Mt. Olivet is a beautiful cemetery in Nashville. If you like to look at different tombstones and mausoleums it is an interesting place to visit. I have family buried here and have visited a few times. The sculptures are ones that you don’t see nowadays.
“Dating back to 1856, Mount Olivet Cemetery is among Nashville’s more renowned resting places. Its celebrated history includes impressive family memorials and noted interments of many famous Nashvillians. Governors, senators, mayors and the prosperous businessmen and businesswomen who helped build Nashville from the ground up are memorialized here. Murfreesboro, Stones River and others. Our perpetual care reflects preservation of the historical aspect of the cemetery, including headstones, monuments and sculptures.”
From the cemetery’s website.
Here’s a link to all of the “famous” people that are buried there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olivet_Cemetery_(Nashville)
On the link below, click on the names it will take you to their biography and a photo of the grave.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/15986/Mount-Olivet-Cemetery
For those of you from TN, some familiar names buried here are:
- Ryman
- Overton
- Weakley
- McGavock
- Lipscomb
- Elliston
- Cheatham
They have maps in the main office and at one time they had a self-guided tour book that describes the famous people and graves in the cemetery.
It’s a good place to visit to learn about TN History and see how burial was done differently over time.
