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ROSE HILL
At the foot of a hill, in sight of the Lamar monument, stands a massive but plain shaft of gray marble, be- neath which lies a distinguished soldier of the War of 1812, MAJOR PHILIP COOK, at one time commandant in charge of Fort Hawkins. The inscription on the monu- ment reads :
MAJOR PHILIP COOK, U. S. A., 1812. Son of Capt. John Cook and Martha Pearson, his wife. Born, Fairfield District, S. C., 1775. Died, Twiggs Co., Ga., Nov. 7, 1841. A Scholar. A Patriot. A Christian.
Beside him sleeps his wife, Anne Wooten Cook. On this same lot lies buried his son of the same name, who illustrated Georgia with brilliant distinction on the field of battle, in the office of Secretary of State and on the floor of Congress. His epitaph, on the opposite side of the monument, reads :
GENERAL PHILIP COOK, C. S. A., 1861. Son of Philip Cook and Anne Wooten, his wife. Born, Twiggs Co., Ga., July 31, 1817. Died, Atlanta, Ga., May 21, 1894. A good name is better than great riches.
His wife, SARAH G. COOK, is buried in a grave imme- diately adjoining. She died in 1860.
One of the most artistic monuments in the cemetery is the handsome cross of granite which marks the last resting place of CONGRESSMAN JAMES H. BLOUNT. It rests upon a massive pedestal of the same kind of stone, mounted by granite steps, on the second round of which is the figure of an angel chiseled in marble. Inscribed on the monument is the following epitaph :
JAMES H. BLOUNT. Sept. 12, 1837. Mar. 8, 1903. "Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacles; or who shall rest upon thy holy hill? Even he that lead- eth an uncorrupt life aud doeth the thing which is right and speaketh the truth from his heart."
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Mr. Blount was several times elected to Congress. On retiring from the national councils, he was sent by President Cleveland as a special envoy to the Ha- waiian Islands, at a time when serious international complications were threatened. He was chosen to fill this office by reason of his peculiar fitness for the task in hand; and the manner in which he performed his diffi- cult errand is a part of the nation's history.
WASHINGTON POE, a distinguished lawyer, who de- clined a seat in Congress after an election to fill it, is likewise numbered among the dead of Rose Hill.
Here sleeps JUDGE E. D. TRACY, a noted jurist. His son, a gallant Confederate brigadier-general, who bore the same name, is also buried here. Another son, COLO- NEL PHILEMON TRACY, was killed at the battle of Sharps- burg, in Maryland. The latter rests among his Northern kindred in the cemetery at Batavia, N. Y. He was one of the most gifted writers in the ante-bellum group of Georgia journalists, though barely more than a youth when he met a hero's deatlı.
The list of Rose Hill's distinguished dead includes also : COLONEL THOMAS HARDEMAN, JR., a former member of Congress, a brave soldier, and a matchless orator; STIRLING LANIER, a noted landlord of ante-bellum period; SIMRI ROSE, a pioneer citizen for whom the cemetery was named; JUDGE RICHARD F. LYON, a noted lawyer and a former occupant of the Supreme Bench; JOHN B. Ross, an early merchant prince of Macon; CLIFFORD L. ANDERSON, long the State's Attorney-General ; ROBERT S. LANIER, LEROY M. WILEY, THOMAS COOPER NISBET, I. C.
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PLANT, the famous railway magnate, who organized the Plant System; R. H. PLANT, a wealthy banker, whose tragic death shocked the entire State; JUDGE THADDEUS G. HOLT, COLONEL WM. S. HOLT, JUDGE JOHN J. GRESHAM, JUDGE GEORGE T. BARTLETT, NATHAN MONROE, a pioneer banker; MAJOR JOHN W. PARK, CAPTAIN ROBERT E. PARK, the latter for a number of years State Treasurer of Georgia; CAPTAIN ISAAC HOLMES, JUDGE ABNER P. Pow- ERS, DR. HENRY KOLLOCH GREEN, DR. JAMES MERCER GREEN, SAMUEL J. RAY, SAMUEL T. BAILEY, W. K. DE- GRAFFENREID, HENRY J. LAMAR, WASHINGTON DESSAU, IRA E. FORT, ELAM ALEXANDER, L. N. WHITTLE, and a host of others. On the Holt lot, overlooking the river, at the far end of the main driveway, sleeps the second wife of As- SOCIATE JUSTICE L. Q. C. LAMAR, of the United States Su- preme Court. Here the remains of the latter rested until taken back to Mississippi for final interment. On the slopes of Rose Hill sleeps a silent army of the Confed- erate dead, most of whom perished in the battles around Macon during the last year of the Civil War.
