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{{Infobox nrhp | name =Mount Olivet Cemetery | nrhp_type = | image = Mount Olivet Cemetery November.jpg | caption = | location = 1101 Lebanon Pike<br>[[Nashville, Tennessee]] | nearest_city = | lat_degrees = | lat_minutes = | lat_seconds = | lat_direction = | long_degrees = | long_minutes = | long_seconds = | long_direction = | area = | built = | architect = | architecture = | added = November 25, 2005 | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | refnum = 05001334 | mpsub = | governing_body = }} '''Mount Olivet Cemetery''' is a 250-acre (1 km²) [[cemetery]] located in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. Mount Olivet has been continuously operated since its establishment in 1856. It serves as the final resting place for many of [[Middle Tennessee]]'s political and business leaders, including several former [[governor of Tennessee|governors of Tennessee]], [[United States Senate|U.S. Senators]], and [[U.S. House of Representatives|U.S. Congressional Representatives]]. After the [[American Civil War]], women of Nashville formed an association to raise funds to purchase a separate plot of land at the cemetery for the interment of [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] dead. It became known as "Confederate Circle". It was used for the interment of Confederate soldiers who had died on nearby battlegrounds and as a memorial to their sacrifice. Women organized such memorial associations and raised money for interment of Confederate soldiers in major cities across the South and areas where there were concentrations of bodies.<ref>Drew Gilpin Faust, ''The Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War'', New York: Vintage Civil War Library, 2009, pp. 241-244</ref> The memorial association arranged for burials of about 1,500 soldiers at Confederate Circle. Confederate veterans were also eligible for interment there. For many years, interments at Mount Olivet were limited to [[Whites|white]] [[Protestant]]s. Although this policy was officially eliminated decades ago, tradition has continued the practice, somewhat by self-selection. In the 1990s, a [[funeral home]] was added to the grounds of Mount Olivet. Immediately adjacent to the west, [[Calvary]] Cemetery has long served as the preferred burying place of Middle Tennessee [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholics]]. The two facilities are separated only by grass; one can walk from one cemetery to the other, although each has a separate entrance. Cars cannot pass between the two. Approximately one mile (1.6 km) to the south is [[Greenwood Cemetery (Nashville)|Greenwood Cemetery]], where many of the most prominent [[African-American]] residents of Middle Tennessee have been buried. Mount Olivet Cemetery is located at 1101 Lebanon Road, approximately two miles (three km) east of downtown Nashville. It is open to the public during daylight hours. ==Notable burials== *[[Adelicia Acklen]], wealthy Nashville businesswoman and socialite *[[William B. Bate]], [[Governor of Tennessee]] (1883 to 1887), [[American Civil War]] general *[[John Bell (Tennessee politician)|John Bell]], United States [[United States Senate|Senator]] and [[President of the United States|presidential]] candidate *[[Aaron V. Brown]], [[Governor of Tennessee]] (1845 to 1847), [[United States Postmaster General]] from 1857 to 1859 *[[George P. Buell]], [[Union Army]] general *[[Joseph Wellington Byrns]], United States [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]] and [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] *[[John Catron]], [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] Justice *[[Benjamin F. Cheatham|Benjamin F. ("Frank") Cheatham]], [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] general during the American Civil War *[[Mary Hooper Donelson]] (1906-2000), noted Nashville Artist, Sculptor and Agriculturalist; owner of "Cleveland Hall"; 5th generation descendent of Nashville Founder Colonel John Donelson *[[John Donelson Jr (VII)]] (1901-1975), Professional Power Generation Engineer; owner of "Cleveland Hall"; 5th generation descendent of Nashville Founder Colonel John Donelson *[[Stockley Donelson]] (1805-1888), builder of "Cleveland Hall", grandson of Nashville Founder Colonel John Donelson, and Nephew of Rachel Donelson Jackson, Wife of President Andrew Jackson *[[Anne Dallas Dudley]](1876-1955), women's suffrage activist *[[Jesse Babcock Ferguson]], onetime minister of the Nashville [[Churches of Christ|Church of Christ]], later associated with [[Spiritualism (religious movement)|Spiritualism]] and [[Universalism]] *[[Thomas Frist]], co-founder of [[Hospital Corporation of America]] and father of the former [[United States Senate Majority Leader|majority leader]] of the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]], [[Bill Frist]] *[[Meredith Poindexter Gentry]], United States [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]] *[[Alvan Cullem Gillem]], Civil War Union general and post-bellum Indian fighter *[[Felix Grundy]], United States [[United States Senate|Senator]] and [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] *[[Robert Kennon Hargrove]] (1829 – 1905), a [[Bishop]] of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South]] *[[Erskine Bronson Ingram|E. Bronson Ingram]], founder of Ingram Industries Inc., parent company of Ingram Barge Company; Ingram Book Company, the nation's largest book distributor; Ingram Micro; and other major companies *[[Howell Edmunds Jackson]], United States [[United States Senate|Senator]] and [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] Justice *[[William Hicks Jackson]], Confederate general during the American Civil War *[[Thomas A. Kercheval]], [[Tennessee State Senate|Tennessee State Senator]] and [[List of mayors of Nashville, Tennessee|Mayor of Nashville]] *[[David Lipscomb]], founder of Nashville Bible School (now [[Lipscomb University]]) *[[George Maney]], Confederate Civil War general and U.S. Ambassador to Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay *[[Jack C. Massey]], entrepreneur who helped found or take public [[Hospital Corporation of America]], [[Kentucky Fried Chicken]] and two other NYSE-listed companies *[[Hill McAlister]], [[Governor of Tennessee]] from 1933 to 1937 *[[J. O. McClurkan]], founder of the Literary and Bible Training School for Christian Workers (now [[Trevecca Nazarene University]]) *[[Benton McMillin]], [[Governor of Tennessee]] (1899 to 1903) *[[John Overton (judge)|John Overton]], friend of [[Andrew Jackson]] and one of the founders of [[Memphis, Tennessee]] *[[James E. Rains]], American Civil War general killed in the 1862 Battle of Murfreesboro *[[Fred Rose (musician)|Fred Rose]], music publishing executive *[[Thomas G. Ryman]], steamboat captain, Nashville businessman, and builder of [[Ryman Auditorium]] *[[Vernon K. Stevenson]], first president of the [[Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway|Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad]] *[[Ernest Stoneman]], country music performer *Samuel Watkins, founder of Watkins Institute (now [[Watkins College of Art and Design]]) *[[Del Wood]] (1920-1989), pianist *[[Vern Gosdin]] 1934-2009 country music legend ==Citations== {{reflist}} ==References== *Wills, W. Ridley, II. ''A Walking Tour of Mt. Olivet Cemetery''. Nashville, 1993. {{coord missing|Tennessee}} ==External links== *[http://www.civilwartraveler.com/WEST/TN/M-Hood1864.html Civil War Trails] [[Category:Cemeteries in Nashville, Tennessee]] [[Category:Cemeteries in Tennessee]] [[Category:Confederate States of America memorials and cemeteries]] [[Category:Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places]] [[Category:American Civil War sites]]
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