Greenwood Cemetery, Columbia, Tennessee
Arnold Zellner's tombstone
1790 - 1852
son of George Peter Zellner
Arnold Zellner's tombstone is the square onedirectly above the tomb in this picture
Lucy Elizabeth Barnett Zellner2nd wife of Arnold Zellner
abt 1776 - 1838
Arnold Zellner's tombstone is the one closest
to the bottom of the picture, and his wife Lucy's
is the tall one somewhat in the center of the
photograph, two up from Arnold's tombstone
to the bottom of the picture, and his wife Lucy's
is the tall one somewhat in the center of the
photograph, two up from Arnold's tombstone
Lucy Barnett Zellner's tombstone is the one closest to the white marker
From "The Goodspeed Histories of Maury, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, Bedford, and Marshall Counties of Tennessee", (Reprinted from Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, 1886. Woodward and Stinson Printing County, Columbia, Tennessee. 1971.)
- Arnold Zellner was part of a committee to erect a new jail in Columbia, in 1837.
- Arnold is most well know in the area for supplying the first water to the city of Columbia.
p. 769 "It is believed no material steps were taken to effect a supply of water for the city [Columbia] till between 1825 and 1830, when Arnold Zillner, a practical mechanic, constructed a rather rude system of works. Water was conveyed from White's spring by means of a water-wheel to a reservoir placed near the spring. The water being insufficient in quantity a larger wheel was placed at the riber. A dam was constructed and by means of the fall of a large quantity of water sufficient force was obtained to elevate all the water necessary for the town. The water was at first conveyed by means of cedar pipes, which were afterward supplanted by leaden ones and these still later by iron pipes."
Recently some of these cypress log pipes were discovered, and are now on display in Columbia, at the Maury County Archives, 201 E. 6th Street, Columbia, TN 38401
