention in 1865, Member of the Tennessee State House of Representatives from 1865 to 1866, and Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Tennessee in 1868. (Bio by: K)
Monte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Blair, John b. September 13, 1790 d. July 9, 1863
US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 1st District and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1823 to 1835. Also served as a Member of the Tennessee State Legislature.
Old Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Brownlow, Walter Preston b. March 27, 1851 d. July 8, 1910
US Congressman. Served as the Doorkeeper to the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883. Elected to represent Tennessee's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1897 to 1910. (Bio by: Shane Usary)
Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Buck, Frederick Clarence b. 1843 d. July 15, 1905
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He entered the Union Army on August 17, 1862, and was mustered in as a Private in Company A, 21st Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on September 5, 1862. Promoted to Corporal on January 30, 1863, he was awarded the CMOH for his bravery while serving at that rank during the September 29, 1864 Battle of Chapin's Farm, Virginia, during the Siege of Petersburg. His citation reads "Although wounded, refused to leave the field until the fight closed." He...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Section F, Row 1, Grave 9
Buhrman, Henry G. d. June 1, 1906
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served during the Civil War as a Private in Company H, 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for hios bravery at Vicksburg, Mississippi on May 22, 1863. His citation reads simply "Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party." His Medal was awarded to him on July 12, 1894. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Section C, Row 2, Grave 12
Jackson, Alfred Eugene b. January 11, 1807 d. October 30, 1889
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. He was born in Davidson County, Tennessee, and attended Washington College in Virginia, and Greenville College in Illinois. He then turned to farming in East Tennessee, where he built a wholesale produce, mercantile, and shipping business. Enlisting in Confederate service in 1861 and made a staff Major, he was quartermaster under Brigadier General Felix K. Zollicoffer and later paymaster in Knoxville during its Confederate occupation. It should be noted...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Old Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Maledon, George Isaac b. June 8, 1823 d. May 6, 1911
Western Lawman and Executioner. He immigrated from Bavaria to America in 1859, settled in Fort Smith, Arkansas where he served as a policeman and deputy sheriff. During the Civil War he served in the Union Army as a member of 1st Battery Arkansas Light Artillery. After the war he signed on and worked in the Fort Smith prison as a guard. As times changed in the territory, Judge Parker began sentencing more prisoners to the gallows and opened a position for a U.S. Deputy Marshall Executioner...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: E, Row 5, Grave 1
Reece, Brazilla Carroll b. December 22, 1889 d. March 19, 1961
US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from 1921 to 1931, then from 1933 to 1947, and finally from 1951 until his death in officer in 1961. He had served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1946 to 1948. When he died, his widow, Louise Goff Reece, succeeded him in Congress and finished out his term.
Monte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Reece, Louise b. November 6, 1898 d. May 14, 1970
US Congresswoman. She was elected in 1961 as a Representative from Tennessee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Brazilla C. Reece, and served from 1961 to 1963. She was the daughter of United States Senator Guy D. Goff and the granddaughter of Secretary of the Navy and United States Senator Nathan Goff. (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Monte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Sells, Sam Riley b. August 2, 1871 d. November 2, 1935
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. Elected to represent Tennessee's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1911 to 1921. Also served as a Member of the Tennessee State Senate. (Bio by: K)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Smith, Thomas b. 1838 d. October 22, 1905
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was born in England and entered the Union Navy in New York, New York. He was awarded the CMOH under General Order 59, dated June 22, 1865. His citation reads: "As seaman on board the USS Magnolia, St. Marks, Florida, 5 and 6 March 1865. Serving with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during the attack on St. Marks and throughout this fierce engagement, Smith made remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun, and his coolness and...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Section G, Row 1, Site 3
Spencer, Grover Clinton b. July 9, 1925 d. September 20, 2007
Auto Racer, NASCAR Pioneer. Nicknamed "G.C." He helped lay the foundation for the sport that has become the NASCAR Cup Series. His itch to race began while serving in the US Navy during WWII at a base in Norman, Oklahoma. He was the head mechanic for the Naval Fire Department and would take the fire trucks out once a week on the asphalt road and run them wide open to blow the carbon out of them. He ran his first race on Easter Sunday 1946 in Evansville, Indiana driving a 1937 Chevy Coupe...[Read More] (Bio by: Find A Grave)
Monte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Spurrier, James b. December 14, 1922 d. February 25, 1984
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during World War II as a Staff Sergeant in Company G, 134th Infantry, 35th Infantry Division. He was awared the CMOH for his bravery at Achain, France, on November 13, 1944. His citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. At 2 p.m., Company G attacked the village of Achain from the east. S/Sgt. Spurrier armed...[Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Stephenson, David Curtiss b. August 21, 1891 d. June 28, 1966
Murderer. Once a rising political figure in Indiana and national politics, he was convicted of the rape and murder of Madge Oberholtzer. Born in Houston, Texas, he left school at the end of the 8th grade, to support his family. When he turned twenty, he joined the Texas National Guard, and during World War I, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, serving in Company D, 36th Infantry Regiment in France. In his spare hours...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: L, 6/9 [unmarked]
Taylor, Alfred Alexander b. August 6, 1848 d. November 25, 1931
Tennessee Governor, US Congressman. He served as Governor of Tennessee from 1921 to 1923. Previous to that he was elected to represent Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1889 to 1895.
Monte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Taylor, Robert Love b. July 31, 1850 d. March 31, 1912
US Congressman, Tennessee Governor, US Senator. Elected to represent Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1879 to 1881. Served as Governor of Tennessee from 1887 to 1891. Elected as a Senator from Tennessee to the United States Senate, serving from 1907 until his death in office in 1912. Originally buried in Knoxville's Old Gray Cemetery, he was later re-interred in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Monte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Tipton, Col. John b. August 15, 1730 d. August, 1813
John Tipton was a captain in Lord Dunmore's war, but he more generally was known as Col. John Tipton, for among other things, his service as a militia colonel in what then was Washington Co., North Carolina (later Tennessee). As County Lieutenant he also was in charge of the Shenandoah Co., Virginia, militia during the Revolutionary War. Col John Tipton�was born 15 Aug 1730, St. Paul's Parish, Balitmore, Co., Maryland, and died and was buried on Sinking Creek, Washington Co., Tennessee, in...[Read More]
Tipton-Haynes Cemetery, Pine Crest (Carter County), Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Walker, Tilly (Clarence William) b. September 4, 1887 d. September 20, 1959
Major League Baseball Player. The outfielder was a consistent performer and even tied the Boston Red Sox's Babe Ruth for the American League home run title with 11 in 1918. He led the league four times in assists (30 in 1914, 27 in 1915, 25 in 1918 and 26 in 1920) and three times in errors (23 in 1915, 19 in 1919 and 23 in 1920). He played for the Washington Senators in 1911 and 1912 before being sold to St. Louis in October 1912. He was with the Browns from 1913 to 1915. He hit .298 with 24...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Urbana Cemetery, Telford, Washington County, Tennessee, USA

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