Oak Hill, Griffin
Some of the most distinguished of Georgia's sons lie buried in this little cemetery at Griffin. Within a few feet of the gate is the grave of a former Associate Jus- tice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, HON. ALEXANDER M. SPEER. Inscribed upon the handsome monument of marble is the following inscription :
ALEXANDER MIDDLETON SPEER. Born in Ab- beville District, S. C., July 27, 1820. Died March 28, 1897.
Just a short distance further on lies buried HON. JOHN D. STEWART, formerly a member of Congress, a Judge of
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the Superior Court and a minister of the Gospel. The grave is covered by a horizontal slab of marble, with an ornamental urn at the head. On the family monument, in the center of the lot, is this inscription :
In loving remembrance of JOHN D. STEWART. Born August 2, 1833. Died, January 28, 1894. "I have fought a good fight," etc. In life he was' loved and honored; in his death the people mourned; and his memory will be embalmed in the hearts of the many whom he loved so well and served so faithfully.
GENERAL JOHN MCINTOSH KELL, one of the most dis- tinguished of Confederate naval officers, and, at the time of his' death, Adjutant-General of the State of Georgia, lies buried in this cemetery, underneath a handsomely carved block of solid marble, on which the sculptor has chiseled an anchor. Inscribed on the old hero's tomb are these words:
JOHN . McINTOSH KELL, 1823-1900. Patriot- Hero-Christian. Mizpeh.
During the Civil War, General Kell was associated with Admiral Raphael Semmes in command of the famous Confederate cruiser, the Alabama. This gallant sea-rover was sunk in the British Channel, after an unequal fight lasting for several hours with one of the stoutest armored vessels afloat, the Kearsarge; but the annals of the sea will be searched in vain for a more brilliant record of captures than was made by this renowned ship before she went to her final doom beneath the waves. It was not until the deck of the vessel was covered with water that either Semmes or Kell were willing to leave the ship. On leaping into the sea, they were rescued by English yachts and landed upon the docks at Portsmouth, Eng.
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GOVERNOR JAMES S. BOYNTON, an honored chief execu- tive of this State, a former Judge of the Superior Court, and a man of the strictest integrity of character, is buried in Oak Hill, beside his first wife, FANNIE LOYALL. The grave of the ex-Governor is marked by a substantial monument, on which the following epitaph is lettered :
JAMES STODDARD BOYNTON. Born, May 7, 1832. Died, Dec. 22, 1902. He was a public man with- out vices, a private citizen without reproach, a neighbor without fault, and a Christian without hypocrisy.
Under a handsome granite monument, on a beautifully shaded lot, sleeps DAVID J. BAILEY, a former member of Congress and one of the towering men of his time. The inscription on his tombstone, in keeping with his mod- esty as a man, reads as follows :
DAVID JACKSON BAILEY. March 11, 1812. June 14, 1897.
To mention by name only a few other Georgians of note buried in Oak Hill, the list includes : ERASMUS W. BECK and JAMES FREEMAN, both at one time members of Congress; JUDGE JOHN I. HALL, a distinguished jurist, who held the office of Assistant Attorney-General of the United States, under President Cleveland; JOHN LAMAR, GILMAN J. DRAKE, JOHN B. REID, DR. MILTON DANIEL, COLONEL FREDERICK D. DISMUKE, COLONEL E. W. HAM- MOND, DR. JOHN T. BANKS, DEFORREST ALLGOOD, JOSEPH D. BOYD, DR. JOHN L. MOORE, and a host of others.
