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Woodlawn Memorial Park is one of the largest cemeteries in Nashville, known as a site where many prominent country music personalities are buried including Porter Wagoner, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, and Eddy Arnold. It is located 660 Thompson Lane, a site rich in history.
He settled in Nashville in 1884, where he became a well known minister and businessman. [3] In 1887 he conceived the idea of establishing a cemetery for African Americans on 37 acres (15 ha) of land near Buttermilk Ridge at Elm Hill Road. He purchased the land in 1887 for $30,000, and in 1888 he established Greenwood Cemetery.
The logo of Find a Grave used from 1995 to 2018 [2] Find a Grave was created in 1995 by Salt Lake City, Utah, resident Jim Tipton to support his hobby of visiting the burial sites of famous celebrities. [3] Tipton classified his early childhood as being a nerdy kid who had somewhat of a fascination with graves and some love for learning HTML. [4]
Location of Davidson County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States.
Gates P. Thrustons 1890 manuscript, which started as a piece on a stone box grave cemetery found in Nashville, was the first comprehensive analysis of artifacts for the state of Tennessee. Thruston's conclusions about the builders of the local mounds and box graves added to the 19th-century myth of the " Moundbuilders ", who were believed to be ...
Wilkins F. Tannehill – Mayor of Nashville from 1825 to 1827. [2] Charles Clay Trabue – Member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1824 to 1828 and Mayor of Nashville from 1839 to 1841. [3] Ben West – 62nd Mayor of Nashville from 1951 to 1963. Elias Polk – Enslaved body servant to James K. Polk and later political activist.
William Percy Sharpe (1871–1942), Mayor of Nashville, 1922–24 [5] John Hugh Smith (1819–1870), Mayor of Nashville three times during the 19th century [5] Donald W. Southgate (1887–1953), architect [17] Edward Bushrod Stahlman (1843–1930), German-born railroad executive, publisher of the Nashville Banner and builder of The Stahlman. [18]
The building was designed by Nashville architects Asmus and Norton in Colonial Revival style, and was completed in 1913–1915. [2] It housed older Freemasons and families of lower means. [ 2 ] It was co-founded by William H. Bumpas and Marcus B. Toney , who served as its founding president. [ 2 ]