Spring Hill Cemetery (Nashville, Tennessee)

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Spring Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee located at 5110 Gallatin Pike South in the neighborhood of Madison. It holds over 40,000 graves.

Prior to the establishment of the cemetery, the Davidson Academy (a precursor to the University of Nashville) was located in a stone house at this location. [1]

In addition to two British Royal Air Force veterans of World War II, [2] circus performer Ella Harper, [3] US Congressman Richard Merrill Atkinson, and MLB player Red Lucas, the cemetery is the final resting place for numerous notable music performers including the following:

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References

  1. A.L.C. (November 1965). "The Continuity of a College". Peabody Journal of Education. 43 (3): 129–132. JSTOR   1491085.
  2. CWGC Cemetery Report. Details obtained from casualty record.
  3. "Finding Ella (my search for The Camel Girl)". 18 April 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "entries listed by #". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN   978-0786479924. OCLC   948561021.

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