Notable Interments within Monte Vista
Brazilla Carroll Reece
22 Dec 1889 Butler, Johnson County, Tennessee – 19 Mar 1961 (aged 71)
Tennessee Congressman 1st District
Elected to represent Tennessee’s 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from 1921 to 1931, then from 1933 to 1947, and finally from 1951 until his death in officer in 1961. He had served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1946 to 1948. When he died, his widow, Louise Goff Reece, succeeded him in Congress and finished out his term.
Reece Museum, Johnson City
Congressman Carroll Reece
Monument and Grave Site
Congressman B. Carroll Reece
Louise Despard Goff Reece
6 Nov 1898 Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin – 4 May 1970 (aged 71)
Tenn Congr 1st Distr
US Congresswoman. She was elected in 1961 as a Representative from Tennessee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Brazilla C. Reece, and served from 1961 to 1963. She was the daughter of United States Senator Guy D. Goff and the granddaughter of Secretary of the Navy and United States Senator Nathan Goff.
Bio by: Garver Graver
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Brothers Robert Love Taylor and Alfred Alexander Taylor, Tennessee Governors
Governor Alf Taylor’s family of Milligan, c. 1920
Famous “War of the Roses” Election
U.S. Congressman, Tennessee Governor. After attending Buffalo Institute, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1874 and practiced law in Johnson City, Tennessee. Entering politics, he served as a member of the Tennessee State House of Representatives (1875-77) and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888. In 1889, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses, serving until 1895. Declining to be a candidate for reelection, he practiced law and engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1921, he was elected as a Republican the 34th Governor of Tennessee, serving until 1923. During his administration, legislation was enacted creating the office of state tax commissioner, expanding the power of the Railroad and Public Utilities Commission, providing funds to establish Andrew Johnson’s tailor shop in Greeneville as a historic site, and creating the Tennessee Historical Commission to collect and preserve evidence of the state’s history. After leaving office, he retired to his farm until his death. His brother Robert Love Taylor was the 24th Governor of Tennessee.
Bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith
Taylor Monument
Robert Love Taylor
31 Jul 1850 – 31 Mar 1912
US Congressman, Tennessee Governor, US Senator
Samuel Cole Williams TN supreme court justice
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Mayne Williams
Whose father Justice Samuel Cole Williams provided land and financing for the 1922 public library in downtown Johnson City. JC Press article (died at the age of four)
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Congressman Samuel Mayes Arnell
3 May 1833 Zion, Maury County, Tennessee – 20 Jul 1903 (aged 70)
U.S. Congressman.
After attending Amherst College Massachusetts, he studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Columbia, Tennessee. He was a member of the constitutional convention of Tennessee in 1865, served in the Tennessee State House of Representatives, (1865-66). Upon the readmission of the State of Tennessee to representation, he was elected as an Unconditional Unionist to the Thirty-ninth Congress, reelected as a Republican to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses, serving (1866-71). Not a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law, was Postmaster of Columbia, Tennessee, (1879-84) and superintendent of schools, (1884-86).
Bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith
(Buried in Section 15)