Stonewall Cemetery immediately adjoins Oak Hill, and in this little burial ground repose several hundred Confederate soldiers, some of whom died in the Griffin
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hospitals, while others were brought from the battle- field of Jonesboro and from other nearby points.
Oak Grove, Americus
On a beautifully kept lot, to the left of the main driveway, near the gate, repose the mortal ashes of the noted jurist and statesman, CHARLES F. CRISP. Twice elected to the Speakership of the national House of Rep- resentatives, Judge Crisp was one of the foremost men in the public life of the nation. He was also a power in debate; and during the long period of time in which he represented Georgia in Congress, he commanded the respect of his colleagues, regardless of party lines. While occupying the office of Speaker, he declined an appoint- ment to the United States Senate, in deference to exist- ing obligations; but was later called by the unanimous voice of the State to assume the toga. His death occurred on the eve of the assembling of the Legislature, nearly every member of which had been instructed to vote for him for Senator. For a number of years Judge Crisp served Georgia on the Bench. His parents were cele- brated actors. The monument which covers his grave is a handsome shaft of marble, on which appears the fol- lowing inscription :
CHARLES FREDERICK CRISP. Born in Shef- field, Eng., Jan. 29, 1845. Died in Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 23, 1896. Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, Fifty-Second and Fifty-Third Con- gress.
His wife, a daughter and two sons occupy graves on the same lot, each of them neatly marked. There is also a memorial to his father and mother. Judge Crisp's son, CHARLES R. CRISP, succeeded him in Congress for the un- expired term. He then served for a number of years
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on the City Court Bench of Americus, after which he was again returned to the national House of Represen- tatives.
Included among the other distinguished Georgians who sleep in Oak Grove may be mentioned : JUDGE WILLIS A. HAWKINS, a former member of the Supreme Court of Georgia and a noted lawyer; COLONEL SAMUEL H. HAWKINS, a distinguished financier, who devoted his fortune to developing Georgia's railway interests ; JUDGE ALLEN FORT, long a member of the State Railroad Com- mission ; REV. SAMUEL ANTHONY, a minister of State-wide reputation ; COLONEL E. G. SIMMONS and COLONEL A. S. CUTTS, both eminent lawyers and legislators, besides a host of others. JUDGE HENRY K. MCKAY, a celebrated jurist, who, after serving in the Supreme Court of Geor- gia, was elevated to the Federal Bench, is not buried here, though Americus was his home for years. He sleeps in Westview Cemetery, in Atlanta.
Town Cemetery, Oxford
Underneath a marble obelisk, in the little cemetery at Oxford, sleeps the mortal dust of BISHOP JAMES OS- GOOD ANDREW, the first bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. For years Bishop Andrew was the most dominant figure in Southern Methodism. Because of his ownership of slave property, he was singled out for martyrdom by the Northern, or anti-slavery, element of the Methodist Church; but in the famous General Con- ference at Baltimore, in 1844, his brethren of the South supported him with overwhelming unanimity, urged him not to resign, and, in the end, seceded, to form an inde-
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pendent organization. Inscribed on the monument to Bishop Andrew is the following simple epitaph :
(West) BISHOP JAMES OSGOOD ANDREW. Born, May 3, 1794. Died, March 2, 1871. "Even so also them which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him." (East) "For he was a Good Man, full of the Holy Ghost and of faith. "
As an educator, BISHOP ATTICUS G. HAYGOOD took rank among the foremost men of his time. He was one of the ablest presidents of Emory College, an institu- tion which has called to its helm some of the brightest minds of Methodism. His views on the race question brought him into wide favor throughout the North, in consequence of which he was intrusted as Agent with the administration of the John F. Slater fund, an official trust which he discharged with consummate ability, and which he relinquished only to become a bishop of the Southern Methodist Church. The inscription on his mon- ument, a plain shaft of white marble, twelve feet in height, reads as follows :
ATTICUS GREEN HAYGOOD, D. D., LL. D. ·Preacher and Philanthropist. Born in Watkinsville, Ga., Nov. 19, 1839. Licensed to preach by Rev. W. R. Branham at Salem Camp Ground, Sept. 13, 1858. Mar- ried to Mary F. Yarbrough, June 6, 1859. Sunday School Secretary, M. E. Church, South, 1870-1875. Pres- ident of Emory College, 1875-1884. Editor Wesleyan Christian Advocate, 1878-1882. Agent John F. Slater Fund, 1882-1891. Author of The Man of Galilee, and other books. Bishop of the M. E. Church, South, 1890- 1896. Died in Oxford, Ga., Jan. 19, 1896. He lived not unto himself and being dead, yet speaketlı.
