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Elmwood Cemetery was established as part of the Rural Cemetery Movement of the early-to-mid-19th century. A classic example of a garden cemetery, it is notable for its park-like setting, sweeping vistas, shady knolls, large stands of ancient trees, and magnificent monuments. On 28 August 1852, fifty prominent Memphis citizens each contributed ...
Pages in category "Burials at Elmwood Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee)" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Gideon Johnson Pillow (June 8, 1806 – October 8, 1878) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. He previously served as a senior officer of United States Volunteers during the Mexican–American War. Before his military career, Pillow practiced law and was active in Democratic Party ...
90001867 [1] Added to NRHP. January 31, 1991. Pond and fountain next to the Crystal Shrine Grotto. Memorial Park Cemetery was founded in 1924 by E. Clovis Hinds on initial 54 acres (.22 km 2). [2] It is located at 5668 Poplar Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. Different species of trees of different ages, as well as bushes, can be found throughout ...
NRHP reference No. 96001233. Added to NRHP. October 10, 1996. Memphis National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the Nutbush neighborhood in northeast Memphis, Tennessee. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 44.2 acres (17.9 ha), and as of the end of 2007, had 42,184 interments.
English: Nineteen of the many children who died at the Tennessee Children's Home Society home under the care of Georgia Tann in the early 20th century were buried in a 14x13 lot at the historic Elmwood Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee) with no headstones. In 2015, the cemetery raised $13,000 to erect this monument to their memory.
Memorial Park Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee) Memphis National Cemetery. Categories: Cemeteries in Tennessee. Cemeteries in the United States by city. Geography of Memphis, Tennessee. Tourist attractions in Memphis, Tennessee. Buildings and structures in Memphis, Tennessee. Protected areas of Shelby County, Tennessee.
Branch/service. Confederate States Army. Rank. Private. Unit. 154th Tennessee Infantry Regiment [2] Battles/wars. American Civil War. Thomas Battle Turley (April 5, 1845 – July 1, 1910) was a Tennessee attorney who served as a Democratic United States Senator from 1897 to 1901.