Wikipedia Vanderbilt University (also known informally as Vandy) is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 1873. The university is named in honor of shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the South. The Commodore hoped that his gift and the greater work...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Nashville, Tennessee.Nashville is the county seat of Davidson County and is the state capital.Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port on the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a r...
The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Titans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 in Houston, Texas as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). The Oilers won the first t...
Wikipedia = Find a Grave Nashville National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Madison, a suburb of Nashville, in Davidson County, Tennessee. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 64.5 acres (26.1 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 34,637 interments.
Disclaimer: This project is not endorsed by Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry and is for genealogical purposes.Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry, Nashville, TN: Wikipedia
Wikipedia Fisk University is a historically black university founded in 1866 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The 40-acre (160,000 m2) campus is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1930, Fisk was the first African-American institution to gain accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Accreditations for specialized programs ...
University of Nashville was a private university in Nashville, Tennessee. It was established in 1826 as Cumberland College. It existed as a distinct entity until 1909; operating at various times a medical school, a four-year military college, a literary arts (liberal arts) college, and a boys preparatory school. Educational institutions in operation today that can trace their roots to the Unive...
This historic cemetery, at the site of the old Spring Hill Meeting House, is located in Madison, which was incorporated into metro Nashville in the 1960s. The cemetery holds the remains of many country music stars. A photo volunteer reports that plot information is only released to the deceased's family members. Official Website Find a Grave Cemetery.com Billion Graves Historica...
Gospel Music Hall of Fame= Wikipedia (with incomplete list of those inducted)The Gospel Music Hall of Fame, created in 1971 by the Gospel Music Association, is a Hall of Fame located in Detroit, Michigan and is dedicated exclusively to recognizing meaningful contributions by individuals and groups in all forms of gospel music. Official Website Inductees by Year =Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fa...
Stoney Point Cemetery, also known as Warner Cemetery , is located on State Road, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan. Find a Grave Interment.net MI Gen Web
This project is for the players,staff and fans.Sulphur Dell AKA Sulphur Spring Park AKA Athletic Park(1885-1963): that played:Nashville Giants /Baltimore Elite Giants/Nashville Standard Giants : Stars: Cubs/Nashville Black Vols/ Louisville Cubs/Louisville-Nashville Cubs: Americans: Blues: Seraphs: Centennials:
Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 660 Thompson Lane in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. It is one of the largest cemeteries in Nashville. Among those interred or entombed in the cemetery, there are many prominent members of the country music genre and their families. It is also known as Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 660 Thompson Lane in Nashville, Tennessee. I...
This project is for those buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee. The Mount Olivet Cemetery was established by Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley and John Buddeke in 1856. It was modelled after the Mount Auburn Cemetery. In the 1870s, a chapel designed in the Gothic Revival architectural style by Hugh Cathcart Thompson was built as an office. The Southern aristocracy was buried in a ...
Wikipedia Tennessee State University (Tennessee State, Tenn State or TSU) is a public land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1912, it is the largest and only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Tennessee State University is a comprehensive urban institution offering 38 bac...
This project is for those buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana. Find a Grave A Walk Through Tombstones
Wikipedia =Lipscomb University is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It is affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The campus is located in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville between Belmont Boulevard to the west and Granny White Pike on the east. Student enrollment for the fall 2015 semester is 4,680 which includes 3,030 undergradua...
Wikipedia Belmont University is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It is the largest Christian university in Tennessee and the second largest private university in the state, behind nearby Vanderbilt University. Notable Alumni
Please join and bring your pioneer ancestors with you. ==Cumberland Compact==* from Westerly Journeys - COLONIAL KENTUCKY FRONTIER In the spring of 1780 despite the hazards of life at the frontier, Judge Richard Henderson initiated the Cumberland Compact and obtained the signatures of 236 would-be settlers to the land south of Kentucky called "Tennessee." Many of his own family were among the p...
Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery is located in Nashville, Tennessee. Find a Grave