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His sister, LAURA, a noted educator, for years prin- cipal of the Girls' High School, of Atlanta, and after- wards a missionary to China, is also buried in the ceme- tery at Oxford.
Here also sleeps DR. ALEXANDER MEANS) (1801-1883), a former president of the college, who, fifty years in ad- vance of his day, predicted the marvels of electricity, in- cluding the motor car and the electric light. Dr. Means was both a scientific scholar and a poet.
Linnwood, Columbus
This beautiful garden of the dead, on the outskirts of Columbus, possesses a claim to distinction which it shares in common with no other cemetery in the land, and which gives it a recognized pre-eminence among the burial-grounds of America. It was here, on April 26, 1866, that the custom of decorating annually the graves of the heroic martyrs of the Lost Cause was first ob- served; and from this initial ceremony started also the custom which the Grand Army of the Republic has since adopted of holding exercises yearly in the Federal cem- eteries throughout the South. On a neat headstone, near the center of the cemetery, is inscribed the following tribute to the author of Memorial Day :
The Soldier's Friend. LIZZIE RUTHERFORD EL- LIS. "She hath done what she could." Mark 14: S.
On the reverse side :
A loving tribute to our co-worker, MRS. LIZZIE RUTHERFORD ELLIS. In her patriotic heart sprang the thought of our Memorial Day.
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On the horizontal grave cover :
LIZZIE RUTHERFORD. The Soldier's Friend and Suggester of MEMORIAL DAY. Secretary Soldier's Aid Society, 1861-1865.
"Voices have blessed her now silent and dumb Voices will bless her for long years' to come."
Married ROSWELL ELLIS, Captain of Columbus Guards, November 23, 1868. Daughter of Adolphus Skrine and Susan Thweatt Rutherford. Born, June 1, 1833. Died, March 31, 1873. Erected by Lizzie Ruth- erford Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy.
Just a few feet distant is the grave of a lady, through whose gifted pen the observance of Memorial Day was first brought to the attention of the public. The inscrip- tion on her tomb reads :
MRS. CHARLES J. WILLIAMS. In loving recog- nition of her memorial work by her co-workers.
Marked by a handsome monument of white marble, which the elements have kindly spared, despite the lapse of more than three-quarters of a century, is the grave of JUDGE ELI S. SHORTER, one of the most noted men of his day in Georgia. It bears the following inscription :
Erected as a tribute of love by his family to the memory of ELI S. SHORTER, who departed this life Dec. 13, 1836, in the 44th year of his age. The emi- nent distinction of Judge Shorter was founded in the happiest union of the social, kindly, and intellectual elements of character. Profound and distinguished as a jurist. Ardent as a friend. Just and kind as a citi- zen. His name will be long revered in the circle of his acquaintance.
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In the same neighborhood there stands a time-worn obelisk of marble, severely simple in design, on which appears the following pathetic epitaph :
Erected by MIRABEAU B. LAMAR in memory of his wife whose death has left him no other happiness than the remembrance of her virtues.
The gentle woman who sleeps here was Miss Tabitha Jourdan. She died in the bloom of her youthful beauty, soon after her marriage to the future soldier and states- man. In 1834, the bereaved husband, overwhelmed with grief, left Georgia-a homeless wanderer. The outbreak of the war for Texan independence attracted him to the West. He plunged headlong into the struggle, rose like a flash to the front as an officer, won the famous victory at San Jacinto, and became the second President of the Republic of Texas. General Lamar was also a diplomat and a poet.
