Captain Thomas G. Ryman was a prominent Riverboat Captain along the Cumberland River. He was instrumental in having the Union Gospel Tabernacle built in downtown Nashville. After his death, the building was renamed in his honor and has become the famous Ryman Auditorium. Capt. Ryman is buried in Nashville's Mount Olivet Cemetery, where this relief etching adorns the side of his burial marker.
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