Notable Interments

• Arthur Pendleton Bagby, served as Governor of Alabama from 1837 to 1841. U.S. Minister to Russia from 1848 to 1849.
• James Battle,^[1] established the renowned Battle House Hotel.
• Dr. Josiah C. Nott, famous and controversial 19th century physician, surgeon, and author.
• Walter D.^[2] and Bessie Morse Bellingrath,^[3] founders of Bellingrath Gardens and Home.
• Braxton Bragg, served as a Confederate General during the American Civil War, also served the United States in the Seminole Wars and the Mexican-American War.
• John Bragg, appointed judge of the tenth Alabama judicial circuit in 1842 and served as a U.S. Representative for Alabama from 1851 to 1853. He also built the Bragg-Mitchell Mansion in Mobile.
• Frederick George Bromberg, served as an Alabama State Senator from 1868 to 1872 and then as a U.S. Representative for Alabama from 1873 to 1875.
• Richard Henry Clarke, served as a U.S. Representative for Alabama from 1889 to 1897.
• Kate Cumming,^[4] Scottish-born Confederate nurse during the American Civil War.
• Edmund Strother Dargan, served as a U.S. Representative for Alabama from 1845 to 1847 and then as a Confederate Representative for Alabama from 1862 to 1864.
• Thomas Cooper de Leon, journalist, author, and playwright. After the American Civil War he was the editor for the Mobile Register.
• Robert Desha, veteran of the War of 1812 and served as a U.S. Representative for Tennessee from 1827 to 1831. He was also Alva Vanderbilt's maternal grandfather.
• John Forsyth, Jr., U.S. Minister to Mexico from 1856 to 1858 and later editor of the Mobile Register.
• John Gayle, Governor of Alabama from 1831 to 1835.
• Adley Hogan Gladden, served as a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War, also served the United States in the Seminole Wars and the Mexican-American War.
• Thomas H. Herndon, served as a U.S. Representative for Alabama from 1879 to 1883.
• Bettie Hunter, successful 19th century African American businesswoman.
• John Herbert Kelly, youngest brigadier general in the Confederate States Army at the time of his promotion and one of the youngest generals to die during the war at the age of 24.
• Michael Krafft,^[5] founder of the Cowbellian de Rakin mystic society.
• Danville Leadbetter, served as a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War.
• Percy Walker, served as a U.S. Representative for Alabama from 1855 to 1857.
• Jones Mitchell Withers, served as a Confederate Major General during the American Civil War.
• Augusta Evans Wilson, Civil War author.

Sources

1. ↑ James Battle on Find A Grave: Memorial #25611562
2. ↑ Walter D. Bellingrath on Find A Grave: Memorial #21372848
3. ↑ Bessie Mae Morse Bellingrath on Find A Grave: Memorial #16126554
4. ↑ Kate Cumming on Find A Grave: Memorial #10538942
5. ↑ Michael Krafft on Find A Grave: Memorial #16367243

See also:

• Magnolia Cemetery on Wikipedia
• Magnolia Cemetery on Find A Grave
• Category:Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama