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William Bowen Campbell (1807-1867) —
also known as William B. Campbell —
of Tennessee.
Born near Hendersonville, Sumner
County, Tenn., February
1, 1807.
Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1837-43, 1866-67 (6th District
1837-43, 5th District 1866-67); state court judge in Tennessee, 1847;
Governor
of Tennessee, 1851-53; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War.
Died near Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., August
19, 1867 (age 60 years, 199
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Robert Looney Caruthers (1800-1882) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Smith
County, Tenn., July 31,
1800.
Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1841-43; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1854; Delegate
from Tennessee to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Died in Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., October
2, 1882 (age 82 years, 63
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Haywood Yancey Riddle (1834-1879) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Tennessee, 1834.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1875-79.
Died in 1879
(age about
45 years).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Robert Hopkins Hatton (1826-1862) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, November
2, 1826.
Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1855; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1859-61; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed
in the Battle of Seven Pines, near Richmond (unknown
county), Va., May 31,
1862 (age 35 years, 210
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Edward Isaac Golladay (1830-1897) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., September
9, 1830.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1857-58; Presidential Elector for
Tennessee, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1871-73; defeated,
1872.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., July 11,
1897 (age 66 years, 305
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Gentry Crowell (1932-1989) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Chestnut Mound, Smith
County, Tenn., December
10, 1932.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1969-77; secretary of
state of Tennessee, 1977-89; died in office 1989.
His office was a target of the federal "Operation Rocky Top" investigation
into fraudulent
charity bingo games; his administrative assistant admitted to
longtime embezzlement.
In reaction to the scandal, he attempted to commit suicide
on December 12, 1989, by gunshot;
he died eight days later in Vanderbilt Hospital,
Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
20, 1989 (age 57 years, 10
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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