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Robert Love Taylor (1850-1912) —
also known as Robert L. Taylor; Bob Taylor;
"Our Bob" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Carter
County, Tenn., July 31,
1850.
Son of Nathaniel
Green Taylor.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1879-81; Governor of
Tennessee, 1887-91, 1897-99; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1907-12; died in office 1912.
Died March 31,
1912 (age 61 years, 244
days).
Original interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.; reinterment in 1938 at Monte
Vista Memorial Park.
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Alfred Alexander Taylor (1848-1931) —
also known as Alfred A. Taylor —
of Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.; Milligan College, Carter
County, Tenn.
Born in Happy Valley, Carter
County, Tenn., August 6,
1848.
Son of Nathaniel
Green Taylor and Emma (Haynes) Taylor.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1875-76; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1889-95; Governor of
Tennessee, 1921-23; defeated, 1886.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died November
25, 1931 (age 83 years, 111
days).
Interment at Monte Vista Memorial Park.
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Brazilla Carroll Reece (1889-1961) —
also known as B. Carroll Reece —
of Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin near Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., December
22, 1889.
Son of John Isaac Reece and Sarah E. (Maples) Reece.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1921-31, 1933-47,
1951-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1932,
1944,
1948
(speaker),
1956;
member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1946-48; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1958.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Economic Association; Delta
Sigma Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1961
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Monte Vista Memorial Park.
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Samuel Mayes Arnell (1833-1903) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Maury
County, Tenn., May 3,
1833.
Republican. Delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1865; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1865-66; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1866-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1868.
Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., July 20,
1903 (age 70 years, 78
days).
Interment at Monte Vista Memorial Park.
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Louise Goff Reece (1898-1970) —
also known as Louise G. Reece; Louise Goff; Mrs.
Carroll Reece —
of Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
6, 1898.
Daughter of Guy
Despard Goff.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1961-63; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1967.
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames.
Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., May 14,
1970 (age 71 years, 189
days).
Interment at Monte Vista Memorial Park.
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Thad A. Cox —
of Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1936,
1940.
Interment at Monte Vista Memorial Park.
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