The first native-born Presbyterian minister in Geor- gia sleeps in Linnwood-REV. THOMAS GOULDING, D. D. His son was also a distinguished divine of the same faith. But the latter's chief claim to distinction rests upon his authorship of "The Young Marooners," one of the most famous stories ever written. The inscription on the tomb of the elder Goulding is as follows:
REV. THOMAS GOULDING, D. D. Born in Liberty Co., Ga., March 14, 1786. Ordained to the Gospel Min- istry, January 1, 1816. Fell asleep in Jesus, June 21, 1848. He was' an able and faithful pastor, a skilled comforter of the sick and afflicted. Eminently chari- table, he was greatly beloved. After a long life of successful labor in the ministry, he departed this life in faith and hope, ardent for the crown of righteousness. In testimony of their affectionate regard for the mem- ory of their venerated pastor, a grateful people have erected this monument and the table in the Presbyter- ian Church.
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His wife, ANN H. GOULDING, sleeps beside him. She died in 1878, at the advanced age of 92.
In an unmarked grave on the Jeter lot repose the mortal ashes of JUDGE WALTER T. COLQUITT, one of the most illustrious of Georgia's honored sons. He died in 1856. As an orator he possessed few equals. On the hustings he never met a superior. He served Georgia in the Senate of the United States, in the popular branch of Congress, and on the Bench. He was also an ordained Methodist preacher. It is understood that at some time in the near future the grave of Judge Colquitt will be marked by an impressive memorial.
Underneath a marble slab, resting upon a granite base, in the Dillingham-Ticknor lot, sleeps the immortal author of "Little Giffen." Elsewhere will be found an account of this famous poem. The inscription on the tomb is as follows:
In loving memory of Francis Orray Ticknor. Phy- sician and Poet. Born in Baldwin Co., Ga., Nov. 9th, 1823. Died in Columbus, Ga., Dec. 18th, 1874. "I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord. He that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live."
One of the most distinguished members of the ante- bellum group of Georgia lawyers who practiced at the Columbus bar was COLONEL SEABORN JONES. He also represented the State with marked ability in the national House of Representatives. As aide to Governor Troup, in 1825, when the great Lafayette was a guest of the State, it devolved upon him to act as master of cere- monies at the famous banquet which was tendered the old paladin of liberty, at Milledgeville, then Georgia's
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State capital. The occasion was perhaps the most bril- liant in the social annals of the State, prior to the Civil War; and Colonel Jones, in presiding over the historic banquet, is said to have been the embodiment of grace itself. This courtly gentleman of the old regime is in- cluded among the honored dead of Linnwood. He sleeps beside his beloved wife; and, on the monument which commemorates both, is inscribed this simple record :
SEABORN JONES, son of Abraham and Sarah Jones. Born Feb. 1, 1788. Died Mar. 18, 1864. MARY, wife of SEABORN JONES. Born Jan. 13, 1788. Died Feb. 4, 1869. Daughter of John and Jane Howard.
"Old Rock, "-to use the term of endearment bestowed upon the great soldier and jurist, who married a daugh- ter of Colonel Seaborn Jones-sleeps in a grave not far removed. Whether on the field of battle, in the forum of legislation, or on the Supreme Bench of the State, GENERAL HENRY L. BENNING served Georgia with a fidel- ity which no one ever surpassed. The inscription on his tomb reads :
HENRY LEWIS BENNING, son of Pleasant M. and Malinda L. Benning. Born April 2, 1814. Died July 10, 1875. Brigadier-General, C. S. A. "Old Rock." This was a man.
His wife, MARY HOWARD BENNING, sleeps in a grave beside him. SAMUEL SPENCER, who married a daughter of General Benning, was the first president of the South- ern Railway, and one of the foremost industrial captains of his day and time in this section. Mr. Spencer was a native of Columbus. He met a tragic death near the boundary line between North Carolina and Virginia, while traveling in his private car, on Thanksgiving Day, 1906. He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, near Wash- ington, D. C.
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Two other distinguished former judges of the Su- preme Court of Georgia sleep in Linnwood : JUDGE MAR- TIN J. CRAWFORD and JUDGE MARK H. BLANDFORD.
