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Cave Johnson (1793-1866) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., January
11, 1793.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1829-37, 1839-45 (8th District
1829-33, 11th District 1833-37, 1839-43, 9th District 1843-45); U.S.
Postmaster General, 1845-49; state court judge in Tennessee, 1850.
Died November
23, 1866 (age 73 years, 316
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Horace Harmon Lurton (1844-1914) —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., February
26, 1844.
Son of Lycurgus L. Lurton and Sarah (Harmon) Lurton.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1886-93; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1893-1909; law
professor; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1909-14; died in office 1914.
Episcopalian.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., July 12,
1914 (age 70 years, 136
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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William Blount (1768-1835) —
also known as Willie Blount —
of Tennessee.
Born in Bertie
County, N.C., April 18,
1768.
Son of Jacob Blount and Hannah (Baker) Blount.
Superior court judge in Tennessee, 1796; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1807-09; Governor of
Tennessee, 1809-15; defeated, 1827; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834.
Died near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
10, 1835 (age 67 years, 145
days).
Original interment at a private or family
graveyard, Montgomery County, Tenn.; reinterment at Greenwood
Cemetery.
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Austin Peay IV (1876-1927) —
also known as "The Maker of Modern
Tennessee" —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., June 1,
1876.
Son of Austin Peay and Cornelia Frances (Leavell) Peay.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1901-05; Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1905; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1924;
Governor
of Tennessee, 1923-27; died in office 1927.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, at the Governor's
Residence, Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
2, 1927 (age 51 years, 123
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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James Edmund Bailey (1822-1885) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Montgomery
County, Tenn., August
15, 1822.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1853; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; state court judge in Tennessee, 1874; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1877-81; defeated, 1880.
Died in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn., December
29, 1885 (age 63 years, 136
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Gustavus Adolphus Henry (1804-1880) —
Born in Scott
County, Ky., October
8, 1804.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1831-33; member of Tennessee
state legislature, 1851; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1853, 1855; Senator
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died September
10, 1880 (age 75 years, 338
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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John Ford House (1827-1904) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., January
9, 1827.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1853; Delegate
from Tennessee to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1875-83.
Died in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn., June 28,
1904 (age 77 years, 171
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Alfred Robb (d. 1862) —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Mortally
wounded in the battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, and died soon
after, in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn., 1862.
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Austin Peay V (1901-1949) —
of Tennessee.
Born in 1901.
Son of Austin
Peay IV.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1928;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1931-35.
Died in 1949
(age about
48 years).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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