Seeking an obituary for William Strickland

Question

William Strickland was a prominent architect in his day.  His last and possibly greatest work was the Tennessee state capital building in Nashville.  He died on 6 Apr 1854 in the middle of the construction of this building and was buried in a crypt in the walls of the building.  There seems to be no WikiTree profile for him but ref. FindAGrave # 7370529.

Family legend has it that one of my ancestors served as pallbearer at his funeral in Nashville.  I would like to turn this legend into something more factual and a newspaper obituary which mentions the names of the pallbearers would do nicely for that but I cannot find one on any site to which I have a subscription.  Can someone help?

Answer 1

https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/25248

Comments

Thanks Steve - a good c.v. for Strickland but not an obituary and thus does not identify his pallbearers at his funeral, which was what I was after.

Answer 2

I could not find a printed obituary, but exerpts from many sites indicate the funeral took place at the House of Representatives but no details on pall bearers, just that it was "packed with mourners":  

https://books.google.com/books?id=tGzAQxVJj1UC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=william+strickland+funeral+1854&source=bl&ots=0NVVeiaPZJ&sig=ACfU3U2KH44T2oUfx6hn-Ii28or-KcqDQA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQ4LfR99PzAhXImWoFHUfGArUQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=william%20strickland%20funeral%201854&f=false

Here is a google book link for a biography which lists many of his friends through the years, perhaps your ancestor might be listed among them:  

https://books.google.com/books?id=cU0rEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=william+strickland+funeral+1854&source=bl&ots=sTjk1_gDPu&sig=ACfU3U3q56o5stlB-jHIFpJDk0I26YpZdw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQ4LfR99PzAhXImWoFHUfGArUQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=william%20strickland%20funeral%201854&f=false

You could also contact the Tennessee State Archives for records relating to the funeral:

https://sos.tn.gov/tsla

Comments

Thanks Lauren for looking and for your advice..  I'll try the TLSA..

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David:  You're very welcome, best wishes.  :-)