The Mary Galloway Home For Aged Women Was Chartered By The State Of Tennessee In 1896, And Is The Oldest Home Of Its Kind In Shelby County, Providing A Home Of Dignity And Comfort. This 18 Space...
Annie Cook Born 1840 Died Of Yellow Fever 1878 A Nineteenth Century Mary Magdalene Who Gave Her Life While Trying To Save The Lives Of Others. Erected By Mr. And Mrs. J. D. Taylor And The Brothers...
Marion Scudder Griffin 1879 - 1957 First Woman Lawyer In Tennessee 1907 First Woman Elected To The Tennessee House Of Representatives 1922 Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.
Confederate Soldiers Rest is located in the Fowler section of Historic Elmwood Cemetery. Over 1000 Confederate soldiers and veterans are buried here. An article in the Memphis Daily Appeal on 27...
This Section Of The Cemetery Is Dedicated For The Interment Of Those Persons Who, For The Benefit Of Mankind, Gave Their Remains To The University Of Tennessee Center For The Health Sciences...
"Miss Ginny" Moon, a Confederate Spy who became famous during the War between the States. She was known as an active and dangerous rebel. At the time of her death, she still retained a...
Elmwood Cemetery was established on August 28, 1852. Buried here are Memphis pioneer families; 14 Confederate generals; victims of the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878; Governors Isham G. Harris...
In memory of those who died on the ill-fated passenger steamer Sultana On April 27, 1865, just north of Memphis, the luxury steamer Sultana's massive boilers exploded. The disaster claimed over...
In Honored Memory Of Those Brave Members Of The Memphis & Shelby County Police, Fire & Sheriff's Departments Who Have, Since 1819, Died In Line Of Duty "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That...
"We Devote Ourselves To The People. When Duty Calls, It Is Ours To Obey." The 21 Firefighters Buried Here Devoted Their Lives To The People Of Memphis. Their Service And Sacrifice Must Never...
No Man's Land In four public lots known collectively as "No Man's Land" lie the remains of at least 1400 victims of the Great Yellow Fever Epidemics of 1873, 1878, and 1879. Memphis lost over 8500...