Southern Graves

I knew these gentlemen were connected, but just now come across a source that ties them together nicely and decided to share here. I first mentioned Dr. Eben Hillyer here a couple of years ago. And less than two months have passed since I mentioned Dr. Shaler Granby Hillyer in this space . Dr. Eben Hillyer, buried in Myrtle Hill Cemetery at Rome, Floyd County, Georgia was the nephew of Dr. Shaler Granby Hillyer buried at Forsyth Cemetery in Monroe County, Georgia. The following is from volume two of Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons Arranged in Cyclopedic Form edited by "ex-governor" Allen D. Candler and published 1906 by the State Historical Association in Atlanta. Hillyer, Eben, M.D. , a retired physician and honored citizen of Rome, is a representative of one of the old and influential families of Georgia, which state has ever been his home. He was born in Athens, Clarke county, Ga., Aug. 12, 1832, a son of Junius and J...

Sarah A. Peck (1820-1892) married Henry Jackson Dick (1814-1866) about 1837 in Tennessee. The couple had at least ten children, and two of them (along with Henry and Sarah) are memorialized on a large draped urn topped gravestone in Myrtle Hill Cemetery at Rome, Floyd County, Georgia. In addition to their parents, Benjamin A. Dick (1844-1868) and Hal B. Dick (1853-1894) are named on the monument. An obituary for Sarah follows. Marietta Journal (Georgia) Thursday, 21 January 1892 - pg. 5 [via GenealogyBank ] MARIETTA MATTERS. DIED. -- Mrs. Sarah A. Dick died in this place on last Sunday evening about 7:30, aged 72 years. She had been sick with the grip, which developed into pneumonia, resulting in her death. When her symptoms became serious, her absent children were telegraphed for and were present at her death. She leaves seven living children, Mr. Samuel K. Dick, of Houston, Texas; Mr. Hal B. Dick, of Marietta; Mrs. S. W. Graves, of Knoxville, Tenn.; Mrs. John A. Smith, of G...

She was a daughter of Samuel Graham and Kate Moore Hardy. Little Mary lived just thirteen months. A stone memorial placed for her in Myrtle Hill Cemetery at Rome, Floyd County, Georgia is a sculpture of a little one reaching up, waiting to be carried to Heaven. Rome Tri-Weekly Courier (Georgia) 26 August 1879 -pg. 3 [via Georgia Historic Newspapers ] Little Mary Hardy. 'We have gathered up her toys, We have hid away each sad memento That reminds us of our joys; Not because we fain would banish From our eyes the tears that swell, But we would our hearts could whisper, Heavenly Father, It is well.' Only a baby's grave, and yet how a sight of the little mound will cause the hearts of the grief-stricken parents to swell afresh with the great sorrow that overshadows their lives. How lonely is their home without their treasure. None but He who reads our innermost thoughts can realize how they will miss their 'blue-eyed Daisey,' as she was wont to be called ...

He Died At His Post Of Duty - Who wouldn't want to know more about that? Turns out he was a train conductor. Details of the accident were published in a local newspaper: Houston Home Journal (Perry, Georgia) 22 September 1921 - pg. 2 [via Georgia Historic Newspapers ] IN MEMORY OF JAMES T. PRESCOTT On Saturday, morning Sept. 3rd James T. Prescott, conductor on the Southern Road, was instantly killed by an engine at Cordele. It appears that, while making up his train preparatory to making his usual run, he was taking the number of the cars, and as he stepped backward to get out of the way of his train, he stepped directly in the path of a revercing [sic] locomotive. Mr. Prescott was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Prescott, deceased of Kathleen, Ga., and was reared in this county. Like his father, he was well known in Houston and was held in higest [sic] esteem by all who knew him. He became connected with the G. S. & F. R. R. about fourteen years ago and had be...

Rev. S. E. Axson, his wife Janie, and his children Ellen and Stockton, all rest at Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia. Daughter Ellen was a wife of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. She held the title of First Lady for seventeen months before her untimely death in 1914. Excerpts from a newspaper article covering her funeral are here . An obituary for the good reverend follows: Savannah Morning News (Georgia) Sunday, 1 June 1884 - pg. 9 [via GenealogyBank] Death of Samuel Edward Axson. The funeral of Rev. Samuel Edward Axson, son of Rev. Dr. I. S. K. Axson, the venerable pastor of the Independent Presbyterian Church, of this city, took place at Rome on Friday. He was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Rome from 1866 till last fall, when he resigned his charge and came to Savannah to visit his father. While here his mind became affected, and the efforts of skilled physicians failed to reach his case. His sad death is a heavy affliction upon his family. During the ...

Seventeen years ago (holy cow!) I transcribed, chiefly by hand, inscriptions on all the tombstones found at Centerville Cemetery in Houston County, Georgia. This information was then uploaded to my website, where it has sat for all these years. In cleaning up my little corner of the 'net, I've decided to take down that particular page. The burials can be found in the FindAGrave database, so that information is still readily available at this time. I'm creating a post in this space to share some history and highlights from the cemetery, essentially retaining some of the personal work of my choosing... (About 2002 or Prior) Where Centerville Cemetery Fit within the Town Centerville Cemetery is located across from the First Baptist Church on Church Street. According to Georgia Place-Names by Kenneth Krakow , "Mitchell F. Ethridge settled here and opened a store about 1885. The name derived from the fact that it was located halfway between Macon and Perry, as ...