Underneath a granite shaft, on a lot encompassed by an iron railing, near the center of the cemetery, reposes the famous Nestor of Southern Methodism. Inscribed on the monument is the following brief record :
REV. LOVICK PIERCE, D. D. Born in Halifax Co., N. C., Mar. 24, 1785. Died in Sparta, Ga., Nov. 9, 1879.
Dr. Pierce, at the time of his death, was in his ninety- fifth year. As an orator, he was scarcely inferior to his gifted son, the Bishop. His wife, a Miss Foster, sister of Congressman Thomas F. Foster, occupies a grave in the same area of ground.
COLONEL ABSALOM H. CHAPPELL, a former member of Congress and a lawyer of high rank, whose eventide of life was devoted to the writing of his famous "Miscel- lanies of Georgia" is buried in Linnwood, beside his wife, Loretta Lamar Chappell, a sister of the famous General Mirabeau B. Lamar, of Texas. The inscriptions read as follows :
ABSALOM H. CHAPPELL. Born in Hancock Co., Ga., Dec. 18, 1801. Died in Columbus, Ga., Dec. 11, 1878. "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. "
To his wife:
LORETTA REBECCA LAMAR CHAPPELL. Born in Putnam Co., Ga., July 26, 1818. Died in Columbus, Ga., August 29, 1905. "He giveth his beloved sleep."
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At the time of her death, Mrs. Chappell was in her eighty-eighth year. She was one of the most noted women of her day and time in Georgia. In the same arca of ground sleeps THOMAS J. CHAPPELL, a distinguished lawyer and legislator, and a son of Colonel Absalom H. and Loretta Lamar Chappell. The wife of Prof. J. Harris Chappell, of Milledgeville, late President of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, is also buried on this lot. The graves are each marked with handsome memorials.
One of the handsomest granite shafts in the cemetery adorns the Garrard lot, where, beside his wife, sleeps the lamented LOUIS F. GARRARD, at one time Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, a lawyer of note and a strong minority candidate for United States Sen- ator. The list of distinguished dead in Linnwood in- cludes also General Paul J. Semmes, a brave Confed- erate officer, who fell at Gettysburg; and three former members of Congress-HINES HOLT, THOMAS F. FOSTER and THOMAS W. GRIMES, but in a somewhat hasty tour of the cemetery the graves of these eminent Georgians were not located. On the Hurt lot, in a grave marked by a handsome monument of marble, sleeps COLONEL PEYTON H. COLQUITT, a gallant officer, who fell at the head of his regiment in the battle of Chickamauga. He was a son of Judge Walter T. Colquitt and a brother of Governor Alfred H. Colquitt. Here, too, rest COLONEL JOHN A. JONES, who was killed at Gettysburg, a distin- guished lawyer ; COL. THOMAS M. NELSON, who fell leading the Sixth Mississippi Cavalry ; REV. ROBERT CARTER, D. D., a noted minister of the Gospel, and a number of others. COLONEL RAPHAEL J. MOSES, the famous Confederate quar- termaster, a noted lawyer and a magnetic orator, is buried at Esquiline, his old country home, some five miles from Columbus. JUDGE MARSHALL J. WELLBORN, a former member of Congress and a Baptist minister, long a resi-
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dent of Columbus, sleeps in Oakland Cemetery, in Atlan- ta. GOVERNOR JAMES M. SMITH, also a former citizen of Columbus, is buried in Alta Vista Cemetery, at Gaines- ville. GOVERNOR JAMES JOHNSON, provisional chief execu- tive of the State during the days of Reconstruction, rests in Linnwood.
Town Cemetery, Decatur
Decatur is one of the oldest towns of the Georgia foothills. For this reason, though not a large community, it has been the home of a number of distinguished people, during the century of time which has passed over the little town. Two soldiers of the Revolution are known to be buried here, and there are doubtless others who sleep in unmarked graves. Under a rude granite slab, fast crumbling with age, encompassed by a pipe railing, with stone posts at each end, lies one of these old heroes of the first war for independence. Carved by the un- lettered muse, on this simple monument, is the following epitaph, which some little skill is required to decipher :
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